Samavesha 2021 Online: Full Schedule

Hridaya Navikarana: Renewing the Heart
October 8-10, 2021

To register for class(es), please make a Sched account and select the class(es) that you would like to attend. There are 43 classes on the schedule. You have the following class pass options:
Full Event Ticket
5-Class Pass
Pay-per-class

Please note that Full Event Tickets will receive Zoom links to all 43 classes.
5-Class and Pay-per-class tickets must make a Sched account and select the classes they choose to attend.

To ensure your attendance, pay at: https://www.yogavibes.com/samavesha-2021.html

12:00pm EDT

Pratibha, Class in Italian

An asana sequence based on applying the spirals of the legs to open and invite a stable but gentle asana seated posture-pranayama and meditation

Speakers

Alberto Vezzani

Alberto è un insegnante dalla riconosciuta abilità di infondere e ispirare negli studenti una connessione intima al proprio cuore e guidarli ad esplorare in profondità e con sicurezza le proprie risorse interiori ed esteriori.Dedito allo yoga in tutti i suoi aspetti tradizionali... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 12:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Zoom

Meditation, Italiano

12:00pm EDT

Woman in Yoga - Discovering Hidden Stories

After 70 years of yoga being predominately taught, spread and practiced by woman worldwide, why are we stymied when asked to teach the module, “Yoga for Woman”? So much so, that Anusara had to make that module optional? This workshop will dive into the, “waters we swim in” uncovering the fascinating stories that lie hidden in those depths. We will touch on the influence of patriarchy as it grew in key Afro-Asiatic and Indo-European language cultures, explore propensities, rhythms and capacities unique to woman, learn to thrive through balancing our hormones, then top it off by celebrating the radical spirituality that affirms our feminine as we make the paradigm shift into ecstatic Tantric Goddess traditions. Anusara is uniquely configured to evolve this conversation, to divulge the woman stories, to reveal their boundless gifts. Regardless of our gender, it’s a treasure to explore the feminine. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Speakers

Madhuri Martin

Inner Heat Yoga

Madhuri began her serious yoga training with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and Richard Freeman in 1986. In 1990 she began her studies with John Friend, traveling and apprenticing as his main assistant from 1998-2004, a time of intensive training in the philosophical and structural genius... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 12:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Zoom

Workshop for Teachers, Q & A

2:00pm EDT

All parts connected: strengthening the heart as our guide into unity and freedom

This asana class will focus on moving the students into a deep connection to their heart as a way of merging with the bigger Heart of the Divine. It will take the students on a journey of experiencing the unchanging nature of ultimate reality of love expressed in our poses, and life in general. It will move from a grounding meditation through warm-up poses into expressions of the heart through strength and flexibility. Asana will focus on opening the upper body for backbends while not compromising steadiness and ease. We will explore how we are multi-facetted beings with vulnerabilities and limitations, and yet, with awareness, we can use alignment to move beyond them to deepen our connection to the experience of unconditional freedom (Svatantrya).

Speakers

Will Doran

The Yoga Coach

I began my study of yoga in 1998 primarily as a way to work with physical injuries in my spine and knee. I quickly fell in love with the practice and moved deeper into the study of Tantric philosophy and the rich core of yoga spirituality. I strive to bring this love into each class... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 2:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana

2:00pm EDT

The Day Hanuman Lost Heart

In this class Sarah will weave the story of the day Hanuman lost heart ... the day he sank to his haunches, head in hands and quite simply gave up in the midst of the most important work of his life. We all get days (even weeks or months!) like this, when we lose heart and resolve to go on ... given what the past 18 months has thrown at us it's not suprising really! But Hanuman found a way to dust himself off and keep on keeping ... want to hear hhis secret? How did Hanuman renewed that resolve? Re-find his heart? Remembered that drop of god in his heart? His infinite potential? Sarah will let you in on his simple secret and tell you all about it. See what gems you can glean from this inspiring, ancient story, that can also be thoughtfully applied to our everyday lives of 2021 :) Come and monkey around with Sarah ... expect some monkey business and renew some fluidity in your hips at the same time!

Speakers

Sarah Powell

Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, Sarah Powell Yoga

I have taken the majority of my training in Singapore and Hong Kong and have taught in Asia since 2009, I moved back to Surrey, UK in 2017. I teach independent of studios ... regular weekly classes, workshops, all styles of retreats and an annual Anusara Yoga Teacher Training in Woking... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 2:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana

4:00pm EDT

Using your Anatomy & Biomechanics knowledge to direct Self Awareness in Asana practice

Class lead by Adam Ballenger - infos will come soon!

Speakers

Adam Ballenger

Adam Ballenger Yoga

Adam Ballenger has had a lifelong interest in health and wellness. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology, earned a 500 hour ERYT and is an Adjunct Professor for Yoga Studies at Salt Lake Community College.Adam is an Anusara Yoga certified teacher... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Other, combination of powerpoint, inquiry-discussion and asana

4:00pm EDT

Matrika Shakti - La Divinidad toma forma manifestada a través del lenguaje - Class in Spanish

La Matrika Shakti es el poder detrás de las palabras, es reconocer como el lenguaje crea y como cuando utilizamos el lenguaje conscientemente co-creamos con el universo de manera optima. En esta clase taller vamos a explorar: - Importancia del Lenguaje - Tipos de Lenguaje y Actos del Lenguaje - Lenguaje condicionante y limitante - Como utilizar el lenguaje de manera creativa y transformadora al entretejer el tema y enseñar una clase de yoga Para esta clase es necesario que tengas un cuaderno, un boligrafo y mucha curiosidad para re aprender a utilizar tu matrika

Speakers

Gianni Chavez

Gianni Chavez, es de Guayaquil, Ecuador. Empezó a estudiar y practicar Yoga a mediados del 2010 y desde esa fecha no ha dejado de hacerlo, demostrando disciplina, constancia, devoción y compromiso con su practica.En Febrero del 2011 conoce a su maestra Bj Galvan con quien profundiza... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Workshop for Teachers

6:00pm EDT

Courage to open your Heart - Class in Spanish

You need courage and willingness to open your heart so we will be on a gentle manner discovering how an open heart feels with different poses to reach Urdvha Dhanurasana: Join Beatriz in this Spanish spoken class!

Speakers

Beatriz Almazan Cueto

Originally from Mexico City, I work as an architect developing construction sites. I have been practicing Yoga since 1990, started formal teaching and training Iyengar system in 2000. A few years later I discovered Anusara through a class with Ann Moxey and felt something that I had... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 6:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana, Class in Spanish

6:00pm EDT

The Secret Heart Of Meditation

Practices
Meditation includes an array of practices that merge into one exquisite whole: posture, pranayama, deep relaxation, self- witnessing, silence, teachings, seva, mantra. The atmosphere around you becomes refined and Shakti, (conscious energy) is raised. As this energy becomes heightened within, one comes to understand its presence as the Inner Teacher

Meditation’s secret Heart is the work of activated meditation energy a beneficent, benign energy that heals on all levels in all the inner bodies and is purificatory in nature. Meditation is an internal transformative process. We each get exactly what we need, once this process is launched. The practice rests on the movement of revelatory force at our innermost core and is known as Anusara’s magnificent first principle, the Principle of Grace

To meditate is to take a plunge into our own inner depths, make ourselves more open and vulnerable to our own inner worlds and train ourselves to gain mastery over our own busy minds . Every meditation is an occasion to ease gently into the great current of supreme love and wisdom at the root of our Being. Meditation is a mysterious process that never ceases to amaze us as it draws us a vortex of power we may not ever have known

Speakers

Rudrani Farbman

Friday October 8, 2021 6:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Zoom

Meditation

10:30pm EDT

A Home Practice from the Heart

How do we move into a home practice? Often there are distractions, and we might be focusing on alignment principles while keeping an eye on the kids, or figuring our something from the day. Sometimes we jump on the mat because it's the only time to practice, and there's been no time to decide on a way in which the practice can draw us back to the Heart of Everything: Hrdayam. This session: part dharma talk and part asana practice, will offer ways in which our 'self-talk' in our home practice can align with what we're offered in an Ansuara class - a pathway to the Heart.

Speakers

Christine Du Fresne

I began practicing yoga in the mid-1980s. For the first 10 years I was taught by a senior Iyengar teacher in Sydney, Australia, and trained as a teacher in the Iyengar tradition.Some years later I completed a 4-year apprenticeship in Sydney. When my teacher first spoke of his intention... Read More →

Friday October 8, 2021 10:30pm - 11:45pm EDT
Zoom

Dharma Talk

2:00am EDT

Head off - Heart & Breath on - Class in German

Let your breath guide you, every breath is a pulsation, every movement is a pulsation - fill your space, experience your abundance and let yourself be guided by your rhythm. We will let the breath guide us through an asana practice and then deepen the focus on the breath with some profound pranayamas. We end with a heart meditation, which is also guided by the breath.

Speakers

Eva Ananya

E-RYT 500+ / Anusara Certified Yoga Teacher, Ananya

Eva has been working as a certified Rolfer since 2006 and has a great fascination for fascia and physical and mental alignment. She has dealt with yoga philosophy in numerous workshops and advanced trainings and developed a deep connection to the Bhagavad Gita. She is an Experienced... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 2:00am - 3:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana, Pranayama

4:00am EDT

Dive into silence for a cascade of light - Un tuffo nel silenzio per una cascata di luce - Class in Italian

As Anusara Yoga students and teachers, we all know that the renewal of the heart can only come from the heart, that we need to go to the heart to find strength, vigor, courage, and joy, in order to become a cascade of light for us and for others. But, as we are surrounded by strong, intrusive, and maybe direspectul sounds – amplified by the consequences of the pandemic -, it can happen sometimes that we forget how and where we can take refuge to renew ourselves. Through the Anusara practice, by applying its Universal Principles of Alignment and its philosophical vision, we learn to listen to the openings in our bodies and to expand our awareness beyond the sounds, so that we can catch the perfect full silence always present in our hearts and become flooded by light. And then, we are ready and strong enough to pour light over the world around us. Be ready to simple and traditional postures, but with longer timings and deep alignment refinements to get in tune with the silence of your heart!
Italian translation: Come insegnanti e studenti di Anusara, sappiamo molto bene che il rinnovamento del cuore viene dal cuore, che è nel cuore che dobbiamo andare per trovare forza, vigore, coraggio e gioia ed essere una cascata di luce per noi e per gli altri. Ma a volte in un mondo di suoni forti, invadenti e magari irrispettosi – amplificati dalle conseguenze della pandemia -, può capitare che abbiamo dimenticato dove e come trovare rifugio. Attraverso la pratica di Anusara, applicandone i Principi Universali di Allineamento e la visione filosofica, impariamo ad ascoltare le aperture del corpo e ad espandere la nostra consapevolezza oltre i suoni, per cogliere il silenzio pieno e perfetto sempre presente nel cuore ed essere inondati di luce per inondare poi di luce il mondo intorno a noi. Preparati a posizioni semplice e tradizionali, ma con lunghe tenute e allineamenti profondi per entrare in sintonia con il silenzio del tuo cuore!

Speakers

Alessandra di Prampero

Alessandra di Prampero is an Experienced Certified Anusara Teacher from Milano, Italy. She has been practicing yoga for more than 40 years and, since 2002, she has been teaching practicing and studying Anusara Yoga and its philosophy with many greatly experienced teachers and scholars... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 4:00am - 5:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

6:00am EDT

Let the fire transform you - Class in Spanish

Opening the hips. Arm balances and stretches for front torso

Speakers

Gisela Vazquez

Profesora Certificada el 12 de Julio del año 2010Con más de 1300 horas de estudios y Formación acreditadas con John Friend y otros profesores certificados de Anusara.En mis estudios desde 1996 que empecé a estudiar Anusara he hecho 4 Formaciones de Profesores con John Friend con... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 6:00am - 7:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

6:00am EDT

WABI -SABI - WABI THE BEAUTY IN THE PRESENT - Class in Japanese

The offering from Japan will feature a team of two teachers leading two sessions of Wabi - Sabi. Given its long history, there are volumes of detailed information to describe Wabi - Sabi. In present days in Japan, a simple meaning of Wabi is the spiritual abundance to enjoy the external circumstances without pessimism and is a concept that expresses the connection with our consciousness. The Wabi session aims to connect with our consciousness through hip openers and arm balances.

Speakers

Masa Utsuno

Teaching since 2005Inspired since 2007Certified since 2019

Mika Chang

Saturday October 9, 2021 6:00am - 7:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

8:00am EDT

Natural Joy

In this class we will embody two complementary qualities: CONNECTING TO OUR PASSION for the natural result of EXPANSIVE JOY.
We will apply tools of alignment to weave these qualities into the body and experience that our Natural Joy (Ananda) lies within. The focus will be on Kidney and Shoulder Loop. These two Loops are friendly antagonists for fine-tuning the relationship of the abdomen/mid torso and the shoulders/upper torso so that our practice becomes therapeutically beneficial. Kidney Loop stabilises the core, balances hyper-mobility and any tendency to collapse into the mid and lower back while Shoulder Loop gives us access to more mobility in the upper back and creates space for the heart and lungs. from one pose to the next.

Speakers

Barbra Noh

Barbra Noh has been a student of movement her whole life. She is an internationally recognised yoga teacher who loves to share her passion for health, healing and personal growth.Barbra became a fully certified Anusara Yoga teacher in 2011. Today she is a registered Experienced Certified... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 8:00am - 9:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana, Therapeutic and Alignment

8:00am EDT

Meditation - Class in Spanish

Meditation as a practice of allowing the natural and spontaneous flow of your energy

Speakers

Tomàs Rodriguez

He began his practice of yoga and meditation in 1991 at age 17 when he met his spiritual teacher or Guru, the impact of this meeting was so powerful that from then on, he committed himself to the study of the Tantric Yoga philosophy and to the practices of meditation, yoga, selfless... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 8:00am - 9:45am EDT
Zoom

Meditation

10:00am EDT

Renewing the heart, from a yogic perspective

In celebration of Anusara as a heart-centered yoga and recognizing the challenges and also joys we around the world have recently experienced, in this session Bill will ask: what does it mean, from a yogic perspective, to speak of the “heart” and what might it mean to renew it? His comments will be based on Vedāntic, Bhakti and especially nondual Tantric textual sources. Do not worry if you are not really familiar with these perspectives. Bill will explain them. If you are already familiar with them, this session will nourish your understanding and give you ways of talking about them.

Speakers

Bill Mahony

Professor William K. Mahony, PhD, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religion at Davidson College. He is known in yoga communities across the continents for his warm, lively and compassionate teaching that is accessible to contemporary yoga students at all levels as well as to those... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Zoom

Philosophy

12:15pm EDT

SAMAVESHA KULA CENTERING

Elements: introduce / thank Planning Committee; BRIEF overview to the School & highlights (e.g. new vision, new membership structure), one question for contemplation related to ASHY (from Bill); Q&A

Speakers

Benita Wolfe

Heart Core Yoga

Benita (BJ) Galvan, is seasoned Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, founder of Handstands Anonymous™ and co-founder of the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga. With multiple thousands of hours teaching Anusara trainings and events around the world, three decades of teaching experience and... Read More →

John Seelye

President of the Board of the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, One Ocean Yoga

John Seelye is a senior yoga instructor with over 25 years of teaching experience who is well versed in the all levels of yoga practice, the healing arts of yoga therapeutics and support of the subtle energy bio fields through the use of Pranic Healing and Reiki.John is a certified... Read More →

Kim Friedman

I was initially introduced to yoga as a way of recovering from severe asthma. I was hooked halfway through my first class! After practicing Anusara® Yoga for 11 years, I pursued Anusara teacher training in 2011. I have my RYT-500 hour designation from the Yoga Alliance and became... Read More →

Jack Harrison

I first encountered yoga in the 1970s and 1980s in San Francisco at a yoga school in Haight-Ashbury where I lived and played music.Five years later I was in Galway on the West coast of Ireland and practising with the Irish Wheel of Yoga.I studied many styles including Iyengar and... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 12:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Zoom

Kula Time

2:00pm EDT

On The Mat, a Behavioral Approach to Teaching

Movement, Mindfulness, and Emotional Intelligence (Body, Mind, Heart) all have behavior components. Taking a Behavioral approach to teaching yoga may offer teachers and students an insight into how to help their students, clients, and themselves, make quicker and more sustainable change. This session will be introductory in nature and include both lecture and some asana. Students and Instructors will be offered tips and experiment with exercises to support a yoga practice.

Speakers

Adam Ballenger

Adam Ballenger Yoga

Saturday October 9, 2021 2:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Zoom

Workshop for Teachers

4:00pm EDT

Theme in Action: Sattwa Expressed in Eka Pada Galavasana

The actions we take are a vote for the person we are becoming. This class demonstrates how to use clever and meaningful theming that align with the KEY ACTIONS (aka UPAs). Deepen the focus and commitment necessary to build a safe and successful apex pose. Your personal and teaching practices will fly higher by investing the student in actions that are free from attachment and stubbornness!

Speakers

Tiffany Wood

For Tiffany, “Yoga is looking within and loving what’s there.” The path of yoga began in 1996 for opened her to the gifts of tenacity, surrender, and reverence for life. She is passionate about helping people dive into the power of radical self-acceptance. A Certified Anusara... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana

4:00pm EDT

Dharma Talk - Deconstructing Diversity

We will take a deep dive into True Diversity & Inclusion. Society's definition will be stepped away and we will rebuild it on the foundation of Tantric Teachings.

Speakers

Tezra Bryant

A proud Board Member of ASHY and a "Forever" student at World Yoga Center in NYC where she also teaches.She celebrated her one year wedding anniversary on 7.11.2021. Her and her husband host a podcast titled "I AM not that" which is on all major platforms.Together they tackle the... Read More →

Koa Stovall

Koa is a humble student of life. Both parents practiced meditation and took him to Ashrams in New York. Those initial seeds held little value for him until his twenties when fruit became evident. He eventually was introduced to Hawaiian spirituality and currently practices indigenous... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Dharma Talk

6:00pm EDT

Radical ReNewal! Accepting Kali's Invitation to Embrace Our Wild, Wild Hearts!

Come Dance with MaHaKali! The great Goddess, Kali, invites us to step into the flames of Her unique HeartFIRE! To bring ourselves into relationship with Kali opens us to fierce and sacred gifts! To be touched by Kali’s Tongue is to surrender our outmoded, outworn thoughts so that our truest, most luminous, and true self may SHINE through at last! Spiritual liberator, dynamic force for Shift and Change… and deeply, passionately wild – Kali dances dynamically into our lives – radiant flames flowing from her head and shoulders - bringing the boons and blessings of deepest Transformation! YES! To engage with this Holy & Wild Energy offers us the many Flavors of what she carries! Burning through limitations, Creative freedom, fierce love and strong hearts, a release from our stuck places - ecstasy! To answer Kali’s Invitation in our Tantric tradition is to be willing to shed what no longer serves us, our Beloveds, our community, and the Divine seeking to be expressed through us! How do we engage in this dance with the divine Goddess? We Invoke Her with mantra, mudra – and poetry! We tell and hear Her stories! And I will share HER stories - for YOU to tell!!! And with our wild hearts and ardent spirits we will passionately articulate, in voice, in ink, in bone, marrow, and muscle, our Answers to Her Invitation to ReNew – ReBirth –Recommit …our Hearts! Come experience the passion of this Goddess's energy and your own vivid spill unto the page as we will link our bodies, hearts and spirits, our ignited Creativity, in passionate, HeartFire connection with the wild Divine Feminine - the Gift of Kali! Please bring your wild, wild hearts – your hunger for ReNewal - your journals, your JOY and Radical Amazement!

Speakers

Judyth Hill

Poet-in-Joy, Judyth Hill

Judyth Hill, poet, teacher, writing coach, and editor, authored the internationally acclaimed poem, Wage Peace, published countless times world-round, set to music, performed and recorded by national choirs, orchestras, and dance companies, and reproduced in paintings and quilts.Her... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 6:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Zoom

Workshop for Teachers

8:00pm EDT

Yoga Therapeutics: Performing an Assessment in the Context of the Five UPAs

This class will enable participants to perform physical assessments in the context of a yoga therapy session using the Five UPAs. Participants will learn how to connect the UPAs to orthopedic descriptions of body position and movement (for example, excessive spinal extension as a form of excessive Organic Energy). By applying these observational techniques to their students, participants will be able to identify relative imbalances within the Principles which will then help determine the most useful and applicable sequence of asana for a particular session. While this is intended for those who work in small groups or one-on-one in a therapeutic context, these assessment techniques can carry over into a larger group context. Please note that this is a lecture type class and will not involve a full asana practice.

Speakers

Greg Lewerenz

Owner/Practitioner, Foster Wellness

Greg Lewerenz is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher and Subject Matter Specialist, an IAYT-Certified Yoga Therapist, as well as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Through his advanced study and certifications, Greg has developed specialties in... Read More →

Saturday October 9, 2021 8:00pm - 9:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana, Therapeutic and Alignment

10:00pm EDT

WABI -SABI - SABI THE BEAUTY OF THE PRESENT - Class in Japanese

The offering from Japan will feature a team of two teachers leading two sessions of Wabi - Sabi. Given its long history, there are volumes of detailed information to describe Wabi - Sabi.

In present day Japan, Sabi is to see the beauty in the changes as consciousness manifests itself externally. The Sabi session aims to express the beauty of our consciousness externally through back bends and inversions.

Speakers

Masa Utsuno

Teaching since 2005Inspired since 2007Certified since 2019

Mika Chang

Saturday October 9, 2021 10:00pm - 11:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana

2:00am EDT

The Creative Beauty of the Heart - Class in French

Introduction, Invocation, Warming, Hatha Yoga practice, Short Pranayama, Short Meditation or Restorative Pose

Speakers

Marie Hèléne Delacroix

1 rue de la Combe

I started Yoga 34 years ago, teache it with a great love since 1996. However, when I met John Friend in 2001 I became full of enthousiasm for Anusara, so I decided to follow this wonderful way of Hatha Yoga Teachings ! In addition to John Friend, I studied a lot with different Trainers... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 2:00am - 3:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

4:00am EDT

Svatantrya - the freedom of the heart - Class in English

Join Piero to practice a specific preparatory sequence to deep backbends with great freedom of mind, breath and physical body.

Speakers

Piero Vivarelli

Piero Vivarelli, uno tra gli insegnanti di hatha yoga più influenti in Italia, è il fondatore dell’AtmaStudio a Bologna, Italy. La riconosciuta abilità di Piero nel guidare gli studenti ad esplorare in profondità e con sicurezza le proprie risorse interiori ed esteriori attraverso... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 4:00am - 5:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

4:00am EDT

Trust Yourself! Foundations for "Heart-first" living - Class in German

After the radical Covid re-set, we have the collective opportunity to rebuild our lives heart- first, instead of barreling headfirst and at the 'breakneck speed' that characterized pre-pandemic times. Letting our hearts lead, however, requires restoring our trust in our own inner foundations. This class invites us to practice emerging thoughtfully and compassionately into progressive heart openers that are supported by a strong core, active outer hip musculature, and careful alignment in the shoulder girdle as we prepare for the 'Ecstatic opening of the Heart to the West' (Camatkarasana). This is an all levels class, with modifications as well as advanced options offered. The sequence includes spinal twists, hip openers, hip strengtheners, and chest & shoulder openers/strengtheners.

Speakers

Suzanne Zuber

Owner, Anusara Certified, Suzanne Zuber Yoga

About me:I'm a German-American Certified™ Anusara teacher (E-RYT 500, YACEP) based in the San Francisco Bay area. I've been teaching Anusara Yoga in the US, Germany and Sweden for a decade. I know many of you Anusara Yogis both from Europe, the US, and Mexico from the California... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 4:00am - 5:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

6:00am EDT

Bhairava Flow - Class in English with Mandarin translation

An Anusara® yoga flowshop featuring the potent meditations of Bhairava: (our own) Divine Consciousness.
Join Bo in this dharana flowshop where we imbue our asana practice with the potent meditations (dharana) of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. Bhairava is another name for Consciousness – the intense, transformative aspect of our own Consciousness.
In this class we align our asana practice with these powerful dharana, recognized for their power to take us straight to and expand the Heart.

Speakers

Bo Srey

Originally from New York, I began my spiritual journey in the 90’s as a student in Paris where life’s deeper existential questions began to challenge my beliefs about the world. Upon returning to university in the States, I changed focus from international affairs to inner affairs... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 6:00am - 7:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

6:00am EDT

The Five Mahabhutas : connecting back to source

Join Bridget for a pot-puri class exploring the Mahabhutas ,the 5 gross elements Earth , Water , Fire ,Air and Space .A journey connecting us to Paramashiva & the essence of our heart .

Speakers

Bridget Woods-Kramer

Triyoga

Bridget Woods Kramer began her yoga practices in India in 1975 and embarked on an intense program of study to become a senior teacher. Interweaving her visionary background within the fitness industry together with her love of meditation and yoga asana Bridget teaches with enthusiasm... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 6:00am - 7:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

8:00am EDT

Starting over: Celebrating from the origin... - Class in Spanish

An open exploration through different basic yoga poses about how to unlock the joints as the proper engagement of the muscles from their origin is happening having a communication with the foundation all the time. The fun part comes when in an isometrical way we play with the foundation alternating its movement back and forward from one side to the other of the body. Let's say that in "warrior one" we hold this actions for some rounds of breathing moving the foundation back and forward isometrically with the joints unlocked and the reslut is the engagement of the muscles since their origin besides the benefits of shaking the body as it's sustained properly. I love the effects of this way of practicing.

Speakers

Adolfo Sauri

Living,practicing and having fun with Anusara Yoga in New Jersey and New York.

Sunday October 10, 2021 8:00am - 9:45am EDT
Zoom

Alignment and Therapeutic, Biomechanics

8:00am EDT

Hrdaya deep - Class in italian

I'll begin with surya namaskar and then I'll prepare the body for a backbend with the focus on the center of the chest, but also the space in front of the chest and back of the chest. I'll open the shoulders, stretch the quads, all focused to experience the deep room of the heart and its qualities of light and inner strength.

Speakers

Alessandra Pergreffi

Sunday October 10, 2021 8:00am - 9:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana

10:00am EDT

Embodied Enlightenment

A playful class to embody all aspects of your Light.

Speakers

Benita Wolfe

Heart Core Yoga

Sunday October 10, 2021 10:00am - 11:45am EDT
Zoom

Asana, Tattva

10:00am EDT

A Tour of the Shiva Sutras to Renew the Heart

The Shiva Sutras is the foundational text of non-dual Tantra. By reciting and contemplating key sutras, we will renew our knowledge and love of Anusara philosophy, practice, and its inspiring world view. The text starts with the Highest, dives inside with meditation, and expands out into the experience of Consciousness/Bliss in each moment of life.

Speakers

Jayendra Hanley

Jayendra Hanley has been practicing and teaching yoga for many years, the last 15 in Europe, where he taught Anusara Teacher Trainings in the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, France and England. Jay is the co-coordinator of the Anusara Curriculum Committee... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 10:00am - 11:45am EDT
Zoom

Philosophy

12:00pm EDT

The Heart Leads the Way: Back Bending Strategies

The Heart can lead when we are firmly rooted in our foundation, both physically and attitudinally. This class is designed for experienced students who want practical tools and techniques for advancing their back bends. Expect to work with strength to create space and with a detailed application of shoulder principles to explore urdhva dhanurasana and drop back strategies with freshness and freedom. Christina Sell will offer modifications, progressions, and options for back bend enthusiasts as well as reluctant back benders.

Speakers

Christina Sell

Christina Sell Yoga

Christina Sell has been practicing asana since 1991 and teaching since 1998. She is a certified Anusara® yoga instructor and author of three books on yoga and body image: Yoga From the Inside Out: Making Peace with Your Body Through Yoga, My Body is a Temple: Yoga as a Path to... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 12:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana

2:00pm EDT

Supporting the heart with strength and clarity

In this class we will review and practice detailed actions that help to support the expression of the heart, and provide safety and strength for weight-bearing on the arms in yoga.

Speakers

Ellen Saltonstall

Ellen Saltonstall (ERYT-500, C-IAYT) is an alignment-based yoga instructor and body therapist based in New York City with over 40 years of experience. Her background includes modern dance, a massage therapy practice, and Iyengar Yoga. She was certified in Anusara Yoga in 2001, then... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 2:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Zoom

Alignment and Therapeutic

2:00pm EDT

Anusara® Yoga en la silla - Class in Spanish

Often we talk about bringing yoga to everyone, but what happens when some of our students can not reach the floor? In this workshop we learn a few techniques to bring the practice of yoga while siting or standing around a chair.

Speakers

Letizzia Wastavino

TriMotion

Letizzia is Chilean, trained under the wonderful Anusara Yoga world in Montreal, Canada. She now lives in Austria, Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, where she shares her passion with great enthusiasm.She has a Master in Science degree in Physics and it is her love for movement, biomechanics... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 2:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana, Chair

4:00pm EDT

The Power of our Heart's Expression

A period of contraction inevitably leads to the bursting forth of expansion, with the Heart leading this dance. In this class focusing on shoulder and neck alignment, we will reveal the power of our heart's expression in the vulnerable and fierce steadiness of chin stand. There will be other variations offered as well so that together, we can all explore and discover the openness of the front of our throat and the depth of our heart's presence and purpose

Speakers

Julia Pearring

Julia Pearring, E-CAT, C-IAYT, supports students in the exploration of their optimal range, to uncover the strength and potential of a deeper alignment no matter their range of movement. Her advanced studies have included extensive anatomy, kinesiology and physiology training as well... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Asana, All Level

4:00pm EDT

The Yoga of Getting Along: Intro to Compassionate Communication

Conflict happens, so learn to navigate it well. By excavating what's beneath any friction, you can focus on the deeper motivation and change the conversation to one of understanding. Compassionate Communication helps you to compassionately understand your habitual behavior and to translate your judgments. Guided by Resiliency Team Leader Cat McCarthy, this introduction workshop introduces the key concepts of NVC (Nonviolent Communication) as a foundation upon which to build a practice. You will acquire tools of emotional intelligence to help generate new neural pathways for empathy. With a relationship to your own feelings and needs, you can create stronger connection both inside and out. There will be a mix of playful partner/group exercises and discussion. Along with your notebook/pen, please bring an open heart and a curious mind. Get ready to be surprised!

Speakers

Cat McCarthy - Compassionate Communication Coach

Cat McCarthy, ERYT-500, YACEP, RYS, NYCNVC Facilitator“Compassion in Action” is an innovative program that offers skills of adaptability through yoga and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Inspired by the teachings of Marshall Rosenberg, Cat McCarthy facilitates an integrative approach... Read More →

Sunday October 10, 2021 4:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Zoom

Other, Compassionate Communication

6:00pm EDT

Kula time

A time to share with Kula friends

Speakers

Benita Wolfe

Heart Core Yoga

Jacalyn Prete

Jackie Prete Yoga

Jacalyn Prete, Certified Anusara® yoga teacher trainer, 500 ECAT/ ERYT, shares a deep passion for the wisdom teachings of yoga and therapeutics with her students in NYC, Japan, China, Italy, Germany and Belgium.A Certified Yoga Health Coach, Jackie shares the teachings of Ayurveda... Read More →

John Seelye

President of the Board of the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, One Ocean Yoga

Kim Friedman

Sunday October 10, 2021 6:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Zoom

Kula Time

6:45pm EDT

Transcend Trauma through Asana & Ayurveda

By sharing some basic principles of the Ayurveda lifestyle woven through a therapeutic asana practice students will discover a deep place of relaxation and well being necessary for the recovery process. They will be moved into the deep liminal space through Bija mantras, restorative yoga and myofacial release techniques and a guided visualization and relaxation. I will be sharing my own healing journey from a bike accident 5 years ago
Having survived several life-changing traumas, I will share my practices of Anusara yoga and Ayurveda that have supported me through loss of close friends and family, floods and renovations, and the recovery from 4 surgeries after a serious bike accident.

In this workshop we will incorporate the yogic teachings of Abyasa( steadiness of practice), Vairagya( non attachmen) and Viveka
(discrimination) to learn tools to heal and recover. As a Certified Ansuara Instructor, ECAT, and Health coach, I have discovered and incorporated several tools to healing from traumatic injuries and loss.

Come to this workshop to learn practices that will support you through your own traumas and challenges. I will share teachings of Ayurvedic health habits that ground you as well as asana sequences and pranayama practices that soothe and heal your nervous system.

I look forward to sharing my healing journey with my beloved Anusara Kula. This workshop is an offering of gratitude for all the love, kindness and support that has come my way over the past 6 years and beyond. On Namah Shivaya!

Speakers

Jacalyn Prete

Jackie Prete Yoga

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Sunday October 10, 2021 6:45pm - 8:00pm EDT
Zoom

Asana, Restorative and Ayurveda