A Time of Change
This fall is a great time with many changes for the Naperville Cultural Center. We have said our good byes to Universal Spirit Yoga and Fun Lovin' Yoga with hugs and tears. It has been a wonderful two years with a lot of growth and self-discovery for all. We wish them all the best in the continuation of their journey~ Happiness and all the Best Blessings upon them!
In this time of change, I am very happy to announce that the universe is bringing new additions to our Cultural Center family! I am very happy and honored to welcome the first of many new members: Welcome Sarah Starnes of Jagati music!
Sarah Starnes began practicing Hatha Yoga when she was twelve, and has always been very connected to a spiritual path in life. She is an Anusara-inspired yoga instructor.
Sarah will be conducting classes Wed. Sept. 5th at 9:30am, Sat. Sept. 8th at 9am, and Mon. Sept. 10th at 8pm. Classes will continue weekly from that point on as long as you keep coming!
I would also like to Welcome Downtown Music Together, a music program for children and their families 0-5 years old! They will be conducting classes Mondays from 930am - 1130am at the Cultural Center!
For more about Sarah Starnes or Downtown Music together please read more!
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Sarah has many wonderful teachers including Sianna Sherman, John Friend, Darren Rhodes, Ross Rayburn, Billie Topa Tate, Ganga White, Mitchel Bleier, Paul Grilley, Doug Keller and Brent Miller. She has received advanced Hatha Yoga certifications through the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. She is also a certified Reiki Adept Master Teacher and Nomena Healer through the Mystical Sciences Institute in Evanston, IL. Sarah is currently working on becoming a Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, and her classes are very deeply influenced by this style of teaching. She has taught yoga in the city and suburbs of Chicago, as well as in Kauai and Italy.
Sarah's teaching explores the energetic subtleties of a yoga practice, along with anatomical alignment principles that are modified for each individual person, bringing music and a joyful creativity into the physical flow of postures. She brings a fun, blissful and compassionate energy to her classes, providing a safe and happy environment for students of all ages and levels of experience.
Sarah's passions include Anusara yoga, kirtan mantra and music, partner/acro yoga, tap dancing, rock climbing, horseback riding, writing songs and poetry, painting and exploring anything new to create, or learn and grow from.
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Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, created in 1987 by co-authors Ken Guilmartin and Lili Levinowitz. The curriculum, based on extensive, ongoing research at the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, New Jersey, teaches young children the way they learn best - through play and exploration, in the company of adults they love. The Music Together philosophy is that all children are musical and, therefore, can achieve basic music competence. Our classes are an informal music and movement experience for children, birth through age 5, and their parent(s) or caregiver. Performance is not a requirement in our classes!
Our classes build on your child's natural enthusiasm for music and movement. We'll help you provide your child with the basic musical skills needed to enjoy school and social musical activities, and to study an instrument should he or she choose to do so.
