Fall Schedule

This is my Fall Schedule....which starts TUESDAY September 2nd!

Zen Den Fall/Winter Teacher Training

Don't Wait.

Don't wait to change your life...start NOW. Not now, but Right now. 200 Hour Teacher Training @ the Zen Den....

HipToDaHop

I love teaching yoga.
I love laughing.
I love dancing.
I love hip hop.
I love combining all of the above.
Bliss.

Beautiful.

Partners help us to twist...

The message from last nights workshop...

Beautiful practice.
Beautiful day.
Beautiful life.

I just added in Wednesday and Thursday mornings, 8-9am. I knew that it was going to be a bit slow, so I took advantage of the small classes to do some "partner" work. We lined up in two rows, facing one another, and helped eachother through balancing poses and into deep assists. It was a beautiful class and I was so grateful to share the practice with a great group of individuals. Later in the night I finally got to be the STUDENT! I went to Maura Manzo's workshop, "A Hustle and a Prayer", and it was about turning your hard work into heart work. I personally feel that I've already transformed the hard work into heart work, but a lot of what she was talking about was empowering me and my path. At the end we all picked out hearts from a bag and my message totally spoke to me: it said, "You have everything you need. BEGIN." And so, I've begun...

New Schedule!!

PAIGE...camped out in front of the studio so that she has a spot.She has given up her spot so that some newbies could try out the studio, but by day 3 she was ready to get there early and get her spot.....too funny to roll up on at 7 in the morning...

Hip Hop Vinyasa...HOLLA BITCHES.

So...to say that the classes at the Zen Den yoga studio in Ocean City have been "busy" would be an understatement. Every class this week we have fit the maximum capacity...30 people, and we have had to turn away dozens of saddened yogis. The solution? Add more classes. Duh. In addition to our regular schedule we will now be offering Wednesday and Thursday morning classes, 8-9am, led by yours truly. Which means that we now have 8-9am classes EVERY day of the week except MONDAYS. I have made some adjustments to my summer schedule, and I will *no longer* be teaching in Avalon except my Tuesday night 5:30pm class.

My summer schedule is as follows:

Mondays
9:30am-10:45am @ Margate Zen Den
6-8pm WORKSHOP SERIES @ Ocean City Zen Den
(*These are amazing and ALL levels, even if you've never done yoga before!)

Tuesdays
**New Addition* 7-8am @ 41st Street Beach, Ocean City ($10)
9:30am-10:45am @ Ocean City Zen Den
5:30pm-6:45pm @ Atilis in Avalon

Wednesdays
**New Addition* 8-9am @ Ocean City Zen Den
9:30am-10:45am @ Ocean City Zen Den
7:45pm-9pm YIN @ Living Well Holistic Center in Northfield

Thursdays
**New Addition* 8-9am @ Ocean City Zen Den

Fridays
9:30am-10:45am @ Ocean City Zen Den

Saturdays
8-9am @ Ocean City Zen Den
9:30am-10:45am @ Ocean City Zen Den

Sundays
7-8am @ 41st Street Beach Ocean City ($10)
*new time* 8:30am - 9:30am @ Ocean City Zen Den
*new time* 9:45am - 11am @ Ocean City Zen Den

Fierce Medicine

For the second day in a row we had to turn people away, with the room maxed out with 30 yogis, mat to mat. It was amazing. The love, the community...bliss- full blown bliss. I read an excerpt from Ana Forrests new book, Fierce Medicine. She writes about FEAR and it really resonates with me. She writes:

"...I decided to stalk my fear of heights. I'd perch on this tiny ledge high above a river filled with rocks. I'd stand there, at least twenty or twenty-five feet above the water, petrified, waiting for the fear to leave. But it never did- So I would jump anyway. I'd keep climbing up that ledge and jumping off five or six times, even though my heart hammered harshly in my chest. I realized the fear wasn't going to go away, but my paralysis within the fear would.

Sometimes I'd hesitate. I had this paradigm in my head: If I just stand here long enough, the fear will go away and I'll jump and I'll be fearless. That didn't happen. I discovered instead how not to be stopped by my fear. I tried stilling my fear by sitting down and breathing deeply, but that really wasn't all that helpful. After a while, I'd clamber all the way up and just jump right away so the fear wouldn't have time to build, the paralysis wouldn't deepen, and all the subterranean scary stories in my head couldn't bubble up. I didn't wait to feed the fear. I just took a deep breath, exhaled, and jumped. The fear was there, but it wasn't unmanageable. I'd believed that in order to do what I was afraid of, I had to get rid of the fear first, but that turned out to be only an idea, not the truth. You have to do something two hundred times before the fear will disperse. Are you still afraid of something? Just do it again. Do it again. Do it again.

1. Identify your fear.
2. Turn it around, hunt it, stalk it.
3. Stop making decisions based on fear.
4. Find the healing within the fear.
5. Snuggle up to your fear.

What exactly are you afraid of, and where did that fear come from? Start working that path of discovery. "

Gratitude to all the people who came out to class today, and to Ana Forrest for sharing her wisdom in her book Fierce Medicine.

It Begins!

The teacher training has begun! Arianne and I have been working our (super amazing yogini) asses off! For months! And now, the time is here! Last night was the kick-off to our six week teacher training certification program. We did a beautiful opening ceremony that involved food, chanting, puja, laughter and tears. I am SO excited for everyone in the training...myself included! It is going to be an amazing, challenging, beautiful, inspirational and transformational summer. Yahooooo!

All the trainees received a notebook and a flower...along with some blessed rosewood mala's from India!

The Altar.

Saging the sacred space...

This was only appetizers...later there was dinner! I was cooking all day long, but I wanted to start off the training by feeding the trainees...afterall, food is how I express my love!

Me + Arianne....Yin + Yang.....The Perfect Combination.

Don't worry if you couldn't be a part of our summer Yoga Teacher Training Certification (which is not only amazing and fun and jam-packed full of information, but it's also Yoga Alliance certified!), because we will be doing another one in the FALL! Set the intention now....

MONDAY NIGHT WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOPS

There's still time to sign up for our 200hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training Certification! It begins July 1st and ends August 15th. Whether you want to be a teacher or just deepen your practice it will be an amazing journey into the essence of yoga. If you can't make it to the training but were still looking to deeper your practice and understanding of yoga, you're in luck!! I'm teaching a Monday night lecture series as part of the training which will also be open to the public. The 7 week series begins July 1st, and can be done as a drop-in or you can save some money by signing up for all seven!

Monday Night Workshops

6pm - 8pm

@ Ocean City Zen Den Studio (900 Asbury Ave)

July 1st
1. Pranayama + Meditation: Using our breath to find peace of mind.

July 8th
2. Surya Namaskar: Salutations to the Life-Giving Sun! Explore the variations of sun salutations, their mantras, and the power they hold! (This is an asana class as well as a lecture class, please dress appropriately).

July 15th
3. AUM: Exploring the history of the universal sound "AUM" (including a blessed mala from India)!

July 22nd
4. Chakras: working through all seven of our energy centers, learning how to activate and empower each one. (Light asana)

July 29th
5. Chanting + Devotional Sound: Devotional singing is another way to practice yoga. Learn several famous chants to empower, and learn how to use a mala to help.

August 5th
6. Ida + Pingala: Opening and activating our two main energy lines through asana and pranayama. (This is an asana class as well as a lecture class, please dress appropriately).

August 12th
7. Sensory Yoga: Learn how to use your breath and intuition to guide you through a blindfolded yoga practice. (This is an asana class as well as a lecture class, please dress appropriately).

If you are interested in the workshops, please contact Arianne Green @ 609.335.6232 or email me @ cailin.callahan@gmail.com . The workshops are $40 drop-in or $210 for all seven (that's a $70 savings!)

MONDAYS.

I've decided that "days off" are for lame-o's, so I'm adding MONDAY MORNINGS in MARGATE to my schedule! Every Monday, starting tomorrow, at our margate Zen Den studio (101 N. Washington). See you there ;)

Yoga Party

Today I hosted my first ever Yoga Party, and it was ammmmazing!!! MaryBeth has been coming to my yoga classes at the OC Zen Den since my very first class. For her 50th birthday she wanted to share her love for yoga and for my class with her closest friends and family. She loves pink, so that was part of the theme. She bought everyone pink yoga mats, and made everyone monogrammed (sweat) towels. Each mat got a pink rose and a cold bottle of Fiji water. Under each mat was a paper with 5 words that Marybeth would choose to describe you. After an hour and 15min yoga flow we enjoyed refreshments, fresh fruit, scones and Chai. It was such a spectacular experience, for such a wonderful woman. I'm feeling blessed to be a part of such an amazing event.

The Beautiful Birthday Girl.