Cinco de Mayo weekend events at At One Yoga Looking for some things to do with your sweetie? Join Michael and Ruth Kendall for the monthly Couples Workshop to begin your evening...a great warm-up for the evening's celebration! John Salisbury has the perfect way to detox after too much celebration with his Grounding/Flying Flow workshop on Saturday. If you are just getting started and aren't ready to fly, treat yourself to the Intro to Yoga workshop series to create a strong practice. Summer's arriving early to the Valley of the Sun - end the month with a cool, relaxing getaway to the Ojai Valley. Spice up the night on Cinco de Mayo at Grayhawk! Share an extraordinary evening of yoga and massage. Learn skills to develop sensitivity and a deeper connection with your partner during this sensual experience. The workshop will include partner assisted yoga, giving and receiving Thai massage, co-meditation, and breathing techniques. The intimacy is enhanced by a beautiful candle lit studio filled with soothing music. Come with someone special; a spouse, fiance, partner, or someone new in your life. The session is open to everyone and requires no prior experience. A great date night! Michael has been a dedicated student and teacher of Yoga for the past decade. He became a certified practitioner of Thai Massage under the guidance of Saul David Raye. Join Michael and Ruth Kendall on Friday, May 5 from 6pm - 8pm at our Grayhawk location. Maximum attendance: 25 couples - Register early to guarantee your space. Cost is $40 per couple Learn to defy gravity with Grounding/Flying Flow Workshop This workshop will utilize flowing asanas (yoga poses) to prepare the body for inversion work, while offering instruction on how to ground your poses with your breath in order to fly with arm-balances. After warm-up and instruction on asana through the sequence of flows we will workshop inversions and arm-balances for beginners, intermediate, and advanced practioners from a technical standpoint to allow a true understanding of how to execute the poses. Join John Salisbury on Saturday, May 6 from 1pm - 4pm at our Scottsdale location. Cost is $35 Learn how to create a firm foundation with Intro to Yoga This 3-week introductory course is designed to help you explore the fundamentals of yoga. You will create a foundation based upon breathing techniques, primary yoga postures and universal principles of alignment. Individual attention and hands-on adjustments will give you the necessary tools to progress to our ongoing classes. Our Intro to Yoga Program provides the optimal environment for an experienced instructor to become familiar with you and recommend classes that are most suitable to your needs. This is also an excellent opportunity for experienced students to further refine their yoga practice. This workshop series is offered monthly. Join us at our Scottsdale location on Sunday, May 6 from 3pm - 5pm for the first session of the three week series. Cost of the workshop series is $85. Get away this Memorial Day for a Yoga Retreat Escape this Memorial Day to the scenic beauty of a 54-acre Estate overlooking the panoramic valley of Ojai, California. This celebrated site is a fusion of Japanese aesthetic and American practicality. “A closer approximation to Shangri-la is hard to imagine.” — Architectural Digest Join Alex Austin and Michael Kendall for a weekend of yoga, meditation, and Thai massage. The Estate’s yoga studio, the Sadhna Hall, is decorated with antique Tibetan furniture and features a grand fireplace lined with hand crafted tiles. “One of the most beautiful yoga studios ever.” — Yogi Times There will be plenty of free time to explore the Estate’s 54-acre property, which includes an organic vineyard and hiking trails leading into the adjacent Los Padres National Forest. Picture yourself standing in Tadasana with an eagle’s view of the surrounding mountains and canyons… Enjoy simple pleasures: savor amazing meals; dip in the swimming pool and hot tub bordered by natural rock gardens, banana trees, and flowers; or lose yourself in a professional massage (additional fees will apply) . Spend your Memorial Day holiday relishing in the solitude of the gardens, orchards, boutique winery, and the Great Lawn with meditation platform. Date: May 26, 2006 (Friday) - May 29, 2006 (Monday) Location: Ojai, California Cost: $650 - $825 (depending upon accommodations - includes lodging and meals) Contact our studios for registration information, there are a few spaces still available.