News and Upcoming Events at Heartspace
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Hello Heartspace friends,
This weekend
we have several bonus drop-in classes on the schedule.
Also,
this Saturday morning, January 19
, Becky Kendall will be with us at the Troy studio offering chair massage. $1/minute.
Email us
if you'd like to sign up for a specific time block in advance, generally 10-20 minutes. Becky is also available for full hour and 90-minute massage sessions on Fridays in Troy.
Coming up
: Prenatal Yoga starts on Jan 20th so let any expecting mothers out there know about our upcoming series.
Other events include Acroyoga, special workshop with Lauren Strait, Partner Yoga with Diane Simpson. Also, we have included information about upcoming 340-Hour Advanced Yoga Teaching and In-Depth Studies Program with Lauren Toolin and her Yoga Vidya School that begins in March 2019.
warmly,
Andrew
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Family Yoga Jan 19 in Troy
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Family Yoga Community Class, Saturday Jan 19, 8 3:45 - 4:45PM. Troy Studio with Toni Smith
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Bring your entire family to yoga and practice together! Family yoga begins with thoughtfully tuning in, followed by fun, mindful, playful and meditative practices that includes postures, partner poses and group poses. Class will conclude with relaxation and guided imagery. Adults awaken your inner-child with laughter and love. Bring anyone you love and have fun! This class is a community class, so donations are welcome.
Sign up here for free. Just one registration per family.
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Prenatal Yoga Four-Week Series in Albany. Next Series Begins Jan 20
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Prenatal Yoga: Four Week Series. Albany Studio. Sundays 12 - 1:15PM. Instructor Melissa Hurt
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This prenatal yoga series is designed to nurture the foundation of a life-long bond between mother and baby. Instruction will mindfully support the preparation of the mother’s body for birth, while providing essential skills for relaxation. The expectant mothers will learn breathing and relaxation techniques, exercises to support the back, postures to open the hips, methods to comfort the body during the journey of pregnancy and birth, while forging a community with other families.
Cost: $75 for the series. Click here for more information on the series, your instructor or registration.
Upcoming Series
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Mindful Yoga for Stress and Anxiety with
Bruce McEwen Begins Jan 27
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Mindful Yoga for Managing Stress and Anxiety. Five-Week Series with Bruce Viveka McEwen. Sundays 3-4:30PM. Jan 27 - Feb 24, 2019. Troy Studio.
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Fear and anxiety are important psychological responses that enable us to avoid danger and prepare for challenging situations. This course will explore evidence-base methods to manage and befriend these emotional responses so that we are able to meet the social, professional, environmental, and other challenges of modern life while becoming less overwhelmed by stress and anxiety.
Cost $80 for the series. Click here to preregister.
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Weekend Workshops with Samara Anderson
Vinyasa and Live Music, Friday Feb 8 in Albany
Nourishing Yoga for Athletes and Others
Feet and Calves - Feb 9 in Albany
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Vinyasa and Live Classical Guitar with instructor Samara Anderson and guitarist Terra Stone, Friday Feb 8, 5:30 - 6:45PM. Albany Studio.
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This monthly yoga class and live classical guitar from Samara and Terra will happen Friday nights before Samara's Saturday Nourishing Yoga series (see below). Join us Feb 8, 5:30 - 6:45PM in Albany.
Cost $20. Click here to register.
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Nourishing Yoga for Athletes and Others: Feet and Calves. Saturday Feb 9, 2-4PM, Albany Studio. Instructor Samara Anderson
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Whether you're a runner, biker, athlete or anyone who would like to reclaim movement, comfort and function in your body, please join us for this series of monthly workshops with Samara Anderson. Each session will work towards a specific therapeutic goal for the body. Warm the body with a series of flowing movements and postures, and then settle and soothe with longer-held yin yoga to lengthen and restore. Be prepared to learn about the function and form of specific regions of your body and how to nourish and support them with movement and intention.
Cost $25. Click here to preregister.
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Month Unlimited $70. Intro Offer for All Students
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One Month of Unlimited Classes for only $70 available to all including brand new, returning and current yoga students at Heartspace.
Heartspace now offers a
one-month unlimited pass good for all our drop-in classes at both our studios for only $70
. Try out new classes and instructors. No commitment beyond the first month but give it a try if you're considering one of our unlimited packages. This offer can only be purchased once and is not transferable. The one month starts with the first class taken on the pass. We offer over 200 drop-in classes per month at both our studios.
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340-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Starts in March
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Yoga Vidya 340-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training and in-Depth Studies Program with Lauren Toolin
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Yoga Vidya 340-Hour Advanced Teacher Training and In Depth Studies Program.
This program is for graduates of an approved 200-hour training who wish to more deeply and fully incorporate traditional yogic tools and techniques into their lives and teaching. All modules except the Yoga Therapeutics module are open to advancing practitioners as stand alone trainings and immersions.
- Foster your growth, well being and teaching capacity through rigorous study of classical Hatha, Ayurveda, ParaYoga, Tantra and Yoga Therapy.
- Reweave and expand upon your existing knowledge and experience of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti practices, Yoga Philosophy and Personal Practice.
- Become more capable of both living and transmitting the teachings that truly transform.
- Cultivate sangha (supportive community) that shares your world view .
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Yoga for Brand New Beginners Series.
Next series begins Feb 9 in Troy.
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Yoga for Brand New Beginners in Albany and Troy this Winter. Four Week Series Saturdays 11:45AM - 1PM. Next series begins in 2019
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If you are new to yoga and are interested to gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals and foundations of yoga, please join us for this four-week series. We will introduce key foundational concepts regarding the practice of yoga including postures (asana), breathing (pranayama), and meditation. This series will present you with background on yoga, principles of alignment for accessing and coming out of postures, proper yogic breathing, and how yoga can help you to live a fuller and healthier life. No experience required; just an open mind.
Cost is $60 for any of the series. Instructors Rebecca Volpe in
Albany
and Kathi Burke in
Troy
. Click on either of the locations and any date below to register for Albany or Troy.
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Yoga for Ample Bodies. Four Week Series in Albany (Begins Feb 9) and
Troy (Begins March 9) this winter
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Yoga for Ample Bodies: Four Week Series with Nadia El-Fawal
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Yoga is for all people, ages, and builds but it isn't a one size fits all approach. We all come together in the breath but sometimes the external form of the postures needs to be adapted so that all bodies can enjoy its benefits. Yoga for Ample Bodies recognizes this and presents a yoga practice approach that is accessible to those with larger body types. Four week series.
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Acroyoga with Team Willco, Saturday Feb 9, 1:30 - 3:30PM Troy Studio.
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Acroyoga is an invitation to connect with others through awareness, breath and movement. Connection created a safe and playful environment in which we can explore accessible and empowering acrobatic movement.
In workshop style classes, new skills are demonstrated and students are given opportunities to explore them at their own pace, with the support of the instructors and other students. Find yourself hovering above the ground, floating in a supported inversion and supporting others in flight. You can expect a yoga based warm-up, partner drills, games, and the introduction of acroyoga poses and transitions.
Cost $25.
Cathy and Scott live in Albany and teach acroyoga and slackline yoga. They have trained with, and teach in the styles of AcroYoga Montreal and the Yogaslackers.
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Master Class w/ Lauren Toolin: Cultivating Calm
Feb 16 in Albany
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Sat Feb 16, 2019: Cultivating Calm, 9-11AM, Albany Studio
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We live in an age of distraction and diffusion of our energy. The senses are the instruments with which we navigate our world. Yoga and the practice of pratyahara teaches us to manage sensory input so that we can master both our inner and outer realms.
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Partner Yoga with Diane Simpson Feb 23 in Troy
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Partner Yoga with instructor Diane Simpson. Saturday Feb 23, 2-4PM. Troy studio.
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Your partner or bestie loves spending time with you. For Valentine's Day, give a gift of time, energy and yoga with enrollment in a Partner Yoga workshop with Díane Simpson. Díane had been leading partner yoga workshops over the past few years and had found it to be a beautiful way for two people to connect. Class is gentle and mindful. Even though this is scheduled nine days after Valentines Day, give the gift of your mindful presence to one another.
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Embodied Creation: A Workshop with
Lauren Strait. Feb 24 Albany
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Embodied Creation with Lauren Strait, Sunday Feb 24, 1-4PM. Albany
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We are constantly in a state of co-creation with the world around us. Our experience of life is a direct reflection of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, how we act and the way we carry ourselves through life.
During this three-hour workshop, Lauren will guide you to inquire deeply about your narratives and long-held beliefs that may be barriers to creating the life you desire. She’ll hold space for curiosity and examination, reflection and release, renewal and conscious creation. You are an active participant in creating the life you’re living. Please join Lauren Strait for an experience of settling into yourself as the powerful creator that you are. Expect intention-based meditation, sacred movement, pranayama, journaling and ritual.
Cost $40.
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Gong Bath Sound Healing March 2 in Troy
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Gong Bath, Saturday March 2, 4PM.
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A Gong Bath is a sonic environment which uses resonant instruments like gongs and singing bowls to promote relaxation and meditation. If you have never been to a Gong Bath before they’re a unique sensory experience. You first hear the gongs vibing out, then you feel the vibration throughout your body. Pull up a mat and sit for a while and let the sound wash over you or enjoy movement during the session.
$25. Preregistration strongly encouraged as attendance is capped.
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Meditation 101: Four-Week Series with
Meghan Hogan
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Meditation 101: Four-Week Series with Meghan Hogan. Mondays 5:45 - 6:45PM. March 4th - 25th. Troy Studio.
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This four-week series will provide individualized instruction describing technique, practical guidance for home practice, wisdom derived from foundational yogic texts and modern research. The series will include:
Breath centered meditation:Brief overview of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga to provide context and purpose for practicing meditation.
Yoga asana as a preparation for meditation: Open and stabilize the body to establish a comfortable seat for meditation.
Mantra meditation
Withdrawal of external senses in meditation. In a short restorative series, learn techniques to moderate input from the external world and tap into the inner knowingness beyond the cravings of the sense-fed mind.
Light your inner fire through meditation. How to maintain your motivation and discipline for meditation with “Tapas” and how to tap into the transformative energy at the navel center.
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Free and By-Donation Community Events
at Heartspace
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Yoga Book Club, Thursdays 6-7PM. Albany Studio Tea Lounge. Free.
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Heartspace's Yoga Book Club meets on Thursdays at 6pm in our cozy tea lounge at our Albany studio. Enjoy some tea and a great discussion on a broad range of books that cover the heart and philosophy of yoga. In October we will start with the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Bring a copy if you have or use one of ours. Make friends and connect with others who are curious and intrigued by this ancient practice. Everyone is welcome, as space allows. Facilitated by instructors Suzanne Martin and Martha Moscowitz.
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Community Classes. Donations yes, please.
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Join in for one of our community classes offered at both studios.
TGIF, Happy Hour, Sparkle Yoga, Community Open Meditation, Y12SR and Family Yoga
. All these classes are by donation and we encourage you to donate what feels right in your heart and pocket. If you have a class card, you can use this as your donation. Donations go to your instructors and the studio to help pay bills, buy hair ties and candies. $8-$15 suggested.
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Meditation classes throughout the week. See our online schedule. Free
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Heartspace Yoga and Healing Arts | 518.512.3390 | info@heartspacealbany.com | www.HeartspaceAlbany.com
Studio Locations: Troy: 10 Second Street and Albany: 747 Madison Ave. (back right corner of building)
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