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September 2008
| Focus of the Month for September Manomaya Kosha and Vijnanamaya Kosha / Standing on Feet "You cannot hope to experience inner peace or freedom without understanding the workings of your mind and of human consciousness in general. All behavior both constructive and destructive is dependent on our thoughts." BKS Iyengar - Ch. 5 Light on Life The focus of the month for September is two part. First, we will consider the manomaya kosha (the "mental body") and vijnanamaya kosha (the "intellectual body") as they are outlined in chapters four and five of our reference book for this month, Iyengar's Light on Life. As the month passes we will get a better understanding of these koshas and how affect us, according to yoga philosophy. The practice of "standing on feet" provides us with a physical focus in which we will consider the anatomy of the foot as it relates to standing poses as well as other asanas. For example, how does the alignment of the foot effect the knee exactly? Does the alignment of the foot have any bearing at all in a pose like ankle to knee or sirsasana? Come to class to let your teachers' collected intelligence guide you and of course to ask questions. Special Classes and Events Weekly Short Chants with Nina Begins Tuesday September 9 at 11:05 am Please join Nina and her harmonium for 1/2 hour of chanting after the 9:30 am open level class. We are thrilled to have Nina back!!! This 1/2 hour chanting session is a weekly offering, beginning on the 9th. Please bring yourself, your family, your friends. Offered by donation. The next evening Kirtan with Nina and Friends will be in the Fall. Check our web site for details soon. FREE Introduction to YOGA CLASSES Monday September 15 from 4:45 - 5:50 pm Monday October 13 (Columbus Day) from 4:45 - 5:50 pm Please bring yourself and a friend to Jaya Yoga for a free introduction to asana practice, meditation, and a little philosophy. Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions email us or ask at the front desk. Kids Classes Back in September (please note dates changed) Bija Yoga's Down Dog for Kids Monday September 15 - November 10 3:30 - 4:15 pm for ages 4-7 yrs with Lauren Maples 8-week series Down Dog for Kids classes introduce children to the practice of yoga. Yoga poses and principles are explored in a variety of fun ways. Nature, basic anatomy and imagination are all key aspects of the class. Children are encouraged to explore the way their bodies move through creative projects, collaboration, story time and songs. Chanting, breathing exercises and simple meditation practices relax and calm the mind. Each classes finishes with relaxation - something the little yogis come to look forward to! No prior yoga experience required. $120 for the series Pre-registration and pre-payment are required, please contact 718-788-8788 or email. Also offering Little Lotuses Monday September 15 - November 10 11:45 - 12:30 pm for ages crawling - 3 yrs with Lauren Maples 8-week series This class is our "mommy" and me yoga class. Children from crawling to 3 years can practice yoga along with their parent or guardian. $120 for the series Pre-registration and pre-payment are required, please contact 718-788-8788 or email. (please note both kids classes skip Columbus Day) For Parents and Kids OPEN STUDIO EVENT Monday September 8 from 3:30-4:15 pm Please feel free to stop by the studio if you are interested in the kids classes and want your child to be familiar with the studio before classes start on the 15th. Cookies and juice will be served. If you haven't done so already this would also be a great time to sign up. Beginners Only 6- Week Beginner Series September 20 - October 25 From 2 - 3:15 pm This class is tailored for the newcomer to yoga. You will be eased into the practice by the skillful attention of your teacher. You will learn basic body awareness exercises, basic asanas (yoga poses) that stretch, lengthen and strengthen your body and a handful of techniques to help reduce stress in your daily life. At the end of your six classes you will be ready to join any of our basic level classes $85 for the series Pre-registration and pre-payment are required, please contact 718-788-8788 or email. Next Beginner Series starts late October. Workshop Ayruveda For the Fall With Danika Hendrickson Saturday September 27, 5:45-7:45 pm In this workshop, we will learn how the Vata dosha (air and space) is elevated in the fall months, and how our bodies and minds are affected by the change in energy within us, as well in the environment. We will explore healthy practices to harmonize Vata's influence of mental movement and activity, allowing for a more balanced thought process and a relaxed pace. Please wear comfortable clothes for movement exercises. No prior experience in Ayurveda necessary. $20 pre-registration required namaste@jayayogacenter.com Jaya Yoga Book Club Next Reading & Meeting Sunday October 21, 2 pm in Prospect Park We are reading Call of Stories, Teaching and the Moral Imagination by Robert Coles. Apparently it is a bit difficult to find on the bookstore shelves: you will probably have to order it through your local bookstore or online. Maybe we can recycle by lending to each other. Note: we will meet at studio will walk over together. Please Welcome Pascale Wettstine to Jaya Pascale will teach Wednesday 7:45 pm Open / Restorative and the Saturday 8:30 am. "I just took Pascale's Open /Rest. class last night. Her teaching was wonderful, she is accurate, attentive and has a way of making the us look as an explorer at our own physical experience. I highly recommend and warmly welcome her." Carla Stangenberg Biography: It’s Pascale’s dance background that led her to yoga over 15 years ago. She was certified by Om Yoga Center in 2001 and has since taught all level classes at Om and around the city. She received the prenatal/postpartum yoga certification from Mary Barnes in 2002 as well as the restorative yoga certification from Judith Lasater in 2003. She is the author of the French yoga box: Le bien-être par le Yoga (France Loisirs, 2007) Her classes incorporate the fluidity of Vinyasa Yoga and the precision of the Iyengar style. In the last few years she has been studying Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and continues to be devoted to her teacher Genny Kapuler. Saturday September 6th at 10 am Sarah Is Back! Sarah will be back to teaching at Jaya after maternity leave starting Saturday, September 6th at 10 am. She will be teaching on the weekends for now and soon enough take on her Wednesday classes again. Welcome Home!! I just want to take a moment to welcome everyone who has been away back to Jaya. Each and every one of you are very important to the health and vitality of the life of this Sangha (community). All of your teachers look forward to sharing what they have learned over the summer. With that, we are adding a new component to the monthly newsletter: A story from life off the mat. Please enjoy. We know there are a lot of writers in our midst, so we welcome and encourage you to submit a story of your own! (namaste@jayayogacenter.com). This walk had none of the heart pounding, breath catching, falling on ones be-hind excitement of the day before. How we made it to this trail head also bore little resemblance to the previous day. Our minds had been set on the quad killer, but some where along the line we made a wrong turn and happened upon our trail by accident. We found ourselves at the side of a still, reflective pond looking at a crude diagram that seemed to indicate that we could walk around it, though we weren't quite sure. We accepted our fate that this would be our route for the day. Preconceived ideas can be way overrated. Off we all went with little knowledge of the trail ahead except that it would not be at a 90 degree angle. We followed our silent guide: plastic green diamonds nailed to a tree ever 200 yards or so with the words "Nature Conservancy." We had no idea how long this was going to take. We just walked, pleased to know we were not going up. I looked at the four of us walking as a kind of one. We collectively opened to our surroundings -- each berry, deer track, late August wild flower something of a fascination. We felt open, perhaps awe struck, and gleefully happy because we were not trudging up the side of Stissing mountain. As we rounded the pond we encountered a two foot wide boardwalk allowing explorers to get up to the boggy edges of the pond without donning high rubber pants with suspenders. We got to explore with open senses, up close, the life of the (still not sure how big) pond: its naturally reflective quality and the life of a multitude of creatures buzzing around. |
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