Naked Yoga for ALL Men - Tuesday with Andy
Dec 11 - Dec 17
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Finding HOME in your BODY
Naked Yoga for Men Toronto
Weekly Practices
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Tuesday 6:00pm
Gentle Movement
Andy Sinclair
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Tuesday 8:00pm
Meditation & Stillness
Phillip Coupal
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Saturday 10:00am
Energetic Physical Movement
Jean Francois Alleno
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Saturday 12:00 noon
Energetic Sensual Movement
Jean Francois Alleno
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Join Phillip Coupal and our dedicated
teachers at the
Awaken Studio Toronto,
276 Carlaw Avenue,
Upstairs Unit 217-B,
Toronto Ontario
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Naked Yoga
for ALL Men
at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Modern Yoga for the Male Body
Tuesday 6:00pm
Practice
with Andy Sinclair
Modern Yoga for the Male Body
Focus
Gentle Movement Exploration
Tuesday 6:00 pm - 90 minutes
with Andy Sinclair
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In this Tuesday evening class we will discover and revisit light activation exercises for the whole body.
An intent is to renew our inherent knowledge of low-impact movement possibilities
-- whether for day-to-day activities, sports, or anything else.
Gentle core engagement, easy balance play and working through spinal directions will be integrated into each class.
We will seek to develop mindful yet intuitive movement habits and refine our relationship towards physical effort. Transferring body knowledge "off the mat" will be addressed.
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We will continually create body awareness via: imagery, breath study, and simple supine movement.
We will keep a low centre of gravity as we travel through some lower and upper body study. We will query our beliefs surrounding effort, as well as our relationships with our own bodies.
Nakedness as an evolving concept will be a focus of practice. We will touch on meditation techniques.
Working together, we will seek to strengthen our experience within the body and to question how our movement is informed.
Who are these classes for?
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This class is presented for all levels, all ages
and body types. Men who are seeking relief from strain or pain with movement. Men seeking new awareness of aleviation of pain informed by how we move our body will find a great fit in the Tuesday evening classes.
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What are some of the benefits of these classes?
Participants can take away new skills and practises directed towards:
awareness,
stillness and
peace.
These awarenesses are transferable to more complicated situations and movements off the mat while we live our everyday lives
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Men will leave the class, feeling both aware and relaxed and perhaps even with a sense of deeper well being.
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Why we practice
together as men:
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As men we gather together to:
nurture discipline in the work,
to know that we are not alone,
and to find the fellowship
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The discipline, knowledge and fellowship can continue to express itself even after we have left the studio.
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Our Yoga practices can be a time for yourself, where you can be yourself and be surrounded by other like-minded men. ​
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Why we practice
together while naked:
Our reasons for practising while naked include:
showing one's whole self,
enhancing honesty and
finding freedom from shame and
the breakdown of inhibition.
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Everyone's experience of practising while naked will be ever-changing and a chance for discoveries about ourselves.
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Mindful Intuitive Movement
Modern Yoga for the Male Body
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Tuesday Evening
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Gentle Movement Exploration - 90 Minute
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6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
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Andy Sinclair
From Andy
Speaking of his Yoga Journey
I was exposed to yoga asana as a young athlete and practised sporadically until 2010 when I found several Toronto teachers who guided me through other areas of practice.
I was a student in the Yoga Sanctuary's Evolving Spirit teacher training in 2012-13 and began teaching both naked and clothed yoga thereafter.
Over time my offerings have specialized to reflect what I most value in the practice -- stillness, awareness, and peace. "
Andy Sinclair
August 2020
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“Intuition is always right in at least two important ways:
It is always in response to something,
it always has our
best interest at heart”
~ Gavin de Becker
Andy Sinclair
Awaken Studio Toronto
Naked Yoga for ALL Men
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Mindful Intuitive Movement
Tuesday Evening
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Gentle Movement Exploration - 90 Minute
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Welcome
All men are welcome to take part in the
practice of Naked Yoga at the Awaken Studio.
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Free yourself to treat yourself to an
experience unlike any other in the city.
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Please bring your courage, your curiosity and your open beginners mind.
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This practice is open to all men and the
Awaken Studio welcomes all DIVERSITY.
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There is no experience qualification,
body shape or size restriction or
maximum age restriction.
Please be over 19 years of age.
Gratitude for Andy
and the classes that he
offers at the
Awaken Studio Toronto
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Andy has shared his yoga practice with men at the Awaken Studio Toronto, from the beginning. The first classes were offered in the fall of 2013.
The courage and strength that Andy brought to this new program has provided a supportive and innovative platform for the Naked Yoga classes at the Awaken Studio.
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Andy set the tone and was the first to ask, "Why do we gather as men and why do practice naked?" I am grateful for both of these questions as they have been a guide as the progams have developed and grown over the years.
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Andy has brought his grounded, soft and insightful energy to our weekly practices to this day. I am glad for Andy's dedication, centered approach and compassionate care for the men who attend the Tuesday Evening Naked Yoga classes.
I am looking forward to the newest expansion and additions to our classes as we traverse into new territory again. There will be new energy, new information and bright new awareness. I am truly grateful and humbled for the gifts that Andy brings to the Awaken Studio.
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Phillip Coupal June - 2021
Naked Yoga
for ALL Men
at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Modern Yoga for the Male Body
Tuesday 8:00pm
Practice
with Phillip Coupal
Modern Yoga for the Male Body
Focus
Mindful
Stillness
Quite
Tuesday 8:00 pm - 60 minutes
with Phillip Coupal
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In this Tuesday evening class we will explore
silence, stillness, quite and opening the body and mind to a state of de-activation
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Class Schedule
Naked Yoga for ALL Men
at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Modern Yoga for the Male Body
Naked Yoga Classes
Classes are offered weekly from
September to June
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Tuesday​
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Gentle Movement
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90 minute class at 6:00 pm​
Meditative Stillness
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60 minute class at 8:00 pm
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Saturday​
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Energetic Physical Movement
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90 minute class at 10:00 am​
Energetic Sensual Movement
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60 minute class at 12:00 noon
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Fees
Naked Yoga for ALL Men
at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Modern Yoga for the Male Body
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​Fees for Individual Classes
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60 minutes
Starting at $30.00
Drop-In Cash Payment = $35.00 inc HST
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90 minutes
Starting at $35.00
Drop-In Cash Payment = $40.00 inc HST
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ClassPACK Options
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4 weeks 60 = $110.00
4 weeks 90 = $205.00
4 weeks DOUBLE = $290.00
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8 weeks 60 = $125.00
8 weeks 90 = $240.00
8 weeks DOUBLE = $335.00
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12 weeks 60 = $220.00
12 Weeks 90 = $420.00
12 weeks DOUBLE = $600.00
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All fees are subject to Ontario HST
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Prefered Payment method is Email Transfer to
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Practicing
Kindness
Compassion
Grace
Kindness, compassion, grace and conscious construction of community are basic tenants of the Awaken Studio Toronto. It is our practice to exist in the world living from a place of gracious and radical acceptance.
If for some reason you are unable to pay for the services offered by Phillip Coupal or
the Awaken Studio in Toronto we will do our
best to create an accommodation for your need.
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Although classes can not be free of any financial exchange, the Awaken Studio and Phillip are always open to negotiation.
If you are under employed, unemployed or suffering from a financial hardship and you wish to attend, we will do our very best to create an accommodation made for you. Mutually agreed and negotiated in a kind and understanding manner.
Please be kind you yourself and make sure to contact :
Phillip for more information.
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All you have to do is ASK!
What's This About Naked Yoga for Men
Written by J. Colby Smith ~ Shankara Studio
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" ...In many ways, naked yoga is one of the most equalizing practices you can engage in. For better or worse, we all walk around covered by layers. We have our work persona, our home persona, our gym persona, and so on. Sometimes these personas integrate. But oftentimes these personas, these layers, change the way we interact with one another. Not only that, they can change the way we interact with and see ourselves.
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I often say at the beginning of class, “This is an opportunity to free ourselves of those layers—obviously the physical layers of clothing—but more importantly, the layers of stuff we carry between each of us.”
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Once the clothes are gone, I find it’s much easier to genuinely connect, genuinely see one another, and put down all of the perceived crap between us. We’re people. We’re bodies. We’re beautiful. Each body is inherently different. We may have different skin tones, different bone structures, different habits with regard to how we hold ourselves and move, different muscle tone or lack thereof.
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Our society is continually bombarded with images of perfection—perfect bodies, perfect abs, perfect hair and teeth. Everywhere we look we’re confronted with a product that will help us achieve that perfection. It turns out, it won’t. And it turns out, those bodies aren’t perfect. Most aren’t even healthy or achievable without airbrushing.
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I recognize this on a conscious level; and yet, I still have such a hard time not comparing. For me, naked yoga is truly the only time I feel 100% comfortable in my own skin. It may seem crazy, but it’s true. ... "
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Originally published on ShankaraStudio.net
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