Summer Lovin' with deAnna Anderson & Steven Haun

Saturday, July 31, 2010
Yoga - 3 to 5 PM  and Raw Food Demo & Feast - 5 to 7 PM

    

Ahhhhhh......summer lovin'!  As the days get warmer and longer, the urge to be and play with others arises!  On Saturday July 31st, Tsada hosts deAnna Anderson and Steven Haun for a 2-part afternoon celebration!  We'll start with a challenging Jivamukti vinyasa class for all levels and then enjoy a raw food demo and feast!

Through vinyasa yoga (a well-planned flow of movements), we will build an inner heat that will transform and tune the inner body to the outer pulse of love.  When the separation between inner feelings and external events is harmonized into a contiguous experience, we can reach the potential of our beingness.  And that's saying something!

With physical yoga, our internal heat is strengthened and we can assimilate our nutrients much more readily.  We're operating on full absorption and digestion powers so to say!  And though human beings have been eating for well..... a really long time.... many of us are still not so sure of what to eat.  Leaving dogma aside, deAnna and Steven will demo some raw food prep and then will provide a completely organic and raw feast for everyone to enjoy!  A summer 'BBQ' with a special twist ~ walnut burgers, kale chips, vanilla hemp shakes and more will nourish and satisfy even the hungriest yogi! 

No special need to be a raw foodie or a vegan or even vegetarian ~ all omnivores are invited for this delicious feast!

Celebration limited to 20 party-goers!

Jivamukti Class Only                                           3 to 5 PM            $30         

Raw Food Demo & Feast                                    5 to 7 PM            $20         
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Meet deAnna ~


Ever since childhood, deAnna has been interested in how things work. Always a student, she practiced violin since age 9, was an avid bookworm and eventually went on to study physics, philosophy and mathematics at NYU. Before discovering the practice of yoga in 1994, her search for freedom and deeper understanding was frequently more like a roller coaster ride and often confused with a need for a wide variety of experiences and sensations. After enough highs, lows, twists and turns, she eventually but inevitably found yoga. During a time in life when it felt like she had been there, done that and was enjoying an exciting and stressful career as a fashion editor in NYC, she found herself laying on the floor in her first yoga class crying for no reason. Something stirred in her soul that she wanted to learn more about. Her curiosity was ignited. The asana practice felt very natural to the former international nightclub dancer who had been dancing since childhood and she soon committed to a daily practice at the Jivamukti Yoga Center. For a long time, deAnna’s practice was an integral part of her life as she changed careers and relocated from Dallas to L.A. and back. At the urging of a few friends, she got a basic certification and began teaching in 2001. Although she enjoyed other styles of yoga, her first love has always been Jivamukti and she finally made her way back to participate in the first month-long Jivamukti Residential teacher training program in May 2003.

Thanks to the early experiences provided by her family who gave her a wonderful arts and science education and the grace of her teachers Sharon and David, she has connected with a time-tested framework for discovering freedom and understanding that has proven to bring the pieces of life’s puzzle together and manifest ever increasing feelings of happiness, gratitude and purposefulness. deAnna is eternally grateful to her family and her partner, Steven, Sharon and David for all their love, guidance and support and to Dharma Mittra for appearing in her life to reassure her that “all is within” and “you are not the doer”.

deAnna is known for her spunky wisdom and compassionate humor, encouraging teaching style and generous hands on assists as well as her eclectic mix of music and DJ skills. She has taught internationally, is the founding teacher of Karmany Yoga, one of the first donation-based studios in Texas and is a Lululemon Ambassador. deAnna is very grateful to all of her students, past and present for the wide variety of experiences and lessons that have brought her to where she is right now and will continue to provide insight and wisdom for the future.


Meet Steven ~


As a child Steven was found more often in an odd position than not. With an interest in naturally unfolding intelligence and freedom of movement physically and mentally, Steven seeks to dismantle patterns of behavior and understand rhythms of life. As a Yoga student he seeks to understand both the curative and energy building applications of Yoga to more skillfully be a human. Steven yields to a deep reverance for Jiddu Krishnamurti, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, T. Krishnamarchya, B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Patabhi Jois, T.K.V Desikachar, Sharon Gannon and David Life, Matt Huish, Shandor Rhemete and Emma Balnaves, animals, plants and all other masters and teachers past and present. He focuses on consistent, prolonged practice and the short and long-term practical applications of a healthy, whole foods, primarily plant-based diet.