“Your retreat had considerable transformative power for me and I’m very grateful for your insights.  I felt so relaxed and powerful that I tackled the Malahat on Sunday without any physical complaint… my sister, a fellow cyclist, was pretty impressed……It is a rare teacher who has a gift with apt phrases, similes etc.  You treat language carefully and with respect for its power and limitations….I’m a little in awe.  The food was perfect too!”- Gary

Workshops and

Retreats 2011

These upcoming workshops and retreats will include a merging of personal practice with partner yoga and bodywork. An opportunity to go inward, connect to self, build compassion and share that with others.

Monthly Massage

Nights Victoria:

Massage Nights are an opportunity for men to gather and offer / receive touch, massage and body work. Each evening will different in terms of treatments: eg, standard oil massage / 2 hand or multi handed massage, body scrubs etc. Some guidance will be offered but the focus of the evening is a social gathering of guys interested in sharing touch and sensuality with Focus, Consciousness, and Intention.

These massage evenings are about not having expectations, hard ons, ejaculation or being the best at anything. They are about touch, being touched, nurturing, compassion, humour, light hearted, community & fun. These evenings are elastic and will be different from week to week. These evenings offer people the opportunity to sit out if you are tired or want to witness – another powerful role. These evenings are about not participting beyond personal comfort levels ……….. and we all understand that.

Come into a space of like minded people who are interested in growing, expanding, sexual energy, strengthening, breathing, touching, conscious eroticism.

Next massage night: February 16th @ 6pm

Gorgeous Location! 709 Pears Road in Metchosin

pay what you want, suggested $10-30

 

Re-membering

Ourselves

Erotic Embodiment for

Queer Men

Feb 26th 10-4pm

A co creation with Liam “captain” Snowdon

www.elementalsexology.com

Location Skyclad Yoga Metchosin studio

with Ron Stewart and Liam “captain” Snowdon

Sliding Scale $50.00- $150.00

In this queer and gay men’s workshop we will come together  to explore and deepen our desires and be witnessed in community. Through storytelling, breath work, movement, and playfulness we  will uncover the awareness of full erotic embodiment.  Rooted in love and our bodies, working with breath, sound, self-touch, dance, and art, we will co-create a ritual of beauty and power.

This workshop will help you deepen your relationships, to your self and to your partner(s). Participants will learn skills to communicate from a centered place to get more of what they want from life, sex, love and relationships. Join us for a day away from the city, take a deep breath and jump in your life will change!

Dr. Liam “Captain” Snowdon
Captain is committed to deep elemental magic and activism grounded in our bodies. Captain can often be found up and down the coast of Canada and the US on or near bodies of water, dancing round fires, covered with mud running through the arbutus trees and singing out of tune. Currently, Captain’s magic manifests in igniting SPARC: Victoria’s Sex Positive Art and Resource Center, trans and genderqueer activism, providing somatic sex education, sexological bodywork and offering counselling to folks in private practice www.elementalsexology.com  and writing poems that taunt and haunt.

Space Limited please preregister by Jan 20th
Pre-registration required via cheque or paypal
For registration and more information
ron@skycladyoga.ca
or liam@elementalsexology.com

 

Monthly Saturday

Workshops in

Vancouver:

January 21st, February 25th, March 31st, April 21st

10:15am-12:45pm

The Dance Centre 677 Davie St

Cost $35

These workshops will compliment the ongoing Saturday classes. We are currently exploring Chakras

Much of the work we have already been doing in our yoga practice is helping to stimulate the chakras, (nerve centres) which run up the length of the spine from out root ( Mooladhara ) to our crown, ( Sahasrara ). By bringing in different vocabulary, refining practices, adding some breathing techniques and meditations we are building  our understanding. Through more mobility and increasing awareness around these nerve centres we are increasing spinal health: cranial sacral fluids moving which bathe spinal chord & central nervous system (CNS), massaging the discs which separate each vertebra, a healthy CNS is able to function more effectively, openly.

Then there’s the conversation about Tantra, Kundalini and the rising of energy from the lower to higher chakras.

Sometimes the practice is stronger than words, come join us for ongoing weekly practice or for some of these great workshops!

 

 

Retreats 2012 – here are current offerings, visit often as more are being planned

Metchosin March Retreat:

Spring Clean

March 16-18

Spring……… a perfect time to prep for the new after a wintering over.
This retreat will be an opportunity to take stock and prepare for the blossoming that comes forth each spring.
Healthy eating, great yoga, body scrubs and massage, body work, fresh air, in a quiet rural setting with 8 great men!

Friday March 16th arrive:
opening circle & gentle asana practice 7:30pm-8:30
Saturday 8am-9:30: Detox flow class, a slightly more vigorous practice to turn up the heat and get the body working.
breakfast
10:30am body scrubs: made from sea salts, ground seeds, nuts and grains, scrub and polish your largest organ…… your skin!
afternoon free: lunch, sleep, read, hike …………….
5pm evening massage: after your muscles have worked, the skin has been deeply cleaned, nourished and your lymphatic system stimulated we’ll keep the spring cleaning going with full body massages. Head to Toe
8pm dinner
free time: studio with infrared sauna ( great for detox ) and large soaking tub available for relaxing. Massage tables also available.
Sunday 8-9:30am: Moderate level flow class, not overly heating but not completely chill, just right!
breakfast
10:30 Assisted stretching class-  having your body moved passively can be a huge opportunity for understanding as well as finding a deeper stretch, freeing joints, increasing ease of mobility
Lunch
2pm closing circle
cost: sliding scale $250-375
you get:
3 yoga classes
body scrub
massage
assisted stretch class
meals and accomodation
I have beds and mattresses, some singles, queen and king will be held for couples or friends. Some men may/will need to bring foamy and sleeping bag. reserve soon

 

“Tantric Creator”

August 13th -17th 2012

“Tantric Creator” will be a self driven retreat for up to 9 men who are interested in creating art, living sensually, and learning Taoist Erotic Massage (Joseph Kramer- The New School of Erotic Touch). You could be a professional artist or a hobbyist, seasoned or exploring the idea you’ve always wanted to. Come and paint, sculpt, write, draw, photograph, choreograph, compose (piano on property) ………? You make it up, Skyclad Yoga will offer a 2hr yoga practice each morning led by Ron, shared living space,  (bringing your own tent is an option)- a place to work and an intimate community of like minded men to share the experience with. All meals will be provided,  breakfasts and lunches will be self generated at your leasure, dinners will be communal with each of the men contributing by making one nights meal. The days will be filled with your personal creative process and art building. The evenings will be an exploration of tantra and sensual touch with participants working from the principles of Joseph Kramer’s Taoist Erotic Massage.
Cost: sliding scale $450-$650
to register for Tantric Creator please contact ron, ron@skycladyoga.com

participants will be asked to send in $100 deposit

Karma Yoga Retreats!

dates undetermined
The 7 acre property at Deer Leap will always offer us opportunities to gather and work together. Yoga off the mat!! Karma retreats have proven to be a great way to offer men a weekend in the country as well as getting some great projects accomplished. Past retreats have painted the barn. built seating around the fire pit, painted the studio, power washed and refinished decks, the list goes on and the fun doesn’t stop!! This summer significant projects include building a wood shed.
Skyclad Yoga offers yoga practice Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday morning, communal tantric massage  on Saturday night, all meals, shared indoor accommodation (please bring foamy and sleeping bag) or space for participants to bring and pitch tents.
Karma retreats will be open to 15 men.
$100/weekend per man covers food costs.
7hrs of karma yoga is exchanged for your guided asana practices and bodywork session, roughly 7hrs of class time.

I hope there is something here for each of you to come out several times over the coming months. I look forward to practicing with you!

Ron

250.813.2939
ron@skycladyoga.com
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