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Janaki |
Janaki is Jane's yoga name, presented to her by the the Sivananda
Yoga Vedanta organization's senior acharya, Swami Mahadevananda Saraswati,
at the Dhanwantari Yoga Vedanta Ashram, Kerala India in 1999. She utilizes
Janaki in honour of the system that taught her the yoga teacher training. |
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Yoga Therapy Classes |
On Mondays Janaki offers a 1.5
hour Yoga Therapy
class at Kitsilano's
Yoga Sukha
at 16th & Arbutus - around the corner from the Ridge Theatre & the NEW
Meinhardt's.
Props and walls are utilized. All levels are welcome. Come restore and explore!
Read more about Restore and Explore Yoga Therapy.
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The Lower
Back:
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Experience relief of the lower back during this 6-week pre-registered
semi-private series of classes. Explore techniques for soothing & aligning,
relieving tightness & discomfort in the lower back & pelvis, plus
experience techniques for a 3-level relaxation. Each student will receive a
coached program, with awareness of the subtle/physical
body connection to further enable independence in health management.
Taught by
Janaki - Yoga Sukha's
Yoga Therapist
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Yoga for the Golden Years – Yoga
for Seniors |
It's a golden
time of life and fun too ... and so is the yoga! Janaki is teaching Mat
Yoga and Chair Yoga to our seniors. Have fun doing the "George Burns"
asana to warm up the hips. If you would like her to teach in your
Centre, contact her via email at
janaki@telus.net.
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Vijnana Yoga – Advanced Asanas with |
Janaki studied Vijnana yoga, an
advanced asana practice, with Gioia Irwin. Gioia's classes
provide an ongoing deep study of the yoga asana.
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Yoga Therapy – Advanced studies with |
Janaki has concluded a two year, 200-hour Yoga
Therapy diploma program studying under the guidance of Leila Stuart, greater
Vancouver's regional expert on Yoga Therapy. Leila passes on the teachings
of many masters including Bonnie Bainbridge and Donna Farhi. These teachings
augment Janaki's ability to provide the best fitting yoga experience in her
own classroom. Janaki continues to study with Leila in the Master Yoga Therapy Program. |
Be ever delighted in your own all-blissful Atman or Soul.
- Sri Swami Sivananda
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Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre Vancouver, Vancouver, CANADA |
Janaki is one of the founding
members of the Sivananda Centre in Vancouver.
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
Vancouver Offering Hatha asana classes, meditation, vedanta, satsangs, teachers' and advanced teachers' training courses. Sivananda Vancouver Centre is an affiliate Centre to the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. |
Urvaarukamiva bandhanaan mrityor muksheeya maamritaat
- Maha Mrutyunjaya Mantra
| 10-day Vipassana Meditation retreats | Vipassana is one of India's most ancient meditation techniques. Vipassana is the process of Self-purification by self observation, firstly by observing the natural breath, then, with sharpened awareness observing the changing nature of the body & mind experiencing the universal truths by direct experience. We in British Columbia are fortunate to have a Vipassana Meditation Centre in Merritt. Janaki frequently visits the Centre for 10-day sits and invites you to explore this deep healing practice. www.surabhi.dhamma.org |
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Bhavatu saabba mangalam! |
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Advanced Vedic studies with
Jeffrey Armstrong |
Janaki is
studying advanced philosophy of the Vedas with
Jeffrey Armstrong here in Vancouver.
Jeffrey's teachings provide
insightful knowledge into the art of living in this Kali Yuga. |
Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya
Mrityor maa amritam gamaya
- Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad
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Yoga Teacher Training, Sivananda Yoga Camp, Val Morin, PQ, CANADA |
Summer 2004, after years
of personal yoga practice, Janaki finally decides to get super-serious about
yoga and obtain the skills to start helping others with their practices.
Best known for it's founding gurus, Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnu-Devananda,
the Sivananda organization offers one of the best
yoga teacher training programs in the world. This 480 hour intensive,
set in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec, gives Janaki the formal training
required to begin teaching others. Janaki regularly returns to Yoga Camp in Quebec to attend courses in Vedanta. Janaki edits the monthly Sivananda Gurugram - the electronic newsletter of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres - available via email or on the Sivananda website. |
- Sri Swami Sivananda
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Janaki's first yoga experience,
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwanthari Ashrama, |
Winter 1998's
photographic work brought Jane Weitzel to Pakistan and India. On the way
home, a friend suggested that she visit the
Sivananda ashram in South India.
Her intention was to visit the Ashram for one week before she was to return
to Vancouver. Eight "blees-ful" weeks later, Jane still remained at the
ashram, attending classes and doing karma yoga. Eventually business called
and she had to leave the ashram to go back to Canada. Yoga was not lost -
Jane hasn't been the same since. She has returned to the ashram and India
several times, pursuing the knowledge. Janaki is Jane's yoga name, presented to her by the the Sivananda organization's senior Acharya, Swami Mahadevananda Saraswati, in 1999. By the Master's and Guru's blessings, Janaki teaches the eight limbs of yoga, in gratitude for the wonderful guidance of Vedanta. |