Tuesday Evening Continuing Series with David
This ongoing class is designed for practitioners who appreciate that breath oriented movement and breath techniques are preparatory for seated meditation. The class ends with a guided meditation that can open participants to the calmness abiding in stillness.
$90 for the 5 week Series.
Thursday Morning Continuing Series with Martine
Classes will be centered on maintaining quality of breath throughout practice. They will include asana, mudras, pranayama and meditation, but NO chanting. This class is for students who appreciate the breath oriented movement of yoga coming out of the teachings of Krishnamacharya and Desikachar, or for those who would like to discover this method of practicing yoga.
Tuition $90.00 for the 5 Week Series.
Monday Morning Restorative Yoga with David
This ongoing class is designed to meet the needs of continuing practitioners as well as beginners who wish to maintain appropriate optimal health and well being while mindfully respecting current health challenges. Asana practices centered around breathing techniques are intended to gently expand mobility, flexibility and strength. If a practitioner can not move easily to the floor and back to a seated position in a chair, postures will be adapted according to individual abilities. If interested in exploring yoga as a supportive modality, please contact David Jacobs at info@upstateyogainstitute.com to speak about your concerns and interests.
Tuition: $90 for the 5 week series.
Yoga for the Energy Body 5 hour Workshop
This workshop will provide a clear understanding of the five primary aspects of the life force/also called “Prana” within our system. These five functions of Prana have very subtle yet distinct energetic qualities. They govern physical, mental and emotional processes and can become weak or exacerbated, creating physical and psychological dis-ease. Once we understand this, we can better influence the subtle energies that underlie our health and vitality. The practice of well chosen postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), gestures (mudras) (gestures), meditation and mantra can encourage the free and steady flow of the life force. These modalities help us relieve stress, enhance focus, cultivate humility, and be a little freer from the shackles of our birth constitution.
Tuition for this workshop is $60. Participants will be asked to have a very light breakfast (maybe just coffee or tea) so they can engage in yoga practice with a relatively empty stomach at 9:30am. A nutritious snack and tea will be served immediately after the morning practice. Participants are also to bring a light bagged lunch.
Four Week Introductory Series
We are now taking enrollment for our next Introductory series starting October 14th. Please sign up early as this time slot tends to fill up fast.
This class is designed for people who are totally new to yoga OR people who are new to our style of teaching which was defined by Tirumalai Krishnamacharya and further distilled by his son and student T.K.V. Desikachar. The only pre-requisite for this class is that you be able to get on the floor and get back up again. Everything else will be taught to you in a precise way, with proper modifications brought to each posture as needed. Our teaching methodology promotes the harmonization of body, breath and mind, which leads to a feeling of wellness and stability.
Tuition is $50 for the 4 week series.
Saturday Afternoon Mantra Yoga Workshop: Exploring the Gayatri Mantra
In this workshop, Martine will present about the methodology of Mantra Yoga. To make it more concrete, she will introduce a specific Vedic mantra many people have heard, the beautiful Gayatri mantra. We will learn to chant the Gayatri Mantra exactly the way it was heard by ancient seers. Absolutely no voice or music experience is needed. All teaching will be done in progressive steps so everyone feels comfortable. And if someone is not comfortable chanting, the mantra can be whispered or chanted internally. Chanting is not about perfection, it is about being moved from within and connectedness through shared experience. For more information about this workshop, you can write to Martine at info@upsatateyogainstitute and Martine will be happy to try and answer any questions or concerns you may have.
The tuition for the workshop is $50.