New Schedule Workshps at AYS NYC

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Here are some details of our much expanded schedule for the fall

starting Sept 12 with the addition of many new classes and courses,

a new website http://www.ashtangayogashala.net with lots of

information about Ashtanga Yoga and some excellent workshops. There

is too much to include in an email, so for more detail please visit

our website. Here is some of what we are offering, for more details

see below:

 

 

FREE Introductory Class: Sunday, Sept 11, 12pm (we will be having

free intros every month)

New Saturday Mysore Class – we now have a seven day a week

Mysore

program

3 month Ashtanga Yoga Immersion

10 week Philosophy and Pranayama Course

10 week Sanskrit Alphabet Course

7 New Fundamental Asana Series (Fund I, II & III – covering

standing poses/sitting poses and Inversions/backbending)

A new class called Inside Out Ashtanga which breaks down the

postures from an anatomical perspective and works on specific types

of poses such as forward bending/side bending/back bending/twisting

and inversions.

 

 

 

Also the following upcoming workshops:

 

Chuck Miller and Maty Ezraty Workshop Sept 3-7

Thai Yoga Massage Certification Training with Ananda Apfelbaum Sept

30-Oct 16

Tim Miller Workshop Oct 7-11

Annie Pace Nov 18-20

 

 

 

FREE Introductory Class Sunday, Sept 11, 12pm

This workshop is an hour long in-depth exploration of the basic

building blocks of ashtanga: breath, bandhas, and drishti (gazing

point), and how they function in sun salutations.

 

Fundamental Asanas Series – 7 New Courses starting the week of

September 12. The Fundamental Asanas Series explores proper

breathing and the alignment of the Primary Series poses in depth.

Use other text from website which is referring to all fund series in

general, this was just for level one.

 

Ashtanga Yoga Immersion This course is an opportunity to get an in-

depth introduction to the Ashtanga Yoga System. Combining three

months of Mysore Style classes with studies in Philosophy,

Pranayama, Sanskrit and the Fundamental Asanas series.

 

Philosophy and Pranayama This course will place Ashtanga Yoga in the

wider context of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra as well as introduce the

practice of Pranayama. The Yoga Sutra is divided into four chapters

and we will focus primarily on the first two - the Samadhi Pada

(chapter on samadhi) which includes Patanjali's basic definition of

yoga, obstacles and methods for overcoming obstacles and a

description of the various stages of samadhi, and the Sadhana Pada

(chapter on practice) which includes a description of Kriya yoga and

Ashtanga Yoga.

 

Sanskrit Alphabet A ten week course starting September 22. Thursday

evenings.

 

Inside Out Ashtanga Deconstructed ashtanga is a format for analyzing

and deconstructing the anatomical components of the postures. The

first week of the month will focus on forward bends, the second on

side bends/hip openers, the third on twists/hip openers, the fourth

on backbending, and if there is a fifth week in the month, on

inversions.

 

This class can help you bring awareness and clarity to your ashtanga

practice, and also serve as an aid for those who may be challenged

by certain poses The postures will be broken down into their

component parts and related to other similar postures in the primary

and intermediate series (you don't need to be practicing 2nd series

to do this class). In this way, specific principles about how to

move the body and breath in relation to a type of posture will be

learned. This class will be inspiring and fun! Drop ins $16.

 

Ashtanga Yoga Shala

295 E. 8th St.

New York, NY10009

http://www.ashtangayogashala.net

212.614.9537