New beginnings!

The Fall is imminent and one of these classes might be calling you to new levels of awareness and potential. We invite you to join us to celebrate the start of something good.

1 ~ All Levels Yoga Class 

This class emphasizes endurance through static poses and some flowing sequences. Explore standing poses, twists, backbends, balancing poses, and inversions with the support of a master yoga teacher. Arya will help you safely modify poses as needed to improve your strength, flexibility, and balance. While all levels are welcome, prior experience with an Intro to Yoga series is recommended.

Wednesdays 5.45 pm

Arya Pretlow, E-RYT 500, RPYT, has practiced yoga since 1993 and taught since 2001. She is a graduate of the College of Purna Yoga and has over 2000 hours of teacher training. Arya delights in helping people explore their range of motion, strength, and endurance in a safe and supportive atmosphere. As an E-RYT 500, Arya’s classes qualify as Continuing Education Credits for yoga teachers registered through Yoga Alliance. You can learn more about her teaching and other wellness services at www.aryapretlow.com or follow her on her blog, www.seattleyogini.com

2 ~ Vision Class

with Bridget Thompson. Exploring through movement, writing, drawing and discussion the idea that we see what we believe. How are we trapped by our perception and where is freedom? 4 weeks only Tuesdays 17th September to 8th October 12.00 - 2.00. $10/class, $40/series
email AnatomyofGrace@gmail.com

3 ~ Core Matters Pilates Conditioning 

Reacquaint yourself with the source of your body's flexibility and strength.

with Nancy Mattheiss, owner of Core Matters Pilates Conditioning, an experienced teacher adept at offering modifications to exercises that allow everyone to progress safely at their appropriate level.

Thursdays 9.30 am - new series starts September 26th designed for Beginning and Intermediate level participants. see classes for more info

4 ~ Soaring Crane Qigong

with Jeanie Taylor
Level I Practice Series
Wednesdays 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Oct 2 - Nov 20, 2013
Cost: Sign up for a minimum of any 6 wks ($90)
or all 8 wks ($110). Advance registration and
payment by Sept 20 is required
NOTE: this series is for current practitioners of Soaring Crane
Qigong. To sign up for Level I training contact Jeanie: Jeanie Taylor 5routines@gmail.com

For our full calendar of weekly classes including Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, Tribal Bellydance and InterPlay click on our Class and Event calendar at left. Contact us on info@m-illumino.com

Pilates Core Conditioning Series!

New class starts this Thursday 20th September 9.30-10.30 am

Reacquaint yourself with the source of your body's flexibility and strength.

with Nancy Mattheiss, owner of Core Matters Pilates Conditioning, an experienced teacher adept at offering modifications to exercises that allow everyone to progress safely at their appropriate level.

This series is designed for Beginning and Intermediate level participants. see classes for more info

Balance in Action

Saturday July 7th and 21st 1.00 - 4.00 pm

Feldenkrais - more fun, more freedom!

with LeeAnn Starovasnik, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Saturday July 7th - Traveling
Taking a road trip? Flying into the wild blue yonder? Simply commuting in Seattle? Support your comfort and ease and improve your well being while you travel.


Saturday July 21st - Running
Whether running in circles, after a ball or a little one, or just for a bus come and learn how to improve this natural skill and recapture the joy of moving that we all had as children. It can be fun to run again! (using the Harmonious Running TM program)

$45/$60

to register: LeeAnn@NextStepConsultingInc.com or 206 372 8822

Breema: the Art of Being Present

A weekend workshop May 5 & 6, 2012

Experience Breema Evening – May 4, Friday 7-8:30pm (no charge)

Breema brings you to the level at which you could be nurtured, rather than drained, by your relationship to your body, your surroundings, other people, and all life.

Jon Schreiber, Self-Breema: Exercises for Harmonious Life

Experience the tangible sense of wholeness and aliveness that comes from practicing Self-Breema exercises and Breema bodywork. Students and professionals of all movement and somatic practices are invited to learn and exchange a range of dynamic Breema Sequences, emphasizing mutual support and comfort to benefit both the giver and receiver. Taught in an experiential format this workshop offers practical exploration of the Nine Principles of Harmony, body-mind connection, and the opportunity to experience how vitalizing and nurturing it is to stay connected to yourself as you support others. Breema supports you to be more present, balanced, and available in the midst of life’s demands.

Instructors: Roxanne Caswell & Birthe Kaarsholm are certified Breema Instructors who teach on staff at the Breema Center in Oakland, California. They both maintain international teaching schedules.

The Breema Center has been helping students actualize Breema’s practical approach to self-understanding and purposeful living since 1980. For more information about Breema, visit our website at www.breema.com

The Breema Center is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a Continuing Education Provider. (10CE hours for this workshop)

No prior bodywork experience is necessary but, participants must be comfortable sitting and working on a padded floor.

CLASS DATES/TIMES: Saturday, May 5: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 & 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m

CLASS FEES: Saturday & Sunday: $200 ($175 if paid by 4/25) Saturday only: $125 ($100 if paid by 4/25)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Breema Center 6076 Claremont Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: 510-428-0937
Email: center@breema.com

PLAYSHOP with Fred Donaldson

Original Play connects us all and reminds us that we belong.

Universally understood, true play is transformative,

and teaches kindness.

We're all born ready to play cooperatively with one another, but cultural conditioning reshapes our interactions to competitive contests of winners and losers.

Come re-learn Original Play

and reconnect with your innate sense of loving playfulness.

Original Play is spontaneous, joyful, instinctive play

that helps us feel safe and connected.

O. Fred Donaldson, Ph.D., is the author of Playing by Heart: the Vision and Practice of Belonging. For more than 30 years, Fred has studied the deep patterns of play, pioneering play as an alternative to competition and aggression. Recognized internationally for his research and play with children, adults, at-risk youth and wild animals, Fred's work is featured in the videos The Power of Play (Animal Planet) and The Intelligence of Play (Touch the Future).

Original Playshop $195

Friday, February 3, 6.30 - 8.30 pm

Saturday, February 4, 9.30 - 4.30

(brown bag lunch)

Sunday, February 5, 9.30 - 12.00 noon

Children ages 5-12 welcome to join us Sunday morning for play

*Advanced Original Playshop $85

Sunday, February 5, 1.30 - 5.30 pm

*PRE-REQUISITE ORIGINAL PLAYSHOP

Both Original & Advanced Playshops $245

Questions? Contact Ruth Lorenz (206) 361-1069

or RuthOPlay@gmail.com

FREE New Year Feldenkrais(R) classes Monday 2nd January

FREE New Year Morning and Evening Feldenkrais classes

Monday 2 January 2012

with LeeAnn Starovasnik, GCFP.

It's the first Monday of the New Year!

How will you move in the direction of this year's intentions, goals or resolutions?

Move into the New Year

with Awareness, Ease, Balance, Power and Grace

Beginning early, LeeAnn will teach 30 minute FREE

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement(R) classes.

Move into your new year in a new way.

Come on the half hour and stay as long as you like.

7:30 - 8:00am

8:00 - 8:30am

8:30 - 9:00am

9:00 - 9:30am

For those of you who are busy in the morning, come to one of the FREE EVENING Classes

5:30 - 6:00pm

6:00 - 6:30pm

6:30 - 7:00pm

7:00 - 7:30pm

LeeAnn is also offering private sessions ($100 value) on a love offering basis during the day from 11:30 - 5pm on a first come, first serve basis

call to schedule a 30 or 60 minute session - 206-372-8822.

ALL FRIENDS ARE WELCOME!

Water Sense at m'illumino

Water Sense: Anatomy of Grace in the Pool at m'illumino
with Bridget Thompson

Touch the elemental waters!

Supported in the water by the practitioner you are guided through fluent movement combinations to restore your joints for balance, alignment and coordination--for grace and presence.

Group Class
Thursday 6:30-7:30pm--space is limited, registration required
6 weeks for $120, June 16 to July 21

Private Session available by appointment, $90

"You are like Rilke's swan in his awkward waddling across the ground. The swan doesn't cure his awkwardness by beating himself on the back, by moving faster, or by trying to organize himself better. He does it by moving toward the elemental
water where he belongs. It is the simple contact with the water that gives him
grace and presence. You only have to touch the elemental waters in your own
life, and it will transform everything." -- David Whyte "Crossing the Unknown Sea"

Open House! May 21st 10am-2pm

Saturday, May 21 - 10:00am-2:00pm -- free!

Please join us for free classes and mini-sessions (complete schedule below)--teachers and practitioners will be on hand to answer questions, schedule appointments and tell you all about the place!

10:40-11am Nicole Wane: Acupuncture, Reiki, Energy Intuition

11:10-11:30am Jason Rumohr: Walking from Structural Integration Perspective

11:40am-12pm Bridget Thompson: Slide show from Italy, April 2011

12:10-12:30pm Sharie Bowman: Intro to InterPlay

12:40-1pm LeeAnn Starovasnik: Everyday Ease in Gardening™.

1:40-2pm Bridget Thompson: Feldenkrais®: Anatomy of Grace


Individual Mini-Sessions:
10am-11am Bridget Thompson
12pm-1:30pm Jason Rumohr
...and more!

Ever wanted to see inside the retreat cottage? Tours of the cottage will be happening throughout the day.

Read more about our teachers here.
Read more about our practitioners here.

Free Friday--May 13th!

Free Friday, May 13th 2011 7-8:30pm

Intro to Bellydance with Shay Moore

Bellydancers... Perhaps you have seen them at festivals or in restaurants, or have been intrigued by some videos on YouTube. Maybe you have even played with some videos at home. But whenever or wherever you see them, there is some part of you that thinks "That would be fun to try someday." Well that day is Friday, May 13th, and the place is at m'illumino in Roosevelt. And the cost is nada, zilch, zero. In short: free!

One of Seattle's most beloved bellydance instructors is teaching a completely free workshop in beginning bellydance. Come and learn some of the basic skills which are the foundation of those bellydance performances you have enjoyed watching all this time. It's time to get in there and shimmy. Join us!

Shay will also be leading 2 workshops in May and another in June. To read about those, click here.

To read more about our teachers and classes, click here.

New Class Times!

We hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful sun we've been having here and there! It seems Spring is starting to emerge.

We have a couple of class time changes:
Tuesday's Tribal Bellydance with Shay Moore is now 7:00-8:00pm
Thursday's Awareness Through Movment(R) with LeeAnn Starovasnik is now 5:30-6:30pm

Keep your eye out for new classes in May!

Thank You!

Thanks to everyone who attended Bridget's workshop last weekend! Thanks to you, we were able to make a donation to the American Red Cross for disaster relief following the earthquake in Japan and the Pacific Tsunami. More information about the American Red Cross can be found here.

Bridget's classes will resume in May, but in the meantime, check out some of our other fantastic classes here.

Balance In Action™ -- Part One of the Free Friday Series

Announcing our Free Fridays Series!

Once a month, we ask our one of our teachers to present the work they do to the community. The first in our series is this Friday, February 25th, 7-9pm in the studio at m'illumino.

LeeAnn Starovasnik will be teaching Balance In Action(TM), an introduction to somatic education and the Feldenkrais(R) method. Through this experiential workshop, you will learn to embody more balance, ease, and freedom in movement--join us!

Please call or email to save your place!

To read more about LeeAnn and her classes, click here.

Classes Update

Have you checked out our classes yet?

Awareness Through Movement(TM) with LeeAnn Starovasnik
7:00-8:00pm Mondays--5 classes for $75

Nia with Susan Blair
6:00-7:00 Tuesdays--$15/class

Tribal Bellydance with Shay Moore
7:30-8:30 Tuesdays

Moving Meditation with Bridget Thompson
9:30-9:50am Wednesdays--Free!

CenterWork with Vaula Torkkola and Bridget Thompson
10:00-11:15am Wednesdays--5 classes for $75



See our full class list here.