Let’s take a holiday break!
(Classes resume Tuesday, December 29.)
Rest up. Take Care. Be Well. All Love.
Happy Summer!
Geetaji Iyengar provided sequences of asanas and pranayama for Iynengar yoga teachers to teach and share for the first three years of the International Day of Yoga (June 21) – this particular sequence was adapted from her teachings after her death in December 2019. The downloadable link above (and listed below) is respectfully borrowed from Iyengar Yoga Australia. Have fun!
Please join me for this free online contemplative experience hosted by the Portland Museum of Art in conjunction with their exhibition Tabernacles for Trying Times. All are welcome to participate (it’s free, but you have to register!) in paying attention to phenomena in and around the body, developing a relationship with Silence, moving into a place of heartfulness, and allowing for encounters with empathy.
Empathy, the phenomenon first recognized in the first half of the 20th century, has roots in aesthetics and art appreciation – as a powerful, passive exchange that occurs between artist and art observer through a work of art.
During the guided (30-minutes-ish) contemplative practice, we enter into the tabernacle, or dwelling place, of Silence, place the fullness of our attention within the body, and experience the empathetic capacities of the heart.
By placing our attention – a great gift of our being – into our physical bodies and observing the experience, we begin to encounter empathy, which eventually allows us to place ourselves, in a feeling, sensing way, into another. Empathy cannot be manufactured, it simply grows out of the pure, selfless activity of the heart. There will be time at the end to share impressions from the practice.
This event is presented in conjunction with Tabernacles for Trying Times. In the exhibition, artists Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe created a sanctuary for all kinds of people to worship at the altar of contemporary art, Pepe noting “art can be a place for secular spirituality.” So, too, can one’s own secular space transform into a sacred dwelling place, or tabernacle.
Participants in this evening’s event are encouraged to prepare their own tabernacles ahead of time. Don’t fret! This can be as simple as clearing the space around you or bringing a special object into view. Look at your dwelling place with fresh eyes. What do you see? Look out your windows and doors – even go outside! What calls to you? If you like, bring something from the natural world into your tabernacle (or invite a houseplant or favorite stone to join you). Take some time in creating your tabernacle. Given time and space, the sacred arises out of the secular.
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JUNE 19-21, 2020
YOGA SUTRAS & 12 STEPS: Spiritual Practices for Modern Maladies
Explore the yoga sutras and 12 steps as sacred paths of recovery from addiction with Iyengar yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist Liz Leuthner. Two nights, $150-$200: includes room, board, public lecture, two yoga classes.
at The Alcyon Center, Seal Cove, Mount Desert Island, ME
April 12-14, 2019: Ancient Methods for Modern Times
Please join me at The Alcyon Center on Seal Cove, Mount Desert Island, ME for a very special Women’s Yoga and Contemplation Weekend.
Working with contemplative Silence & Heart practices and yoga texts/postures in the Iyengar tradition, we’ll listen deeply—to each other & the natural world. To register or fmi: registrations@alcyoncenter.org.
I am happily teaching this winter at the BKS Iyengar Yoga Center in beautiful coastal Brooksville, ME! Check out my schedule here and come visit! Maine is gorgeous (yes, it’s cold, but it’s winter!) year round!
I am pleased to continue teaching this winter at the Iyengar Yoga Center of Maine in Brooksville, while Kim Peralta is away.
Come practice Iyengar yoga in beautiful coastal Maine!
Schedule here (and below).
All FEBRUARY classes w/Liz are drop-in rate only (see rates, below)
I recently became a Certified Yoga Therapist, through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. IAYT is committed to advancing yoga therapy education, training, and research, and the professional development of its members. IAYT recognizes the rigorous training of Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers (CIYT) and our aligned efforts to bring – safely! – the healing art and science of yoga to all people.
CIYT + C-IAYT, got it? 🙂
Please join my friend Brenda McMorrow and me for a relaxing hour of restorative yoga, heart contemplation and sound. This free recovery event is open to all who are in recovery from addiction or who are allies of the recovery community and precedes Brenda’s public kirtan (tickets: $20 in advance @ brenda.bpt.me) in the same space. Please RSVP to liz@hopegateway.com to reserve your spot for “Recovering with Heart” (and get your tickets for the public kirtan, too!)