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And Then There Was the Time I Did Yoga….

My debut as a yoga memoirist/bloggerToday marks my debut as a yoga memoirist of sorts. I have begun contributing occasional short essays to Thrive: the Kripalu blog on yoga, health and wellness. First up is a piece called “Born to Do Yoga,” which recounts, well, my inevitable path to yoga, which began as a youngster…

Sadhana Yoga Marks 10th Anniversary with Open House Celebration

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sadhana Center for Yoga celebrates 10 years of yoga instruction with an open-house, featuring free classes, demonstrations, entertainment, food and refreshments, on Saturday, July 13, from 11:30am to 4pm. The open house will begin with a free yoga class for everyone from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. During the afternoon, the celebration…

Grand Opening of Newly Expanded Sruti Yoga Center

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Sruti Yoga Center, located on the second floor of 33 Railroad St., will host an all-day open house featuring a wide variety of free drop-in classes, a photography exhibit and talk, raffles, an apparel sale, and an evening Kirtan on Saturday, August 4, 2012, from noon to 10 p.m., to mark…

Yoga Against Human Trafficking

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – On Saturday, March 10, at 7 p.m., volunteers at Sruti Yoga Center at 33 Railroad Street in Great Barrington will take part in Yoga Stops Traffick, a global yoga event being held in nearly 100 locations around the world to raise awareness about human trafficking and show support to its millions…

Skiers and Riders Can Tune Up with Yoga

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Sruti Yoga Center will offer a series of classes for skiers, snowboarders, and winter outdoor enthusiasts to tune up their bodies, strengthen their legs, and get ready to hit the slopes starting on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at noon on December 8, 11, 15 and 18. Participants…

Contemporary Sanskrit Chant Duo Deva Premal and Miten at the Mahaiwe

Deva Premal

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Internationally renowned Sanskrit chant duo Deva Premal and Miten perform The Yoga of Sacred Song and Chant at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. The duo will be joined by Nepalese flute maestro Manose for the event, presented by Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health…

Sanskrit Programs Coming to Sruti Yoga Center

Devotional singer Carrie Grossman will lead Kirtan and workshops at Sruti Yoga

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – As the language of yoga – the word ‘yoga’ itself derives from Sanskrit — it is impossible to separate the practice of yoga from the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit. Upcoming language, chanting, and musical programs at Sruti Yoga Center draw upon Sanskrit, “the language of the gods,” with visiting teachers…

Experts to Teach Mind-Body Healing Techniques for Mass Disaster Survivors at Kripalu August 28-September 2

Drs. Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Richard P. Brown, Patricia Gerbarg, and Yoga of the Mind founder Heather Mason will teach “Breath~Body~Mind: Training for Trauma,” at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health from Sunday, August 28 through Friday, September 2, 2011. This 6-day intensive will enable yoga teachers, yoga therapists, health care providers, and disaster relief workers to…