Come join us for an in-depth introduction to the practice of yoga. In this four-part series you will learn the solid foundation behind a healthy and balanced yoga practice. Proper alignment in the asanas (postures), breathing techniquesa (pranyama), and basic yogic philosphies will be covered. Each week will focus on a different aspect of the yoga practice. After the 4 week series, you will be familiar with the variety of postures that are offered in yoga classes.

This class is suitable for those who are brand new to yoga, as well as those who would like an opportunity to deepen their practice by reinvesting in its foundation. Class size will be limited to allow for individual attention. There will be time for questions in every class.

Fall is the harvest Season, the time to organize Summer's abundance. It provides the opportunity to gather and process the opening and scattering aspects of Summer's adventures. Often it is difficult to make this transition and we feel unsettled. According to Chinese Medicine, Fall is the season to attend to our lungs and its paired organ, the large intestine, which are both organs related to attachment. As we join with process of Fall in distinguishing what we can let go of physically, mentally and emotionally, our intentions become more focused and our visions manifest with greater ease.

In this workshop, Leigh will guide you through a yoga practice designed to facilitate this grounding and sorting process of Fall. You will connect to powerful energetic centers that reside in the belly, awakening manipura chakra, and stoke the fires of your digestive system. Annie will introduce you to ways you can utilize the bountiful foods of the Fall season to nurture and strengthen and tone these organs, of respiration and elimination thus fortifying the immune system to deflect winter illness. Fall is also the time to cleanse and nourish our "third lung", the skin. Experience our Kitchen Skin Spa, where you will feed your skin with fresh homemade tonics drinks and masks, and rest in the nourishing pleasures of Fall!

This workshop provides performers with a simple and backdoor entrance into embodied sound & language. Through awareness and improvisation disciplines of Action Theater and Asian Performance Techniques (Butoh, Odissi Dance, Suzuki Method), participants learn how to manifest all movement and sound from a vital core of presence and fearlessness. This work is playful, challenging, and emphasizes physicality as an expression of the imagination. Using the energy of the Hara center, we open currents of sound in the body and sail into language. Open to beginners as well as seasoned performers.