Yoga in ASL - American Sign Language

ASLYoga.com has a simple goal of increasing accessability for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community to experience Yoga, an ancient healing art which maintains health, reduces stress and helps calm the mind.

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Free ASL Yoga Classes

ASLYoga.com is proud to announce our new pioneer Free ASL Yoga program that allows members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community to take Yoga classes free of charge. Several classes are offered throughout the week for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people to choose from. The classes, held at the Castle Hill Fitness (previously Healing in Yoga) in Austin, Texas, will each feature an ASL interpreter. All interpreters are volunteers with some of the interpreters being certified and some being students from Austin Community College's American Sign Language and Interpreter Preparation Program in their final stages of obtaining certification. Together we are making this a great opportunity for everyone to explore the many joys and benefits of Yoga.

How do I sign up?

Individuals interested in taking classes at no cost please sign up by filling in the form below or emailing us at info@ASLYoga.com. The Free ASL Yoga classes are open to both adults and youth 14-17 years old accompanied by a parent.

After you sign up you will get an ID card that will get you into any of the classes free!

You may come as often as you wish, just sign up now so we can get interpreters scheduled for your class! :-) Thanks! We look foreward to seeing you!

Sign Up Form - Free ASL Yoga Classes

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	special notes:

	Winter ASL Yoga Class Schedule beginning June 1, 2008

	day	class name	time	length	teacher	level

	mon.	Beginner Yoga	4:30 pm	55 min.	Dido	Beginner

	tue.	Vinyasa	9:30 am	75 min.	Melisa	All Levels
		Healing in Yoga	7:15 pm	55 min.	Melisa	Beginner

	wed.	Beginner Yoga	4:30 pm	55 min.	Dido	Beginner

	thur.	Focus on Form	9:30 am	75 min.	Larissa	Beginner

	fri.	Restorative	4:30 pm	75 min.	Dido	All Levels

	sat.	Back to Basics	9:15 am	55 min.	Duke	All Levels

	sun.	Back to Basics	11:15 am	55 min.	Malisa	All Levels

See Class Descriptions Below. Classes held at Castle Hill Fitness, 1112 N. Lamar, Austin Texas 78703 Note: Since ACC Interp Program is off for holidays please contact us to schedule an interp.

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Winter Class Descriptions
December - February

Beginner Yoga - Malisa & Mary Ann - Beginner Level
Designed for newcomers & for those with special needs or injuries, this class focuses on basic postures with emphasis on proper alignment & form. If you are new to yoga, this is the perfect introduction. If you are an intermediate level student, Beginner Yoga provides you with a safe and slower paced opportunity to fine tune your technique.

Back to Basics - Malisa - Beginner Level
This class is ideal for beginners as well as more advanced students who like to work into postures with a more gentle approach. Malisa works from a pallete of foundational postures to guide you into some of the more subtle aspects of yoga.

Restorative - Dido - All Levels
The perfect way to end your day or end your week, this class offers a gentle asana practice to begin and finishes up with postures designed to relax and rejuvenate the body. You'll leave feeling like you gave yourself a real treat. All levels.

Yoga Wall & Props - Malisa - All Levels
This class is designed to utilize the yoga wall in our upstairs studio space. The wall can be an amazing prop for beginners as well as more advanced yoga practitioners, allowing students to interact with gravity and with their bodies in new and different ways.

Yoga? Why? Who?

What is Yoga?

The word Yoga is an ancient sanskrit word that means "yoke" or "union" - that which connects. In the western world Yoga usually refers to the ancient healing art practice that maintains health of the Body, Mind and Spirit. It is not a religion and does not require any specific beliefs. It is simply a great way of finding a connection within yourself to live healthy in body, mind and spirit. From there it is your choice what you want to do!

Why in ASL?

Simply put ASL (American Sign Language) is the native language of many Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. ASL gives these people the opportunity to better understand this ancient healing art that started in India and persists across the world today as one of the best ways of maintaining health, reducing stress, and calming the mind.

What is ASLYoga.com about?

ASLYoga.com has a simple goal of increasing accessability for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community to Yoga, an ancient healing art which maintains health, reduces stress and helps calm the mind. We are doing this through whatever creative innovative ways that are available. Our first big project is the Free ASL Yoga program created to allow access for people from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community to experience and learn yoga regardless of economic barriers that often exist within our society.

Can you tell me more about Castle Hill Fitness?

Yes! Please visit their website http://www.castlehillfitness.com for details on this fitness center hosting ASLYoga Classes. The teachers that are truly helping connect us all through graciously opening up their doors to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. [google map]

Can you tell me more about ACC Interpreter Preparation Program?

Yes! Please visit their website http://www.austincc.edu/aslipp/ipp.php for details on this great program and the wonderful people helping make this pioneering project possible!

What are Yoga Asanas? (Glossary of Asana Names)

"Asana" is the Sanskrit word for "Posture" (Glossary of Asana Names). These postures are the major part of what is taught in a Yoga class here in western society. These postures are well known my western medical science to help strengthen the body and calm the mind while relieving stress.

ASL Related Sites

ABCHands www.abchands.com

Austin SIgn Language School www.aslschool.org

Animated American Sign Language Dictionary commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

ASL Access www.aslaccess.org

ASL Educational website www.ASLPro.com

ASL Fingerspelling Fonts babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/asl.html

ASL Fingerspelling Practice Game www.asl.ms

ASL Yoga www.aslyoga.com

Austin Interpreters for the Deaf newsletter www.austin-interpreters.org

Board for Evaluation of Interpreters www.dars.state.tx.us

Captioned Media Program www.cfv.org

CD WWWorkshops for Interpreters www.signs-of-development.org/website/web-based.htm

Clerc Center Catalog clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/products/index.html

Cochlear Implants deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/cochlearimplants

CODA-Children of Deaf Adults coda-international.org

Communication deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/communication

Deaf Animals deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/deafanimals

Deaf Base www.DeafBase.com

Deaf Blind Resources www.tr.wou.edu/DBLINK/lib/db-resources.htm

Deaf Culture deafness.about.com/od/deafculture

Deaf Education www.deafed.net

Deaf Initiatives www.t-shirtquilts.com

Deafness Information deafness.about.com/cs/oint

Deaf Spot www.deafspot.net

Deaf Studies deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/deafstudies1

Department of Assistive and Rehabilitive Services (formerly TCDHH) www.dars.state.tx.us

Dictionary of ASL www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html

Disability Access Symbols www.gag.org/resources/das.php

Families deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/families

Fingerspelling and Classifiers www.jal.cc.il.us/ipp

Gallaudet University www.gallaudet.edu

Gallaudet University Press gupress.gallaudet.edu/index.html

Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biogaphies/Library Index to Deaf Periodicals library.gallaudet.edu

Handspeak: A Sign Language DIctionary www.handspeak.com

Hard of Hearing deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/hardofhearing

Harris Communications www.harriscomm.com

Hear-More Products for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing www.Hearmore.com

Interpreting Index www.ntid.rit.edu/terpref/index.htm

Links to Information about Deaf Culture deafness.miningco.com/health/deafness/msubcult.html

Mosdeux Film and Production mosdeux.com

Medical Causes deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/etiology/

National Association of the Deaf Table of State Laws and Regulations on Requirements of Interpreters www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/asl/InterpStateLaws.html

National Association of the Deaf www.NAD.org

National Black Deaf Advocates www.NBDA.org

National Information Center on Deafness ClercCenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) www.rit.edu/~418www/new/NTID.html

PAH, MD (Promoting Awareness in Healthcare, Medical and Deaf) www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/stdnt/pahmd

Pen Pals, Friendships www.DeafFriendFinder.com

PEPNet Resource Center prc.csun.edu

Regisrty of Interpreters for the Deaf www.rid.org

Religion deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/religion

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc www.shhh.org

Sign Language deafness.about.com/library/cs/signlanguage

Sign Language Linguistics www.unm.edu/~wilcox

Silent Web deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/silentweb

Sports deafness.about.com/library/weekly/cs/sports

Texas Association for the Deaf www.main.org/tad

Texas School for the Deaf www.tsd.state.tx.us

Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf www.tsid.org

University of Rochester SIgn Language Research Center www.asl.rochester.edu/slrc/index.htm

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