The Art of Seeing: Outdoor Yoga, Mindfulness Meditation & Nature Photography Workshop
Do you love practicing yoga outdoors in beautiful serene settings while listening to the sounds of nature? Are you curious about mindulness? Do you want to feel a deep connection to the world around you and truly see its natural beauty? Do you want to learn how to take better pictures and go beyond selfies and preset filters? This course is for you. Led by nature photographer & Yoga Lab Co-Founder Anna S. Engels, this workshop combines outdoor yoga, mindfulness meditation, and nature photography to teach you the art of seeing. This workshop also qualifies for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Hours for yoga teachers.
Price:
$15 each session, $45 for all 3 sessions.
Yoga Lab UNLIMITED Members get 10% Off (Members - check your email for a discount code). Capacity is limited to 15 participants. Preregistration required.
Location:
Oct 2 (Sessions 1 & 2): Meet at Rhoneymeade.
177 Rimmey Rd
Centre Hall, PA 16828
We will be practicing yoga and meditation on the lawn in the shade of the trees, followed by a hike of the nature trails.
Oct 8: (Session 3): Join Anna at Yoga Lab's Studio space or virtually via Zoom for photo-editing tips & tricks.
Bring with you:
Please bring a yoga mat. Also bring your own water bottle, sunscreen, good walking shoes, and a camera for the photography hike.
Session 1:
Sunday Oct 2 8:30 - 9:30am
Outdoor Yoga at Rhoneymeade
Join Anna for a yoga class to center your mind and body, cleaning your inner lens to see the beauty around you more clearly. Practice underneath the trees at Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden, a beautiful and serene setting to develop this awareness. Learn good functional movement and biomechanics for photography to help you get up and down with ease and see beauty from all perspectives without taking a toll on your body. Bring your own yoga mat, water bottle, and sunscreen. Sunny and shaded areas available.
Session 2:
Sunday Oct 2 9:30 - 11:30am
Mindfulness Meditation & Photography Hike at Rhoneymeade
The yoga class will be immediately followed by session of sitting meditation, walking meditation, and a mindful photography hike. Photography is one of Anna’s favorite forms of meditation – learn her approach to this special practice, and try it out yourself. Learn how to go beyond selfies to feel a strong connection to nature and capture that feeling in an image. If you’ve been to Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden before, you’ll see it differently this time! Bring good walking shoes, water bottle, sunscreen, and the best camera you have available. A phone camera will do just fine, but if you have a camera that is ONLY a camera (not a phone), please bring it. Take this opportunity to unplug from your phone and really see the world around you.
Session 3:
Saturday Oct 8 9:30 - 10:30am (STUDIO & VIRTUAL)
Photo Editing Tips & Tricks at Yoga Lab Studio & Virtual
Go beyond preset filters and learn how to edit your photos to bring out the best in them. Editing and telling a story with your images is another step in the art of seeing, and will help others to see that beauty too. We’ll meet a week after Session 2 to process photos from our journey together. If you register for this session, you’ll share some of your photos from Session 2 with Anna and the group in advance of Session 3. Anna will choose some of those photos to show you her tips & tricks for editing in Photoshop. Join Anna at Yoga Lab's Studio space or virtually via Zoom for this session of photo-editing tips & tricks. We'll use the projector at the studio for live presentation, with the option of joining via Zoom in order to screen-share and to walk you through the steps. We’ll create a slideshow collection from the group’s unique beautiful perspectives of the hike!
In Case of Rain:
This workshop is weather dependent and will be canceled if it rains.