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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!
Monday at 4 pm with Ame,
Wednesday at 4 pm with Kathy,
Saturday at 2 pm with Rachel,
Saturday at 4 pm with Rochelle and Roni,
Sunday at 12:30 pm with Ame,
Sunday at 7 pm Yin Yoga with Heather.
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Originator of all Vinyasa styles, the Ashtanga yoga system focuses on coordination of movement with the breath using counted vinyasa, to move through a set series of postures. This practice builds strength, flexibility and endurance and is appropriate for people of all ages, shapes and skill.
In this 2 session workshop, you will learn background information and theory about Ashtanga Yoga and also learn thoroughly Sun Salutations A and B, transitions and some of the standing poses.
This workshop is ideal for those new to Ashtanga and wanting to begin this practice. It is also ideal for those interested in our Mysore Style Ashtanga program or for those who would like deeper understanding of the Sun Salutations.
Kate O'Donnell adjusts people every day at Back Bay Yoga. She has spent the past ten years being adjusted by the yoga and her teachers in many parts of the world. There is a lot of experience and information to share. Kate is an authorized teacher in the Ashtanga lineage.
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.
2/12
4/2
5/7
7/9
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.

When we live in our minds we become overly focused on thought and cut off from the potent wisdom and intelligence of our heart center- Anahata Chakra. In yoga, the heart is at the center of the Chakra system, the core of our spirit, and our primary teacher. We all have experiences of "knowing" truths that our minds can't explain. The heart is a source of deep feelings that call us to our highest potential, and when this area in the body becomes physically contracted, we feel the effects emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.
Many backbending asanas position the heart higher than the head, and develop the trust and surrender we need in order to open to our hearts messages. This class will focus on moving towards a deeper backbend through the feeling mind of the heart- for a deeper expression of asana and a deeper capacity for love and compassion. Come as you are to explore the power of a heart-centered focus in your yoga practice and on your well-being.
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.
Check in with the movements of Prana. Take part in discussion of the anatomy and energetics of hands-on yoga; learn partner work to help you understand the dynamic nature of yoga postures; investigate why touch is an important aspect of yoga. Saturday class, Contacting Prana, is open as one-day participation. Expect more doing than talking.
BOTH Sessions: $65
Saturday only: $35
Saturday, February 13 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contacting Prana. How to begin connecting to your energy body. Use the breath to increase awareness of your state of mind, the flow in and out of poses, and the dynamics of working with Prana.
Sunday February 14 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The yoga of adjusting. Look into engaging with different body types, injuries, ability levels. Explore the emotional and energetic components of people and postures.
Kate ODonnell adjusts people every day at Back Bay Yoga. She has spent the past ten years being adjusted by the yoga and her teachers in many parts of the world. There is a lot of experience and information to share. Kate is an authorized teacher in the Ashtanga lineage.
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.
By donation: $15 in advance, or in any amount at the door.
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.
In these two workshop sesssions, Ame will break down the fundamentals of vinyasa flow yoga. Appropriate for both brand new students and more experienced students who would like a refresher, topics to be covered include ujjayi breath, sun salutations, proper alignment and ways to open and strengthen the body for more advanced postures.
Structured as both an introduction to vinyasa and a reinforcement of the building blocks of flow, these classes will provide students with the basic skills necessary to support a safe, challenging and enjoyable yoga practice. Sessions are February 14th and February 28th - NO SESSION FEBRUARY 21st
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.
Forrest Yoga Intensives are vigorous and demanding. They will take you on a physical and mental journal deep into the core of your being. Create a heightened sense of awareness through breath and asanas. Learn how to stay mindful and present for your whole practice. Through a rigorous sequencing of yoga asanas every muscle and cell in your body will be challenged, awakened, and stimulated. Forrest Yoga Intensives will open you up to the amazing quality of feeling that lives inside of you. Experience real freedom in your body and learn about your self in the process. Come, breathe deeply, and enter the incredible mystery of your spirit. You will leave feeling cleansed, refreshed, and alive.
February 19
April 16
May 14
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.
Abdominal strength enables the body to move effortlessly, improves balance, and makes almost all yoga poses better. In this workshop, we will work toward developing and deepening core strength and internal stability necessary to move freely and fluidly in your practice, and in your everyday life. This rigorous and challenging class will cover all the major abdominal asanas in the Iyengar method, and is appropriate for all levels of practitioners. Each student will walk away with a new understanding of how to strengthen their “Core” muscles.
Individuals with acute back pain or women who are menstruating should not attend.
Roni Brissette has been teaching Iyengar yoga since 1993. She holds a Junior Intermediate Level II certification in the Iyengar method. She appears in Patricia Walden’s yoga DVDs and The Women’s Book of Yoga. Roni was named Best Yoga Teacher by Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston 1999. She was part of the faculty of the Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training program in Boston and continues to train students for Iyengar certification. She currently teaches at her home studio in Brookline.
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).

(3 sessions, see dates/times below)
Yoga is a means for realizing the hidden potential in each moment. This intensive will be a blending of dynamic asana practice and self study. We will use this time together to clarify the relationship between what we love, what we believe in, and what we do. Come prepared to challenge yourself. The intensive is open to all who wish to explore yoga as an evolutionary journey--The only “requirement” is that you… “show up, do your best…and let your best be good enough.”
These sessions are meant to be taken as a whole but individual sessions are also available.
Sunday, March 14th, 9am-Noon
Yoga is the discipline that makes your life work. In this workshop we will explore the disciplines of meditation, visualization, and surrender to a higher purpose. The goal will be to establish the possibility of a daily practice that combines the ethical and spiritual clarity of Yoga with the abundant reality of self-actualization. Bring note pad or journal, your favorite pen, and the spirit of adventure.
Friday 6-9pm Vinyasa Intensive Session
Saturday 2-5pm: Vinyasa Intensive Session
Sunday 9-12: Yoga + The Law of Attraction Workshop
Sunday 1:30 to 4:30: Vinyasa Intensive Session
$225: FULL WEEKEND
$175: Vinyasa Intensive (3 Sessions)
$120: Any 2 Sessions
$65: if taken individually
Rolf Gates, author of the acclaimed book on yogic philosophy “Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga” conducts Vinyasa Intensives and Teacher Trainings throughout the US and abroad. His workshops are a synergy of the freedom of a powerful vinyasa flow and the structural integrity of therapeutic alignment principles. Recently named in Travel and Leisure's Top 25 Yoga Studios Around the World, Rolf and his work have been featured in numerous magazines to include Yoga Journal, Natural Health and People Magazine. A frequent conference presenter, he was also the Keynote Speaker at the Midwest Yoga 10th Annual Conference. A former social worker and US Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for the last sixteen years, Rolf brings his eclectic background to his practice and his teachings. Check out Rolf's essay and story in the upcoming book + film: The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Frontlines of Modern Manhood. www.goodmenproject.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 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:
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.
Lovingkindness meditation is deceptively simple yet extremely powerful. It immediately opens and softens the heart, and over time can break down strongly ingrained patterns of animosity and negativity towards ourselves and others. As we begin to trust our innate capacity for goodness, we also find out that it can grow. In fact, pervading the whole universe with goodwill is not only pleasurable but a practical strategy for living. Why not? In this three hour workshop, Kate Lila Wheeler will teach basic techniques from the Buddhist tradition. Beginners and experienced practitioners welcome.
Kate Lila Wheeler began practicing Buddhism in 1977 and was ordained for a short time as a nun in Burma, leaving during the 1988 uprising. She teaches meditation all over the US. A prizewinning fiction writer and journalist, she lives in Somerville.
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.
12-3pm $40
Whether inversions intimidate you or upside down is your favorite way to be; whether crow pose stupifies you or arm balances make you feel stupendous, this workshop will offer something for everyone! Join Kate for a 'lila' or play-filled class, exploring how integration and strength can lead to lightness on your hands. Whether you are just approaching headstand and bakasana or are mastering the finer points of handstand and koundinyasana, the same principles of rooting down to lift up will leave you airborne! Come with a willingness to breathe and smile.
4-6pm $30
Backbends bring up emotions for many of us- they may leave you feeling vulnerable or unsupported. In this workshop with Kate, we will explore backbending from a place of strength and grace. Learn how the foundation of your legs, integration of your shoulders, and support of your back body can open your heart to a new degree. Backbends are a beautiful expression of joy and surrender- and that very act of giving may be your greatest strength. This class will leave you believing: anada beya; "I am joy."
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:
March 1-26, 2010 with Natasha Rizopoulos
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Please note: there will be an Anatomy Intensive after the first week of the training on March 6 & 7 from 12 to 6 p.m.
This 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.
Required Anatomy Intensive: March 6 & 7, 12 - 6 p.m.
Tuition includes the following:
Early Registration $3150/Otherwise $3400
All Registration is handled by YogaWorks:
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For more information, please contact Liana at 212.965.0801 or 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.
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:
This training meets for two weekends a month for six months.
Download the Program PDF
Tuition includes the following:
Early Registration $3150/Otherwise $3400
All Registration is handled by YogaWorks:
Apply Now
Contact Liana at YogaWorks: 212.965.0801, 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.

Rolf Gates, author of the acclaimed book on yogic philosophy “Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga” conducts Vinyasa Intensives and Teacher Trainings throughout the US and abroad. His workshops are a synergy of the freedom of a powerful vinyasa flow and the structural integrity of therapeutic alignment principles. Recently named in Travel and Leisure's Top 25 Yoga Studios Around the World, Rolf and his work have been featured in numerous magazines to include Yoga Journal, Natural Health and People Magazine. A frequent conference presenter, he was also the Keynote Speaker at the Midwest Yoga 10th Annual Conference. A former social worker and US Airborne Ranger who has practiced meditation for the last sixteen years, Rolf brings his eclectic background to his practice and his teachings. Check out Rolf's essay and story in the upcoming book + film: The Good Men Project: Real Stories from the Frontlines of Modern Manhood. www.goodmenproject.com
You will gain a thorough understanding of the principals which when applied create a class for all ages and body types. This will include a specific sequence and more importantly the method for adapting that sequence to the infinity of opportunities implied by the word Yoga. This method enables what you teach to grow as you and your students do.
The first Yoga teacher in the U.S. Swami Vivekananda wrote: “You yourselves are the being that you seek.” During this training you will have direct experience of the truth of that statement. When you leave this training you will know how it is people reach their potential and you will be able to apply that knowledge to accomplish your goals. You will be the change you want to see in your life.
One of the joys of being a teacher is that your Yoga practice becomes part of your job description. During this training you will begin each day with asana, meditation, and pranayama instruction and practice. You will be taught the therapeutic principles that will allow you to practice safely with intensity. You will be able to sit comfortably for a 45 minute meditation session during which you will experience what it means to rest in stillness. You will be proficient in breathing techniques that awaken and build heat, preparing the mindbody for asana, and breathing techniques that are cooling and soothing preparing the mindbody for meditation. On your mat the implementation of therapeutic principles will be dramatic. You will experience a vibrant aliveness from which there is no going back.
Please approach this list by beginning with The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success and How Yoga Works
The 200hr Teacher Training Certification Program will take place over 7 weekends/1x month-October 2010-April 2011
There will be breaks for meals and integration during the training weekends.
$3200* --Check out EARLY REGISTRATION + FULL PAY discounts below
Full deposit payment of $500 is needed to secure your placement.
*This fee includes “Meditations from the Mat” and the Teacher Training Manual + Meditations from the Mat: Teachers' Index. It does not include the additional required reading list materials
Refund/Non-Refund Policy: $500 deposit is non-refundable upon acceptance into the program. Any cancellations must be made 60 days before the start of the Teacher Training. We cannot offer any refunds for cancellations within 60 days of the event, but a credit towards a future Teacher Training Program may be available.
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.