264 North Main Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 | 413.525.0720
264 North Main Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 | 413.525.0720
Date: April 6th, 2019.
Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Register: Register Now
An Ashtanga Afternoon with Stan Woodman
Authorized Level 2 Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and the owner of The Yoga Shala in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
April 6, 2019
11 - 4:00 pm.
Price:
$75. by March 15, early registration.
$80. after, walk ins space permitting.
Tristana - 3 Pillars of Ashtanga Yoga
11-1 pm
Join Stan Woodman and be led by the traditional sweet sound of Sanskrit counting through the Primary Series of Ashtanga with emphasis on posture, breathing and dristi (gaze). We will begin with a short chanting practice, end with pranayama and there will be time for Q&A.
Exploring the Subtleties and Nuances of Ashtanga Yoga
2:00-4:00pm
We will look at all 9 drishtis and the how and where in different
postures and vinyasas they are used, explore the bandhas and how to properly engage yet keep the fluid movements in your legs/hips/spine and look at the evolution of learning primary series and entering intermediate series and beyond.
About Stan
Stan Woodman is a Level 2 Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher for the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute (KPJAYI), in Mysore, India and the co-owner of Kaia Yoga. He took his first yoga class in 1991 and began a dedicated Ashtanga practice in 1997. Having first met Sri K Pattabhi Jois in NYC 2001, Stan eventually went to the source in Mysore India in 2003 to study with Guruji. Since then, he has made several trips to the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute, studying with its founder until his death in 2009 and eventually with Jois’ heir and grandson, Sharath Jois. Today, Stan continues his yearly pilgrimage to Mysore to study at the KPJAYI with Sharath and in the summer of 2016 completed a special two month teachers course in Mysore with Sharath.
I want to be a kinder, more loving, compassionate human so this is why I do and will continue to practice and teach Ashtanga Yoga. I have great respect for all the teachers of this lineage who have come before me, standing along side me and have yet to come.
Stan Woodman
Link to his studio website