The Rewards of Practice

Workshops with Kevin Gardiner

In Light on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra I:17 BKS Iyengar comments, “Through Practice and Detachment four types of awareness develop: Vitarka (deliberate thought), Vicarra (subtle thought), Ananda (bliss), and Asmita (contemplation of the Self).”  He calls them “The Rewards of Practice.” During each workshop, Kevin will discuss the four types of awareness in relationship to asana practice.

tuesday, july 21st 2:00–4:00
standing balances

tuesday, august 11th 2:00–4:00
seated twists and arm balances

tuesday, august 18th 2:00–4:00
restorative and pranayama

$25 for each workshop

Kevin Gardiner, a native New Yorker, began studying yoga in 1970 and has been teaching Iyengar Yoga since 1982. He has had the great good fortune to have studied on numerous occasions in India with the Iyengar family,  some  for extended periods each time. He is indebted and eternally grateful for the genius and compassion of BKS Iyengar, his daughter Geeta and son Prashant whose tireless dedication to the subject is the heart of Inspiration.

He was a co-founder of the Iyengar Institute of Greater New York serving on it’s Executive Committee and in various leadership roles continuously since it’s inception. In the States Mary Dunn has been a guiding light and his primary teacher since the early 80’s and he has been inspired by the teachings of Manouso Manos, Ramamand Patel, John Schumacher, Faeq Biria, Jawahar Bangera, Dean Learner, to name a few. In 2009 Kevin was honored to recieve his Intermediate Senior I Teacher’s Certificate from Guruji himself.

Until December 2006 Kevin also had his own yoga studio in Manhattan. He then married Erika, also a certified Iyengar teacher, and relocated to Erika’s home town of Budapest where they have set up a new home and are now teaching at their own studio, the Amrita Yoga Center, http://www.amritajoga.hu. Over the years he has travelled extensively, teaching in North and South America, as well as many years and countless workshops in his ancestrial home of Ireland.

A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kevin was a professional actor, director and teacher for 15 years, including seven years of touring Shakespearean productions in traditional repertory style. Along the way he also sustained a ten year practice of Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu.

His teaching is highly detailed and textured, seamlessly incorporating many components of yoga philosophy and the sutras, while continuously challenging students to gain greater sensitivity and awareness in each asana. He has a tremendous pracaitcal understanding of the living anatomy of the human body, and a lighthearted and off-beat sense of humor.

“From the Head to the Heart with Love and Devotion the understanding happens. We understand that “I” am not in the body, the body is in me.”  —Kevin Gardiner

music • yoga • magic • you

deborah bagg • bob doto • tobias fields • kristin leigh • bibi lorenzetti
• annie piper • julianna takacs • barbara verrochi

live music all weekend

$395 before august 1
$450 after august 1

includes all classes, music, meals and camping.
cabins and rooms also available.

registration & more info at yogahoedown.com

CELEBRATE THE SHALA FORT GREENE’S4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Sunday, June 7th
6:15 to 7:00 Kirtan
7:00 to 8:00 Pot Luck Party
The Shala Fort Greene

and

CELEBRATE THE SHALA UNION SQUARE’S 13TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY & NOW:YOGA’S 3RD YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Sunday, June 14th
6:15 to 7:00 Kirtan
7:00 to 8:00 Pot Luck Party
The Shala Union Square

We are excited to be hosting a benefit class for Circle of Health International. Circle of Health International is doing great work with women around the world in times of crisis to ensure access to reproductive, maternal, and newborn care. Some of the places they have worked include: Haiti, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Texas, Oklahoma, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Philippines and Israel.

Class will be int/adv and restorative and taught by Kristin, Julianna, Annie Piper and Barbara. Seth Lieberman will be playing music and Sera Bonds, the Executive Director of Circle of Health will be there to say a few words about the work they do and where they do it. 

Learn more about Circle of Health at their website, cohintl.org

Circle of Health International’s is taking donations for this Mother’s Day to be used to provide life-saving care for mothers in Nicaragua, Haiti, and in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Here is how you can participate:

Step 1: Make a donation to COHI.

Step 2: Let COHI know the name of the mother YOU are honoring in your donation by tagging @circleofhealth (instagram) and/or #COHIntl (twitter) and Circle of Health International (Facebook) with a photo of the mama you are honoring.

Step 3: Share on YOUR social media the news of the donation you made, and invite others to do so.

yoga, meditation, hiking, delicious vegetarian meals, community
all on the banks of the deleware river. one of the most pristine rivers
in the northeast.

for more information email mariagracecutrona@gmail.com

IN LIGHT ON PATANJALI’S YOGA SUTRA I:17 BKS IYENGAR COMMENTS,
“THROUGH PRACTICE AND DETACHMENT FOUR TYPES OF AWARENESS
DEVELOP: VITARKA (DELIBERATE THOUGHT), VICARRA (SUBTLE THOUGHT),
ANANDA (BLISS), AND ASMITA (CONTEMPLATION OF THE SELF).”
HE CALLS THEM “THE REWARDS OF PRACTICE.”

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18th 2:00–4:00
THE FOUNDATIONS OF STILLNESS AND SPACE: APPENDICULAR
STABILITY IN THE ARMS AND LEGS IN STANDING POSTURES. VITARKA

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1st 2:00–4:00
EXPANSION OF STILLNESS AND SPACE: BACKBENDS,
TWISTS, AND INVERSIONS. VICARA

TUESDAY, APRIL 7th 2:00–4:00
RESTORATIVE AND PRANAYAMA. ANANDA AND ASMITA.

$25 FOR EACH WORKSHOP

“From the head to the heart with love and devotion the understanding
happens. We understand that ‘I’ am not in the body, the body is in me.”
—Kevin Gardiner