WORKSHOPS
The Yoga School NY offers Workshops with
Teachers in the Desikachar / Krishnamacharya Tradition
Guta Hedewig
The Yoga of Mindful Breathing
Sunday, March 3rd, 2019, 11:30am-2:30pm
Location: 25 First Avenue (East Village)
Tuition: ONLY $45 (includes meal), ONLY $80 for two (includes meals)
Single Registration: https://bvtlife.wufoo.com/forms/yoga-ayurveda-guta/
Double Registration: https://bvtlife.wufoo.com/forms/yoga-ayurveda-guta-for-two/
In this workshop we will focus on harnessing the power of our breath.
We will explore:
- How to become aware of our breath and breathing patterns.
- How to initiate movement by focusing on the intrinsic micro movements of inhalation and exhalation, thus facilitating ease in movement.
- How to play with the breath in various techniques and ratios to create different relaxing and/or focusing states of mind.
- How to use breathing in combination with sound to help make the breath 'audible'.
- How to use mantra as a manifestation of breath and life force to direct our mind in a chosen direction.
This workshop is for anyone who would like to explore yoga, breathing and sound. It addresses all practitioners, from beginner to long time student, as well as yoga teachers. Hand-outs will be available to facilitate home practicing of the learned tools. There will be time for questions and discussion throughout the workshop, and individual practitioners' needs are taken into consideration with alternatives offered when appropriate.
The workshop will include a delicious and healthful ayurvedic meal taken together at the end!
Guta Hedewig has studied the teachings of Krishnamacharya with TKV Desikachar at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM.org) in Chennai. She is a IAYT-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, YACEP and C-IAYT 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.
Guta Hedewig
Sanskrit Chanting
Three Session Workshop
Fridays, March 22nd, 29th and April 5th, 2019 - 1:30-2:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $60 for the THREE CLASS workshop,
Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Participation via Skype or FaceTime is possible.
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:
- Go over the Sanskrit Alphabet.
- Learn about the Six Main Rules of Vedic Chanting.
- Chant 'Śraddhā Suktam' from Taittiriya Brahmana. In this chant we celebrate 'Śraddhā,' the strong conviction needed to achieve anything. It is described as having the qualities of a mother, supporting us in all our endeavors.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike. Join us for this joyful experience!
Sanskrit Chanting
Three Session Workshop
Fridays, March 22nd, 29th and April 5th, 2019 - 1:30-2:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $60 for the THREE CLASS workshop,
Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Participation via Skype or FaceTime is possible.
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:
- Go over the Sanskrit Alphabet.
- Learn about the Six Main Rules of Vedic Chanting.
- Chant 'Śraddhā Suktam' from Taittiriya Brahmana. In this chant we celebrate 'Śraddhā,' the strong conviction needed to achieve anything. It is described as having the qualities of a mother, supporting us in all our endeavors.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike. Join us for this joyful experience!
Jyoti Chittur
Introduction to Sanskrit
Sunday, June 2nd, 9am-3:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $100, Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Immersion in the ancient language, basis of scriptures and texts relevant to the study of Yoga, reading and writing script, chanting Sanskrit, importance of correct pronunciation, asana names.
Introduction to Sanskrit
Sunday, June 2nd, 9am-3:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $100, Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Immersion in the ancient language, basis of scriptures and texts relevant to the study of Yoga, reading and writing script, chanting Sanskrit, importance of correct pronunciation, asana names.
Jyoti Chittur was born into a family steeped in the Vaishnava tradition and initiated into the Sampradaya. She learned Sanskrit and Chanting from her grandfather who, during his time, was a scholar of the Vedas and the Scriptures. Her father, an educator, taught her Yoga in the traditional style, encompassing the physical, spiritual and elemental aspects of the practice. Her mother, a devout devotee, instilled in her the tradition and practice of Bhakti and Seva. Jyoti teaches Sanskrit and Yoga and is an alumnus of Yoga Sutra.
Rachel Lynch-John
Anatomy: Qualities and Function of Muscles, Tendons, Bones and Ligaments
Saturday, July 13th, 2-6pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $80, Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
In this workshop, Rachel will guide you through an exploration of the structure and function of your skeletal muscles, tendons, bones and ligaments, and the ways in which they relate and work in concert with each other to create movement.
Our bones create the framework and weight bearing structure of our body, and our muscles work in groups, acting upon our bones to create movement, while supporting and balancing our joints. If our muscle groups are not balanced in their actions, they can in turn create discord in our bones and at our joints, causing discomfort or injury.
Come learn how the body moves, the different kinds of muscle actions, and how to coordinate these actions to find balance throughout the body.
Rachel Lynch-John is a founding member of Samamkaya Yoga Back Care & Scoliosis Collective. She began practicing Iyengar yoga in 1990 as a way to care for her body while pursuing a career in modern dance.
Rachel assisted her Iyengar teacher, Genny Kapuler, for over ten years, and is certified through the School for Body-Mind Centering® as a Somatic Movement Educator and an Infant Developmental Movement Educator. She is also certified in Embodied Anatomy and Yoga and Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga, both of which are Body-Mind Centering® approaches to teaching yoga that utilize anatomical and developmental principles to allow for an embodied exploration and mindful yoga practice to evolve.
Along with her Embodied Back Care Yoga classes at Samamkaya, Rachel offers private sessions, small group classes and workshops in somatic movement education, embodied anatomy, pre & postnatal yoga, infant developmental movement education and asana alignment.
Rachel has taught in numerous teacher training programs in NY and Japan, and is presently on the faculty of the teacher training program for The Yoga School NY. Rachel originally trained as a dancer in her native England, and in 1999 earned a “Bessie” (NY dance and performance award) for her work in the field of dance and performance.
Rachel assisted her Iyengar teacher, Genny Kapuler, for over ten years, and is certified through the School for Body-Mind Centering® as a Somatic Movement Educator and an Infant Developmental Movement Educator. She is also certified in Embodied Anatomy and Yoga and Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga, both of which are Body-Mind Centering® approaches to teaching yoga that utilize anatomical and developmental principles to allow for an embodied exploration and mindful yoga practice to evolve.
Along with her Embodied Back Care Yoga classes at Samamkaya, Rachel offers private sessions, small group classes and workshops in somatic movement education, embodied anatomy, pre & postnatal yoga, infant developmental movement education and asana alignment.
Rachel has taught in numerous teacher training programs in NY and Japan, and is presently on the faculty of the teacher training program for The Yoga School NY. Rachel originally trained as a dancer in her native England, and in 1999 earned a “Bessie” (NY dance and performance award) for her work in the field of dance and performance.
Guta Hedewig
Course Planning in the Tradition of TKV Desikachar
Sunday, July 14th, 2019, 9-12:15pm
Sunday, July 21st, 2019, 11:15-12:15 & 1:45-3:30pm
Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 10-12:15pm
Sunday, January 12th, 2020, 1:45-3:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $200 for the four class workshop, Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Learn how to structure a group asana class intelligently, in a step-by-step method:
- What is the goal of the class - its possible goal pose - and why?
- What is the goal pose's reference pose?
- What are the strength and flexibility requirements?
- Which simpler poses have similar requirements?
- How to structure those poses into a coherent and clear sequence, leading up to the goal
- Definition of 'counterpose'
- Adding references/rests
- Layering with breathing ratios, sound/chanting and imagery/bhavana
Homework assignments will be given between classes and individually corrected.
This way of approaching course planning facilitates a clarity of intention throughout the class that enhances the practitioner's experience of 'stilling the mind' greatly. Through its step-by-step approach, safety and mindfulness are added to the practice.
Course Planning in the Tradition of TKV Desikachar
Sunday, July 14th, 2019, 9-12:15pm
Sunday, July 21st, 2019, 11:15-12:15 & 1:45-3:30pm
Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 10-12:15pm
Sunday, January 12th, 2020, 1:45-3:30pm
Location: 119 West 23rd Street #406 (between 6th and 7th Ave)
Tuition: $200 for the four class workshop, Pre-registration required: call 212-566-4631, or email:
theyogaschoolny@gmail.com
Learn how to structure a group asana class intelligently, in a step-by-step method:
- What is the goal of the class - its possible goal pose - and why?
- What is the goal pose's reference pose?
- What are the strength and flexibility requirements?
- Which simpler poses have similar requirements?
- How to structure those poses into a coherent and clear sequence, leading up to the goal
- Definition of 'counterpose'
- Adding references/rests
- Layering with breathing ratios, sound/chanting and imagery/bhavana
Homework assignments will be given between classes and individually corrected.
This way of approaching course planning facilitates a clarity of intention throughout the class that enhances the practitioner's experience of 'stilling the mind' greatly. Through its step-by-step approach, safety and mindfulness are added to the practice.