ABOUT
YOGA SUKHAVATI: ENERGY, ART, LIGHT
Sukhavati is a sanskrit word that means "endowed of bliss", referring to Amitabha Buddha's pure realm. Yoga means to join. Yoga Sukhavati is joining the blissful realm. Through yoga teacher training programs, workshops and retreats, we offer you the opportunity to be the bliss and share the bliss.
Yoga Sukhavati is energy. The energy of honoring ancient wisdom practices with our modern lives. The energy of living a blissful life and sharing it with others.
Yoga Sukhavati is art. Learn to listen to your own unique calling and create experience for others through that expression.
THE ART OF:
- Balance
- Clarity
- Compassion
- Sound
- Sequencing
- Anatomy
- Ayurveda
- Renewal
- Bliss
- Asana
- Breath
- Touch
Yoga Sukhavati is light. Aspire to the highest goal of being the light. Through the practice of asana, pranayama, meditation and self- care, we purify the body and mind to move towards a more sattvic state of light and awareness.
Yoga Sukhavati is a spiritually aligned hatha vinyasa practice, infused with Ayurveda, Tibetan Buddhism and anatomical precision that specializes in practices to nourish the stages of a woman's life.
YOGASANAin the Sukhavati method is practiced with clear anatomical instruction to generate mindfulness and an experience beyond the physical. The poses are special entities, forms of sacred geometry, when performed at the most beneficial time of day, month, year or cycle of an individual's life, create an inner harmony with the cosmos.
The essence of TibetanBuddhism is compassion for all living beings, co-mingled with the direct realization of the ultimate nature of reality. Through the study of these two methods, compassion and wisdom, learning mantra, prayers, visualization and meditation practices from the Palyul tradition, the wish for freedom is nurtured.
With the study ofAyurveda, Indias healing practice, we are embracing an ancient and holistic approach to health and folding it into our modern lives. Ayurvedatreats the whole self and practices are done daily. What has been weakened in the body becomes strengthened to allow the systems to naturally achieve health. When we are able to look at our own body-mind as an organism with its own unique formula for balance, then we can support others to find their own balance. Knowledge of the basic Ayurvedic principles and understanding one's own dosha (body type) are taught in the 200 hr training. Diet, pranayama, lifestyle attunement, bodily cleanses and herbs are taught in the 300 hr training.
Yoga Sukhavati was created by two ardent ladies in Brooklyn. We are up for passing on the energy, art and light.
Summer Quashie and Leigh Evans
TEACHERS
- Leigh Evans
- Summer Quashie
- James H. Bae
- Nishaga Bliss
- Jo Brill
- Jason Ray Brown
- Edwin Bryant
- Dr. Vasuda Gupta
- Dages Keates
- Annie Kunjappy
- Ira Macner
- Anjula Prasad
Leigh Evans
Leigh Evans, E-RYT500, co-founder of Yoga Sukhavati, is a yoga teacher and dancer dedicated to awakening creativity and aliveness in the body. Leigh has been teaching yoga for 18 years. Her classes focus on healing and transformation by blending a strong vinyasa practice with gentler restorative asanas, meditation, and chanting. Her emphasis is on developing mindfulness through the yoga practice, inviting you to witness the shifting sensations of the body and attune to the inner unfolding of each asana. Since 1985, Leigh has practiced Yoga in the Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Viniyoga traditions in the U.S. and India. Her classes are influenced by her studies in Ayurveda, Insight meditation and Thai massage, as well as Indian Odissi dance and Butoh. Her dedication to Asian forms of healing and dance arises from her desire to share the meditative and transformative states of consciousness awakened through these practices. She is grateful for the guidance of her teachers, Dharma Mitra, Sarah Powers, Rodney Yee, Lisa Walford, Barbara Benagh, Mary Paffard, and Ramanand Patel. Leigh is the Director of the Greenhouse Holistic Teacher Training Program in Brooklyn. She teaches workshops and retreats nationally and internationally.
Summer Quashie
Summer Quashie, co-founder of Yoga Sukhavati, is trained in Hatha Yoga by Jeff Midgow, MD and Priti Robin Ross. She assisted in Prana Yoga teacher training and workshops with Jeff at Kripalu and in NYC from 2002-2006. From a dedicated home practice to experience in asana and meditation the search for more understanding in meditation practices came. Since 2007 she has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism in the Palyul Tradition under the guidance of the kind Khenchen Tsewang Gyastso and attends annual month long retreats in upstate NY. Summer has studied Yoga Sutra and HYP through the YSI courses, kirtan with Jai Uttal, prenatal yoga with Janice Clairfield and continues to deepen her studies in Ayurveda and yogic philosophy. Summer is the founder of sacred shape prenatal yoga teacher training, nyc's first yoga alliance certified 85hr prenatal training. she co-teaches and co-wrote Greenhouse Holistic's 200 hr teacher training and is honored to work closely with Leigh Evans. As a lover of creativity, beauty and sacred geometry, Summer organizes classes with philosophical and heart warming themes. The asana presented are simple and clear, with space to be experienced fully. Humor is often embraced and a sacred space is created for participants to go beyond the physical.
James H. Bae
James H. Bae is a NY State licensed Acupuncturist,herbalist and nutritional counselor. While the medical traditions of India, China and Japanare among his primary influences, James continues to draw from his background in manual therapy, including tuina, shiatsu, marma-chikitsa/abhyanga, polarity therapy, cranio-sacral and visceral manipulation. He is also an author and researcher in thefields of East Asian philosophy, and mythology. He has trained in various contemporary and traditional approaches to yoga, with an emphasis on textual research and the practice of Hatha Yoga and Buddhist contemplative traditions. In 2002, James worked as a curriculum developer and research intern at Yoga Research and Education Center, under Georg Feuerstein. James is also a practitioner of Ayurveda and East Asian medicine, with a general family practice and community clinic in Brooklyn. His interest lies in the interface between Indian, Chinese and Japanese medical traditions and the therapeutic applications of yoga.
Nishaga Bliss
Nishanga Bliss, MS, L.Ac. has been practicing in the holistic health field for over 20 years. She is an acupuncturist, herbalist, integrative nutritionist, and assistant professor of Chinese medicine at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California where she grows, cooks, ferments, savors, teaches and writes about sustainable food.
http://gastronicity.blogspot.com/
Jo Brill
Jo Brill studies Sanskrit with Vyass Houston of the American Sanskrit Institute. She teaches through ASI, having received her teacher training there. Jo was led to the beauty of Sanskrit by her yoga practice of 20 years. She is certified as a teacher by the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation and trained at Yoga for Well-Being in Goshen, NY. Jo continues her yoga studies with Mia Azcue. In addition to ongoing study with Vyaas, Jo is studying Sanskrit at Columbia University. She attends courses taught by Dr. Ram Karan Sharma whenever she can. She also benefits from classes offered by Bharati Balmes.
http://www.yogaforawareness.org/
Jason Ray Brown
Jason Brown, E-RYT500, LMT, has been teaching yoga since 1998. He created Zenyasa Yoga in 2007 as a way to synthesize his interests in Zen Buddhism, vinyasa yoga, and mindfulness-based conditioning exercise. Prior to opening the Zenyasa Yoga & Wellness Studio in the Fall of 2010, he taught Zenyasa at Pure Yoga, Yoga Works & Reebok Sports Club; vinyasa yoga at OM Yoga and Equinox; and hatha yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute. Jason was on the teacher training faculty at OM Yoga from 2002-2005, has taught the anatomy component of yoga teacher training programs at Yoga Works and Pure Yoga, and is the creator of Anatomy Studies for Yoga Teachers & Movement Professionals (ASFYT), a comprehensive, 108-hour course in musculo-skeletal anatomy, injury prevention, and the anatomy of yoga asana. In addition to teaching yoga, Jason enjoys offering therapeutic massage and 5-element shiatsu, studying, practicing and sharing the teachings of the Buddha, and spending quality time with his wife, Frances and their two adorable kids, Gabriel and Mikaela.
http://www.zenyasastudio.com/Anatomy_Studies/Introduction.html
Edwin Bryant
Edwin Bryant received his Ph.D in Indic languages and Cultures from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard University for three years, and is presently the professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University where he teaches courses on Hindu philosophy and religion. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, published six books and authored a number of articles on Vedic history, yoga, and the Krishna tradition. In addition to his academic work for the scholarly community, Edwin's Penguin World Classics translation of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, the traditional source for the story of Krishna's incarnation, is both for Indology specialists as well as students and those interested in Hinduism from the general reading public and the yoga community. As a personal practitioner of yoga for over 30 years, a number of them spent in India studying with traditional teachers, where he returns yearly, Edwin strives to combine academic scholarship and rigor with sensitivity towards traditional knowledge systems. In addition to his academic course load, Edwin currently teaches workshops on the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and Hindu Philosophy at yoga studios and teacher training courses throughout the country. His translation of and commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009) is specifically dedicated to contributing to the growing body of literature on yoga by providing insights from the major pre-modern commentaries on the text with a view to grounding the teachings in their traditional context.
Vasudha Gupta
Vasudha Gupta founded American Ayurveda in 2005 in NYC. Vasudha was conferred the Degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) after graduating from R. A. Poddar Medical College affiliated to the Mumbai University in India. She was among the few students who had the opportunity to study both Modern Medicine along with Ayurveda during her training. She spent one year learning to read and write Sanskrit in which the original Ayurveda texts are written so that she could interpret the texts first hand.She learnt Pulse Analysis from one of her professors who was kind to bless her with this gift though it was not part of the curriculum. She has excellent understanding of the Indian Herbs and their properties and is always working on new herbal formulations for her clients. In the US, Vasudha works as an Ayurveda Consultant and Health Coach educating and training people in the art of this ancient science of Ayurveda. She is actively involved in day to day operation of American Ayurveda.She has conducted seminars at NYU Medical Center, New York and other various institutions to teach people about Ayurveda and inculcating its principles in everyday life. She is on the faculty at Open Center and Dinacharya Institute at New York. She has appeared in several live TV shows on ITV to discuss Ayurveda and offer suggestions on Ayurvedic approach on various health conditions. She enjoys working with women and helping them with their health issues. She feels that there is no other joy greater than having a child and is always eager to help couples with fertility problems and walking the prospective mother through a healthy pregnancy. With over 18 years of experience and using her amazing knowledge in herbology she specializes in customizing herbal formulations according to the health issues and the body type she finds during the consultation.
http://www.americanayurveda.us/zcstore/
Dages Keates
Dages Keatesis the founder of Delicious Dialogues and lovesto help folks feel and look their very best. She offers privatehealth counseling and hands-on cooking workshops in New York Cityas well as weekend retreats upstate with The Garden.Dages is also the in house nutrition expert for LivLuna, a social media site for women, and a consultant forJenEd Productions.A graduate of Bard College and the advanced training program at theInstitute for Integrative Nutrition, she has led seminars and groupsat venues such as NYU, Bard College, Audible.com and Linden Advisors and taught onretreats from Jackson Hole, Wyoming to Central America and the MiddleEast.
http://www.deliciousdialogues.com/
Annie Kunjappy
Annie Kunjappyis a graduate of Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts and has taught in their Chef's Training Program for several years. She works as a private chef providing health supportive, innovative cuisine to individuals or groups using organic, seasonal ingredients. Her approach to food and healing is informed by the principles of Ayurveda and the Chinese 5-Phase Theory, as well as western nutritional science, while never losing sight of the basic principles of pleasure, beauty and community. She cooks regularly at Heathen Hill Yoga Retreat Center, designing menus for seasonal yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation retreats. She also teaches workshops at various yoga studios, including the Yoga Room, and at the Park Slope Food Co-op. She currently teaches workshops at Magpie's Kitchen in Milton, NY.
Ira Joan Macner
Ira Joan Macner, LMT, is currently an instructor of kinesiologyat The Finger Lakes School of Massage, Mt. Kisco campus. She has been a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist since 2003. Ira also teaches the anatomy portion of Greenhouse Holistics 200 hour yoga teacher training program. Ira has also pursued additional studies and practice in Feldonkrais, Dynamic Embodiment, Qigong and 5 Rhythms Dance. Yoga has been a part of Iras life since she was a small child when she and her father would sometimes practice together. Ira sees all bodies as containing their own wisdom, and perceives a perfect marriage between the sacred geometry of the asanas and the architecture of our joints and skeletal muscle. She is honored to participate in this program which provides a more thorough and detailed understanding of the physical body and how to help those compromised by injury. Ira is also a practicing Nichiren Buddhist.
Anjula Prasad
I am Anjula Saraswati Prasad. That has come to mean many things in this lifetime, so many illusory things. Most important about my kirtan is what I have come to not be.
I know there is no higher Guru than the Guru within.
In kirtan, I am committed to holding that space for you, that space where you may safely experience the deepest crevices of your existence, that place where you may be without your ideas of you, without your ideas of me.
In kirtan, I am committed to that space between the sounds we create, that place where I am you and you are me, to raising the vibrations so high that we hear those sounds they say are inaudible to the human ear.
In kirtan, I am committed to helping you find your highest voice, the voice of your Guru within . . . and spreading as much love as possible along the way.
RETREATS
SEASONAL ATTUNEMENT RETREATS
Each module of the Yoga Sukhavati 300 hr Teacher Training includes an intensive weekend retreat at Seven Arrows. These weekend immersions in Ayurvedic and yogicseasonal self-care practices, meditation and pranayama, seasonal cooking seminars and nourishing recipes provide balance for the body and mind throughout the year. These retreats offer a deeply embodied experience of community, celebration, and nurture our connection to the cyclical rhythms of nature and practice.
LOCATION
Attunement retreats happen at Seven Arrows, nestled between Hartshorne Woods and the Navesink River is an over 100-year-old stately colonial quietly surrounded by acres of singing woodland, an apple orchard, two ponds, rows of peonies and a bountiful garden.
MARCH 30–APRIL 1, 2012
With James Bae, Leigh Evans, Summer Quashie, and chef Dages Keates
Spring is the time to cleanse out the old and make room for the new. Learn cleansing practices of Ayurveda and hatha yoga (shat karma). Through detoxifying our bodies and minds, we can awaken from Winter's slumber and create a personal Spring within.
$375 by March 15, $425 after
MAY 25–28, 2012
With guest teacher, Anjula Prasad, Leigh Evans, Summer Quashie, James Bae, and chef Nishanga Bliss
Summer is a glorious time to celebrate heart opening devotional practices full of song, light & partnership. Learn the art of leading others in devotional chanting with Anjula Prasad. Enjoy heart opening asana and partner and acro-yoga practices. Immerse yourself in this joyful weekend of Bhakti practices to help balance Pitta dosha, the fire element.
$475 by March 15, $425 after
NOVEMBER 9–11, 2012
Leigh Evans, Summer Quashie, and chef James Bae
Fall is the harvest Season. As we experience the process of Fall internally, it is an opportunity to enjoy the abundance of our being by making lifestyle choices that align with our vision. Cultivate your mediation practices with asana that supports meditation and enjoy the quiet of natural mind. Join us for practices to manifest intention with greater clarity and help balance vata dosha, the air element.
$375 by Oct 15, $425 after
JANUARY 11–14, 2013
Leigh Evans, Summer Quashie, James Bae, and chef Annie Kunjappy
As we head into winter our bodies naturally yearn for a time ofintrospection. Restore yourself through a series of poses designed to soothe the nervous system and calm the mind. Rejuvenate from the inside out. Enjoy recipes that strengthen and nurture your body, and thus replenish and nourish the sap of body and prepare to flourish in the spring to come. Learn practices to balance Kapha dosha, the water element, and enjoy the peacefulness of your loving grounded self.
$475 by Dec 15, $525 afterPAYMENT OPTIONS
Attend All 4 retreats and learn ways to achieve balance all year or take the retreats individually
- All 4 Attunement retreats
- Spring Detox (3 days)
- Summer Bliss (4 days)
- Fall Contemplative (3 days)
- Winter Wellness (4 days)
- $1750
- $375 by March 15, $425 after
- $475 by May 15, $525 after
- $375 by Oct 15, $425 after
- $475 by Dec 15, $525 after
Full Training 2012-2013
Module
RETREATS
WORKSHOPS
Sukhavati Cancellation Policy
A $500 deposit is required to hold your space in the Yoga Sukhavati Teacher Training Programs (both 300 and 500hr). Payment plans can be arranged. A $300 deposit is required to hold your space in one of the seasonal modules. Refunds, (less a $100 processing fee), are available up to a month prior to start date of module, full training, retreat or workshop. Two weeks prior to start of training, module, retreat or workshop your payment can be issued as credit towards a future teacher training, module, workshop or retreat where space is available. Cancellations less than two weeks prior to start date, all fees are nonrefundable. There is no refund if you leave the Yoga Sukhavati Training early.
200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
300 HOUR ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING
The Art of Becoming a Superb Teacher
with Leigh Evans and Summer Quashie
March 2012–March 2013
Yoga Sukhavati is a spiritually aligned hatha vinyasa practice, infused with Ayurveda, Tibetan Buddhism and anatomical precision that specializes in practices to nourish the stages of a woman's life.
The Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Sukhavati 300 hr teacher training is offered in 4 seasonal modules, providing 75 training hours per module. The training offers a joyously comprehensive program in YogaAsana, Ayurveda, and womens heath providing the opportunity to regain balance through practices attuned to the seasonal changes. Each module consists of 3 intensive weekend trainings including a weekend retreat in Seasonal self-care practices, and 20 hours of adjustment and teaching labs and one on one mentorship.
MENTORSHIP
Yoga Sukhavati 300hr training includes a mentorship program offering you the opportunity to have personal one on one time with one of the core teachers to develop your teaching skills. 10 mentor hours are included in the training during which you meet with your mentor and work on developing teaching opportunities, creating individualized sequences for your private clients, teaching skills, adjustments and your private practice.
TEACHING AND ADJUSTMENT LABS
Bi-monthly we will meet on Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm to refine your teaching and adjustment skills. Working with a group of students in a laboratory like setting, you will stand side by side your teacher and together look at the students to learn to see the areas of compromise or over exertion in their bodies and minds. Learn to penetrate with vision and then your hands. With the gentle guidance of your teacher, you will practice the asana adjustments that will be most beneficial for the student to address their root problems and create new healthy alignment patterns.
You can choose to complete the 300 hr training in one year or modules can be taken individually for completion of 300 hour certification in 2 years. We encourage you to attend the training in one year to experience the seasonal practices unfolding organically. Participants must have completed a 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training Program in order participate in thisadvanced studies training.
CORE TEACHERS FOR EVERY MODULE:
Leigh Evans, Summer Quashie, James Bae, Ira Macner
PURIFICATION MODULE
March 30–April 1, April 13–15, May 18–20
In this module you will experience:
- Spring Detox Retreat
- The Art of Teaching: eyes of a teacher-how to see bodies
- Ayurveda I: ama, agni, doshas, gunas
- Yogic and Ayurvedic purification practices
- Sanskrit: The American Sanskrit Institute'simmersion course gets you chanting and reading devanagari script in one weekend!
- The Art of Asana: detoxification sequences
- Anatomy of Asana: asanas through the lens of musculo-skeletal anatomy-potential anatomical causes of common injury in asana.
- Pranayama for purification
- The Art of Touch: Energetic Hands on Healing
with guest teachers Jo Brill, Jason Ray Brown, and chef Dages Keates
BLISS MODULE
May 25–28, June 8–10, June 22–24
In this module you will experience:
- Summer Bliss Retreat
- The Art of Teaching: craft unique dharma talks from the heart
- Ayurveda II: dhatus, koshas, vayus
- Suble Body Anatomy: asanas through the lens of the energetics. Investigate the sacred geometry of nadis and meridian in Asana.
- The Art of Asana: open the wings of the heart and awaken compassion through asana
- Partner and Acro-Yoga: find spiritual partnership
- Meditation: the path of the infinite heart
- The Art of Touch: Energetic Hands on Healing
- Kirtan: thai massage
with guest teacher Anjula Prasad and chef Nishanga Bliss
INSIGHT MODULE
Sept 14–16, Oct 12–14, Nov. 9–11
In this module you will experience:
- Fall Contemplative Retreat
- The Art of Teaching: speaking with wisdom-the power of language
- Ayurveda III: herbs, diet, and supplements for yogis
- Suble Body Anatomy: Marma points in Asana
- The Art of Asana: sequences to awakening specific nadis & marmas
- Bhagavad Gita: Study the most influential and popular text of Hindu India and explore the four yogic paths through which one can unite with the Divine.
- Ayurveda and women's health: Learn from the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to achieve balance in a womans modern daily life.
- The Art of Touch: Marma
- Mantra
with guest teachers Edwin Bryant and Dr. Vasudha Gupta
STILLNESS MODULE
Jan 11–14, Feb 1–3, March 15–17, 2013
In this module you will experience:
- Winter Wellness Retreat
- The Art of Teaching: the power of presence in stillness
- Ayurveda IV: diagnostics for ayurveda and chinese medicine
- Tantra and the emergence of Hatha Yoga
- The Art of Asana: restorative & yin yoga
- Shakti Prana Series: Practices for the cycles of womans life- menstrual, fertility, pre-natal, menopause
- Pranayama for meditation
- The Art of Touch: Mudra
- Vedic chants
PAYMENT OPTIONS
The Yoga Alliance certified Yoga Sukhavati 300 hr teacher training is offered in 4 seasonal modules, providing 75 training hours per module. We encourage you to attend the training in one year to experience the seasonal practices unfolding organically. Modules can be taken individually for completion of 300 hour certification in 2 years.
Participants must have completed a 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training Program in order to participate in this advanced studies training.
COST
- One Year, Full Time:
- $3,800 paid in full, early registration due Dec 15
- $4,200 due March 1st
- Per Seasonal Module: $1,350
SUKHAVATI CANCELLATION POLICY
A $500 deposit is required to hold your space in the Yoga Sukhavati Teacher Training Programs (both 300 and 500hr). Payment plans can be arranged. A $300 deposit is required to hold your space in one of the seasonal modules.
Refunds, (less a $100 processing fee), are available up to a month prior to start date of module, full training, retreat or workshop. Two weeks prior to start of training, module, retreat or workshop your payment can be issued as credit towards a future teacher training, module, workshop or retreat where space is available. Cancellations less than two weeks prior to start date, all fees are nonrefundable. There is no refund if you leave the Yoga Sukhavati Training early.
LOCATION
The Training will take place at Samaya Education in Williamsburg. All retreats will be held at Seven Arrows, nestled between Hartshorne Woods and the Navesink River in an over 100-year-old stately colonial house, only a 45 minute ferry ride from Manhattan!
LINKS
WEEKEND IMMERSION WORKHOPS
We are honored to offer weekend immersion workshops with these teachers who are experts in their respective fields. The workshops are included in the 300 hr training, but open to those not in training who are interested in deepening their understanding.
Sanskrit & Sutras
with Jo Brill
May 8, 2012
Times: Tues. 6–9pm
Brill is returning to take our Sanskrit Studies to the next level by applying them to the Yoga Sutras.
We are very excited to have her back!
"Repetition without anxiety is the key. You may find it comforting - as Jo does - to realize that it's impossible to "finish" learning Sanskrit. We're learning to float in the ocean, not trying to drink it! The beauty of the language unfolds gradually as we come back to it again and again. And there are wonderful rewards even at the beginning of the journey."
Join us for this workshop focusing on Sanskrit through in Patanjali's classic work, the Yoga Sutras. Discuss the activities of the mind, the price of letting the mind run rampant, the ways in which we can get better at controlling our minds, and the gifts of such discipline. Chant select sutras and beloved chants in the beautiful language of yoga, hone your ability to read the Devanagari script, and connect directly to meaning with a practical application of Sanskrit grammar.
$35 Early bird by May 1, $45 thereafter
Samaya Education (www.baeacupuncture.com)
190 N. 10th Street Suite 204, @ Driggs, Brooklyn, NY 11211
ANATOMY OF ASANA
with Jason R. Brown, E-RYT500, LMT
MAY 18–20, 2012
Times: Fri. 6–9pm ,Sat. 9–12 and2–6pm, Sun. 9–12
In this weekend workshop, we'll look at a variety of yoga postures through the lens of musculo-skeletal anatomy, with an emphasis on raising more awareness about: i) the most common alignment issues that arise within each posture, as well as the potential anatomical causes of such issues; ii) the safety considerations that might exist within each posture, along with an exploration of skillful techniques that can reduce the likelihood of injury; and iii) sequencingstrategies that might best prepare for each posture.
$245, Early bird by May 4, $275 thereafter
Samaya Education, 190 N. 10th Street Suite 204, @ Driggs, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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BHAGAVAD GITA
with Edwin Bryant
SEPTEMBER 14–16, 2012
Times: Sat. 9–12 and2–6pm, Sun. 9–12 and 2–6pm
The Bhagavad Gita is perhaps the most representative and certainly the most influential and popular text from the numerous and varied spiritual traditions of Hindu India. Spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna who is undergoing a moment of crisis, the text deals with the nature of the self, the world, ultimate reality, the purpose of human existence, and the spiritual paths that can be undertaken to accomplish this purpose. There are primarily four such paths, or yoga systems, featured in the text through which one can unite with the Divine: the path of self-knowledge, jnana yoga; the path of action in the world, karma yoga; the path of meditation,raja yoga; and the path of theistic devotion, bhakti yoga. This workshop will undertake a detailed discussion of these four yoga systems, with contextual references to the background of the text and to some of the major streams of Hindu thought in general. No prior knowledge of Hinduism is necessary for this seminar; the only requirement is to bring an open mind and sincere heart. Students are encouraged to procure any edition of the text, particularly versions that have the Sanskrit text in Roman script, since we will chant some of the Sanskrit verses together.
$245, Early bird by Sept 1, $275 thereafter
Samaya Education, 190 N. 10th Street Suite 204, @ Driggs, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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AYURVEDA AND WOMENS HEALTH
with Dr. Vasudha Gupta
OCTOBER 12–14, 2012
Times: Fri. 7–9pm, Sat. 9–12 and2–6pm, Sun. 9–12
Look at the cycles of a womans life from menstruation, pregnancy through menopause from an Ayurvedic perspective. Learn what herbs, diet and daily practices can bring harmony to the female rhythms. Modern women suffer greatly from pms, infertility and menopausal issues to name a few, but our bodies were not designed for difficulty. Study the lifestyle attunements and wisdom secrets of Ayurveda to honor the magic of the feminine.
$245, Early bird by Oct 1, $275 thereafter
Samaya Education, 190 N. 10th Street Suite 204, @ Driggs, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Samaya education
COST
Early registration 2 weeks prior to each workshop, $245, $275 thereafter
LOCATION
Samaya Education
190 N.10th Street Suite 204, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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