Workshops with Michael Faith

Four-Week Series
Starts Sunday, June 3, 2012
2:00-3:00pm
TELECLASS: Heart-Centered Meditation & Living

This 4 week series will take you through foundational meditation techniques and breathwork as well as additional practices to develop tools to address difficult emotions, feelings, and thoughts. The series will also expand on practices to harness compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and appreciation to move you into a state of heart consciousness in all areas and relationships in your life.

Full Teleclass - $55
Price includes calls, audio files, and weekly emails.

4 Sundays at 2pm starting June 3 Details and registration

Saturday, June 23, 2012
Bloom Yoga Studio Chicago, IL
12:30-3:00pm
The Dance of The Warrior

Come join this fun and vibrant celebration of the warrior archetype within the Yoga practice. Invite yourself to be challenged in new and surprising ways. Learn fun and dynamic sequences that take the traditional warrior poses and invite them into dances of strength and grace. Deep intentional practices along with the powerful sequence will lay the groundwork for all practitioners to discover bravery, courage, conviction, leadership, and authentic power.

Completed Workshops

May 4-6, 2012
Yoga Rasa Houston, TX

Being Brave – A Ritual Practice to Open the Heart
Friday, May 4 • 6-8:30 pm

Mystery Magic & Awe – A Yoga Adventure
Saturday, May 5 • 9-11:30 am

Expanding Your Vision – Arm Balancing with Courage
Saturday, May 5 • 1-4:30 pm

The Wheel of Life – The Path Towards Urdhva Dhanurasana
Sunday, May 6 • 9 am – 12:30 pm

The Heart of Conflict
Sunday, May 6 • 2-4 pm

Sunday, February 19, 2012
Buckman Yoga Shala Portland, OR
1:30-5:00pm
Intimately Alive: Cultivating Intimate Awareness With Self and Others
With Michael Faith and Joseph Machado

Through Yoga, Dance, Meditation, Ritual, and Discussion participants will be lovingly challenged to explore and penetrate the barriers and internal resistance to intimacy within themselves and in relationship with others. Through the lens of open hearted awareness and love participants will explore the ways in which they contract and expand; push, pull and reach; attract and repulse, and give and receive in each of these areas. Be prepared to explore beyond buzzwords and stretch into areas of the unknown in a safe and welcoming space.

MORE DETAILS

In context to the workshop, Intimately Alive, we will work with how relationships to self and others have shaped us. By making our meditation practice a moving practice we will till the fertile soil of the unconscious and conscious giving us the ability to deepen our awareness to relationship situations as they arise.

Read more about what to expect from this work

Friday, May 15, 2009
Bloom Yoga Studio Chicago, IL
5:30-7:30pm
Mystery Magic and Awe: A Yoga Adventure

Is there something missing from your yoga practice, like Joy? Then this PLAYshop is for you. Take time for this light hearted adventure that will surely awaken your senses to more aliveness in your practice. We will take time to journey into variations of Mandala Namaskars (circular movements/salutations), hip openers, arm balances, and backbends. This is a mindful alignment based vinyasa practice open to all levels who are adventurous, curious, lighthearted, and playful (best if you have some yoga experience, but don't think you have to be a yoga rock star).

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Bloom Yoga Studio Chicago, IL
1:00-3:00pm
The Freedom of Flight- Arm balance Extravaganza!

Take your arm balances to the next level. Feel the joy of discovery as you build more capacity within your backbody and core to sustain longer holds, playful sequences, and dynamic arm balancing within your practice. This is for those who have the basics down and can perform crow, and can sustain a strong plank and down dog. You will need a strong foundation to play in this workshop.

Sunday May 17, 2009
Total Body Yoga Mundelein, IL
1:00-4:00pm

Spanda Sahaja Yoga - Practice and Play
Spanda is a Sanskrit term for the subtle creative pulse of the
universe as it manifests into the dynamism of living form. Spanda can
be translated to mean vibration, movement, or motion, referring to
waves of activity issuing forth from an unseen Source of spontaneous
expression. Sahaja means spontaneous natural joy of a divine nature.
This practice combining these two naturally arising energies takes us
to a playful, vibrant, and ecstatic expression of movement within our
practice. Bring your passion for creativity, your desire to open and
to be awakened to the sacred pulse within.

"I am the hole in the flute that the Christ's breath moves through.
Listen to the music."---Hafiz.

Saturday May 10, 2009
Inhale Yoga Athens, OH
10:00-12:30pm
Firefly: Rising From the Ashes

Saturday May 9, 2009
Inhale Yoga Athens, OH
12:00-2:30pm
Heart Fire Flow
4:00-6:00pm
Core Fire Flow: Fanning the Flames

Friday May 8, 2008
Inhale Yoga Athens, OH
6:30-8:30pm
Fire Flow: The Invitation to Burn

Saturday May 2, 2009
Spinning Yoga St. Louis, MO
9:30-12:00pm
Heart Fire Flow
2:00-4:00pm
Core Fire Flow: Fanning the Flames

Saturday May 2, 2009
Spinning Yoga St. Louis, MO
9:30-12:00pm
Firefly: Rising From the Ashes

Friday May 1, 2009
Spinning Yoga St. Louis, MO
6:30-8:30pm
Fire Flow: The Invitation to Burn

Sunday April 26, 2009
Yoga Rasa Houston, TX

9:00am-12:00pm
Mystery Magic and Awe: A Yoga Adventure

Saturday April 25, 2009
Yoga Rasa Houston, TX

9:00am-12:00pm
The Dance of the Warrior

2:00am-4:00pm
Rasa Flow: Opening to the Sweetness of Life

Sunday March 29, 2009
10:00-12:00am
Moksha Yoga Chicago, IL
One Giant Leap--The Path towards Hanumanasana (Splits)

Saturday March 28, 2009
Inversion Workshop (In 2 parts)
Moksha Yoga Chicago, IL

Part One: Preparing To Fly
For those new to inversions, or for those looking to fine tune their bodies before flying. This workshop will take you through ways to build strong foundations and deep core awareness to awaken the body to be light and free in your inversions. Simple and concrete steps and alignments strategies and tips will be shared to make your flight smooth. Preparations for handstand, forearm balance, headstand, and shoulder stand will be given to work on.

Part Two: Flying With Faith
For those with a little more experience who are
willing and able to practice inverting against the wall and with a
partner and over the course of the workshop exploring ways using the
tools given, to leap with faith into inversions on their own. Focus on
handstand, forearm balance, headstand, and shoulder stand. Come
prepared to learn new ideas, to expand more than you thought possible,
and to enjoy your flight!

Friday March 27, 2009
7:00-9:00pm
Enter the Fire--Core Yoga Cultivation
Moksha Yoga Chicago, IL

Saturday March 14, 2009
1:30pm
The Little Yoga Studio San Diego, CA

Mystery Magic and Awe - A Yoga Adventure
Is there something missing from your yoga practice, like Joy? Then this PLAYshop is for you. Take time for this light hearted adventure that will surely awaken your senses to more aliveness in your practice. We will take time to journey into variations of Mandala Namaskars (circular movements/salutations), hip openers, arm balances, and backbends. This is a mindful alignment based vinyasa practice open to all levels who are adventurous, curious, lighthearted, and playful (best if you have some yoga experience, but don't think you have to be a yoga rock star).

Saturday January 10, 2009
12:30-3:00pm
The Freedom of Flight- Arm balance Extravaganza!
A2 Yoga Ann Arbor, MI

4:00-6:00pm
Expanding Your Vision-Arm Balancing With Courage
A2 Yoga Ann Arbor, MI
Sometimes in practice we don't do just because we think we can't. In this workshop we will expand our vision of what our practice is for and open up to something even larger than what we thought possible. You can do arm balances and in this workshop you learn how and create steps to begin your journey into the full poses over time. Bring your enthusiasm and willingness to expand your vision and potential for greatness in your practice.

Sunday January 10, 2009
10:30-12:30pm
One Giant Leap--The Path Toward Hanumanasana (Splits)
When facing the challenge of moving into the splits and other difficult poses--do your cringe? Do you think "yeah right"! Begin to cultivate a more friendly and encouraging vibe towards this amazing opportunity to leap into your own power and expansion. This pose and the path towards your giant leap is a beautiful evolutionary journey. The class/workshop will systematically and playfully guide you toward tools and movements to open up the hips, groins, hamstrings, and thighs to create space to help you make one giant leap within your practice. Come find out how to embody the playfulness, power, and magic of the heroic Hanuman.

Friday January 9, 2009
7:00-8:30pm
Candlelight Vinyasa
A2 Yoga Ann Arbor, MI

Friday, December 12, 2008
6:00-8:00pm
Enter the Fire--Core Yoga Cultivation
Sunshine Yoga & Spa Orland Park, IL (708) 873-6030
Join Michael Faith in this fiery-intense and dynamic core cultivation class. The center of our body is the seat of our elemental fire. This sacred element burns within us as alchemical creative force. Through breathwork, movement, and intention we learn to harness this energy in order to burn away blockages, cook our internal processes, and release the creativity stored inside.  All levels welcome, but be prepared to work hard, cook, and sweat!

Saturday, December 13, 2008
1:00-4:00pm
The Freedom of Flight- Arm Balance Extravaganza!
Moksha Yoga Chicago, IL
Take your arm balances to the next level. Feel the joy of discovery as you build more capacity within your backbody and core to sustain longer holds, playful sequences, and dynamic arm balancing within your practice. This is for those who have the basics down and can perform bakasana (crow), and can sustain a strong plank and down dog. You will need a strong foundation to play in this workshop.

Sunday, December 14, 2008
10:00am-1:00pm
Spanda Sahaja Yoga--Practice and Play
Moksha Yoga Chicago, IL
Spanda is a Sanskrit term for the subtle creative pulse of the universe as it manifests into the dynamism of living form. Spanda can be translated to mean vibration, movement, or motion, referring to waves of activity issuing forth from an unseen Source of spontaneous expression. Sahaja means spontaneous natural joy of a divine nature. This practice combining these two naturally arising energies takes us to a playful, vibrant, and ecstatic expression of movement within our practice. Bring your passion for creativity, your desire to open and to be awakened to the sacred pulse within.

"I am the hole in the flute that the Christ's breath moves through.
Listen to the music."---Hafiz.

October 5 , 2008
Total Body Yoga - Mundelein, IL
Rasa Flow. Saturday - 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
Click here for more info

October 3, 2008
Sunshine Yoga - Orland Park, IL
Magic, Mystery & Awe. Saturday - 6:00 - 8:30 pm.
Click here for more info

September 13-14, 2008
Inhale Yoga Studio - Athens, OH
The Dance of the Warrior. Saturday - 1:30 - 4:30 pm.
Enter the Fire- Core Yoga Cultivation. Saturday - 6-8:30 pm.
Magic, Mystery & Awe. Sunday - 9-11am.
Click here for more info

June 11-July 2, 2008 every Wed. (no class Memorial Day)
6:30 - 8:00pm
Intro to Inversions
Bloom Yoga Studio
4-week Session: $60 if registered by April 6, $70 thereafter

Saturday, May 10, 2008
Align and Refine : Yoga at the wall
Bloom Yoga Studio
An intelligent sequence supported by the use of the wall for support and therapeutic applications creates a tremendous learning and healing environment for this workshop. Focus will be on standing balance poses, inversions (handstand, shoulderstand), along with some hip opening and backbend work along the wall. This yoga adventure is great for those who want to gain a better understanding of alignment principles in a fun and supportive way, as well as those looking for therapeutic guidelines and mindfulness within their traditional flow practice. Participants will leave with a set of alignment tips to use with ALL poses to take into any yoga practice.

Wednesdays, May 5-June 2, 2008 (no class Memorial Day)
6:30 - 8:00pm
The Art of Mindful Living
Bloom Yoga Studio
In this four-week meditation series Michael Faith will guide you through simple meditation techniques that will allow you to experience the magic of being in the present moment. The inspiration for these techniques are drawn from several traditions and fused together to create a balanced and lighthearted approach to this often elusive practice. In addition to meditation the group will explore grounding and healing breath work techniques that will help to calm, soothe, and prepare the mind and heart for meditation. All levels of meditators welcome.
4-week Session: $60 if registered by April 6, $70 thereafter

Friday, April 4, 2008
10:30pm - Midnight
Midnight Yoga
Live music by Tim Porcelli and Carl Pedigo
Bloom Yoga Studio
For an alternative Friday night, join Michael for an invigorating candlelight yoga class accompanied by great live music. This class explores the connection between movement, music, and breath. Gather with like-minded individuals who are looking to do something fun, unique, and healthy to start their weekend. Pre-registration is recommended. $20

Saturday March 8, 2008
2:00-4:30pm
Enter the Fire--Core Yoga Cultivation
Yoga One Studio Milwakee, WI

Feb 2-Feb 16, 2008
3 Consecutive Saturdays from 1:30-3:00pm
The Art of Mindful Living
Bloom Yoga Studio
Three week meditation series.

Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday 9:30 - 11:30pm
Gratitude and Grace - Tools to Open the Hips
YMCA
Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, January 19, 2008
Saturday 12:30 - 2:30pm
Enter The Fire - Core Yoga Cultivation
A2 Yoga
Ann Arbor, MI

January 1, 2008
Tuesday 10:00-11:30am
A New Beginning- Awaken The Flow
Bloom Yoga Studio
Harness the excitement and joy of new beginnings and celebrate the new year with a special all levels flow practice. This energizing practice will awaken your flow within with variations on sun salutations along with energizing backbends for all levels of practitioners. The practice will conclude with a full guided meditation to bring balance and equanimity into the new year.

Friday, December 7
10:30pm - Midnight
Midnight Yoga
Live music by Tim Porcelli and Carl Pedigo
Bloom Yoga Studio
For an alternative Friday night, join Michael for an invigorating candlelight yoga class accompanied by great live music. This class explores the connection between movement, music, and breath. Gather with like-minded individuals who are looking to do something fun, unique, and healthy to start their weekend. Pre-registration is recommended. $20

November 19, 2007
Becoming a Warrior
A2 Yoga
Ann, Arbor, MI

July 20-22, 2007
Being Abundance
a Summer Retreat with Michael Faith and Tony Howard

Join Michael and Tony in peaceful Northern Michigan for retreat at Song of the Morning Ranch. The weekend includes:

• Transformational Yoga Classes
• Explorational Yoga Workshop
• Meditation
• Fireside Chanting and Community Gathering
• 15-Minute Miracle Manifestation Workshop
• Sunday Brunch
• Free Time for Relaxation and Reflection

July 15, 2007
Join me in Community Action at Prostrations for Peace, a community response to the war at North Shore Beach pier in Roger's Park, located at 1055 W North Shore Ave. Click here for a pdf about the event.