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Weekend Workshops with Special Guest Presentors
To Register for any of these workshops or for more information please
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To complete the registration process please send a check for the amount of the event to:
Heartsong Yoga
264 North Main Street, Suite 5
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
or call Sheila at 413-525-0720
(photo: Christine Hoar in her Bristol Yoga Studio)
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An afternoon with a Tibetan Monk
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Our yearly visit with Khen Rinpoche
Sunday, October 19, 2 to 4:00 pm, questions and discussion included, along with a meditation and blessing, in this rare opportunity to meet a Tibetan Monk in an "up close and personal" intimate gathering.
This event is free and open to the public, donations will be accepted to support the Siddhartha School Project in Ladakh, India. Walk ins are welcome, but pre registration is preferred.
Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan is a Tibetan Buddhist Monk of the Gelug-pa lineage (the same as the Dalai Lama), with the highest degree obtainable in Tibetan Buddhist metaphysics and philosophy. He was recently enthroned as the head abbot of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in exile. This is the Panchen Lama's Monastery outside of Tibet. His new title of Khen Rinpoche recognizes him as a precious high lama.
In 1995, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Tsetan founded The Siddhartha School in his native home in Ladakh. The school seeks to preserve Tibetan Buddhist Culture and language while giving the children of this remote Himalayan area a well-rounded education, which will allow them to represent themselves and their culture in this newly evolving global community.
In January of 2005 H.H. Dalai Lama appointed Geshe Tsetan to be the head
abbot of the new Tashilungpo Monastery in India. (This is in the absence of
the Panchen Lama, who has been missing since the Chinese Government took him and his family into custody when he was 4 years old.) In July 2005 he was installed as Kachen, or head Abbot of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in southern India. His new title is Khen Rinpoche Geshe Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, and he has assumed his new responsibilities overseeing the Tashi Lhunpo monastery in exile. He is now, in essence doing the Panchen Lama's job.
Buddhist practicees can enhance and deepen one's spiritual life, however they live it, without having to change or give up current belief systems or religion! .
To learn more about the Siddartha School Project and Khen Rinpoche, Click Here
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Weekend at Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA
Join us for a weekend retreat at Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA in October, where you can choose your program, or simply choose to do R&R, from Friday night, October 24 through Sunday afternoon, October 26.
You will save 20% off your room and board when you register under the Heartsong Yoga name at Kripalu. For registration call Kripalu at 1-800-741-7353.
A Weekend in the beautiful Berkshires? Who can resist?
Check out the Kripau website Click Here to see who is offering workshops over that weekend. (Sheila is assisting and Beth and Jane (and others) are attending Beryl Bender Birch's Taste of Ashtanga Workshop.)
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Annual Thanksgiving Weekend Ashtanga Workshop with Christine Hoar
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Saturday, November 29, 12:00 to 4:00 PM,
and Sunday, Nov. 30, 11 to 1:00
Saturday and Sunday: $85.00
Saturday's session only: $70.00
Sunday's Second Series practice only: $30.00
Pre register and pre pay, by Nov. 24. After Nov. 24, or at the door, add $10.00 to each session's price.
For the first half of the day on Saturday, Christine will lead a modified Astanga Primary Series practice, play with the postures, and introduce some second series. Focus will be on alignment and energy flow in asana and the refinement of breath as it informs the vinyasa for a flowing practice. We will also discuss modifications for individual needs, tension patterns, and rehabilitation in a compassionate and gentle manner. Enjoy her light-hearted and fun style with plenty of adjustments and modifications.
After a short break, (bring water and snacks) the second half of the day will begin with time for Q&A on the practices, the philosophy, and the importance of developing and maintaining a personal practice, and then Christine will introduce basic principles of Ayurveda, the ancient science of self-healing, and how they can support your health and well-being.
Sunday's class will be a "full on" second series class, focusing on the back bending and deeper twists of "nadi shodhana" or the "nerve cleansing practice." Pre requisites: You are a strong practitioner of any tradition and you took the Saturday day long workshop with Christine, or, you know the primary series of astanga yoga already and are ready to explore the second series. Or, ask!
Christine Hoar, who grew up in Western Mass, was one of the first teachers to introduce the Astanga system to Heartsong Yoga. She is the is the founder and director of Bristol Yoga in the foothills of the Green Mountains of Vermont, and has been practicing and teaching Astanga Yoga for more than a decade. She is blessed and authorized by her guru and holder of this lineage, Sri K Pattabhi Jois, and travels annually to Mysore, India to study with him. Christine is also certified as an Ayurvedic practitioner from the Kripalu Institute.
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Joyful Music Improvisation for Adults
with Andrew Oxman
A workshop dedicated to each participant's
natural musical self-expression.
No prior musical experience is necessary.
All levels of musical experience are welcome.
Bring any instruments you enjoy playing.
(but playing an instrument is not required either!)
New dates TBA.
$15.00
(Pre registration is very helpful to us, to plan for the event, and prepare for the workhop, as well as to keep these workshops running each month!)
Drawing from the boundless well of musical possibility, participants will be led through music activities and techniques that enable them to discover and release their life-given improvised musical expression. This workshop will bring joy, lightness, and positive connection with others.
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