Events

The Art & Science of Yoga

22nd - 24th July 2001

Warehouse D at Park Street Mews
For more information
call T: 94-11-5340011, 94-11-2307676

One day Pass - 3000
Two Day Pass - 5000
Three Day Pass - 7000

Tickets at Spa Ceylon Crescat Boulevard and Park Street Mews

Dr. Christopher Rivera holds a certifcation from the American Council on Exercise (ACE) in the areas of Flow (Vinyasa) Yoga and Group Exercise. He also holds a Schwinn Spin Certification. He has taught such classes as Funk Dance, Club Rivera, and fusion courses such as Spin-Yoga. While living in the United States he taught Vinyasa Yoga courses (where the focus is the body flowing through poses) and Hatha Yoga courses (which have a slower, gentler approach to the same movements) in the Princeton, NJ area. He has also taught private sessions in NY, NJ, Delaware, PA, OH, and now in Ankara, Turkey. He also encourages long meditations at the beginning and end of classes--depending on the context. In his professional life, Dr. Rivera holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Cultural Studies. He currently teaching at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Throughout the course of his life, he lost over 60 kilograms. As a young person he was inactive, imbalanced, but with exercise and meditation, he began to find a balance between activity, eating, and living a healthy lifestyle.

Schedule for Yoga Events

Friday July 22 (Time:4-7pm)
Ashtanga (Vinyasa) Yoga / Iyengar Yoga
• Introduction to yoga
• Discussion about meditation
• Discussion about massage
• Living a healthy life and eating well
• Q&A
• 1 hour yoga session

Saturday July 23 (Time:8.30-11.30)
Hatha Yoga / Hatha Vidya
• Introduction to yoga
• Discussion about meditation
• Discussion about massage
• Living a healthy life and eating well
• Q&A
• 1 hour yoga session

Saturday July 23 (Evening 1.30-4.30)
• one on one sessions by apointment

Sunday July 24 (Time: 8am -11.30am)
Other Popular Yoga Practices: Bikram Yoga / Laughter Yoga / Kundalini Yoga / Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• Introduction to yoga
• Discussion about meditation
• Discussion about massage
• Living a healthy life and eating well
• Q&A
• 1 hour yoga session