BARBARA BORIS Yoga

Thanksgiving is here! We all have much to be thankful for living in the Woodstock area. I hope you add to your list how profound it is that we are able to freely practice yoga and to spend time on the spiritual path. (Think Iran.) This is one of the greatest blessings in life.

Have a great holiday, and I look forward to seeing you in this year’s:

Post Thanksgiving Digestion Class
Friday, November 27
11:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Mountain View Studio, Woodstock
$20

(Mountain View Studio is just off of Rock City Road, opposite the Colony Cafe, behind the Main Free Public Parking Lot)

This class is open to all levels and students of all styles of yoga. But please, no absolute beginners or major injuries for this class. It will be moving too fast for your safety.

The Apana Vayu Prana is the main downward digestion energy of the body. Although most yoga classes and postures are done to stimulate the upward flow of Prana to lead towards Enlightenment, unless the downward Apana Vayu is moving correctly, congestion, blockages, sluggishness, constipation, and dullness will result.

It’s not: “You are what you eat.”  It’s: “You are what you don’t poop out!”

After a feasting holiday, it is good to work on asanas to stimulate this downward flow. This will be a STRONG yoga class. Besides stimulating the Apana Vayu Prana, we will work to stimulate the Agni Gastric Fire. Please let me know before class if you are having your period. Some abdominal asanas are not appropriate during menstruation. Alternate postures will be offered for you, so don’t let that be an excuse not to come.

We will work on the following:

* kriyas to stimulate digestion and elimination
* asanas to stimulate digestion and elimination
* jumpings in the various asanas and vinyasana
* inversions
* twists, compressions, and stretches to the abdomen
* a long expansive restorative pose to relax the abdomen and belly at the end

Regular 2 hour students can use their class card to pay the discounted $18 price. If you have an 1 1/2 hour card add $4. All other students pay $20. No need to register in advance. Please be at the studio by 10:45 to sign in and get a space.

OTHER WOODSTOCK YOGA CLASSES THIS THANKSGIVING WEEK:

Sunday, November 15th at 7 p.m.

Kleinert James Arts Center

34 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY 12498

$20 general admission and $35 Patron reserved seating

Advanced sales at Pondicherry 12 Tinker St. on the Woodstock Village Green
open daily 11:30 – 5:30 Credit cards accepted.
info@pondi.biz 845-679-2926

A benefit for Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center in Mount Tremper, NY.

“Pandit Debi Prasad Spells Sitar Magic”
- The Tribune, May 2009, New Delhi, India

Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee is a distinguished name among Indian musicians as an outstanding sitarist and a highly regarded teacher of Indian Classical Music. For twenty years, he received training from the revered late Pt. Nikhil Banerjee. In 1986, he became the disciple of world famous sarod maestro, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Debi Prasad Chatterjee has performed in major concerts all over India and abroad including Dover Lane Music Conference, North America Bengali Conference (NABC), and Indian television and radio. He has played in numerous concerts across U.S.A., Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, France, Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Belgium, Luxemburg, etc. to propagate Indian Classical Music in the west.

Ray Spiegel is an outstanding tabla player based in the Hudson Valley. He trained under Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain and is known for both his Indian classical and jazz fusion recordings. He has played with a number of top musicians including Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi), Ustad Aashish Khan (Sarod), Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (Sarod), Pandit Manilal Nag (Sitar), Pandit Ragunath Seth (Bansuri flute) and Pandit Barun Kumar Pal (Hindustani Guitar). Ray also teaches tabla, gives lecture-demonstrations and has been awarded grants by the NEA and Smithsonian.

Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center was founded in 1968 by the late artist, Sam Spanier and Eric Hughes. Sri Aurobindo is widely regarded as one of India’s great sages. A coin and two stamps have been issued by the Indian government honoring him. His statue stands near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi and UNESCO recently placed a replica at its Paris headquarters to honor Sri Aurobindo and the international community of Auroville.

Beginning Sanskrit Study Group Starting!
Taught by Sophia Preza Schepetin, long time Vedantin and Sanskritist.

Come take a fun 5 week course emphasizing basic Sanskrit.
Including: alphabet, pronunciation, writing/calligraphy, simple words, yoga asana names, etc.

Every Wednesday and Friday
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
at
Euphoria Yoga
99 Tinker St.,
Woodstock, NY
For Info Call: 845 679-4580 (Sophia) or 845 679-6766

Fee by donation.
Drop-in Students OK. No pre-registration required.

Dates for Classes:
Wed., Nov. 11, Fri., Nov. 13
Wed., Nov. 18, Fri. Nov 20
no class Wed. Nov. 25 or Fri. Nov. 27
classes resume Wed. Dec. 2, Fri. Dec. 4
Wed. Dec. 9, Fri. Dec. 11
Wed. Dec. 16,  last class Fri. Dec. 18

Tao of Bone Health is going well. Sunday Class is on as normal at the new WINTER TIME of 9:30-11 am. Bone Health will continue at 1 pm after a short break.

This seminar will give you an easy routine that helps you enliven, maintain and grow your bones, build electromagnetic conductivity and increase density without drugs.

The Tao of Bone Health taught by Sharon Smith

Sat & Sun, November 7 & 8, 1-5 pm
both days with tea breaks

Mountain View Studio
20 Mountain View Avenue
Woodstock, NY 12498

$80 Saturday, $150 Full Weekend

Saturday’s Workshop is an absolute pre-requisite to Sunday’s work. (more…)