The Art of Living in Harmony
UrbanChi
Music, Design & Movement
145 First St., Los Altos, CA 94022
1-888-633-8480
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Mindful Yoga
Increase flexibility, relaxation, & joy...
Discover a more peaceful mind and body.
— Flyer (PDF, 70 K)
Mindful Yoga is a Mindful Movement course in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at El Camino Hospital.
CEU's available
When:
10/16 - 12/11, 2007 (8 Tuesday Evenings)
7:00-9:00 PM
(No class Nov 20)
Where:
El Camino Hospital, Park Pavillion 2nd Floor, Physical Medicine
2500 Grant Ave., Mountain View, CA
Costs: $200.00
Registration: (650) 940-7000 ext 8745
What to Bring: Please bring a mat (or a large towel), and yoga strap or belt
Description of the Class...
CEU's...
About the Instructor...
What students are saying...
Class Description
This eight-week mindfulness-based Yoga program is designed for bringing compassionate awareness to the body. Poses are taught in a very gentle manner with everyone moving comfortably at their own pace, and with a focus of mindfulness, paying close attention to what one is feeling physically and emotionally. Unique aspects of this program are group discussion, and exploring how poses are integrated with conscious awareness.
CEU's
RN, LVN, CNA; 16 CEU hours available-
Approved Provider #CEP532.
MFCC and LCSW; 16 CEU hours available
Approved Provider #PCE930
About Keith Urban
Keith began his study of Yoga and mindfulness practices with Swami Satchidananda over 30 years ago, continuing his studies with Yogi Bhajan (Kundalini Yoga) and Pir Vilayat Khan (The Sufi Order of the West), and with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Bob Stahl (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction).
Keith is also a celebrated modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He was a founding member of Toronto Dance Theater, and Chair of the Dance Department at York University in Toronto. His own award-winning company, Urban and Formolo Dance, toured internationally and was the first Canadian-based troupe to teach and perform in the People's Republic of China.
Since moving to the Bay area from New York in 2000, he has been teaching at Stanford University (Modern Dance Technique, Choreography, Improvisation), at Foothill College (Ballet, Yoga, Pilates), and at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Yoga, Joy of Movement), and his own Joy of Movement classes in downtown Mountain View.
Throughout his career he has explored the body-mind-spirit connection, and how mindful movement helps facilitate relaxation, wellbeing, and the whole-hearted expression of the joy of living.
What students and colleagues are saying about Keith Urban's classes:
This class helped me feel that my body was my friend again!
(LA, Stanford Continuing Studies Student, age 33)
Keith is the best yoga instructor I have had. He creates a comfortable, safe space on all levels - physical, emotional, and spiritual. The atmosphere in Keith's classes is a calming one that allows self consciousness to drop away naturally.
(DP, Mechanical Engineer, age 52)
"Keith is a delight to have as one of our colleagues. I have seen his classes and the extraordinary excitement he creates with his students. The projects his beginning students perform demonstrate the depth of the content in Keith's classes. He brings so much experience so generously to his teaching."
Tony Kramer
Director, Dance Division, Department of Drama,
Stanford University
"Keith is a talented and highly experienced teacher with a gift for engaging students in the process of their own physical, creative and spiritual development. He is able to focus on what students need, and provide guidance that speeds their progress. I recommend his classes most enthusiastically.
AL, Assistant Chair & Associate Professor,
World Arts and Culture, UCLA
After a long day in a stressful work environment I found this class a great way to unwind and turn my head around, as well as being a fun way to exercise. And Keith Urban makes that easy because he really loves what he does!
(JG, Retail Store Manager, age 60)
"Keith is a wonderful, thoughtful and caring instructor with great taste in music. His class opened my mind, body and spirit. It was an inspiring and moving experience."
(BD, tanford Continuing Studies student, age 27)
"I'm a huge fan of Keith Urban's "Joy of Movement" classes and I believe that they have contributed to a transformation in my life.
I look forward to Wednesday evenings, knowing that there is a place where I can be completely free and joyful. It is hard to explain, but in some way, his classes make me feel "at one" with my own spirit.
Keith creates a comfortable environment where my body, mind and spirit are relaxed and refreshed. The classes leave me with energy and a sense of well-being. A deep calm seems to stay with me throughout the week.
Keith is a wise teacher and his spirit of acceptance and loving kindness touches his students in unexpected ways."
(WL, Public Relations Consultant, age 30)
"I was surprised and delighted to experience my imagination coming more alive along with my body, as we learned to trust our own movement and the wonderful relaxation techniques. I heartily recommend Keith's courses!"
(Stanford Continuing Studies student, age 60)
"Keith's class is a mind- and body-liberating experience. After class, I always feel relaxed and satisfied!"
(CW, Stanford University graduate student, age 24)
The class lived up to the name "Joy of Movement." I have been looking for a class like this for years. I do not have an extensive dance background. But, Keith seemed to effortlessly create an environment where I could dance with the freedom, joy and abandon I experienced as a child. This class was an unexpected gift and definitely went beyond my expectations. After five weeks, I wanted more classes.
(LA, Stanford Continuing Studies Student, age 48)
"Keith's class allows me to experience the body and dance in a totally new way, and my overall ability to dance has changed dramatically for the better.
We have so much fun in class. I really can't recommend it enough.
Everyone should try this style of dancing at least once in their life. You feel free from the burdens of life during the class. It's just you and the uninhibited dancing."
(Stanford University student, age 19)
Gradually I have become much more agile, have better posture and know more about the proper way to breathe. My knees are almost pain-free now, as are my shoulders, and I am thrilled to be able to ride a bike again. I am convinced that Keith's class has been a major factor in my amazing recovery.
(KC, Retired teacher, age 68)
"Keith nurtures intuition, helping both experienced and inexperienced dancers to discover their own authentic movement and original 'voice'.
I especially recommend his class to those who have never danced before, but have been curious to explore movement; Keith's warmth and individual approach provide a safe and vitalizing environment.
It is rare to find a teacher who can harmonize so much into one class with such sensitivity and wisdom."
(Stanford University student, age 20)
"Thank you so much for your gracious accommodation at the Embodied Mind conference this weekend. Your noontime introduction to "The Joy of Movement" was really an awakening experience for me. The impact of the movements was far greater than mere stretching exercises. Possibly, the context of the conference contributed. However, the freedom of the movements and the understanding guidance you shared as each movement was introduced gave me a feeling of being free in space.
As a child, I dreamed of being a ballet dancer and could watch dance and feel myself in the bodies of the dancers spinning in the universe with energy, grace, precision, and flow. My fundamental religious family was bound to eradicate such wanton and evil desires from me. I rarely danced in any way. During your session today, my head rang with admonitions to, "Sit still!", "Stop fidgeting!", "Act like a lady!" So I mentally thanked the images and let them pass on. Here I am at age 62 feeling that I finally sense what being a nurtured child might feel like.
I wish that you had even the simplest of videos or DVDs of your work to carry it beyond your geographic confines. Thank you for sharing your work with us. The experience was lovely!!"
(-- JM, participant in "The Embodied Mind" conference in Los Angeles, 3/06)
