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Deep Breath, Deep Rest: A Special Restorative & Pranayama Practice with Melanie Jane Parker

Weaving Ourselves: A Weaving + Yoga Workshop with Johanna Aenderl Ryan + Melanie Jane Parker

The third session (hybrid) will focus on real-time making, in community, with opportunities for show-and-tell. Each session will include a simple mindfulness practice and a 30-minute movement practice.

A full supply list will be sent to all participants in advance of the first session. Nearly all of these supplies can be found at home (cardboard, tape, scissors, etc.), with very few requiring purchase. We encourage utilizing everyday odds and ends as much as possible. 

In addition to working on your weaving between sessions, students will be encouraged to consider how certain concepts or principles discussed within the workshop show up in daily life.

This workshop is the second in a series called Practice(s): Yoga & Creativity. These workshops will offer opportunities to explore the connections between yoga practice and creative practice through a variety of mediums.

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Johanna Aenderl Ryan is a Brooklyn-based printmaker and sculptor. She started her weaving practice in 2020 during the stay-at-home order. Being restricted at home allowed for experimentation, with over 90% of the materials used in her weavings being recycled or repurposed. She has collaborated on projects with artists in other disciplines, and she is excited to continue her interdisciplinary practice with The Shala (where she has been a student for 10 years).   

Prior to her visual arts practice, Johanna worked for over a decade in the nonprofit human services field. In 2020, she received an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Her work has been included in group shows throughout the northeast; including Ethan Cohen KuBE, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Equity Gallery, ChaShaMa Space to Present, and Cape Cod Museum of Art. She has a studio in Brooklyn and is originally from Minnesota.

Mindfulness through Art + Meditation: A Workshop with Ashley Dorr

This workshop is the first in a series called Practice(s): Yoga & Creativity. These workshops will offer opportunities to explore the connections between yoga practice and creative practice through a variety of mediums.

 

In The Kitchen with Maria Rubinate

Influenced by the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, each month Maria will provide simple recipes, teas, remedies, and advice on daily routines for maintaining balance within each season. Recipes will be posted on the website and we’ll prepare them together in real time.

November 1 Menu (makes 2-4 servings)

Tomato Dal with Greens (kale, collards, chard or spinach)

Basmati Rice

Sweet Potato Flatbread

1/2 cup red lentils
Fresh ginger, turmeric powder, a chili or two, garlic
Ghee or oil of your choice
Hing ( don’t worry if you can’t find it but good to have for future reference), mustard seeds (dark), cumin seeds, curry leaves
Fresh tomatoes
For the stir fry you will need:
1 bunch of collards or sturdy green of your choice
Oil of your choice
Cumin seed, salt, ginger, chili peppers, black pepper
Lemon juice

Participants will need to rinse and soak their dal at least one hour before class. Also, for the flatbread, we will need one large sweet potato steamed in its skin. This should be done about a half hour before class so that the sweet potato is still warm.

 

Ingredients

 

Tomato Dal ( makes 3 servings)

  • 1/2 cup red lentils (or split mung)
  • Fresh ginger 
  • Garlic
  • Turmeric powder 
  • Dried or fresh chilies
  • Ghee or coconut oil
  • Mustard seed
  • Cumin seed
  • Curry leaf
  • Hing
  • Tomatoes
  • Green of your choice
  • Lemon

Basmati Rice

Sweet Potato Flatbread

  • 1 large steamed-in-its-jacket sweet potato
  • Flour (I like to mix half whole wheat and half white flour; you can experiment with spelt, einkorn, etc.)