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YOGA CLASSES FOR YOUTH
Introduce your children to the practice of yoga in an age appropriate and supportive environment. Yoga practice compliments sports training, enhances concentration, builds strength and develops flexibility.
All sessions are open to new comers and experienced students. It is important that students register in the class listed for their age, as the focus of the instruction is based on physcial and developmental readiness of the specific age group.*
*Students over 13 years old may purchase a 10-class card at the discounted rate of $100 for ongoing attendance in our regular class schedule.
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7 to 10 year olds Taught by Jean Wriedt
Thursdays at 4:30-5:20pm (50 minutes)
Spring session $135
March 27th to May 29th*
Yoga for High School Students Taught by Val S.
Fridays at 4pm (1 hour )
Spring session $135
March 28th to June 6th*
*please note that youth classes do not meet on school holidays.
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MARCH 2008
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ANATOMY AND YOGA
with Ellen Saltonstall
Meeting Fridays:
February 29, March 21 and April 25
Two sessions each day…11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Course fee: $250 for all 6 sessions, $175 for 4 sessions, $50 per session
Deepen your knowledge of the body and support your asana practice by looking inside!
This course will provide a familiarity with the bones, joints and muscles most relevant to yoga. We'll start with breathing and the spine, then look at the hips, knees and shoulders, and also cover the lower arms and hands, and the lower legs and the feet. In each segment an outline will be provided with basic anatomical information and yoga-related side notes. We'll look at the interrelationships between muscle groups involved in the movements and positions of yoga, in order to reduce risk of injury and practice with full effectiveness and ease.
All practice traditions and levels of experience are welcome.
Each 2-hour session can be attended separately.
Ellen Saltonstall began her practice of meditation in 1974, and her practice of Hatha Yoga in 1981. After a decade of study in the Iyengar Yoga method, she met John Friend , who trained and certified her to teach Anusara Yoga. Ellen’s early involvement in massage and dance set the groundwork for her ongoing passion for anatomy and the therapeutic applications of yoga. She has extensive experience working with issues such as menopause, fertility, lower back pain, and repetitive strain injuries. Ellen recently co-authored, with Dr. Loren Fishman two books on yoga which will be published in 2008 and 2009 by WW Norton: Yoga for Arthritis and Yoga for Osteoporosis. She is currently working on an anatomy book for Anusara Yoga practitioners with Martin and Jordan Kirk. Find out more about Ellen at www.mohiniyoga.com |
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APRIL 2008
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ASHTANGA YOGA BEGINNER'S WORKSHOP
with Oni
 Saturday, April 5th, 2:00-4:00pm
Workshop Fee $30
A discount of 20% off the purchase of a 10-class card will be offered to all students in attendance at the workshop.
Join us at The Yoga Shala for a beginners class in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. This class will introduce the movement and theory of Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Sri K Pattabhi Jois. The two hour session is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the basics of ashtanga practice and allow for a smooth transition into our regular class schedule. Students new to yoga, or just new to the ashtanga practice are encouraged to participate. Wear comfortable clothing (we practice barefoot) and bring a yoga mat if you have one (or borrow one of ours).
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EARTH DAY 2008 KIRTAN
With Miriam Zernis and friends
Please join us for this celebration in honor of Mother Earth
Tuesday April 22nd at 10:30am
Music helps to nourish and sustain us in our daily lives. Kirtan is a great way to not only support our spiritual paths but also send out positive intentions for all and to all. There are no experts, no beginners - just a willingness to be a part of something meaningful and beautiful.
PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF "SITA'S LIGHT" WILL GO TO OCEANA - PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OCEANS
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RESTORATIVE YOGA PRACTICE
with Marlene Tendler
Saturday April 26th from 2:30-4:30 pm
Workshop fee $25....16 student limit
Join Marlene Tendler at The Yoga Shala for a weekend workshop dedicated to Restorative Yoga practice. Restorative Yoga is relaxing, rejuvenating and nourishing for the body, mind and spirit. It helps to relieve stress and fatigue as well as enhance overall well-being. Postures are usually  reclining and always supported. By supporting the body with props, we relax and our being moves toward balance. Doing Restorative Yoga cultivates the habit of attention. We can learn how and where we hold tension and through the practice of conscious breathing, we can learn to relax and let go. As the body and mind relax, the nervous system sends and receives fewer messages, allowing quietness and deep relaxation.
Marlene is a Registered Yoga Teacher and has been teaching yoga since 2000 in Northern Fairfield County. Her teaching focuses on alignment principles and body awareness, using clear detailed instruction. Marlene is equally enthusiastic and skilled in teaching Restorative Yoga, which she combines with a guided mindfulness meditation. During the past several years, she has taught Restorative Yoga privately, and in the physical therapy department of a neurology clinic. She is experience in teaching clients with migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple scleroses, Parkinson’s disease, and autoimmune disease.
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MAY 2008
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INDIAN VEGETARIAN COOKING – Basics
with Nandini Sharma
Saturday May 10th – 10 am to 1 pm.
Maximum 6 students
 Personalized 3 hour lesson for 5 vegetarian dishes
$85 fee includes all recipes, ingredients and cooked foods for 2 – either stay for lunch or take home! The class is taught at Nandini’s home in Ridgefield, CT. Directions and menu will be provided upon registration.
Nandini Sharma was born and raised in a Punjabi home in Calcutta in Bengal, which is why her cooking is grounded in Northern (Punjabi) and Eastern (Bengali) traditions. She lived and worked in India until 2000 when she moved to the US working as a risk analyst in Corporate America.
Living in the US for the last 8 years has highlighted the sharp contrast for how food is purchased, stored and cooked here as compared to India. To feed the craving for “ her home food “ she routinely seeks out local & organic produce, Asian markets and Indian grocers. This enables her to carry on cooking in her traditional style i.e.” Shakahari” (“ those who eat plants/greens”) or vegetarian Indian food on a regular basis. Besides carrying on her family recipes she also has cooked for an Indian temple in upstate New York – often organizing & cooking meals for 60+ attendees. Nandini wants to share this skill with those who relish Indian food.
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THE SANSKRIT TRAINING
with Leslie Freyberg
May 16, 17th & 18th
Friday Evening, Sat and Sun. Times TBA
Course fee: $225
 The Healing Power of Sound
The Sanskrit Training combines the two powers, Sanskrit and yoga, to create an educational adventure that will not only give you the joy of reading sutras in the original script, and pronouncing them with precision, but will change the way you perceive the learning experience forever. Operating through mutual agreement, participants break through old learning patterns based on the competitive, "get it right," model, and bond with the beauty and energy of Sanskrit as well as with each other.
What you will learn in the course of the weekend:
*a powerful new learning model that teaches you the key to sustained one-pointed focus & gives you complete comfort and enjoyment in a group learning environment
*the opening of your voice; your capacity to fully resonate and heal with sound
*an intimate understanding of the structure of sacred sound: the Sanskrit Alphabet; knowledge & practice of the sounds of the alphabet as bija mantras for chakra tuning
*how to read Sanskrit, and use the recognition of the original script to enhance your experience of sacred sound
*the essence of yoga, through the model of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras in the original
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