April Ritchey
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.September 24th and 25th, 2011: Weekend Immersion Workshop:
The Three Vows in You inspired by poet David Whyte’s book, The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
Saturday Morning, 9:30-12:30: The Vow is to our Beloved: Hip Openers
Based on David Whyte’s book the Three Marriages the first being the one we know as. The vow we keep to another. We will explore how we “are” in relationship to the other through yoga. In this class we will open and expand our hips as a way of cultivating more intimacy and connection with ourselves so we “become larger, more generous, more amusing, more animated participants in the human drama.”
Saturday Afternoon: 2pm-5pm: The Vow to One’s Purpose and Work: Backbends and Arm Balancings
We desire to belong in the world..to be useful and to fill our days with contributing our talents. “We know we have the right vocation and are happily married to work when we get a song in our hearts simply from doing the work itself, as much as from its rewards and its fruits.” We will open our hearts with backbends and challenge or commitment with playful arm balancings 
Sunday 9:30-12:30: The Vow to The Self part 1: Inversion Basics
Uncover the mysteries of your commitment to your truest self in this inversion 101 workshop…learn the principles of handstand, headstand, shoulder stand and others…
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Sunday 2pm-5pm: The Vow to The Self (part 2)…Forward Bends, Twists and Restorative Yoga
Diving deep into the essence of our most important relationship: the self. Forward bends, twist and restoratives that inspire reflection in own belonging in the world. “You must learn one thing, the world was made to be free in.” DW
About April:
April is a poet, a love activist and a believer of truth in goodness within each and every person. A long time devotee of Anusara yoga, 13 years…as long as the system has been established…she has seen it evolve and grow into an international phenomenon. Now practiced in over 100 countries, Anusara yoga has revolutionized the way yoga is being practiced, taught and including how teachers are trained. April’s primary teacher is Desiree Rumbaugh, who is considered a pioneer in therapeutic yoga and a trail blazer in and of herself. She met John Friend, the founder of Anusara yoga and was completely taken with his vision and mission. Noah Maze is also one of her teachers and she considers him an inspiration and is grateful for his strength and wisdom to the practice of Anusara Yoga and its teachings.
April loves teaching students new to yoga and is a therapeutic and restorative yoga specialist. Her classes are infused with the Anusara’s Universal Principle’s Alignment, the Tantric yoga philosophies based on the brilliance and interpretation of Douglas Brooks. April mixes in inspiring heart themes to help move her students to closer to the truth of who they are and to assist them in having a happy and more fulfilled life.
April has many influences that have moved her along her spiritual path and one of her very favorites is the poet David Whyte. From his poem, Sweet Darkness, a quote that sums up the purpose of one’s life:
“You must learn one thing….The world was made to be free in.”
here’s our radio interview with April!
…and here’s the book by David Whyte that April’s workshops are inspired by, along with some of her yoga teachers’ media: .
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