A Weekend of Ashtanga Vinyasa Practices

Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Harmony Slater comes to guide multiple days of Mysore practices, a led primary class, and several workshops. This is an opportunity to work on your individual practice and receive specific guidance, assistance, and recommendations that you’ll continue to use after this special weekend ends!

Harmony will have the assistance of Russell Case throughout all the classes and workshops.

Mysore

Friday, February 14 | Sunday, February 16 | Monday, February 17
7:30am-9:30am

In this session you will have a chance to practice your Mysore style ashtanga yoga practice with Harmony.

The essence of this type of yoga practice is to encourage the practitioners to follow the rhythm of their breath and develop an individual practice suited to their body. This class is available to all levels of practitioners.

Individual Session Pricing

• General: $45
• Members: $40
• Early-bird through 2/4: $40

Note: This event happens three times (Friday, Sunday, and Monday). Listed pricing refers to attending a la carte, per day.

Working with Bandhas in Asana + Pranayama

Friday, February 14
6:00pm-8:00pm

Yoga is the science of experience and a philosophy for living. When we integrate the three subtle energetic locks into our practice, we notice big changes in our ability to focus and draw the mind inward. Bandhas connect to the movement of our Inner Energy and the expansion of this vital life force within ourselves. We will discuss the more esoteric aspects of the practice, and explore easily accessible ways to begin a practice of breath-control using bandhas.

Individual Session Pricing

• General: $60
• Members: $50
• Early-bird through 2/4: $50

Primary Series

Saturday, February  15
9:00am-11:30am

Join this guided class with Harmony where we will move through the sequence of a traditional Primary Series class with focused attention on learning to cultivate Mula Bandha and Uddiyana Bandha. This movement of subtle energy is an important key to the asana practice. Bandhas can be used to create a greater sense of lightness, balance, and ease of movement.

This will be followed by a talk about how to begin moving the mind inward and drawing it towards the more subtle aspects of practice and a guided practice of Spinal Breathing and meditation. Learn how to take your experience of yoga beyond asana practice and into the other more esoteric limbs of yoga.

Individual Session Pricing

• General: $65
• Members: $55
• Early-bird through 2/5: $55

Strengthening the Spine and Purifying the Nervous System

Saturday, February  15
2:00pm-4:00pm

Nadi Shodhana means “purification of the energy channels.” This can be done through asana and pranayama. In this workshop students will explore the  connection of prana (vital life energy) with the cleansing and  strengthening of the nervous system through gentle asanas, kriyas, and  pranayama. These practices will be highly beneficial and accessible to  everyone, regardless of your level of experience.

Individual Session Pricing

• General: $60
• Members: $50
• Early-bird through 2/5: $50

A Gentle introduction to Second Series

Strengthening the Spine and Cleansing the Nervous System with Harmony Slater

Sunday, February 16
2:00pm-4:30pm

The first few postures of this series are classical asanas that are beneficial and accessible to everyone, regardless of your level of experience.  Many benefits can be derived from learning these postures focused on cultivating an open and receptive heart.

Individual Session Pricing

• General: $75
• Members: $65
• Early-bird through 2/6: $65

About Harmony Slater

In recent years, alongside her dedicated Ashtanga yoga practice and teaching, Harmony’s embarked on a transformative journey, weaving together her practice of Buddhist Meditation, Spinal Energetics, Spiritual Coaching and Eastern Mysticism into the already well-established roots of Asana and Pranayama. What she shares with students doesn’t belong to any one system. Her retreats and workshops highlight yoga as the art of living and science of experience.

Harmony’s teaching philosophy centers on the fundamental recognition: “That which you are looking for is the one who is looking.” She guides students to recognize their inherent creativity and wholeness, empowering them to tap into their personal power and intuition.

Her approach is shaped by rich life experiences, including:

• Five years of immersive study in China, India, and Thailand
• Deep dive into Sanskrit chanting and Eastern philosophical traditions
• Founding her own yoga school in Canada in 2009
• Integrating spiritual practice into daily life as a mother

Harmony offers a holistic experience, focusing on cultivating six levels of awareness: Mental, Emotional, Somatic, Unconscious, Energetic, and Behavioral to wake up to your inherent worthiness and transform your spiritual practice into a powerful tool for healing and personal evolution. You can find more about Harmony at https://harmonyslater.com.

About Russell Case

Michigan born retired Yoga teacher and Painter, Russell Altice Case earned his MFA in 2003 studying under fellow Detroit Sven Lennart Anderson at Brooklyn College. After graduation, he spent 10 years overseas studying and teaching Ashtanga Yoga in Taiwan, Brighton U.K., and Mysore India.

This followed a year teaching English in Andong, South Korea, and passing the Foreign Service Exam. He was the first from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago student population to ever do so. He gained his BFA and also a Post baccalaureate in 2000 from that proud institution, following his graduation from the New Orleans Center of Creative Arts in 1993.

In 2010 Case returned to the US and founded the very first Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga room at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco and subsequently the Jois Foundation for children and the Stanford University Mysore Program where he was director for 10 years.

Currently he paints and lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada with his beloved wife Harmony, their shared child Jediah Om, and two golden doodles Artemis and Apollo.

Russell’s maternal and paternal family both fled the Storsvagåret Famine of 1867. He longs to return to the Lund family headstone in Algutstorp. Västra Göteland. His Lund family continues to hold family reunions in Chicago every year.

Entire Weekend Pricing

• General: $365
• Members: $315
• Early-bird through 2/4: $315