Events & Workshops

Nearest Hotels:

• Boston Park Plaza - right around the corner (2 blocks)
• John Hancock Conference Center and Hotel - (about 5 blocks) Very economical
• Westin Copley Place

Parking:

• On Street parking: 2 Hours - all around - look for Parking behind the Studio on Providence Street
• Motor Mart Garage
• Boston Common Parking

Bicycle Parking:

• City of Boston bike racks are available along Boylston, directly in front of the studio, as well as on nearby streets

This is the MOST economical yoga class you can find in Boston or anywhere. They are great classes and 90 minutes long – taught by our highly trained and dedicated teachers. Community simply means that these classes are here for those in our community who help make BBY possible.

Please be sure to thank these teachers who teach these classes at a discounted rate in order to help serve YOU!

Class Times:

Monday at 4 pm with Ame, Wednesday at 4 pm with Rowena, Saturday at 2 pm with Abby and Peter, Saturday at 4 pm with Rochelle and Roni, Sunday at 3 pm with Nicoline. View Schedule

Community Class Policies:

• $5 Cash Only – small bills are appreciated – 10 Class Cards can NOT be used
• If you are on an unlimited card i.e. Auto-Renew, 2 Week New Member Special – You do NOT pay extra. This class is included.
• Please arrive 15 minutes early – This class can sell out – especially on weekends.
• If it is your 1st time to the Studio and you attend a community class as your 1st class, you can purchase the 2 Week New Member Special at this class. It can not be purchased at a later class. Credit Cards ARE accepted for the 2 Week New Member Special.

Please help us by following these policies so that we can continue to have these class for you.

Join Lynne for a 2 Hour Yoga Flow (Vinyasa, Forrest) accompanied by the best tunes of Rock 'n' Roll, Pop and Hip Hop.

Open up Your Body and Feel Good!

All Levels Welcome! Be Prepared to Move and SWEAT!

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Master classes are designed for students familiar with intermediate yoga postures (including inversions and backbends). In these classes you will use your knowledge of postures and breathing to practice exciting, physically demanding and challenging sequences and variations. The pace of these classes can be faster and the level of instruction and postures more sophisticated; you will go deeper, and your teacher will help you achieve breakthroughs in your practice and your self-awareness.

We recommend you have a year of solid Yoga under your mat. Expect to be transformed. Themes will vary from class to class.

Master Class Dates:

July 10
Aug 7
Sept 11
Oct 9
Nov 13
Dec 11

About the Teacher:

Natasha has been teaching at YogaWorks in Los Angeles since 1997. She is a contributing editor for Yoga Journal and writes the Basics column, as well as the on-line column “Ask the Beginner’s Expert” (www.yogajournal.com). In addition to her classes in LA, Natasha travels extensively, teaching at conferences and leading workshops and teacher trainings around the country. She is the featured teacher in Yoga Journal’s “Step-by-Step” Home Practice DVD series as well as the Sounds True “Step-by-Step” Home Practice Kit. Natasha has appeared in magazines and on television, as well as in the book of photographs “Yoga: A Yoga Journal Book.” She appears in the documentary “Yoga in America.”

For further information, visit her website at www.natasharizopoulos.com.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Looking to go beyond your current yoga practice? Learn More, Fine Tune and Incorporate great wisdom into what you already know. These classes are recommended for those with at least 1 Year Yoga Practice or More.

July 15: Core Strength in Yoga
Most 'core' work in modern physical fitness involves in strengthening the gross body aspects of the core. In yoga we explore deeper levels to uncover the subtle body core, where organs and fluids awaken to support muscle and bone to allow a fully embodied strength, flexibility and creativity to be expressed.

August 5: Opening the Hips: Finding Alignment and Flow in Postures and Movement
Although by design and structure the hip joints allow an amazing amount of possible movement, most students find the hips to be a source of compression and tightness. We will discover how grounding and opening the feet and connecting the feet to the pelvis will open up pathways of energy flow that relax and educate the deeper hip muscles, leading to more precise internal alignment. Thi s will in turn allow the larger muscles of the legs, hamstrings, adductors and quads, to work in a more integral way with the core of the body.

September 23: Finding the Roots of Posture: Mula Bandha and the Pelvic Floor
Mula bandha is a subtle body action. Using feet, breath, core, and some exploration of the relevant anatomy we will explore the various components of the pelvic floor combine to create the mula bandha and take this experience into your favorite poses.

October 21: Integral Movements of the Shoulder Girdle in Yoga Postures
An integral exploration of hands, forearms, upper arms and shoulders to develop strength and flexibility in all types of yoga postures and movements.

November 11: Backbending Poses from the Subtle Body
We will open the core flow through hands and feet and use this to safely explore deeper layers of the spinal column revealed in back bending asanas.

December 9: Embodying the Yoga Sutras: Lessons from Patanjali
Patanjali was an early neurobiologist. We will look at how his teachings on yoga reveal a deep sense of the inner world we can all experience th rough a spiritually embodied asana practice.

About the Teacher:

Arthur Kilmurray is one of the leading yoga instructors in the United States . He is currently studying Advaita Vedanta under the guidance of Swami Dayananda, the Non-Dual teachings of Eckhart Tolle, and Dzogchen, and integrating these enquiries into his yoga classes. His asana (yoga postures) instruction is informed by over 29 years of study in the system devised by Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and his annual studies with his primary teacher, Ramanand Patel.

Mukesh Desai, master artist and teacher of classical Indian vocal music and Ramanand's partner in "Yoga and Sound" has for 14 years provided Arthur an in depth immersion in the nature of sound and breath. The influence of movement pioneers Emilie Conrad, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and Caryn McHose have greatly broadened his perspective on the classical poses and the relationship between form and flow in them. Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme and Ken Wilber provide a cosmic perspective for understanding the historical moment and the unfolding of human consciousness. Arthur sees the yoga poses as vehicles to embody the spiritual connectedness of our own physical existence with Mother Earth and the Living Kosmos and as an entry point into the Great Awakening.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Yoga teachers who are certified and teaching quickly learn that a foundation teacher training course is just the beginning of a lifetime of learning how to teach. Led by Barbara Benagh, who has taught yoga and trained teachers for 35+ years, these monthly workshops will include practice, lecture, discussion and hands on teaching practice designed to:

• Improve your own yoga practice
• Refine your skills teaching foundation poses
• Learn skills to safely teach more experienced students poses such as headstand, backbends, pranayama and balances
• Refine your manual and verbal adjustment skills
• Learn how to incorporate the principles of The Yoga Sutra and Ayurveda into your practice and teaching
• Learn about teaching from the subtle, pranic body
• Create forum for discussing and resolving questions that arise from teaching

Who Can Attend?

• Open to to teachers and experienced yogis of all styles
• This class is geared to active teachers but long time yogis are welcome. After all, your most important student is yourself! Feel free to contact Barbara directly at info[at]yogastudio.org with any questions you have.

Workshop Dates

• May 22: The Architecture of Headstand
  Why practice it, the anatomy of the pose, how to practice it, how and when to teach it, skillful adjustments, modifications, and variations.
• June 19: The Architecture of Shoulderstand
  Why practice it, the anatomy of the pose, how to practice it, how and when to teach it, skillful adjustments, modifications, and variations.
• July 17: Teaching and Practicing from the Within
  Exploring the Koshas (Energy Body), Part One
• August 21: Teaching and Practicing from the Within
  Exploring the Koshas (Energy Body), Part Two
• October 16: Topic TBA
• November 20: Topic TBA
• December 18: Topic TBA

About the Teacher

Enjoy this opportunity to receive teacher training from of one of the country’s greatest yoga teachers. Based in Boston, Barbara Benagh has practiced yoga for nearly 35 years. Her eloquent teaching style promotes a yoga practice grounded in asana technique and transformed by breath and the subtle body. She was described by Yoga Journal as “one of the most insightful and intelligent teachers around”.

She discovered yoga while living in England and began teaching there before moving to Boston and opening The Yoga Studio in 1980. Barbara teaches yoga seminars throughout the US and is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal magazine as a writer and presenter. She is the instructor for five well received DVDs including Yoga for Stress Relief.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Featuring a YogaWorks level 2 class and Q&A session with Natasha.

Please RSVP to attend: For more information and to RSVP call Liana at 646-442-6215 or email lianas@yogaworks.com.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Yoga for Mental Wellness with Doug Baker
Friday July 24th 12 Noon to 2:30pm $30

Calming the Storm of Addiction through Yoga with Doug Baker
Friday August 28th 12 Noon to 2:30 pm $30

About the Teacher

Douglas Baker, LICSW, began doing therapy work in 1984, as a volunteer in a Boston homeless shelter. He completed his graduate training at Boston University in 1995. He began studying mind/body disciplines in 1995, including yoga, meditation, mindfulness-based stress reduction, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT). He obtained certification in EMDR in 2006. He is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association. He is an avid outdoorsman and a devoted father.

His private therapy work is devoted to using the best available modalities for his clients, combining traditional psychiatric methods and integrative or "mind/body" tools. He is a credentialed clinician at Cambridge Hospital in the Department of Psychiatry.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

About the Teacher:

Marc St. Pierre is a Senior Certified Teacher of Anusara Yoga. He has toured with John Friend in Japan and just recently in Boston. Marc had the good grace to introduce and establish Anusara on the island of Maui where he has lived the last seven years. He has taught in London, Australia, Prague and returns to Maui to teach Immersions.

He got his start at City Yoga in LA where he practiced with Sue Elkind, Naime Jezzeny and Anthony Benanati. Marc is thankful to be moving to the East Coast to share the Spirit of ALOHA!

About Anusara Yoga:

Anusara Yoga's remarkable popularity is due in large part to its uplifting philosophy, epitomized by a "celebration of the heart," that looks for the good in all people and all things. Consequently, students of all levels of ability and yoga experience are honored for their unique differences, limitations, and talents. This life-affirming vision sets the basis for a yoga system in which the harmony and joy of a tightly knit community is exulted. Not only is Anusara Yoga an elegant system of alignment principles and non-dual philosophy, but it is also a wonderful community of highly trained teachers and fun-loving students. This community feels like it has the tightness of a family, yet the looseness of a merry band of bohemian artists. To Learn More about Anusara Yoga, Visit www.anusara.com

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Natasha has been teaching at YogaWorks in Los Angeles since 1997. She is a contributing editor for Yoga Journal and writes the Basics column, as well as the on-line column “Ask the Beginner’s Expert” (www.yogajournal.com). In addition to her classes in LA, Natasha travels extensively, teaching at conferences and leading workshops and teacher trainings around the country. She is the featured teacher in Yoga Journal’s “Step-by-Step” Home Practice DVD series as well as the Sounds True “Step-by-Step” Home Practice Kit. Natasha has appeared in magazines and on television, as well as in the book of photographs “Yoga: A Yoga Journal Book.” She appears in the documentary “Yoga in America.”

For further information, visit her website at www.natasharizopoulos.com.

The foundational (200-hour) program is ideal for serious students of yoga and aspiring teachers. It is recognized by Yoga Alliance and comprises three areas of study: The Theory and Practice of Yoga, Yoga Philosophy and The Art of Teaching.

Students who complete the 200-hr teacher-training program will:

• Deepen their practice and understanding of yoga
• Know how to structure and create a cohesive, well-rounded class
• Acquire an understanding of yoga philosophy
• Build relationships with highly experienced yoga teachers
• Become a member of a learning community that includes well-renowned teachers worldwide
• Have the confidence and tools to begin teaching yoga
• Qualifies students to register with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level

Schedule Information

This training meets every Saturday-Sunday from May 2-August 2, with the exception of July 4-5. Please contact us for a detailed schedule.

200-Hour Program Tuition

Tuition includes the following:

• 26 Day training course, including two day anatomy Intensive Workshop
• 2 hours per day of in-depth Asana classes
• YogaWorks Teacher Training Manual comprised of 500+ pages
• Membership to the YogaWorks Alumni Association of over 2,000 teachers, and 35 studios worldwide providing exclusive discounts and teaching opportunities.

$3150 if paid in full by April 3, 2009.
$3400 if paid after April 3, 2009.
$500 non-refundable deposit required to register.

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More Information

Contact Liana at YogaWorks: 646-442-1481, or email: lianas[at]yogaworks.com.

YogaWorks Web Site: View Course Description

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

New class beginning in March! FUN yoga accompanied by a rockin' Hip Hop playlist. Be prepared to sweat and have fun! All levels welcome!

Regular Class Fees apply (i.e. this is not a workshop).

This 40-hour course is designed as an intensive immersion into the teaching techniques of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga.

This course will cover the teaching techniques of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga. The participants will learn safe and effective hands-on adjustments through partner work for all of the asanas, practicalities of conducting a class and yoga theory. This is a deep immersion into the details underlying the practice and teaching of Ashtanga Yoga. One need not be a teacher to attend or even desire to be a teacher. Many students have attended this course to merely enhance their personal practice. Those that do wish to teach however will find a wealth of invaluable tools to share with their students.

Participants should have a consistent personal practice of Ashtanga Yoga and understand the flow and sequencing of the asanas. The course is not designed as an avenue to learn the sequence but rather to learn to teach Ashtanga Yoga or to deepen an existing practice.

As in all courses run by David Swenson there is sure to be plenty of laughter and fun woven into the experience. You are sure to learn more than you ever imagined possible in a weeklong course and have a great time in the process.

ALL LEVELS WELCOME! Don’t miss this opportunity!

Training Schedule

Day 1-5: 8am-11am and 1pm-4pm
Day 6: 8am-12 Noon and 2pm-4pm
Day 7: 8am-12 Noon
FINISH (Note that the final day has only the one session for 4 Hours)

About the Teacher

David Swenson began practicing yoga at a very early age in 1969 at the age of 13. His older brother Doug was his first teacher. They practiced hatha yoga from whatever books they could find. David's introduction to Ashtanga came in 1973 when he met David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff in Encinitas, California. In 1975 David and Nancy brought K. Pattabhi Jois to the U.S. for the first time and Swenson was fortunate enough to be there. He then initiated studies directly with the master. Swenson made his first trip to Mysore in 1977 and learned the full Ashtanga system as it was originally taught by K. Pattabhi Jois. David Swenson is recognized today as on of the worlds foremost practitioners and instructors of Ashtanga Yoga. In the last five years David has produced 5 Videos, 4 Audios and written the highly popular book: Ashtanga Yoga “The Practice Manual”. David has just released 5 new DVD’s, 3 CD’s and a series of Laminated Practice Cards.

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

Details TBD

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

About Micheline Berry

Micheline Berry is a dancer, yoga teacher and award-winning filmmaker and has led over 300 ecstatic dance journeys since 1996. She has a powerful ability to bring people together and to inspire their creativity, transformation and joy through the healing arts of yoga, dance, meditation and music. As founder and director of Zen Dancing, she has collaborated with world percus-sionist Craig Kohland since 1997 to develop the Shaman‘s Dream World Groove Ensemble into the essential musical component to the Zen Dancing ecstatic trance dance process. She also guides ecstatic dance journeys to pre-recorded world beat and electronica music which she spins herself under her dj alias “dj buddha chick.“ As the facilitator of Zen Dancing‘s Ecstatic Dance and World Music Journeys, Micheline doesn‘t “teach“ one how to dance, but rather gently guides people into a deep, meditative connection to their own organic movement through occasional verbal suggestion, poetry and the embodiment of her own primal dance.

Micheline's vinyasa flow yoga classes combine Anusara, Ashtanga and Iyengar influences and are informed by her years of study of Tantric Buddhism & Native American purification ceremonies. Dynamic, yet deeply nurturing, her classes take you to your edge with a focus on: opening the heart; cultivating your organic, core power; releasing psychological & physiological contractions; and experiencing a vital, empowered & embodied state of being.

More infomation

Visit www.michelineberry.com

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.

About John de Kadt

John de Kadt is a percussionist and poet who has played ethnic hand-percussion instruments for more than 25 years. He has studied with percussion masters around the world and plays drums from India, Ireland, Turkey, Switzerland, Brazil, Egypt, Africa, and Cuba. John has performed on NBC and PBS, and with Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Subash Chandran, Robert Bly, Krishna Das, Baba Olatunde, and others. He tours nationally with the alternative world beat ensemble HuDost. His CD This Rhythm Is Not Mine has received excellent reviews, and his latest CD, Eight, is due out this spring

Workshop Policy: All Workshops are 100% Non-Refundable, but 100% Transferable to another individual for the same event only. No refunds or credits, this policy is firm.