BARBARA BORIS Yoga

This is the class for me to hone my teaching skills prior to my Iyengar National Association of U.S. Teaching Assessment. I need 6-8 people per class, beginners, especially RAW BEGINNERS are ENCOURAGED to come! But please, have no major injuries and pre-register first!

Intro to Iyengar Yoga Class
Fridays, 4:30-5:30
Beginning July 30 – Sept 10
Mountain View Studio
20 Mountain View Avenue, Woodstock
FREE

Send me an email if you want to attend. First 8 people will be accepted. Class will run until September, so sign up now for other classes!

my email: bxboris@yahoo.com

The class will be very basic and different from a normal class:

- one hour exactly (or shorter!)
- only 6 asanas (poses)
- different asanas each class
- salamba sarvangasana (shoulder stand) will be taught in every class
- student doesn’t need to know how to do sarvangasana,
but must be willing to try (NO NECK or SERIOUS BACK INJURIES!)
- instruction will be on defining the shape of each asana and a few basic actions
- each asana will be taught for just 6 minutes
- I will be timing my teaching of each asana
- class will be video taped for my assessment of teaching skills
- I will not move the camera around, students will only be seen from behind
- the video is for me to see how I teach, not about you or how you do the asana
- no yoga philosophy
- long final relaxation

Tonight’s class at Satya Yoga will be HEAT SENSITIVE!

Meaning, if it’s still hot in there after I turn the Air Conditioning on, we will do appropriate HIP OPENING and lying around things to sweat in our space.
No worries. I will adjust the tone of the class per the day. But DO COME, next week I will be away.

We will be doing standing poses to the theme of AHIMSA, non-violence.
The text will be from Tree of Yoga, by B.K.S. Iyengar, p. 50, “The Roots.” It will be available for purchase at class.

I’ll be teaching the class, but I have to leave at 10:10. Ina Becker will take over then. I have to run to Zen Mountain Monastery to witness and to celebrate the Full Monastic Ordination of Angela Senjin Caponigro. This has been both 10 years (of Zen Practice) and lifetimes (of Dharma practice) in the making. Please keep her in your heart as you practice today. This is a big big deal. Thanks!

Monday, Level I Class is ON, 10-11:30

Even though the calendar says it’s July 2nd, it’s still the “Last Week of the Month” in my book. Tomorrow’s (Friday’s) Level II-III Class will be restorative. We WILL have inversions, supported back bends, pranayama and a lot of lying around.

I will be focusing on bringing awareness from the:

Anamaya kosha to the
Pranamaya kosha to the
Manomaya kosha

(through the Vijyanamaya kosha)

and ultimately the
ANANDAMAYA kosha.