Today's Anusara group practice

Anusara-Inspired instructor and studio co-founder Shannon Frank-Ball led a couple dozen yogis through a fun and challenging afternoon practice of handstands and backbends ... which led to a little fling with the mighty Scorpion pose:

Workshop: Yoga for Athletes

Yoga is an effective way to improve the flexibility, strength, and stability of your body. This results in greater stride length, greater speed, and greater dexterity--all of which can improve performance in golf, running, cycling, tennis, and other sports activities.Join us for YOGA FOR ATHLETES, a 2-1/2-hour class exploring the postures that are specifically geared toward this goal.

Common injuries and musculoskeletal imbalances can occur from these popular sports activities. These imbalances and injuries will be explored as we go through the postures. You will learn which postures can help you prevent injury and imbalance, and specific postures that will assist you in healing from injuries. The workshop is led by Marlysa Sullivan, a physical therapist and yoga teacher in the Pranakriya Yoga tradition. Combining her knowledge of the body and physical therapy with yoga principles and practice has enabled her to develop a unique approach to working with the body and mind in healing from injury. She leads experiential workshops and trainings across the country in anatomy for the Pranakriya 500 hour training program as well as in several 200 hour training programs. She believes that we learn best from being able to see, touch and feel in our own bodies the concepts we are trying to understand. She gives students the opportunity to learn anatomy and therapeutic principles using experiential techniques and applying them directly to yoga practice.

• Yoga for Athletes
• Saturday, February 20th, 1:30-4:00pm
• Please preregister on-line
• $35.00, or give the class as a gift!

Rise + Shine Yoga

For February, we've added an early-morning yoga class series. It's timed to help you get a good start to the week before your schedule hits full speed:

• Rise + Shine Yoga
• Mondays in February, 5:45am-6:45am
• February 1, 8, 15, 22 (sign up before the 1st!)
  
• 4 classes for $45

Registration is required, at the studio or online
http://athensfivepointsyoga.com/events.htm#riseshine

The class is led by Jennifer Derryberry Mann.

(Also, if mornings aren't your thing, Jenni offers a regular weekly drop-in class on Wednesday nights, 8pm-9pm.)

Running Into Yoga

We're thrilled to announce a new class series, led by Five Points Yoga studio co-founder Shannon Frank-Ball and triathlete trainer Kim Dunker:

Running (and walking!) Into Yoga
8-week session, Tuesday + Thursday mornings, 5.30-7 a.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 - Thursday, Feb. 18
$120; registration required

The session is open to runners, walkers, joggers, and walkers who want to start running. We have designed this class to fit the marathon runner to the recreational walker. You're invited to join the fun and support of working out with a group.

This class is about finding balance, self-acceptance, greater alignment, better form and more enjoyment in your athletic and self-care pursuits. We will spend each session working on developing cardio, alignment and stretching, breathing and relaxation skills.

For more information, contact the studio: 706 355 3114

Chakra Yoga Workshop Series

Want to know more about the chakras that your yoga teacher sometimes mentions during practice?

Instructor Charlotte Webb will lead a once-a-month workshop series over the next 7 months to explore the chakras, what they are, how they work, and how movement helps us clear our energy and form a deeper connection to the self, physically and spiritually. Each session will include basic asana practice that is appropriate for all levels.

Sundays, 1:30-3:30pm, $20 for each session
Register online.

Chakra 1 ... Survival ... January 17th
Chakra 2 ... Sexuality ... February 21st
Chakra 3 ... Power ... March 7th
Chakra 4 ... Love ... April 18th
Chakra 5 ... Communication ... May 9th
Chakra 6 ... Intuition ... June 6th
Chakra 7 ... Cognition ... July 18th

Wednesday late-night yoga

If you have a hard time making the rush-hour after-work yoga classes, check out our newest offering: Wednesday nights, we're open late! Yoga for You is 8-9pm with Jenni Derryberry Mann.

This Forrest Yoga-inspired class offers a mix of heart openers, hip openers, shoulder strengtheners, deep core work, and extra attention to the breath. It's a different class sequence each week, with standing poses, vinyasa flows, arm balances, backbends, and inversions making a regular appearance. The class is accessible to all levels of students; pose modifications and step-by-step pose details will be offered as needed.

Set aside the cares of the day, strengthen and soothe your body, reconnect with your spirit, and then relax with a sweet savasana!

Happy New Year!

Hello and happiest of new years! Hope you've had a moment to look at the moon tonight--simply gorgeous.

First, thanks to all you yoga folks that helped us ring in the New Year on New Year's Eve and today. We were so thrilled with the turnout. What a joy to practice together. At today's practice we raised $125 today for "Freedom from Bondage", a women's recovery center here in Athens.

Our regular schedule begins tomorrow morning, Saturday, bright and early with an Anusara-Inspired class with Shannon at 7.30a.m. Charlotte will teach Flow Yoga at 9.00a.m., Melissa will teach Power Vinyasa at 10.30a.m. and Jennifer will return to teach Pilates again at noon.

On Sunday, Steve's 9 a.m. Flow Yoga class will continue, 9-10.15am, Jenni will teach Prenatal Yoga at 10.30a.m., and Henry will teach Flow at 4p.m.

We hope to see you soon at 5 Points Yoga.

Blessings,
Shannon and Debi