WORKSHOPS
The Yoga School NY offers Workshops with
Teachers in the Desikachar/Krishnamacharya Tradition
Guta Hedewig
Vedic Chanting - Medha Mantra
Fridays, October 15th, 22nd, 29th, and November 5th, 2021 - 1:30-2:30pm
This class is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $80 for the FOUR 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 Medha Mantra from the Taittiriya Samhita. In this chant, we invoke Agni, Indra and Surya to help remove darkness and dullness from our minds and find mental clarity and radiance. We will learn the increasingly more intricate Samhita, Krama, Jata and Ghana versions. We will also review some of the shorter mantra-s, such as Gayatri Mantra, as well as the peace Mantra-s Asato Ma, Purnamadah and Sam No Mitra.
This course is open to beginners and experienced chanters alike.
Join us for this joyful experience!
Vedic Chanting - Medha Mantra
Fridays, October 15th, 22nd, 29th, and November 5th, 2021 - 1:30-2:30pm
This class is offered online via Zoom
Tuition: $80 for the FOUR 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 Medha Mantra from the Taittiriya Samhita. In this chant, we invoke Agni, Indra and Surya to help remove darkness and dullness from our minds and find mental clarity and radiance. We will learn the increasingly more intricate Samhita, Krama, Jata and Ghana versions. We will also review some of the shorter mantra-s, such as Gayatri Mantra, as well as the peace Mantra-s Asato Ma, Purnamadah and Sam No Mitra.
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
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 - 2:15-7:15pm
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 the structure of our skeletal muscles, how they connect to our bones, and different kinds of muscle actions, 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
Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 - 2:15-7:15pm
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 the structure of our skeletal muscles, how they connect to our bones, and different kinds of muscle actions, 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®.
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.