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(Ctje ■Jflortlanò (Obscruer March 03.2004 Page B3 Focus Kyles Photography Families Weddings Events Promotional Call 503/260-0969 One picture is worth a thousand words CANNON'S RIB EXPRESS (FORMERLYCHUCK HINTON S) Catering & Take-Out PHOTO BY JAYMEE R . C l ’TI Yoga leader Ravi Singh instructs a class at the Multnomah Athletic Club as Ana Brett stretches to loosen muscles and nerves. Y o g a FOR A LL by J aymee R. C uti T he P ortland O bserver Many gym hounds know the muscle defining and mental center ing benefits o f yoga. Yet one yoga instructor, known as a teacher’s teacher, sees the practice as having much greater benefits than simply toning the abs. “Yoga lends itself to anyone,” said Ravi Singh, who has studied the ancient art for 27 years. “A lot of people dealing with any chal lenges in life find yoga gets to the core of issues they are dealing with." According to Singh, breathing in a conscious way taps into re pressed pain and memories, allow ing people to deal with their prob lems and work past them. For this reason, he holds free workshops in women’s and runaway shelters. “1 call it the breathing organic therapy. It helps to get into deep Ancient art heals with the breath run a studio in New York, and tour globally, putting their style of Kundalini yoga on the map. This style .emphasizes on building a strong hara, or "fire in the belly," to A lot o f people dealing with any challenges in life find yoga gets to the core o f issues they are dealing with. -Y o g a leader Ravi Singh places in the nervous system and helps root out some of the deep locks that wC have,” he said. “Yoga breathing helps release those pat terns of pain." Singh and his partner Ana Brett O ur S pec ialty : take control of one’s own life. “People suffer a lot because they don’t have an understanding of their bodies. Emotional traumas take their toll, and yoga is an amaz ing blessing to make people self R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q • Sandwiches • Salads • Chicken • Pork Ribs • Beef Ribs determined and in control of their lives,” Singh said. "Yoga is about claiming your own power." Singh and Brett recently visited the Multnomah Athletic Club in southwest Portland to teach three workshops and promote a series of books and videos called "Fat Free Yoga." Singh reaches audiences with practical lessons promising youth ful bodies, long life and good health. Also a poet, his lessons are often summed up in pithy ditties staying with audiences long after their mats are rolled up. For more inform ation, visit www.raviyoga.com. HOURS Monday Tuesday Wed. & Thurs. Fri.& Sat. Sunday CATERINGALLEVENTS Low Carb Special: (lc a rb ) Chopped Pork w/side sm. greens 11:00-9:00 CLOSED 11:00-9:00 11:00-10:00 11:00-8:00 $5 00 * * * N ew L ocation * * * 5410 N.E. 3 3 rd 503-288-3836 Whoopi Goldberg to Write Children’s Books Whoopi Goldberg W hoopi Goldberg, the actress- ents something that'll make them c o m e d ia n , h as a g re e d to a smile and maybe teaches them a multibook deal to write children’s little something about living with books with H yperion's Jump at one another on our planet, it makes Sun imprint, which special me a happy granny,” Goldberg said izes in releases by African-Ameri Monday. can writers. The first of several expected “If I can give kids and their par books is scheduled for 2005. TIC K ETS N O W O N SALE A T TIC K E TM A S TE R ! ‘First-rate and inspiring” -The New York Times ¡a. proudly present CHILDREH OF UGflnDfi An Evening to Benefit Black United Fund, Cascade AIDS Project, For Us Northwest, Haram bee Centre, Urban League of Portland special guest ,d skye sweetnam H ID D E N 20 Children— Ages 6 to I 8— who 1 have lost their parents to the AIDS crisis— perform the thrilling dances songs and music of their East African heritage! Ä J tJ i MRHCHll WEDNESDAY, M A R C H 3 1, 7 :3 0 PM A R LEN E S C H N IT Z E R C O N C ER T HALL SINGLE TICKETS: $18-40 PLUS SERVICE CHARGE. DISCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS/ SENIORS. PCPA BOX OFFICE AND ALL OUTLETS. 503-224-4400, GROUPS OF 8 OR MORE, CALL S 03-24S -16 0 0 , EXT 201. Thanks to Portland Center for the Performing Arts w w w .r o s e q u a r f e r .c o m 7:30PM WWW »hrerecxxds tom Gat Tickets At CCCOM A portion of •ach ticket sold win be donated to the Bntney Spears F oundaboc » butnoyspears coin I mil arid It a brtc4»t/TM$ter itln is ihi ludtbtf G I Jne • l u d Meye» hn. liio n s n-n »he R , 1503» ??4 4400 AH dates, a rt*, and hr fret puces Ate subfect ti r b a n jo wdhrnit nofu •• A v i v i .• , Iftnr tir lit I nff.< n C h«rqo by phone rp r is added ln earh tu fret pui »’ t if IN STORES NOW rieur an Fvpres' Membership R .w ird s Hi Profit* now am epfed fot «li i odi eit tnfret< i MF, ai-r r p te r i D isabled seaftnq / nrlnble nt nH to frr-t center* fig b t tic k e tlimi» pe- person Pr odor ed h , Cle»» Charme I K M m tnnnV B dl G f.lh .itti PrO’.n i'ts
