BARBARA BORIS Yoga

October 29, 2012

Monday Level I Class is ON TODAY for Hurricane Sandy

Filed under: Classes, Schedule, Woodstock Events — bb @ 8:57 am

We will do a modified Hurricane Irene Sequence (see below).
Class will end right on time so you can get home safely before the rain starts at around noon..

ALL PRIVATE CLASSES at my home today and at Clear Yoga tomorrow are CANCELED.

ALL CLASSES at Woodstock Yoga are CANCELED TOMORROW, Tues., Oct. 30.

For best storm updates for our area go to: HUDSON VALLEY WEATHER.
Alex is a local weather geek in Kingston. His page is THE source for up to the minute reports of what is going on where.

https://www.facebook.com/HVWX1   FACEBOOK
https://twitter.com/HudsonValleyWx   TWITTER

September 26, 2012

Asanas to be Practiced to Increase your Immunity

Filed under: Asana, Classes, India, Iyengar, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 1:36 pm

ASANAS TO BE PRACTICED TO INCREASE YOUR IMMUNITY
RIMYI Pune October 2009
(H1N1 virus – Bird Flu Epidemic)

We will be practicing the MORNING SEQUENCE
tonight, 6 p.m. at Woodstock Yoga Center
.
Don’t worry if you can’t hold the asanas this long.
We will work with what is possible for you and your ability.

Come on by and have your Weekly Yoga Flu Shot!

MORNING PRACTICE
Duration approx 1 hour

  • Uttanasana             5 minutes
  • Adho Mukha Svanasana    5 minutes
  • Prasarita Padottonasana    3 minutes
  • Sirsasana            10-15 minutes
  • (5 minutes straight and 10 minutes sirsasana cycle)
  • Viparita Danasana on your cot (!) [we'll use 2 chairs] with head down 5 minutes
  • Sarvangasana        10 minutes
  • Halasana            5 minutes
  • Sarvangasana Cycle    5 minutes
  • Setubandha Sarvangasana    5 minutes
  • Viparita Karani        5 minutes
  • Savasana with Viloma or Ujjayi pranayama 10 minutes

EVENING PRACTICE
Duration approx. 45 minutes

  • Sirsasana             10 minutes
  • Sarvangasana        10 minutes
  • Halasana            5 minutes
  • Setubandha Sarvangasana    10 minutes
  • Savasana with Viloma or Ujjayi pranayama 10 minutes

July 21, 2012

R.I.P. Tom Davis

Filed under: Misc. Musings, Woodstock Events — bb @ 3:43 pm

Tom Davis Drawing

Beautiful Soul.
OM

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/arts/television/tom-davis-saturday-night-live-comedy-writer-dies-at-59.html?smid=pl-share

And a piece that Tom wrote about his “de-animation” for a Hudson, New York art gallery, Incident Report.

Tom Davis, Christ Weeping Into The Taconic

The Dark Side of Death
By Tom Davis

The good news: my chemotherapy is working and I’m still buying green bananas.

The bad news: two years ago, before we knew it as MDD (Michael Douglas Disease), I was diagnosed with tonsorial squamous cell carcinoma, a/k/a head and neck cancer.   After surgery, I elected to go with radiation therapy sans complementary chemo, which was probably a big mistake. The malignancy unexpectedly spread to the bones of my pelvis and lower spine, where it has been munching away without thought of its host’s well-being. It’s now described as “exotic and aggressive,” but it’s getting its cancerous ass kicked by taxotere, a drug that imitates the chemistry of the European Yew tree. Made in China, of course. I’ll be using it, or a related drug “for the rest of my life,” which could be as long as two more high-quality-of-life years. I’d be thrilled with that.

There are side effects, the two weirdest being a “recall effect,” in which radiation sores reappear, and neuropathy in my fingernails, which are in the unpleasant process of falling off. Ow. I’ve lost hair from all over my body. With only a little bit of white fluff on my head, I visited my mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease in Minneapolis.

“Now I want you to take all your medicine and your hair will grow back,” she said cheerfully. “I think you look a little like that bird Woodstock in Peanuts.” I’ll take that; better than Uncle Fester.

My old comedy partner (Senator) Al Franken, volunteered to draw my hair back on with a magic (more…)

July 6, 2012

Kevin Gardiner is NEXT WEEKEND!

Filed under: Asana, Classes, Iyengar, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 3:58 pm

Kevin Gardiner Parivritta Parsvakonasana 2002

Iyengar Yoga in Woodstock with Kevin Gardiner
July 14-15, Saturday and Sunday, 2:00-6:30 p.m.
4 hours both days, with half hour chai break each day
$195

Sign up HERE!

THIS TWO DAY WORKSHOP will be for high Level I-II Iyengar Yoga Students. Those who regularly attend Iyengar yoga classes will get first priority, as we are limiting the attendance to 25, and we want to keep the level of teachings strong and inspiring. Participants are required to have a good command of Iyengar basics, be able to do sirsasana, handstand and be able to sustain unsupported urdhva dhanurasana with straight arms. If you are not a regular practicing Iyengar student, we can discuss whether this workshop will be appropriate for you.

Sunday’s classes will be based on Saturday’s. Students signing up for the whole weekend will have priority for available spaces. Only if space is available will you be able to register for a single day session ($100/day). Contact Barbara at Woodstock Yoga to be on the sign-up/waiting list for single day class. (more…)

March 9, 2012

Cassia Berman, R.I.P.

Filed under: India, Misc. Musings, Woodstock Events — bb @ 11:32 pm

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Cassia Berman,  April 5, 1949 – forever

I just got this awesome letter about Cassia’s death and I want to share it with all of you.
We are missing her light so much. OM.

Dear Ones,

As you may have already heard, on Friday, March 9, Devi’s day, our dear friend Cassia Berman left Earth (as she insisted we capitalize this planet to show our respect: “After all, the other planets are capitalized!”)

Like the many magical things in Cassia’s life, her death was incredible. Only three weeks ago she had been slammed with the the news that she had lung cancer!  Despite this diagnosis and a surgery to relieve water around the lungs and to secure a biopsy, she was in remarkably little pain. So, when the hospital nurses were pressing her to take heavy medication, she refused, saying: “I have a high tolerance for pain.” However, the nurses insisted she take something–even a Tylenol. Cassia then asked her friend, Geeta Agerwala: “I have never taken Tylenol. What will it do to me?” !!  Geeta very surprised, replied, “Nothing but make you feel better.” So Cassia decided to try some Western medicine! (more…)

February 24, 2012

Sanskrit 101 Workshop this Sunday, Feb 26

Filed under: Classes, India, Iyengar, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 4:57 pm

OM Yogis!
Is this just squiggles to you? By Sunday evening it won’t be!

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Come attend the Sanskrit 101 Workshop at Woodstock Yoga.
This Workshop is designed specifically for the new Woodstock Yoga Teacher Trainees…
but you might be interested in coming too!

The workshop is THIS SUNDAY, February 26, 1:30-4:30 at:
WOODSTOCK YOGA CENTER
6 Deming Street , Woodstock
845 679-8700

Cost is $40.  (Woodstock Yoga Center teachers – $30)


SIGN UP BY CLICKING HERE!


Please shoot me an email (bxboris at yahoo dot com) so I know how many copies to make of the handouts. There will be LOTS of handouts!!!! Bring notebook, pens, paper, your glasses (!). This will be all reading/ chanting/ drawing/ writing.

Bring the following books: Light on Yoga, Light on the Yoga Sutras (both by BKS Iyengar), Yoga the Iyengar Way (Mehta), the Preliminary Course (Geeta Iyengar). Yoga Sutras & Preliminary Course available for purchase at Woodstock Yoga.

There will be asana breaks in between sections.

Here is a rough OUTLINE of what will be covered:

INTRO

  • why Sanskrit is important and relevant to yoga practice
  • aural tradition and the power of sound
  • warm up voice exercises

OM

  • chanting vs. singing
  • why we chant OM in a yoga class
  • The Mandukya Upanishad on the Four States of OM
  • drawing OM
  • chant OM 108 times

SANSKRIT ALPHABET

  • scientific organization
  • positions in the mouth
  • aspirated consonants, long/short vowels, s’s
  • transliterations/ common spellings
  • practice chanting (mouth yoga!)

VOCABULARY

  • common yoga words to know and their roots and meanings
  • practice pronunciation

MANTRAS

  • vedic vs. traditional vs. KD vs. new age
  • Invocation to Patanjali
  • lokah samastah sukhinoh bhavantu
  • saha na vavutu
  • asato ma sad gamaya

YOGA SUTRAS

  • yogas chitta vritti nirodhaha
  • stira sukham asanam

HOMEWORK

  • Teacher Trainees will have homework
  • As a guest to the Workshop you can elect to do it or not.
  • If you want Yoga Alliance Credit towards your E-RYT status you must do the homework.

OM OM OM
AUM AUM AUM

(by Sunday you will understand the difference in spelling!)
See you there,
Barbara

February 23, 2012

Friday Class – SNOW??? UPDATE 9 a.m.

Filed under: Asana, Classes, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 9:07 pm

Lots of snow on the grass, but the driveway isn’t bad.

CLASS IS ON!

OM
Who knows!?!?
Here is the latest from my FB pal Alex: He’s the man re: all weather issues…
I say COME! Drive carefully, and park carefully. If there is a huge snow event, I’ll let you know when I wake up where you can park.
But come on by!
more Back Bending!!!

Hudson Valley Weather

Important Update: (3 minutes ago… 7:57 p.m. Thursday)

Here’s the facts…. Temps are dropping quickly in response to clear skies. As you can see from the observations in the below post that we have temps ranging from 32-45 across the HV. When precip begins after midnight temps will also take another dip and if the info from the NWS in Albany serves true then the start of the precip may be quite heavy, this will cause a sharper drop in  temps and also quickly overcome any warm surfaces it is trying to accumulate on. Every hour that clear skies hold on across the HV temps will continue to drop, so its easy to figure that between all these factors most of the HV will get to 32 deg or lower be after midnight. Now to make this even more interesting both the NAM and HRRR which are good short range models are depicting 4-6 and even 8 inches of snow “see below post by Brent for HRRR” Now these models tend to be bullish with amounts at times but overall are accurate models. But we also have snow ratio’s to contend with, and with temps right around freezing they will be very low, resulting in a wet snow that will not pile up to quickly. This is going to be a now-casting event and I want to make sure you are all informed and aware of the wide range of possibilities that exist as this has become a bit of a challenging forecast. I have posted the forecast discussion from the NWS below. Stay tuned as me and everyone else continue to watch new data as it arrives and keep and eye on local observations to get a better handle on this situation. Again, this morning I posted 3-6 in the highest elevations and 1-2 in the valley, it’s the valley prediction, north of poughkeepsie that is in the biggest danger of being low at this point.

February 15, 2012

Twisting Workshop this Weekend

Filed under: Asana, Classes, Iyengar, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 4:45 pm

Twisting is one of the most powerful tools we have in yoga asana practice. Besides creating flexibility in the spine, the parivritta (twisting) action opens the nadis (energy channels) and deeply massages the organs. Twisting, bending and binding also detoxifies the system, bringing rejuvenation, clarity and balance into the body. This class through it’s intelligent Iyengar sequencing will create heat to challenge and clear out your body and nervous system for a deep long suppported savasana at the end that will leave you feeling pleasantly wrung out, fresh and restored to finish up the winter.

Saturday, February 18, 1:30-3:30
Woodstock Yoga Center
6 Deming Street
Woodstock, NY 12498
$40

845 679-8700

January 8, 2012

REMEMBER: Sunday Class starts at 9:30 NOW

Filed under: Classes, Schedule, Woodstock Events — bb @ 9:21 am

at the NEW

WOODSTOCK YOGA CENTER
formerly Bliss Yoga Center
6 Deming Street, Woodstock

I just remembered myself!!!!!

Students with existing class cards, your card is still valid.
New class cards are available for purchase, but please bring a check,
our credit card system is still not up and running….

SINGLE CLASS: $16
5 CLASS CARD: $75 (good for 3 months) $15/ class
10 CLASS CARD: $140 (good for 4 months) $14/ class
30 CLASS CARD: $390 (good for 6 6 months) $13/ class

see you there!

December 27, 2011

NEW YEAR’S DAY YOGA

Filed under: Classes, Schedule, Woodstock Events, Yoga — bb @ 2:28 pm

Note to Students: If you want to buy class cards for the new Woodstock Yoga Center, please wait until we transfer the business on January 1, 2012. Thank You. – Barbara & Linda.

ALL CLASSES AND EVENTS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY ARE FREE!

Opening Day at Woodstock Yoga

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