Yoga
Be the change you wish to see in the world. –Mahatma Gandhi
Kate Bowers’ teaching is individualized and compassionate. Her style is playful and emphasizes breath and self knowledge. In this way, Bowers creates safety to take risks or take it easy. A certified Neurodevelopmental Therapist, Bowers helps people understand and fix subtle, sensory blocks to alignment, balance, focus and body awareness. Her yoga teaching is sprinkled with Ayurvedic wisdom and offers ways of finding balance in life by connecting with nature.
Member, CA Yoga Teachers Assn., References Available, Insured
Classes
Group classes and private lessons are available.
GROUP CLASS SCHEDULE
Winter 2010
Beginning January 4, 2009
Please call or email to confirm
Bow Yoga Club
Monday or Tuesday 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Wednesday 10:30 am - noon
Saturday 10:00 - 11:30
Anacortes Community Center
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Thursday 1:00 - 2:30,
or 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Anacortes, Fidalgo Elementary
Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Group lessons are held in Bow or Anacortes. Classes are open to all levels and all ages (six years and up). Modifications and alternate postures are offered for those with limitations. Bowers fosters mutual acceptance, support, and respect for individuals in an environment that is lighthearted and compassionate. Research has shown immune function is strengthened through thoughtful communities where people feel free to express themselves.
Cost:
$143 for 13 wks or $104 for seniors/kids
$132 for 12 wks or $96 for seniors/kids
Classes vary in number of weeks, call or email for details.
$15 drop in or $10 seniors and children
Private lessons can be alone or shared. Private lessons foster a deeper understanding of the self and accelerates healing. The supportive one-on-one relationship creates optimal opportunities for self exploration. Individual attention helps refine a personal practice, harmonize relationships, defy disability, ease transitions, and develop self-care strategies. Cost: $45 per 1 hour, $60 per 1.5 hours
Testimonials
My wife and I and our ten year old son love to attend Kate's yoga classes, both private and group. She is a maverick teacher who keys in on each individual's needs at the moment and uses both traditional and novel yogic tools to work with them. A lot of laughter spices her classes, and her usual buoyancy graciously serves her student's discipline. In her classes seriousness of purpose always plays with irreverence in a gentle container of curiosity and rigor. Pushing one's yogic limits was never so much fun!
-Jeff Berger
I started taking yoga with Kate at the ripe old age of 49, and, wow!—has it changed my life! I could kick myself for not starting all of this years ago, but here I am—enjoying every minute! Class with Kate has been transformative. She has the wonderful, intuitive, ability to know what is needed—and what isn't! Her focus is not on "adherence to form" but, rather, on using yoga as a means for establishing a deeper connection with body, with mind, and with our world. She gently encourages exploration beyond current limits by allowing the body and the mind to open and expand. I've realized that I haven't needed a lot of perseverance or discipline to keep coming to class; my commitment comes directly from the enjoyment and benefit of finding better balance in my life—the best sign of a practice that's working!
-Desiree Webster
You’ve asked me what I’d like to do. That’s very, very nice of you! Could we please pose like standing bows, while holding onto our big toes? Then squeeze our knees, and stand like trees, swaying gently in the breeze. Then you could give us expert tips, on how to open up our hips. And then we all could squat like crows, while breathing briskly through our nose. We’ll try to do it without groaning. And we could end the class with toning. And then lay down upon the floor. And get relaxed, but do not snore. So lets get started—I can’t wait. I’m sure this class will be just great!!!
-Jim McNett, class comedian