Workshops and Series

Weekend Workshops

Sunday Benefits

All proceeds from Faculty taught Sunday Workshops (except Climate Crisis Coalition Benefit) fund IYAGNY programming.

All Weekend Workshops are from 2-4 PM.

$25 members / $35 non-members

Jun. 15
All You Need is Love
Lindsey Clennell | Level 2 and up
Bhakti Yoga—The Yoga of Devotional Love—what does it mean? Where does it come from? Talk and asana.

Jun. 29
Hip Flexors and Groin Release
Yvonne de Kock | All Levels
Chronic tightness in the muscles of the frontal thigh and hip can lock us into patterns that directly affect the lower back and the rest of the body too. This workshop will focus on poses that release the front and liberate the back.

Jul. 13

Yoga and Recovery

Tori Milner | All levels

This workshop willl explore the common ground shared between Patanjali's Yoga philosophy and 12-Step based recovery and include a sequence for the "up's" and "down's" of life's terms.

Jul. 20
Twists
Judith Isaacs | Level 2 and up
Focus on twists, turns, and revolving asanas. Promote the health of the spine, back, and internal organs.

Jul. 27

Sukha in the Asanas

Carolyn Christie | Levels II an up.

Sukha (happiness, delight) and Tapas (ardor in practice) are fundamental principles of yoga practice. How can we balance and integrate these qualities? Discussion in asana.

Aug. 10

Staying on Track

Yvonne de Kock | All levels

Basic alignment principles and body organization in fundamental yoga postures. Postural alignment builds a foundation for balanced muscular action and enables each part of the body to work together in a balanced way. This developes strenght and flexibility and, most importantly, leads to an integration fo mind and body.

Aug. 24

Osteoporosis

Brooke Myers | All levels

Asanas have the potential to stimulate the substance of bone. Come learn to practice so that muscle can support and nourish your bones and joints.

Weekly Sutra Study Group

Carrie Owerko and Julia Shaida
All Levels. There is no fee to participate in this group.
The study group will be led by Carrie Owerko, a faculty member of the Institute, and Julia Shaida, who recently completed the 2005-2007 Teacher Training Program. Participation is open to anyone interested in deepening their understanding by examining the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The group will focus on a few sutras each session, practice chanting the selected sutras, and explore different translations and commentaries. Please bring a copy of the sutras with you and any translations that you find valuable in your personal study.
Fridays, Jan 4 - June 27 1:30-2:45 pm
Sundays (2nd Sunday of each month beginning Jan. 13) 12:15-1:30 pm

The  Sutra Study Group will not meet during the summer. Look forward to classes resuming in September 2008.

Special Series

Introductory Series
Our introductory series acquaint students new to the Iyengar method with the fundamentals of yoga postures, lay the foundation for practice and progression to Level I. Fee $72
Saturdays, July 12, 19, 26 and August 2 and 9 - 2:15 -3:45 p. $72.

Cancer Support
Mary Dunn
Saturdays, May. 10, 17, 24; 12:30-2 pm
Classes are open to those undergoing or recovering from cancer treatment, or in remission. No experience required. No fee: funding for this series provided by IYAGNY’s special programming fund.

This workshop has been postponed

Summer Vinyasa

Carolyn  Christie

Thursdays, July 24 and 31 and August 7 and 14; 8:15-9:45 am

Levels II and up

Learn to move fluidly from posture to posture.

Fee $68 members-$80 non-members.

Practicing Inversions

Hugh Millard

Fridays, July 11, 18 and 22 and August 1, 8 and 15; 7:30-9:00 pm

Experienced Level I and up

Focus on developing the fundamentals of Sirsasana (headstand) and refining and learning variations of Sarvangasana (shoulderstand).

Fee $100 members-$120 non-members.

Back Care Basics

Brooke Myers

Tuesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29; 3:00-4:30 pm

All levels

This series will address common back problems and promote a healthy spine.

Beginners Pranayama

Marcela Clavijo

Thursdays, July 3, 10 and 17; 8:15-9:30 am

Introduction to the practice of breath awareness and midification.

Fee $50 members-$60 non-members

Specific Needs Classes

Specific Needs with James Murphy and Brooke Myers

Thursdays, April 3- June 26, 2008
1:15-2:45 PM

Provides safe and effective yoga programs for students who have injuries and chronic conditions, and individual needs. Space is limited. Call for registration process. Registration is required at least one week prior to attending class. Students do not need to be current members of IYAGNY to sign up for this course.

REGISTRATION: Please complete and return the questionnaire and waiver (available at the front desk) before your first class.

Only those students who have been registered for past Specific Needs Yoga Courses can drop into our current Specific Needs classes. The cost for a single drop-in class is $20.

The full cost of the course is $212 for 13 classes. The course expires on June 26, 2008. Specific Needs is the only course that we pro-rate for students ($17 x number of classes) for those students who have missed the beginning of the course but wish to attend the remaining classes. However, there is a minimum attendance requirement of 5 classes. Therefore we can only pro-rate this course up until 5 weeks before the course ends. No registration will be accepted for this course after May 22, 2008. Students wishing to take the course after this date must wait until the next course period.

These Series will end on June 26 and will resume in September 2008.

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