As part of The Breathing Project’s First Annual “Keeping The Space” Benefit, we are opening our studio from Friday to Sunday, November 17-19, 2006.
45-minute classes and workshops will be offered in Yoga for you and your family, arts & crafts for kids, Meditation and Tai Chi, as well as 20-minute private sessions in Gyrotonics (Sat) and Pilates (Sun). No reservations are necessary and mats are provided. Classes are free, but donations in any amount are gratefully accepted. Click here for more info.

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I have previously seen this footage in the context of a French documentary “100 Years of Beatitude,” which was made on the occasion of Krishnamacharya’s centennial celebrations in 1988. While watching this, keep in mind that in 1938 he is 50 years old – exactly only halfway through his remarkable teaching career. On June 21st of that year, my teacher, T.K.V. Desikachar was born.

This interview with me was just posted on John Weeks’ Integrator blog. It’s part of a series sponsored by IAYT on the future of Yoga Therapy and its role in interdisciplinary healthcare. Regular readers of e-Sutra will know that I have some strong feelings on this topic, and the current interview puts many of these across quite well. Money quote:
“Yoga is about connection – that between the student and teacher. Any third party that inserts itself into that relationship will destroy it. It doesn’t matter if that is an insurer, a government agency or a band of well-intentioned Yoga teachers.”
I encourage your comments and feedback – all of which will be noted with interest by IAYT, as we prepare for the January SYTAR event, where I will co-moderate a panel on these issues that will include John Weeks.

Thanks to the generosity of a number of donors, we are very pleased to offer a limited number of discounted tickets to our Gala Fundraiser on November 16th, featuring a special concert with Krishna Das and David Hykes. The discounted price is $150. – one hundred dollars off the full price. The evening includes an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a silent and live celebrity auction and the concert.

I have confirmed that the top items in the celebrity auction are a tea for four hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow in her home, and a personally autographed guitar from Chris Martin.

Click this link to access the benefit order form. Be sure to indicate the discount on the form.
Corporate sponsorship for this event generously provided by yelo, the world’s first and only “wellnest” service.

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Demonstrations like these are not uncommon in India, which is where I’m assuming this video was shot – although for the life of me, I can’t figure out why the soundtrack is playing tacky Russian folk music.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYlNNy929Y]I want to thank everyone for the video clips they’ve been sending in. I will attempt to post the best ones about once a week. This one comes from my friend Jodi Kurilla in Portland, and it’s truly hysterical – especially the French dubbing of the Indian accent. The clip is from the 1979 classic “Kung Fu vs. Yoga.” Enjoy.

I am very pleased about an ongoing seminar that my friend and colleague Carl Horowitz has just started teaching on Tuesdays at The Breathing Project in New York City. Carl is offering a really great opportunity to deepen your understanding of Yoga practice. Carl has a knack for helping students and teachers to get more from what they are doing by fully articulating all the variables involved in a yoga practice.

My old friend Navtej Johar will be in NYC this Wednesday teaching from 4-8PM at The Breathing Project. I can’t recommend highly enough this very special teacher, who has been a student of T.K.V. Desikachar since 1985 (longer than me). I know it’s last minute, but do whatever you can to be here with us – I guarantee you’ll be happy you did.

The workshop will focus on one or more of the various elements that make up yoga practice in the tradition of Sri T. Krishnamacharya and Sri T.K.V. Desikachar: asana, pranayama, meditation, Vedic chanting, and a study of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

Anyone in the NYC area with an interest in Yoga and anatomy should not miss this opportunity to join Tom Myers and me on a guided tour through Bodies… The Exhibition, currently on view at the South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre in lower Manhattan. Tom is, in my opinion, one of the world’s greatest authorities on human form and function. I can guarantee a truly inspirational experience for all. To find out more about Tom, click “Read more!” below.

“Bodies… The Exhibition”
Guided Tour with Tom Myers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Time: 1-4pm
Cost: $60 – Space is very limited. Registration deadline September 14th. First come, first served.
Click here to register, or call the studio at 212-979-9642, x4

About Tom Myers
Thomas Myers trained directly with Dr Ida Rolf, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller and has practiced integrative bodywork for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Former Chair of the Rolf Institute’s Anatomy Faculty, and founder-member of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Tom currently conducts professional seminars internationally through Kinesis, Inc. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains published in 2001 by Harcourt Brace, as well as numerous articles for trade magazines and journals.
As a Touch-in-Parenting instructor, and as founder of the London Children’s Structural Clinic, Tom retains a strong interest in peri-natal issues, and in early childhood somatic education. He sails, writes, and practices on the coast of Maine.

Please click here to register, or call the studio :
212-979-9642, x4

Anyone in the NYC area with an interest in Yoga and anatomy should not miss this opportunity to join Tom Myers and me on a guided tour through Bodies… The Exhibition, currently on view at the South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre in lower Manhattan. Tom is, in my opinion, one of the world’s greatest authorities on human form and function. I can guarantee a truly inspirational experience for all.

“Bodies… The Exhibition”
Guided Tour with Tom Myers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Time: 1-4pm
Cost: $60 – Space is very limited. Registration deadline September 14th. First come, first served.
Click here to register, or call the studio at 212-979-9642, x4

About Tom Myers
Thomas Myers trained directly with Dr Ida Rolf, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller and has practiced integrative bodywork for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Former Chair of the Rolf Institute’s Anatomy Faculty, and founder-member of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Tom currently conducts professional seminars internationally through Kinesis, Inc. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains published in 2001 by Harcourt Brace, as well as numerous articles for trade magazines and journals.
As a Touch-in-Parenting instructor, and as founder of the London Children’s Structural Clinic, Tom retains a strong interest in peri-natal issues, and in early childhood somatic education. He sails, writes, and practices on the coast of Maine.

Please click here to register, or call the studio :
212-979-9642, x4