WORKSHOPS
The Yoga School NY offers Workshops with
Teachers in the Desikachar/Krishnamacharya Tradition
Guta Hedewig
Vedic Chanting - Śuci Mantra
Fridays, January 15th, 22nd and 29th, 2021 - 1:30-2:30pm
This class is offered online via ZOOM
Download free App: https://www.zoom.us
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 Prāna Apāna (Śuci Mantra), from the Taittiriya Upanisad (Mahanarayanaya). This mantra is chanted for purification on all levels of the system, detailing all our faculties and asking for knowledge and purity.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike. Join us for this joyful experience!
Vedic Chanting - Śuci Mantra
Fridays, January 15th, 22nd and 29th, 2021 - 1:30-2:30pm
This class is offered online via ZOOM
Download free App: https://www.zoom.us
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 Prāna Apāna (Śuci Mantra), from the Taittiriya Upanisad (Mahanarayanaya). This mantra is chanted for purification on all levels of the system, detailing all our faculties and asking for knowledge and purity.
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 continues her studies 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.
Chase Bossart
Classical Indian Philosophy
Sundays, January 24th & February 7th, 2021 - 12-4pm EST
This workshop is offered virtually. To register, please follow this link:
https://yogawell.securechkout.com/cip20
Tuition: $197
If you've ever asked one of these questions:
Classical Indian Philosophy
Sundays, January 24th & February 7th, 2021 - 12-4pm EST
This workshop is offered virtually. To register, please follow this link:
https://yogawell.securechkout.com/cip20
Tuition: $197
If you've ever asked one of these questions:
- What are the Vedas and the Upaniṣads? or What is their relationship to Yoga?
- What was the context within which Patañjali composed the Yogasūtra?
- How is Yoga as a philosophy different from other classical schools of Indian Philosophy? (or the technical version of this question: How is the Yoga Darśana related to the other Darśanas?)
Chase Bossart, Executive Director of the Yoga Well Institute, has been studying Yoga, Sanskrit, eastern philosophy and religion for nearly 30 years.
In 1991, as part of a study abroad program in Chennai, India, Chase took a semester-long course on Yoga Theory with Mr. TKV Desikachar that essentially set the direction for the rest of his life. He became a private student of Mr. Desikachar, who was his mentor and teacher for 20+ years. During that time, he spent a total of four and a half years in Chennai studying with him, his family and his senior teachers. He also had the opportunity to serve as a teacher at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. From 2006-2012, he was the Director of Therapy and Education at the non-profit Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco.
His depth of knowledge on yoga and meditation are shared through practical, humorous anecdotes that translate to everyday life.
In 1991, as part of a study abroad program in Chennai, India, Chase took a semester-long course on Yoga Theory with Mr. TKV Desikachar that essentially set the direction for the rest of his life. He became a private student of Mr. Desikachar, who was his mentor and teacher for 20+ years. During that time, he spent a total of four and a half years in Chennai studying with him, his family and his senior teachers. He also had the opportunity to serve as a teacher at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. From 2006-2012, he was the Director of Therapy and Education at the non-profit Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco.
His depth of knowledge on yoga and meditation are shared through practical, humorous anecdotes that translate to everyday life.
Rachel Lynch-John
Anatomy and the Pre- and Postnatal Student: Breath, Diaphragms and the Skeletal System - Finding Ease and Fluidity in the Body to Support the Pre- and Postnatal Student
Three-Part-Workshop:
- Sunday, March 21st, 1:30-3:30pm
- Sunday, March 28th, 12:30-3:30pm
- Sunday, April 11th, 1:30-3:30pm
This class is offered online via ZOOM
Download free App: https://www.zoom.us
Tuition: $140
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
In this workshop series we will explore the structure and function of the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms, and how they relate to other diaphragm qualities throughout the body. Through the structural pathways of the skeletal system and breath awareness we will look at ways to coordinate and relate the diaphragms of the body to each other, to develop and explore different qualities of being and moving. Looking through this lens, we will investigate ways to provide support for the pre- & postnatal student, to find balance in this time of immense change. We will also discuss important guidelines and issues that can arise when teaching both pre- and postnatal women.
Anatomy and the Pre- and Postnatal Student: Breath, Diaphragms and the Skeletal System - Finding Ease and Fluidity in the Body to Support the Pre- and Postnatal Student
Three-Part-Workshop:
- Sunday, March 21st, 1:30-3:30pm
- Sunday, March 28th, 12:30-3:30pm
- Sunday, April 11th, 1:30-3:30pm
This class is offered online via ZOOM
Download free App: https://www.zoom.us
Tuition: $140
Pre-registration required:
email: theyogaschoolny@gmail.com to receive the link to participate
In this workshop series we will explore the structure and function of the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms, and how they relate to other diaphragm qualities throughout the body. Through the structural pathways of the skeletal system and breath awareness we will look at ways to coordinate and relate the diaphragms of the body to each other, to develop and explore different qualities of being and moving. Looking through this lens, we will investigate ways to provide support for the pre- & postnatal student, to find balance in this time of immense change. We will also discuss important guidelines and issues that can arise when teaching both pre- and postnatal women.
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®.
Rachel is a founding member of Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective where she is on the faculty of the Advanced Studies Course In Yoga Therapeutics. 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.
Rachel is a founding member of Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective where she is on the faculty of the Advanced Studies Course In Yoga Therapeutics. 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.