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The mission of Tranquil Space is to provide a nurturing environment that encourages the unfolding of a creative yoga practice that is carried off the yoga mat into one's daily life.
The vision of Tranquil Space is to use yoga as a catalyst to live life fully and consciously.
tranquil space studio values:
passion, creativity, community, initiative, compassion
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studio happenings
 At our 4th annual holiday party, Tranquil Space collected over 50 canned good items for the Capital Area Food Bank and raised $277 for Bread for the City. Thank you to all the fabulous yogis that attended this festive and karmic event! View holiday celebration photos. A very special thank you for celebrating the season with Tranquil Space.- Slightly revised winter schedule! We still have 42 weekly yoga classes but have made a few shifts; please view our 2004 schedule.
- Class price increase. Effective January 1, 2004, drop-ins at the studio will increase to $16 and class passes by approximately $1 each. Tranquil Space has not increased its fees in over 3 years, since the studio began in Kimberly's living room. We appreciate your understanding, as our expenses have risen extensively since our earlier days. Please take this into consideration when purchasing passes in December as you'll have all month to get the current rate. Visit our updated class pricing list to view our 2004 rates.
- Lots of great workshops coming this year — a book club, women's creativity circle, off the mat series, and more! Visit our enlightening events page for details!
- Escape the chill of winter and join Kimberly in Costa Rica February 14-21!
- Teacher training at Tranquil Space. We now offer 3 options to assist your exploration of teaching vinyasa or simply deepening your own practice. Level 1 begins January 16 and Level 2 begins January 30.
- We now have scan cards for our pass holders to help expedite your check-in process! Please arrive a few minutes early in the New Year to pick yours up.
- Rent the studio for your own practice or event. Visit our studio rental page for details.
- Newbie Yogi Series coming again on Saturdays and Sundays in January! A 4-week series catered to the developing, inquisitive yogi. Visit the newbie yogi series page for details!
- Prenatal time change in 2004. Join Anne in the new year at a new time! Beginning Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, prenatal yoga will be held in the sky studio from 12:15 - 1:30 instead of 4:30 - 5:45.
- Baby and me classes with Carol and her baby now on Tuesday afternoons.
- Ongoing offerings:
- 3 for $33. A wonderful gift idea for someone new to Tranquil Space!
- Interested in free yoga? Visit studio opportunities for our current openings.
- Refer a friend who buys a pass and receive a free class! Have your friend fill out a referral card with your name on it and hand it to the studio assistant when purchasing their class pass. Valid only for first-time pass purchases.
- Yogi Babies online! Share your photos of your beloved babies with us and let us welcome them into the community. Send photos and names to info@tranquilspace.com.
- Community Bulletin Board in the Tea Lounge. Let your fellow yogis know about your cooking classes, dog walking services, or need for a roommate by posting notices on our board. Please obtain management approval prior to posting.
- Massage at Tranquil Space! We are pleased to offer a complement to your yoga practice. Visit our massage page for details. Gift certificates available.
- Private Sessions are available at the studio. Please visit our private sessions page for more details.
- Create a Tranquil Space at your office or next event! Tranquil Space offers yoga parties for any special occasion, series of classes at your office and office yoga workshops! For more information, please contact yogaoutreach@tranquilspace.com.
- Please familiarize yourself with studio tips.
- Please arrive 15 minutes early to guarantee your space as select classes may fill quickly. We've noted class sizes of less than 10 in pink on our website schedule.
- Book exchange, yoga mat cleaner and more treats available in the dressing rooms and tea lounge. Enjoy!
- Share your thoughts: We have placed a suggestions box in the swirlie hallway which awaits any comments, praise or requests our yogis may have. Or please fill out this studio survey. View our comment corner to read our replies. Thank you for sharing!
- Community celebration: A way to celebrate Tranquil Space yogis' honors and developments!
Please share your recent news with us by e-mailing newsletter@tranquilspace.com.
- Congratulations to fabulous studio assistant Caroline Green on finding a great new job, and to our wonderful Siobhan Troy for leaving her old one to teach yoga full time.
- Adventurous yoga teacher Andrea Franchini is in Peru hiking Machu Picchu over the holidays. You go girl!
- A warm-hearted goodbye to long time yogis Leslie Silverman and Trine Refsbaek, your spirits will be very missed!
- Please share photos of you wearing tranquiliT tees off the beaten path. This month's features are baby yogini Natalie Teeter and Heather McAuliffe in Sedona. Send photos to newsletter@tranquilspace.com.
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seasonal specials
- newbie new year's special:
buy a 6-class pass, "vinyasa yoga for the newbie yogi" home practice cd, and a yoga mat for only $110!
- winter warmth special:
buy a 10-class pass and a long-sleeved tranquilit tee-shirt for only $145!
- pamper yourself special:
buy a bottle of lavender aromatherapy spray, a silk eyepillow, and three soap rolls for only $22!
specials valid through march 31, 2004
enlightening events
setting your intentions: guided meditation
Take the time to welcome the New Year in a special workshop designed to guide you to a place of readiness for the year to come. Jessica Cerullo will lead a 2-hour workshop consisting of pranayama, guided meditation and yoga. Using images and your imagination you will learn to relax the body, quiet the mind and find the ease within to take you on a journey toward the possibilities waiting for you in the months to come. Appropriate for all yoga levels.
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Thursday, January 1, 2004
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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setting your intentions: unleash the flow
This workshop with Kimberly will be set to motivating music and include an intermediate practice geared to opening up your potential in the New Year. The notion of living your life to its fullest will be woven throughout your practice and followed with a restorative shavasana. Bring an energized and eager soul ready to unleash all your creativity in 2004!
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Thursday, January 1, 2004
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3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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peace in the new year
"Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth. Lead me from despair to hope,
From fear to truth. Lead me from hate to love, From war to peace.
Let peace fill our hearts, Our world our universe
Peace Peace Peace"
— Mother Teresa
There are many ways to develop the yoga tenet of non-violence, ahimsa, in our daily lives. Let this workshop with Peg Armstrong be a reminder and a jumping off point to deepen the sense of serenity and peace you carry with you as you touch the lives of those around you. Join us for an interactive workshop focused on finding a sense of peace within through yoga, mediation, journal writing and setting your intentions "off the mat" in the new year.
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Saturday, January 3, 2004
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2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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newbie yogi 4-week series
Tranquil Space is pleased to begin offering a 4-week series of yoga classes designed especially for complete beginners. This Newbie Series, with Gina Davis is an excellent, structured way of getting to know the basics of vinyasa flow yoga. Click here for details!
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Sunday, January 4
Sunday, January 11
Sunday, January 18
Sunday, January 25
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10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$100, $90 if pre-registered
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deepening your practice: hip openers
It has been said that the more open the hips, the more open the heart! Join Pary Williamson for an afternoon of hip focusing fun. This workshop will begin with meditation and a flow of various standing asanas to warm the body and gradually open the hips. The breath will be used to assist the opening while allowing the body to go deeper into each pose. The afternoon will end with floor work, using seated and supine poses to relieve tightness and unwanted stored emotions from the hips. You will leave the workshop feeling relaxed and restored throughout while gaining a better understanding of working with your hips!
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Sunday, January 4
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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8-week baby and me yoga series
Play with your baby and reconnect with your body with Baby and Me Yoga!
Join Carol Collins and her new baby for 8 weeks starting on Tuesday, January 6th, to bond with your baby while practicing yoga postures that relieve neck and back discomfort at the same time. Discover ways to work yoga into your daily life with your new baby through breathing, meditation, the vinyasa flow, and abdominal strengthening. This is a great way to meet other new moms! Bring your baby or come alone. Babies not yet crawling are welcome.
Open to women in all stages of post-pregnancy. No previous yoga experience necessary.
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Tuesday, January 6
Tuesday, January 13
Tuesday, January 20
Tuesday, January 27
Tuesday, February 3
Tuesday, February 10
Tuesday, February 17
Tuesday, February 24
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1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$108
drop-ins are also welcome, for $16 per session
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Email: postnatalprogram@tranquilspace.com
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newbie yogi 4-week series
Tranquil Space is pleased to begin offering a 4-week series of yoga classes designed especially for complete beginners. This Newbie Series, with Kevin Waldorf-Cruz is an excellent, structured way of getting to know the basics of vinyasa flow yoga. Click here for details!
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Saturday, January 10
Saturday, January 17
Saturday, January 24
Saturday, January 31
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10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$100, $90 if pre-registered
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Email: newbieprogram@tranquilspace.com
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have a healthy winter
For some of us, winter means a string of colds and flu. This workshop with Alison will offer tips for boosting your immune system with yoga. Asanas and pranayama will also be introduced for respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, along with more ways to beat the effects of the cold season on our system.
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Saturday, January 10
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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newbie yogi workshop
A 2-hour workshop for introducing the basics of vinyasa yoga. Explore alignment and breathing along with basic poses and relaxation techniques. Geared for the brand new beginner or those curious about yoga. Please bring your own mat if you have one, a water bottle, hand towel and any questions you have.
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Newbie Yogi Workshops in 2004:
Sunday, January 11
Sunday, February 8
Sunday, April 18
Sunday, June 13
Sunday, August 8
Sunday, October 17
Sunday, December 5
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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January 11 Newbie Yogi:
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February 8 Newbie Yogi:
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deepening your practice: standing poses
Join Andrea Franchini for an afternoon breaking down the alignment and details of various standing poses. After spending time with each pose we will enjoy the sensations of integrating them into a flowing vinyasa practice. Great for yogis of all levels interested in strengthening their standing flow.
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Sunday, January 11
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3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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beginning and deepening your meditation practice
This workshop with Chris Kreeger will begin by reviewing basic techniques of meditation practice, and then proceed further with adjustments to the technique to allow the student to see how the mind generates habitual patterns of perceiving, thinking, and feeling, which frustrate progress. An additional adjustment to the technique will work with letting go and with bringing meditative awareness into everyday life.
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Saturday, January 24
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2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$50, $45 if pre-registered
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deepening your practice: awakening the body's core
Abdominal muscles help support the body’s posture, assist in healthy breathing and support the lower back. Join Lisa on Jan. 25 for an afternoon vinyasa practice devoted to this powerful area of the body. Emphasis will be placed on identifying and strengthening the "power center." Learn the fundamentals of uddiyana bandha and how the core serves your asana practice.
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Sunday, January 25
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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deepening your practice: restorative poses
Recover from the holidays by indulging yourself this Sunday afternoon with restorative poses with Siobhan Troy. Turn inward by relaxing into yoga poses over blankets and letting go of any tension held within the body. A restorative practice is beautiful for all levels and allows one to deepen into various poses while holding for many minutes and surrendering to all that arises. Please bring an open heart and desire to open up to the beauty of the moment.
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Sunday, January 25
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3:00 - 5:00 p.m
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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tranquil space book club
Join the latest addition to Tranquil Space's growing offerings of lifestyle workshops! The TranquiliT Book Club offers the yoga practitioner an opportunity to expand his or her yoga practice by exploring texts related to yoga philosophy or lifestyle. Participants will have an opportunity to come together within a community to discuss the book as well as practice gentle asanas and meditation. Gina and Anne will alternately lead the sessions, guiding you through a centering meditation and gentle asana practice which may include restorative yoga. After the practice, tea and cookies will be served and the teacher will lead the group in discussion of the book. The session will end with a reflective closing meditation. Explore ways to take your practice off the yoga mat in 2004.
deepening your practice: hip openers
It has been said that the more open the hips, the more open the heart! Join Pary Williamson for an afternoon of hip focusing fun. This workshop will begin with meditation and a flow of various standing asanas to warm the body and gradually open the hips. The breath will be used to assist the opening while allowing the body to go deeper into each pose. The afternoon will end with floor work, using seated and supine poses to relieve tightness and unwanted stored emotions from the hips. You will leave the workshop feeling relaxed and restored throughout while gaining a better understanding of working with your hips!
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Sunday, February 1
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12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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Cancellation Policy:
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fighting the winter blues
A lack of sunlight and lots of time spent indoors during winter months can lead to sadness and depression. Join Alison for a workshop filled with energizing poses to lift your spirits and shake off the winter blahs. Learn to open and awaken to the joy possible in every moment.
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Sunday, February 1
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3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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women's creativity circle
Are you a writer, painter, dancer, musician . . . artist? Do you want to consciously create your life in 2004? Then join the Spring cluster at Tranquil Space reading Julia Cameron's
best-selling book The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. We'll meet every other week beginning Sunday, February 1 through April 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Although you may be a working artist, you are definitely welcome if you gave up on your art, or currently struggle with a block that keeps you from doing the work you love, or you have no idea what your art is. The conscious creation of our life is art!
Your fee includes a workbook and course materials. Your facilitator, Carole Sargent, Ph.D. took this workshop series from Kimberly Wilson three years ago and has gone on to start her own business, A Word in Time, has taught English literature and writing for publication at Georgetown University, and is the author of two books. View testimonials from previous participants.
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Sunday, February 1
Sunday, February 15
Sunday, February 29
Sunday, March 14
Sunday, March 28
Sunday, April 11
Sunday, April 25
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5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$295
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$5 charity yoga classes taught by blossoming teachers
Join Tranquil Space teachers in training for a $5 yoga class where proceeds with benefit local charities. These 55 minute classes will be geared to the early to intermediate beginner yoga student and taught by teachers participating in Tranquil Space's 200-hour teacher training. Support a good cause and watch blossoming teachers grow through Tranquil Space's latest Charity Community offering.
celebrate yoga in costa rica
Allow lush Costa Rica to renew your spirit while escaping the chill of winter in DC! Join Kimberly for a yoga retreat nestled among the beauty of an exquisite mountain sanctuary. Each day we will share in the experience of yoga while resting our hearts & minds among the spectacular views. During your yoga breaks, take a stroll through coffee farms, nap in a hammock, swim, recieve a healing massage or simply enjoy being among the beauty of this amazing country.
The spacious grounds include a hot tub, swimming pool, & luxurious gardens. A divine way to nurture your spirit over President's Day weekend. Open to all levels. Airfare is not included. Your fee includes 7 nights accommodations, 3 gourmet meals per day, transportation to & from the airport &, 3 eco-adventure excursions including a full day of white water rafting!
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Saturday, February 14 - Saturday, February 21, 2004
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A full week of yoga & nature
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Pura Vida Spa, Costa Rica
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Begins at $1225
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Contact Jennifer at 888-515-4580
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"yoga means union..."
Partner yoga is ideal for those looking to explore deeper connections in their relationships through the practice of yoga. Join Lisa Farmer on a journey of supported vinyasa yoga as we explore how to maximize our asanas through your partner's body weight, support and breath. We will focus on conscious breathing and connecting the heart chakras while flowing through an evening vinyasa practice. This workshop is appropriate for all levels and everyone is welcome. Feel free to come alone and we'll pair you up or bring a partner.
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Sunday, February 15
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3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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Couple: $55, $50 if pre-registered
Individual: $35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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organic flow
a celebration of yoga, movement and music
Join Lisa for this 2-hour workshop as we celebrate our bodies' freedom through intuitive yoga and dance. Move through sequenced and un-sequenced yoga and dance while listening to world music. Come prepared for an intuitive and a high energy practice as we release our bodies and minds before the busy holiday season.
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Friday, February 20
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7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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Cancellation Policy:
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enlightening events cancellation policy
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Registration Form
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challenging yourself off the yoga mat
In yoga, we are constantly striving to deepen our practice; to grow by pushing ourselves to be uncomfortable as we work to improve strength, flexibility, mental focus, and a sense of relaxation during our asana practice. This requires courage. Personal growth requires the same type of work. It means being willing to be uncomfortable emotionally and to intentionally create opportunities to stretch ourselves metaphorically. In order to do this, we must reflect on our lives, identify issues that hold us back, and take the necessary steps to move forward. Join Peg Armstrong for an interactive workshop focused on challenging yourself off the yoga mat.
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Saturday, February 21, 2004
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2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$35, $30 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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Cancellation Policy:
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enlightening events cancellation policy
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Registration Form
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massage for couples or friends
This workshop, with Eduardo Cortina, CMT, will introduce a variety of massage techniques for your partner or friend. We will cover basic Swedish technique, trigger points, Reiki, and some deep tissue and bodywork techniques. Eduardo teaches T'ai Chi, is a certified MT and Alexander Technique Teacher, Craniosacral Therapist, and a level III Reiki practitioner. Please bring shorts for men, and two piece bathing suit for women or equivalent. We will provide tables and cushions, oil or cream, and sheets for draping. Each partner will receive a one hour massage from their partner during the workshop.
Workshop limited to 5 pairs only so please register early.
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Sunday, February 22
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12:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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2024 p street, nw
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$150 per couple or pair
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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Cancellation Policy:
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enlightening events cancellation policy
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Registration Form
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the yogi and the pen
Join Laura Zam for this workshop that builds a bridge between creative writing and asana. Designed for writers and non-writers alike, the workshop explores the body as a map of our deepest experiences, a remarkable source of inspiration, and a tool for accessing a creative flow that can be translated into language. Poetry, memoir, free writing, short story, and even performance will all be a part of this workshop. As we will move back and forth between physical and verbal modes, please wear appropriate yoga clothing. Open to all levels of yoga students. No prior writing experience necessary. Just bring a mat*, a pen, a journal and a curious mind.
(*Mats can also be rented from the studio for a small fee.)
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Sunday, February 29, 2004
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12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Location:
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2024 p street, nw
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Cost:
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$50, $45 if pre-registered
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Email: events@tranquilspace.com
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Cancellation Policy:
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enlightening events cancellation policy
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Registration Form
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asana of the month
big toe stretch / utthita hasta padangusthasana
Benefits: Strengthens the standing leg, strengthens and tones abdominal muscles, opens the hamstrings, teaches balance and (lots of!) humility.
yogi of the month
orlie yaniv
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I started practicing yoga a few years ago because I was looking for a way to balance out my spinning workouts and I wanted long and lean muscles. My first impression was that I was far too type A for yoga and could barely tolerate a 10-minute savasana. But somehow I stuck with it and actually began to look forward to my weekly class. After a few months, I wanted something more and started exploring yoga options outside the gym. I tried a variety of styles and while I enjoyed the classes, nothing seemed to resonate with what I wanted from my practice. A friend suggested that I try Tranquil Space and promised that the class would go to eleven. She was absolutely right!
From my first yoga 2 class with Kimberly, I knew I had found a studio that offered what I wanted: A non-dogmatic, physically and mentally challenging practice. Over the past year, I received far more than a great yoga class from Tranquil Space. I found a warm, nurturing and supportive community. In order to share this experience with others, I completed level one teacher training and teach one class a week to my work colleagues. I also try to practice off the mat by staying patient while riding the metro or driving in rush hour. I am not always successful, but as Lisa always reminds us, yoga is an evolutionary process. |
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tranquiliTeam player of the month
shay lawrence
I was introduced to yoga 10 years ago after a car accident left me in chronic pain. Practicing yoga was the only thing that helped heal my injuries and get me off pain medication, however, as the pain decreased and my life returned to its hectic pace, yoga slowly faded into the background. For the next 9 years it resurfaced in spurts, but nothing that stuck long term. However, last year I decided I needed to do something for me — something that would ground me, give me that famous yoga body, and help me meet new people since I was fairly new to DC — so I returned to yoga, once again. As the cliche says, I found so much more. Practicing at Tranquil Space has allowed me to discover old and new parts of myself. It has helped me become a stronger and nicer person. It's also teaching me that life is a practice, not a laid out plan, and that baby steps are ok. My practice has evolved from an on-the-mat physical experience into an off-the-mat life practice, which sometimes falls flat on its face, but which I practice as best I can each day.
I look forward to walking in the door of Tranquil Space to work as a Studio Assistant or to practice yoga because I know that I will leave a happier and more peaceful person. For the first time in my life, yoga doesn't seem like a chore, but instead is a joy that I look forward to each day. Tranquil Space has introduced me to an amazing group of people. Each person I've met has their own story and in their lives I have found inspiration, courage, and strength to change my own life for the better. They've helped me deal with the end of a long term relationship and have helped me find the courage to begin a career change. In January, I start the Level 2 Teacher Training program and couldn't be more excited to expand my yoga experience to teaching. So thank you to all of the amazing students and teachers, who have unknowingly taught me invaluable lessons by coming to the studio, rain or shine, and sharing your practice and stories with me. I am a better person because of it. As Darren John Main says in the Path of the Urban Mystic, in a yogic life there is no room for guilt, but plenty of room for growth. I look forward to growing with you.
Namaste.
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tranquiliT boutique
yoga clothing and accessories
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Shop the tranquiliT boutique to view a line of yoga clothing and accessories designed to celebrate the bodies of active and stylish yogis. You can purchase tranquiliT tees, pants, and yoga accessories online at the tranquiliT boutique!
This month's featured item is Kimberly's recent cd Vinyasa Yoga for the Newbie Yogi. A great home practice starter for you or your favorite yogi!
cd testimonial: "This cd was exactly what I need to kick-start my yoga practice. The beautiful music, perfectly crafted combinations, photos and illustrated poses, and Kimberly's soothing voice eased me back into yoga. It made me feel confident about my yoga abilities and gave my mind, body and spirit that wonderful sense of well-being that only yoga can bring out. This cd will help me progress to Kimberly's intermediate yoga cd!"
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As a continuing benefit of our Charity Community, a portion of the tranquiliT proceeds are donated to My Sister's Place — an organization committed to eradicating domestic violence.
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reflective closing thoughts
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"January, the month of new beginnings and cherished memories, bekons. Outside the temperature drops as the snow falls softly. All of nature is at peace. We should be, too. Draw hearthside. This is the month to dream, to look forward to the year ahead and the journey within."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Happy new year! A clean slate, a chance to start anew, a fresh beginning into the life we hope to live. This is the time of year to reflect on where it is that we want to be by the end of the year, what aspirations lie within, and what dreams we hope to uncover. Often times this can be overwhelming which may result in inaction or a sense of failure. Allow this year to be different. Begin by evaluating where you'd like to see yourself in one month, six months, one year, five years — whichever amount of time feels reasonable for where you are right now. Set small goals and gradually built up to the lofty ones. Allow yourself to explore not only goals but aspirations, those longings deep within that have been ignored as unrealistic. These are what make you unique, make you feel in love with life, make you step out of the comfort zone into the life you're born to live.
A few minutes of time alone each day can help you reconnect with these lost parts of your soul that get drawn up in the day to day minutiae. A few small steps can get you closer to those dreams of throwing caution to the wind and doing the things that excite you. During a challenging yoga class, I love to remind my students (and be reminded myself) that it is important to find your edge, in practice and life. Reaching past boundaries and exploring new territories is an example of a life well lived. How will you step out of security and life as you know it this year? There's no better time than now to begin pondering the new year in front of you.
"Wear red . . . cut your hair . . . study art in Paris . . . learn the tango, your authentic self has not abandoned you. Instead she has been waiting patiently for your to recognize her and connect. Turn away from the world this year and begin to listen. Listen to the whispers of your heart. Look within. Your silent companion has lit lanterns of love to illuminate the path to Wholeness. At long last, the journey you were destined to take has begun." ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
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Kimberly Wilson
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May our bodies and minds be healthy.
May our thoughts be filled with love.
May our practice be free of obstacles.
May we carry its benefits into the world.
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