Upcoming Events:

PUREYOGA/DIVINEYOGA with Peter Rizzo
9-11:30AM
Saturday | October 6, 20

teaching yoga in the JIVAMUKTI or bliss style
$30 preregister,  $35 at door, or by donation
(pay what you value the class at)
"Jivamukti" style yoga described in Yoga Journal:  "Incorporating chanting, meditation, pranayama, philosophy, and music into a vigorous flowing asana, or vinyasa, practice.  Jivamuti is a physically and intellectually stimulating method.  This system emphasizes bringing ancient teachings alive in a contemporary setting." Founders:  David Life and Sharon Gannon.

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NATARAJA  Dance Gathering:  Friday  |    Oct 19
7:00-8:30 PM

Our next Nataraja dance gathering will be Friday, April 21st, 7-830PM.  Dance music playlists vary.

If you love dancing or are simply curious about dancing, please come and join us!  I love to dance and I want this opportunity to continue.  Right now we need and welcome your help and support.  Please join me if you have never been and try something fun!  If you have not been in a while, please come again join us!   Forget your cares and let the music take you away!

We do not charge but gladly accept donations which go to a very good, local cause, the Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services.  They provide shelter to the homeless and food for the hungry, among other services.  The Yoga Place donates their space as part of their community mission.

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VINIYOGA THERAPY WORKSHOP FOR BACK CARE
with Charles Waters
Sunday  |    October 21 & 28
11:00 AM - 1 PM

IF YOU HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN, THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU!!
A TWO PART VINIYOGA THERAPY WORKSHOP FOR BACK CARE

PART I:  VINIYOGA FOR THE LOW BACK, HIPS and SACRUM
OCTOBER 21.  SUNDAY.  11AM-1PM.
In this workshop you will learn short, simple therapeutic yoga practices carefully designed to decrease muscle and joint pain and to promote health in the low back, hips and sacrum.  There will be a presentation on Understanding Back Pain and hte application of therapeutic yoga to reduce pain and strengthen muscles.  There will also be a posture clinic on how to safely perform postures and movements.  Lastly you will learn a therapeutic, focused pratice for low back and sacrum and a second therapeutic, focused practice for the hips.

PART II:  VINIYOGA FOR THE UPPER BACK, NECK AND SHOULDERS
OCTOBER 28.  SUNDAY.  11AM-1PM.
In this workshop you will learn short, simple therapeutic yoga practices carefully designed to decrease muscle and joint pain and to promote health in the upper back, neck and shoulders.  There will be a presentation on Understanding Back Pain and the application of therapeutic yoga to reduce pain and strengthen muscles.  There will also be a posture clinic on how to safely perform postures and movements.  Lastly, you will learn a therapeutic, focused practice for upper back and neck and a second therapeutic, focused practice for the neck and shoulders.
 
These workshop or workshops are open to all levels of yoga experience as well as those with no yoga experience.
 
FEE:  Pre-Registration Required - minimum of 8 to hold workshops.
You may preregister with Charles or Jane.
*  $50 in advance for both workshops.
*  $30 in advance for each.
*  $35 at-the-door for each.
*  $60 at-the-door for both.

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SOMATIC BREATH THERAPY:  Saturday  |    Oct  27
Kaiilama Morris
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

"Stress in the body or fear in the mind instantly alters the breath patterns.  Breath combined with consciousness has an added impact on harmonizing the conflicting unconscious forces that keep you from being relaxed and focused in daily life.   Breath connects the body to the mind and the mind to the body.  Breath is a bridge between body-mind because it is subtler than the body and grosser than the mind." 
Yoga Amrit Desai

Tuition:  $60.
Preregistration required,  call 1-413-512-0470 or email lovingspirit1@gmail.com
 
What can I expect from taking this workshop?

• restore emotional harmony
• Relief from chronic physical and emotional pain
• Relief from migraine headaches, asthma, anxiety, depression, addictions and more
• Reconnect to natural creativity, relaxation ,deep joy and health
• Renew yourself daily with this very simple and accessible energy 

What IS Somatic Breath Therapy?

• a do-it-yourself tool to help you connect to your true self
•  a proven and effective practice to gain freedom from hardship
•  a fast tract to joy, abundance, accomplishment and healthy relationships
•  a self-facilitated method to continually support a balanced healthy life!

Kaiilama Morris is a certified Somatic Breath Therapist with a private practice for over 19 years.  The education, facilitation and heart presence she exudes is and has been a gift to many of all ages.  Her greatest passion is in supporting others towards living a heart centered, connected, joyful life!  The breath and the power of LOVE continue to inspire her!.

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MEDITATION with Danielle Fogarty
 One SATURDAY a month:  Sept 29,  Oct 13,  Nov 24,  Dec 8
10:00 - 11:15 AM
FREE (donation to support studio gratefully accepted but not required)

Danielle says, "Since loving nap-time in pre-K, I've longed for stillness, for quiet, for calm, for peace.  When I read that 'I am not my thoughts'--noticeable relief settled in.  Practicing slowing down thought and expanding space between and around thought is a return to stillness, quiet, calm, peace.  Using Eckhart Tolle as a guide is a gentle path toward stillness."

This will be an opportunity to explore sitting quietly and perhaps finding the clear space inside.
Meditation is not random, it will not suddenly descend upon you.......it takes a little introduction and then some practice

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