for our first community night, esteemed playwright, screenwriter, novelist, musician, and yogi suzan-lori parks will play music with her band, Sula & the Noise, and a spokesperson from Grow NYC will discuss the nonprofit’s mission and work in the city. please join us for an evening of discussion and song. 

Get out those combat boots and mala beads. march in solidarity and stomp out discrimination against women!

Come with supplies to share like thick magic markers, poster boards, foam board, fabric, etc (no glue, paint, or glitter please)

Are you a teacher, therapist, or care giver? Do you feel overwhelmed, over-tired, hopeless or burnt-out? If so this workshop is for you. Join us as we explore methods for self-care to combat vicarious trauma and burn-out that many care givers experience. Taking care of yourself is vital to continue to work under challenging circumstances, in a challenging world. We will explore methods of yoga, therapeutic art making, ayurveda, and the importance of connection as a community.

This workshop will be geared toward teachers, therapists, social workers, and care givers, but all are welcome. No yoga or art experience necessary. Art supplies, yoga mats, chai and snack will be provided.

We appreciate the work you do to make this world a better place. Let us take care of you for an evening, and hopefully you can leave with some ideas for your own self-care.

Please sign up on line. Email ashleydorr@hotmail.com with any questions.

Maria Rubinate has been teaching yoga in the New York area for the past 22 years. She has taught for Jivamukti, Ashtanga Yoga New York and Jois Yoga in Connecticut. She has also studied Ayurveda with Dr. Vasant Lad and holds a level 2 Authorization from the Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute.

Ashley Dorr is licensed and board certified art therapist with over 16 years experience. She worked for 12 years at The Door: A Center of Alternatives with at-risk adolescents and has travelled globally providing therapeutic art groups, trainings, and supervising art therapy projects with children and women affected by trauma, war, and natural disaster. Currently she is in private practice in Manhattan and Brooklyn and also teaches yoga at the Shala.

portofino, italy
June 29 -July 5th 2017
kristin leigh, barbara verrochi & Bibi Lorenzetti

hotel regina elena, santa margherita

Join the Shala Yoga ladies on this week long Ashtanga Yoga Retreat, in Portofino, Italy.
Discover the Portofino Coast, beautiful Cinque Terre and it’s surroundings—eat delicious food, swim in crystal clear waters, and learn all sorts of water sports with Bibi’s brother.

​Retreat Includes:
• 6 Mysore sessions & 3 afternoon workshops (beginners to this practice are welcome)

• 6 nights at Hotel Regina Elena

• 5 group Breakfasts
• 3 group Dinners
• Private beach & pool access with towels

Suggested Group Activity:
• Group Sunset Kayak Aperitivo ($32 per person)

Bibi’s brother Tommy and his girlfriend Alessandra – owners of Outdoor portofino – will be taking us on a two hour kayak tour along the Portofino preserved coastline. We will stop along the way, on a beautiful rock, to have an aperitivo, as the sun goes down, with local wine, cheeses, veggies and more..

Cost:

Single room with french sized bed, no balcony: $1688

Double room with balcony overlooking the Liguria hills:
• single person: $2,438
• 2 people: $1,673 per person
• 3 people: $1,558 per person

​Double room with balcony overlooking the Mediterranean sea:
• single person: $2696
• 2 people: $1838 per person
• 3 people: $1644 per person

​(Airfare not included – book flight to Milano. Details on how to get from Milano to Santa Margherita to come)

A Non-Refundable Deposit of $500 by Jan 31st.

​Activities on site with Bibi’s brother include:
• Surf & wind surf lessons
• snorkeling tours
• sailing lessons
• sup lessons
• hiking the Portofino Mountain
• board rentals

All options and pricing here. Space is limited. You may want to pre book.

kids activities:
info here
pre-registration recommended

​Hotel:
hotel regina elena

Info on Portofino and surroundings:
http://www.smlturismo.it
http://www.livesanta.it

​For more information or to reserve your spot, contact:
info@theshala.com

• New Year’s Eve

• Fort Greene  
• 10am int/adv – Domenick Schiavone
• 4-5:30pm: Candlelit Class with Kristin DiSpaltro Loosvelt
  Union Square 
• 10:30am – Ashley Dorr
• 4-5:30pm: Candlelit Class with Sasha Ginnetti

 

• New Year’s Day

• Fort Greene 

• 9-10:40am: Mysore Ashtanga with Kristin Leigh
• 11-12:15am: Intermediate/Advanced with Kristin Leigh
• 1-2:30pm: Vinyasa Blend with Maria Cutrona, An intentional practice to raise funds for those displaced by war.
• 3:30-5:30pm: Start Here: New year’s 108 with Annie Piper
  Sweat out the old, breathe in the new on New Year’s Day.
  10 sequences  – some vigorous some grounding
   8 prostrations  – setting of intention for 2017
   chanting moving breathing
  ($30, please pre-register)

• Union Square 

• 9-10:30am: Mysore Ashtanga with Barbara Verrochi
• 10:30-10:55am: Meditation & Chanting with Barbara Verrochi
• 11am-12:30pm: Intermediate/Advanced with Barbara Verrochi

Often we travel to return home with a new perspective. These travels fill our lives with stories. Similarly the yoga sutra is filled with a story about returning.  As we go from here to there and back, our perceptions, character, understanding and well being slowly and positively transform along with the ups and downs of life. For a discussion on this journey in the context of The Yoga Sutra of Maharishi Patanjali please join Ruth Lauer Manenti. Open to all levels- no previous knowledge of the Yoga Sutras is necessary.

Ruth Lauer Manenti has been a student and practitioner of yoga since 1988. She started as a form of physical therapy after breaking her neck in a car crash. Soon after she became interested in the philosophy and a spiritual way of life; one that would support and integrate the yoga.

She has been blessed to be a student of Sharon Gannon and David Life since 1990 and of Sri K Patabhi Jois sincs 1991 and later with his daughter Saraswati Jois. She has also studied Sanskrit with Dr. Jaya Shree and Professor H.V. Rao.

She is an advanced certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher, travels around the world teaching  and facilitates their teacher’s training course. She also has written permission from Sri K Pattabhi Jois to teach the primary and intermediate series of Astanga Yoga. She is the author of 3 books all published by Lantern Books, An Offering of Leaves, Sweeping the Dust, and her latest book Fell in Her Hands.

She is also an artist and recently received a NYFA grant for outstanding achievement in the field of photography. She regularly exhibits her work. She lives in a cabin in the woods in the Catskill Mountains with her husband.

*no refunds

upper limbs with amy matthews

what’s the best way to organize my arms for weight-bearing?

is there a safe way to position my shoulders?

can i find more ways to feel comfortable

wrapping and binding my hands?

in these sessions amy will share the basic structures and movement possibilities of the arms and shoulder girdle, and explore the implications of this information for the upper limbs (from hands to collar bones) in asana. please bring your questions and injuries, and see what amy might offer!

visit amy’s website at www.embodiedasana.com