In This Issue

• Yoga Teacher Trainings •

• January Retreat •

• Interview with Daniel •

• Ongoing Events •

• Upcoming Events •

• Global Mala •

• Raw Corner - Chia Delight •

Weekly Class

NEW TIME

Vibrant Living Yoga
Weekly Classes
with Daniel,
Sat 4:00pm
The Yoga Barn
Ubud, Bali

Vibrant Living Yoga Weekly Classes
with Daniel,
Thurs 5:15pm
The Yoga Shala Kerobokan, Bali

Upcoming Events

• Sept 19, 2009 •
Global Mala,
Yoga Barn,
Ubud - Bali

• Oct 18 – Nov 15, 2009 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training,
Ubud - Bali

• Nov 18 – Dec 2, 2009 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Intermediate Module,
Ubud - Bali

• Jan 25 – Jan 30, 2010•
Art of Vibrant Living Yoga
Ubud - Bali

• Feb 1 – Feb 14, 2010 •
Vibrant Living Yoga Intermediate Module,
Ubud - Bali

Plan ahead! Check out more 2010 dates listed on our site.

In love and service, Daniel Aaron Radiantly Alive Ubud, Bali, Indonesia www.RadiantlyAlive.com

Intermediate Module Scholarships and YTT 2010 Applications Posted

Lots of exciting information to be shared on the Yoga Teacher Training front! First - good news for those of you intermediate practicioners wanting to deepen your training. In excitement for our inaugural Intermediate Module this coming November, we've created a special Scholarship Fund. Those of you interested in applying, please contact us at ytt@radiantlyalive.com, and we'll send you details on the application process. Information on the program and our amazing faculty is posted online. Second - the Oct/Nov Yoga Teacher Training is gaining momentum, and quickly filling up. Spaces are still available, and it's not too late to secure great deals on plane tickets (California to Bali starts at $766 on Eva Air!). We'll continue to accept applications past the September 11th deadline as long as there are still available spaces (see our site for registration details). Finally - already we're receiving inquiries about registering for our 2010 trainings, so for those who register for next year's Foundation Courses before October 15, we'll honor the 2010 rates. Dates for the 2010 Courses are May 16 - June 13, and Oct 10 - Nov 7.

January Retreat: A New Year, and more Vibrant You!

Can you think of an amazing way to start the new year? You don't have to - we already did! Retreats are one of our favorite events, and we're particularly excited about this one - because it's been since November 2008 since our last one, and because Paul Toliuszis will be co-facilitating the six day event, this January 25 - 30, 2010. A longtime yoga teacher from Miami Beach, Florida, Paul owns the Miami Yogashala and the creator of South Beach Power Yoga. During the past 18 years of practice, he's founded 2 Yoga Alliance Registered Schools, conducted 26 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings, and helped hundreds of people become professional teachers in the global yoga community. Immerse yourself in six days of revitalization and breathing life into your intention for a vibrant 2010: find inspiration and strength with incredible yoga with Daniel and Paul, nourish and treat yourself with gourmet all organic Living Foods cheffed by Simone Powers, and journey into the magic of Bali. All based in the lovely and luxurious Anahata Resort, we'll relax, replenish and reinvigorate ourselves in the tropical paradise of Ubud. More details, including registration information, is posted on our site. See you there!

Twenty Questions with Daniel Aaron...

In lieu of Daniel's usual column, we're posting excerpts from his recent interview with Laura Bruno, to provide glimpses and insights into his varied and eclectic background. Laura's the author of The Lazy Raw Foodist's Guide and Schizandra and the Gates of Mu (the world's first raw cacao-yoga-astrology-novel) - the two were introduced by Shazzie, who quickly noted their similar passions, and interest in Schizandra (it's Daniel's daughter's middle name!). The full interview can be found on her blog. LB: Please share a little bit about Bali. How and why did you come to live there? DA: (Excerpt) Just before Bali, I’d been living in Hawaii, asking myself, asking my friends, seeking the next phase in my life, the perfect place to relocate to. I remember I was in the middle of a noni juice fast, and my friend Miracle Jay said ‘why don’t you go to Ubud’? It was a landmark moment for me – immediately I felt a tingle run from head to foot, and I knew my direction had been set. LB: I love that you’re so diverse! Astrology, yoga, fiction, raw food … you obviously have many interests. How did you begin to “find your path” and what gave you the courage to pursue multiple career trajectories at the same time? DA: (Excerpt) For as long as I can remember I bucked the common advice of practicality (in some ways) by pursing what was most interesting to me regardless of whether it apparently led to a job, career or income.....after life shook me up and set me onto a spiritual ‘path’ of growth and discovery, I became a ‘training’ junkie, reveling in the depth of learning that these new (to me) forms of education provided....my life became a roving romp into a kind of learning that I previously hadn’t imagined. LB: What do you consider the key reasons someone would want to find a yoga instructor? What qualities should they look for in their search? DA: (Excerpt) It’s an exciting time for those of us passionate about sharing yoga; the popularity of – and really the global need for – yoga keeps rising. Even in the last 15 years that I’ve been immersed in it, popularity of yoga has continued to exponentially rise – and I think this is a reflection of the shift of the global culture – that so many of us are beginning to wake up, to realize that the potential for us to truly experience the life we wish to create is so possible, so close. That who we REALLY are, what we are REALLY capable of, is actually far beyond what society has presented, to all of us, as normal. Most people find yoga as a way to either to move away from some sort of pain, or to move toward some form of enhanced living. People find yoga to relieve stress, get more flexible, because it’s become trendy… or find enlightenment. And often regardless of their initial interest, they find more and different components as their involvement continues to feed them. LB: What sort of Astrology services do you offer? For someone who has never explored this area, what benefits might he or she expect from a reading? DA: (Excerpt) My main interest and specialty with astrology is looking into people’s evolutionary path – meaning, exploring the biggest reason for them being here. Once we’re more clear on what our soul wants for our learning and growth in life, many of the other important and pressing matters – work, love, health – fall more easily into place. I love astrology’s natural complexity, its ability to illuminate so many different parts of ourselves and to help us balance, harmonize and optimize those components into ever more radiant lives. LB: Raw food diets are so diverse, and some Eastern philosophies really emphasize cooking foods. As a yoga teacher and for you personally, what tips can you share for balancing raw foods and yoga? DA: (Excerpt) I’ve grown into the understanding that eating living foods can work beautifully for everyone, if we approach it intelligently and find what is right for us individually. This is one of the greatest teachings of many of the Eastern medical systems – in both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda: that we are all unique, and have specific dietary (and lifestyle) needs that will keep us in balance and healthy. We can call it biochemical individuality. LB: What sort of retreats do you offer? DA: (Excerpt) Our retreats vary in length and intensity. They almost all include Vibrant Living Yoga classes. All of our residential retreats include gourmet, organic living foods. We like to be in amazing beautiful places, so often our retreats take advantage of that with excursions into the nature and culture of those places, whether in Bali or elsewhere. Because I love creating experiences for people together with great teachers and presenters, and because collobating is both more fun for us and creates powerful events, we include amazing people on our ‘faculty’ from all over the world. Yoga teachers, nutrition gurus, musicians, body workers and healers. The more I respond to that question, the more grateful I become. It’s a truly divine life where I get to play with such phenomenal people in the creation of our maximum delight in life.

Music for your practice

Here's our latest set ofmusic for yoga, featured during one of our classes at the may 2009 Yoga Teacher Training. Enjoy! F@#*ck Dub Part 1+2 - Tosca Ganesh is Fresh (feat. Jai Uttal) - M.C. Yogi Mustahil - Toires Never Too Late - Michael Franti & Spearhead Shiva Gospel - Bhagavan Das Mahatma's Message (feat. Sukhawat Ali Khan) - M.C. Yogi Be the Change (Niraj Chag's Swaraj Mix) - M.C. Yogi Maha Deva Soulshine - Wah! speck of gold - Siddharta Belove - Dum Dum Project Rock On Hanuman (feat. Krishna Das) - M.C. Yogi Facing East - Thievery Corporation For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield Baba Hanuman - Krishna Das Sitting In Limbo - Jimmy Cliff Shanti (Peace Out) - M.C. Yogi Lalitha Ashtotram - Craig Pruess Pearls - Jesse Hozeny

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