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For Immediate Release
January 7, 2004

Internationally Renowned Yoga Teacher and Best-Selling Author To Lead Workshop and Children's Yoga Teacher Training Courses at Yoga Yoga

Author of the best-selling book K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga and internationally recognized yoga teacher Shakta Kaur Khalsa will offer a yoga workshop and two children's yoga teacher training courses at Yoga Yoga, 4477 South Lamar Boulevard, on January 16-18, 2004.

The workshop entitled "Exploring Yoga with Shakta Kaur" will be a two-hour class on Friday, Jan. 16 from 7-9 p.m. Khalsa will share her discoveries about yoga that she made while researching the K.I.S.S. Guide, as well as give practical advice and actual experience in doing yoga. The workshop provides an introduction to yoga for beginners and a new look at this ancient science for the experienced practitioner. The workshop fee is $30.

The two children's yoga teacher training courses will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17-18, from noon - 7 p.m. each day. The level one teacher training course on Jan. 17 gives an overview of children's yoga with guidelines for teaching. There will be a special focus on teaching yoga to physically challenged and at risk children, as well as to those with learning disabilities. The level two teacher training course on Jan. 18 focuses on yoga safety and nutrition tips, yoga games, and meditation for children. This course has been accepted for CEUs for public school teachers and Registered Yoga Teachers and as credit hours toward Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certification. The fee is $190 for one of the teacher training courses or $355 for both of the teacher training courses.

About Shakta Kaur Khalsa:
Shakta Kaur Khalsa is the author of several best-selling yoga books, including Fly Like a Butterfly, Yoga for Children, Kundalini Yoga, Yoga for Women, and K.I.S.S. Guide to Yoga. She is an IKYTA certified teacher and teacher trainer, a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and has been practicing and teaching Kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan for over 25 years. Khalsa is known for her friendly, humorous, and deeply penetrating style of teaching.

About Yoga Yoga:
Yoga Yoga (www.yogayoga.com) offers 250 classes weekly at three locations in eight spacious studios with hardwood floors and 60 registered instructors to suit many styles of yoga, including Hatha, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Hatha Flow, and Prenatal. Yoga Yoga also offers a nationally recognized teacher training program. For more information, visit www.yogayoga.com or call (512) 358-1200.