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Beginner Series & Free Beginner Classes
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The Beginner Series is ideal for people who want to make a commitment to a new yoga practice and grow with a single teacher and a group of like-minded beginners. When offered, it meets Sunday evenings from 6-7:30pm. Cost is $75, payable in advance when you register for the series.
Beginner Series
March 9 - April 27 2008 (no class March 23, Easter, and April 20, Passover)


May 11 - June 22, 2008 (no class May 25, Memorial Day weekend)


July 6 - August 10, 2008
To reserve a spot in a Free Beginner Class, call us and we ll put your name on the list. The class meets from 6pm-7:30pm on the days listed below. Be sure to show up 15 minutes early at 10 minutes prior to class we release all remaining reserved spots to walk-ins on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free Classes
March 2, 2008, 6-7:30pm


May 4, 6-7:30pm


June 29, 6-7:30pm
March 2008 Workshops
Yoga & Scoliosis
Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 2-6pm - Yogasana Center - Taught by Deborah Wolk
4-hour workshop only $60

The practice of yoga can help bring awareness to a spinal curvature and may relieve pain
as well as slow the progression of scoliosis. A yoga practice that specifically addresses
the scoliosis with awareness and alignment will practically assure these results.
This workshop will cover the basic anatomy concerning the three dimensional curvature
of the spine and how it affects one's body/mind and health. Ways of practicing asana
and using props especially geared towards those with scoliosis will be explored.
Anyone with scoliosis is encouraged to attend this workshop including those people
considering yoga as a therapeutic option. Yoga teachers and body workers are also
encouraged to attend. It is especially recommended that students attend with their
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Practice from Pune
March 28, 2008 - 4-6pm - Yogasana Center - Taught by Deborah Wolk - $25 advance registration, or $30 on day of workshop - Must practice at a Level 2 or above aptitude

The Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Instititite (RIMYI), located in Pune, India, is the heart and soul of Iyengar yoga. This is where B.K.S. Iyengar and his daughter, Geeta, and son, Prashant, continue to conduct beginner, general, and advanced classes, as well as special medical classes, and classes for children. Students from all over the world come here to study with the living masters.

Deborah Wolk, recently back from a one month stay in Pune, will share her insights and teach a sequence given in a general class at RIMYI.
April 2008 Workshops
The Art of Breathing: an Inspirational Workshop
Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 10am-12:30pm (break) 1:30-4pm - Yogasana Center - Taught by Jessica Wolf - Must practice at a Level 2 or above aptitude
5-hour workshop only $100

Breathing is as fundamental to life as the beating of our hearts. But breath, unlike the involuntary heartbeat, is something we can influence. Because we usually take breathing for granted, we tend not to realize the harmful effects faulty breathing can have. Within our yoga practice faulty breathing creates compensatory patterns of holding and hardening that limit our range of motion. Tightness in the shoulders, hips, and back can be directly related to the way in which we interfere with the natural coordination of our respiratory mechanism. Fortunately, through improving how we breathe we can regain the body’s freedom and organization.

In this workshop introducing The Art of Breathing, we will discuss:

• The anatomy of breathing

• How to activate the whole body and allow the breath to function with minimum effort and maximum efficiency

• Yoga asana: coordinating the breath with the physical postures to create freedom and ease

• The effect of fatigue, stress and environmental pollutants on the respiratory and nervous systems

• Breathing faults related to illness such as asthma, reflux, backache and overall muscular tension
Yoga for Osteoporosis
April 12, 2008 - 2:30-4:30pm - Yogasana Center - Taught by Eve Holbrook - $25 advance registration, or $30 on day of workshop - All levels welcome

In order to increase bone density, flexibility, strength, and avoid future fractures, you need to be mindful of how you treat your body.The wrong kind of exercise can leave you in pain and potentially break bones, but without exercise you grow weaker, stiffer, and you lose the vital minerals you need to prevent fractures.

Yoga can help your bones gain density, resilience, and even stimulate your bones to retain calcium. With its emphasis on weight-bearing poses and full range of motion, yoga can be carefully controlled to produce forces that are great enough to stimulate bone strengthening, without damaging the very bones you are trying to reinforce.

Come learn which poses support the health of your bones, and learn how to adapt the poses to work for your body in whatever condition it is in.