WORKSHOPS
The Yoga School NY offers Workshops with
Teachers in the Desikachar/Krishnamacharya Tradition
Guta Hedewig
Vedic Chanting - Karoti Rupani
Fridays, January 27th, February 3rd & 10th, 2023 - 1:30-2:30pm
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $60 for the THREE Class Workshop, or $20 per class
- pay what you can if you are experiencing financial hardship -
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
Vedic Chanting is the ancient art of transmitting the Veda-s orally, from teacher to student, in a strictly prescribed way. This practice hones your listening skills tremendously, improves memory, works to extend the breath fully, and can lead to a deep meditative state.
We will learn Karoti Rupani from the Taittiriya Samhita. This lively and rhythmically intricate mantra addresses the divine powers, asking for their blessings. We will practice the samhita and krama patha-s.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike.
Join us for this joyful experience!
Vedic Chanting - Karoti Rupani
Fridays, January 27th, February 3rd & 10th, 2023 - 1:30-2:30pm
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $60 for the THREE Class Workshop, or $20 per class
- pay what you can if you are experiencing financial hardship -
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
Vedic Chanting is the ancient art of transmitting the Veda-s orally, from teacher to student, in a strictly prescribed way. This practice hones your listening skills tremendously, improves memory, works to extend the breath fully, and can lead to a deep meditative state.
We will learn Karoti Rupani from the Taittiriya Samhita. This lively and rhythmically intricate mantra addresses the divine powers, asking for their blessings. We will practice the samhita and krama patha-s.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike.
Join us for this joyful experience!
Guta Hedewig has studied the teachings of Krishnamacharya with TKV Desikachar at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM.org) in Chennai. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist and Yoga Teacher in the Krishnamacharya Tradition, having completed a 4 year long Yoga Therapy Training. She also learned Vedic Chanting at the affiliated Vedavani (Vedic Chanting School) and with her mentor, Sonia Nelson (vedicchantcenter.org). Guta is a Yoga Alliance registered E-RYT 500 and has directed over 30 Yoga Teacher Training Programs (200, 500 and 700 hr). Her specialization is to introduce students to Traditional Yoga Teachings in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, and his son TKV Desikachar. She works therapeutically one-on-one, creating individualized practices for students to enhance health and well-being. She also leads regular workshops in Vedic Chanting.
Rachel Lynch-John
Introduction to Anatomical Terminology, Movement and Planes
& The Muscular System
Sunday, February 5th, 2023 - 12-5pm
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $100
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
In this workshop, we will observe how the body moves, looking through the lens of anatomical terminology, movement terms, and the planes of the body to understand which systems of the body they relate to.
We will explore how our skeletal muscles connect to our bones, creating movement and support for our joints, and the different kinds of muscle actions we utilize. In this way, we will come to understand the ways in which our muscles relate and work in concert with each other to create movement.
Through a somatic approach to learning, Rachel will guide you through an experiential exploration of anatomy, to develop an embodied awareness of how you are built and move.
Introduction to Anatomical Terminology, Movement and Planes
& The Muscular System
Sunday, February 5th, 2023 - 12-5pm
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $100
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
In this workshop, we will observe how the body moves, looking through the lens of anatomical terminology, movement terms, and the planes of the body to understand which systems of the body they relate to.
We will explore how our skeletal muscles connect to our bones, creating movement and support for our joints, and the different kinds of muscle actions we utilize. In this way, we will come to understand the ways in which our muscles relate and work in concert with each other to create movement.
Through a somatic approach to learning, Rachel will guide you through an experiential exploration of anatomy, to develop an embodied awareness of how you are built and move.
Rachel Lynch-John began practicing Iyengar Yoga in 1990 and assisted her Iyengar yoga teacher, Genny Kapuler, for over ten years. She is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist and is registered with ISMETA as a Somatic Movement Educator. Rachel is certified in Embodied Anatomy and Yoga, and Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga, both of which are Body-Mind Centering® approaches to teaching yoga. These approaches utilize anatomical and developmental principles to allow for the evolution of an embodied exploration and mindful yoga practice. She is also certified as a Somatic Movement Educator and an Infant Developmental Movement Educator through the School for Body-Mind Centering®.
Before relocating to NM, Rachel was a founding member of Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective, where she served on the faculty of the Advanced Studies Course in Yoga Therapeutics as well as co-designed the curriculum. She also offers private sessions, small group classes and workshops in somatic movement education, embodied anatomy, pre & postnatal yoga, infant developmental movement education and asana alignment, and has taught in numerous teacher training programs in NY and Japan.
Originally trained as a dancer in her native England, in 1999 Rachel earned a “Bessie” (NY dance and performance award) for her work in the field of dance and performance. These days Rachel divides her time between NY and Santa Fe NM, where she is building a new home and practice.
Before relocating to NM, Rachel was a founding member of Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective, where she served on the faculty of the Advanced Studies Course in Yoga Therapeutics as well as co-designed the curriculum. She also offers private sessions, small group classes and workshops in somatic movement education, embodied anatomy, pre & postnatal yoga, infant developmental movement education and asana alignment, and has taught in numerous teacher training programs in NY and Japan.
Originally trained as a dancer in her native England, in 1999 Rachel earned a “Bessie” (NY dance and performance award) for her work in the field of dance and performance. These days Rachel divides her time between NY and Santa Fe NM, where she is building a new home and practice.
Dr. Dolphi Wertenbaker
Yoga Sutra Study Pada 1 & 2
Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 1
Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 2
Saturday, June 24th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 3
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $225 for all three days; $80 per day
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra is a treasure for yoga students and teachers of all levels. The text is meant to become a lifelong companion, as its wisdom unfolds gradually with repeated study.
Yoga is a darśana, meaning that it draws inspiration from the Vedas and addresses such fundamental questions as the meaning of life, the meaning and origin of suffering and how we should live. The text dates from at least 1800 hundred years ago, yet it is fresh and illuminating today. It is timeless. The practice of yoga is much older still, having been passed down by oral tradition for hundreds of years, and possibly millennia, prior to this most authoritative text of Patañjali’s.
The text is written in sutra form, which means that it is succinct, expressing the essence of the subject without ambiguity; its ideas deal with our experience and are universally applicable. These characteristics are appropriate to the presentation of a darśana. Yet it needs to be discovered with the help of a guide.
In this workshop, we will explore the main ideas of the first two pada and delve into their practical application using examples from our lives. We will learn to chant many of the sutra in their original Sanskrit. Our sessions will include practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, lecture and discussion.
Yoga Sutra Study Pada 1 & 2
Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 1
Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 2
Saturday, June 24th, 2023 - 12-4pm - Part 3
This workshop is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $225 for all three days; $80 per day
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
Patañjali’s Yoga Sutra is a treasure for yoga students and teachers of all levels. The text is meant to become a lifelong companion, as its wisdom unfolds gradually with repeated study.
Yoga is a darśana, meaning that it draws inspiration from the Vedas and addresses such fundamental questions as the meaning of life, the meaning and origin of suffering and how we should live. The text dates from at least 1800 hundred years ago, yet it is fresh and illuminating today. It is timeless. The practice of yoga is much older still, having been passed down by oral tradition for hundreds of years, and possibly millennia, prior to this most authoritative text of Patañjali’s.
The text is written in sutra form, which means that it is succinct, expressing the essence of the subject without ambiguity; its ideas deal with our experience and are universally applicable. These characteristics are appropriate to the presentation of a darśana. Yet it needs to be discovered with the help of a guide.
In this workshop, we will explore the main ideas of the first two pada and delve into their practical application using examples from our lives. We will learn to chant many of the sutra in their original Sanskrit. Our sessions will include practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, lecture and discussion.
Dolphi Wertenbaker MD, physician, yoga therapist and yoga teacher trainer in the tradition of Krishnamacharya, is a long-time personal student of TKV Desikachar, to whom she owes everything. She studied intensively with Mr. Desikachar in Chennai. Witnessing his work with patients inspired her to study medicine and pursue a life-long dream of combining medicine and yoga. Co-Founder of Viniyoga America in 1986, she has taught therapeutic yoga since 1985, was an adjunct professor at Columbia University for 14 years, and has taught in numerous yoga teacher trainings since 2007. She is a co-founder and core faculty member of YATNA (Yoga As Therapy North America) and has developed the curriculum for its yoga therapist training. Students find Dolphi’s teaching engaging and enlightening, synthesizing knowledge from different sources.