Ashtanga Yoga Society Unrecognized

Mission Statement
The Hampshire Ashtanga Yoga Society encourages and facilitates the practice of Ashtanga yoga in our community. Students, faculty, staff and community members beyond Hampshire's campus are welcome. Offering classes, open practice sessions, and special events, we promote Ashtanga yoga as a means to open, heal, and change the body and surrounding society. Yoga grounds practitioners in a careful observation of kinetic sensation providing its students with bodily awareness and engagement that can run numb in a economic system relentlessly selling us commodities to distract from the body. It is a means to enjoy the body, to relish in its sensations, to appreciate its mechanisms, to observe its patterns and possibilities. We are non-dogmatic, intellectually- and politically- engaged yoga enthusiasts who connect our practice to larger movements for social change. Our approach allows the benefits of an individually adapted practice with the energy and support of the group setting. It is our hope and goal to create a warm, safe, nurturing space that supports health and growth on all levels of being. Everyone is welcome and has a place in this space.

Location

 * Small Studio in the Music &amp; Dance Building,

Hampshire College Amherst, MA

Dates

 * April 8th, Session I: Introduction to Ashtanga Class, 4 to 5:30 pm
 * April 10th, Session II: Mysore*, 3:30 to 5:30 pm
 * April 13th, Session III: Mysore*, 3:30-5:30 pm

*Mysore is the traditional way of teaching yoga in this tradition. Students practice the series at their own pace with the teacher present to offer advice and adjustments.

Teacher Biography
Petri Räisänen is internationally known and respected as one of Ashtanga Yoga's new generation of teachers. He is a devoted student of his Guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who has authorized Petri to teach. Petri started practicing Ashtanga yoga in 1988 and teaching in 1990. He is also the author of ''Asthanga- The Yoga of Sri. K. Patthabi Jois'' For a full biography please visit Petri’s website: Petri Räisänen

Cost
$5 to $20 per session The actual cost of running these classes falls in the middle of this scale. If you can afford to pay the higher end of the scale it allows people to participate who may otherwise not be able to. Please consider carefully what you are able to contribute. These classes are non-profit; all revenue goes directly to the teacher.

Pre-Registration
please email Tenzin Manell at [mailto:tbm04@hampshire.edu Tenzin]

Description
In collaboration with the Hampshire Alternative Health Fair there will be a yoga class, panel and dinner event!

Schedule

 * April 18th
 * 3-6:30pm, Panel and Yoga Class in Main Studio in the Music &amp; Dance Building
 * 6:45-8pm, Dinner location TBA

Panel

 * 3-4:45 Student Panel on Yoga-related topics including:
 * Jessica Carroll, Div III
 * Sarah Grossman, Div III : Ayurvedic Cooking-- Yoga Influenced Nutrition
 * Jon Sellers, Div III
 * Lydia Irons, Div II : Yoga for Farmers

Class

 * 5-6:30 Free Yoga Class with Karen-Miscall Bannon of Yoga Center Amherst
 * To view Karen's biography visit her webpage Sage and Spirit

Dinner

 * 6:45 Free Dinner prepared by Sarah Grossman

Pre-Registration
Pre-registration for the free dinner is suggested but not required to make sure that the organizers provide enough for everyone! please email Tenzin Manell at [mailto:tbm04@hampshire.edu Tenzin]