Last week for Zen's Scouting for Food Campaign, Drawing after class Saturday 11/22/08.  So, please bring a non-perishable canned or boxed food item or two and enter for the "Goodie Basket" drawing.  Only one entry per class please.  Please help us support and feed our fellow Toledoeans in the difficult economic climate and especially at holiday times.  Thank you for your support of our community.

Zen in the District would like to announce a new edition to our teaching staff!! Dorothy Meyers is a nurse practitioner, registered yoga teacher (RYT) with yoga alliance and trained in the Amrit style of yoga, and a fitness instructor.  Some of you may have met her at Yoga Day last year.  Dorothy will be teaching the Thursday evening classes beginning 12/4/08.  Please join us in welcoming Dorothy to the Zen in the District team.  Learn more about Dorothy on our "About Us" page.

Zen in the District's certified trainers offer hatha yoga, and fitness for a wide range of fitness and experience levels.

Zen's name is the root of the word, from the Chinese word Ch'an which derives its root from the Sanskrit word Dhyana which means, meditation.  Dhyana is one of the eight limbs or paths of yoga.  We encourage our participants to move more deeply into their practice, to study it, to notice.  Meditation is not an act of disassociation, but one of non-reaction and observance.  Our classes are the meditation of movement and body awareness.  Zen in the District is Not faith based, denominational, or associated with Zen Buddhism.

Our innovative yoga studio is in the downtown district of Toledo, Ohio, and offers an urban, yet peaceful retreat where downtown workers can easily incorporate mind and body awareness, as well as an opportunity to eliminate stress during their work week.  Using yoga poses and breath awareness, participants develop strength and flexibility in the body while encouraging a sense of peace and calm for the mind and spirit.

Zen offers all levels of yoga training.  All instructors are certified, and our advanced instructors are registered with Yoga Alliance.

Come and visit this unique studio and experience the healthy benefits of a regular yoga practice.

Namaste