Hello -
Hope you are having a good September!
We had a wonderful first weekend of the new Embodied Asana Teacher Training Program, and the next weekend (focusing on Bones and Ligaments) will be October 24 - 26 - feel free to come just for one workshop!
(Check the website for information about the whole program.)
In the next few weeks the regular schedule of embodied asana classes will be starting - some have changed times or topic, and there's a brand new baby class starting in October, too!
Also, my very dear teacher Mark Whitwell will be coming to NYC and offering workshops at Abhyasa Yoga in Brooklyn - if you haven't had a chance to spend time in his presence, this is a great opportunity!
Details on all the classes are below - as we move into the fall and winter, be sure to check www.embodiedasana.com for details about class cancellations and substitutions.
And as always, feel free to email me at spiralamy@gmail.com with any questions.
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YOGA FUNDAMENTALS
tues & thurs, 7:45 - 9 amongoing (no class 10/16 - 10/21)Roll
out of bed and come roll around on the floor - in this class we use
developmental patterns and Bartenieff Fundamentals to explore the many
ways we can connect breath, body and movement.
@ The Breathing Project15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
begins 9/24 at a new time!
BMC & YOGA CLASS
wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 pm
This
weekly asana class is an opportunity to deeply embody the relationship
between our body systems, developmental patterns and yoga asana.
Open to all levels of movement.
@ Movements Afoot
151 W 30 St, 2nd Floor, NYC
new class!
ASANA CLASS
tuesdays, 6:30 - 8 pm
$20
This evening asana class will be taught by the three
senior Breathing Project teachers: Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews and
Jill Satterfield - rotating week to week between teachers.
(Amy will teach 9/30, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 & 11/18.)
@ The Breathing Project
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
www.breathingproject.orgnew class!FEET ARE FUNDAMENTAL
wednesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 amOct 1 - Nov 12*$120 full series/$25 drop inIn
this six week course we will look at the structures of the foot (bones,
ligaments and muscles), and how these structures work together to give
us the dynamic balance we need to be grounded and at the same time able
to move through space.
All levels of movement experience are welcome.
* No class Oct 22.@ The Society for Martial Arts Instruction
4 W 18th St, 3rd Floor, NYC
www.sfmai.com EMBODIED ANATOMY & KINESIOLOGY
fridays, 1 - 3:30 pm
begins Sept 26
In
this 65-hour course we explore structure and movement from an
experiential perspective, using touch, drawing, models, movement
exercises and somatic experiences. There is time to sense, embody and
observe, and to discuss principles of alignment and therapeutic
applications.
You can take the whole course, or drop in. From
September to December we focus on the spine, January to June the lower
and upper limbs.
Class cards are available, and discounts for members
of LIMS & BMCA.
@ The Breathing Project
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
www.breathingproject.org
new class!
A&K ASANA fridays, 3:45 - 5 pm
begins Sept 26
In response to requests, this
class will be oriented around the material taught in the Embodied
A&K class that day. You can come to the ASANA class without
attending the A&K class beforehand.
@ The Breathing Project
15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
www.breathingproject.orgnew class!Babies!
fridays, 11 am - 12 noonsuggested donation: $10
begins October 24
This class is an opportunity to bring your questions and curiosities about your baby's movement patterns - we'll use principles from Body-Mind Centering to explore the movements in our own bodies and playing with the little ones.
@ The Breathing Project15 W 26 St, 10th Floor, NYC
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OPEN HOUSE
at
The Breathing Project
A whole day of free classes with Breathing Project teachers - including an hour long 'sample class' for the Embodied Anatomy & Kinesiology class (4:30-5:30 pm) that begins on Friday.
Wednesday Sept 24
12:30 - 9:15 pm
For more information, go to
The Breathing Project
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Mark Whitwell
is teaching at
Abhyasa Yoga Center in October:
Sat. Oct. 18, 12-3pm
"Developing a Personal Practice"
Sun. Oct. 19, 2-5pm
"Breath, Body, & Relationship"
Mark has been a huge influence in my practice and teaching, and I encourage everyone to experience his presence.
$40 each / $75 both
($35 / $70 if you pre-register by October 14)
for more information:
Abhyasa Yoga Center
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On the road again . . .
In October I'll be presenting at the European
Body-Mind Centering Association Conference in Steckborn, Switzerland (for more information go to the BMCA website).
And in January 09 I'll be teaching a workshop in Bratislava, Slovakia on Yielding, Balance and Spatial Pulls
(for more information go to LAB website.)
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. . . and if you are looking for the next BMC & YOGA workshops in NYC:
in October 2009, the School for Body-Mind Centering will begin offering the Embodied Anatomy & Yoga program in NYC, co-taught by Amy Matthews and Roxlyn Moret.
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about Amy Matthews:
Amy has been teaching somatically oriented classes and workshops in dance and yoga since 1994. She is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst and a Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner. Originally a dancer and choreographer, Amy has been on the faculty of the Year-Long Certificate Program at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies since 2000, and teaches embodied asana® classes and workshops at the Breathing Project, Movements Afoot, Bodycraft Pilates and the Society for Martial Arts Instruction in NYC. Amy is co-teaching the BMC & Yoga: Embodied Developmental Movement & Yoga course in NYC, and teaching with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in the BMC & Yoga: Embodied Anatomy & Yoga course in Berkeley, CA.
Amy works privately as a movement therapist, integrating Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, yoga and Body Mind Centering®. Amy's embodied asana® workshops and anatomy classes are a part of the Breathing Project's Advanced Studies Program, and she has taught in training programs in Philadelphia, California, Toronto, Tokyo and Nebraska. Amy recently collaborated with Leslie Kaminoff on the book Yoga Anatomy, published by Human Kinetics.
Certified as a yoga teacher by Heart of Yoga and Yoga Union and as a Motherhand Shiatsu practitioner, she is registered with ISMETA as a Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, with IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) and with Yoga Alliance as an E-500 RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher). Amy has participated in Gil Hedley's dissection workshops, and has studied kinesthetic anatomy with Irene Dowd and BMC™ with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. She has studied yoga with Mark Whitwell, Alison West, Genny Kapular and Kevin Gardiner, and karate with Sensei Michelle Gay.
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Questions? Comments? Requests?
Check out the website at www.embodiedasana.com,
email spiralamy@gmail.com, or call 917 843 9537.
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