Yoga Classes at Sports Basement - April 2008
On Sunday April 13th, between 10:00am and 2:00pm, Sports Basement will be hosting a Yoga & Pilates Collective.
- Various local Pilates& Yoga studios will be sharing information.
- 10:00am. - A free Pilates class with Ellie Herman Pilates.
- 12:00 noon - A Lecture on Ayurveda with Anna Yaya Kelleher.
- 1:00pm. - A free yoga class with Garrell Hendson.
- Free Raffle of a variety of yoga packages will be going on throughout the day.
The best part about this event is that all attendees will receive 15%
off all items, with 5% of the purchase amount donated to Yoga Bear.
Yoga
Bear is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing cancer
patients and survivors with more opportunities for wellness and healing
through the practice of yoga. By partnering with local yoga studios,
Yoga Bear matches cancer patients and survivors with yoga classes in
the community free of charge.
If your Pilates or Yoga Studio would like to get involved - here are some of the ways...
Ellie
Herman Studios has been a San Francisco Mission establishment since
1993. It all started in the “Old Sears Building” on the former Army
Street in Ellie’s live/work loft (Studio 225). With only a second-hand
gymnastic mat and a reformer, Ellie opened up shop. After a few years,
Ellie accumulated more equipment and decided to offer teacher
trainings. Being immersed in the dance community for years, Ellie
recruited mostly professional modern dancers to her initial teacher
trainings. To this day, the lion’s share of EHS teaching staff is
working modern dancers who teach Pilates to support their art
(fortunately dancers make excellent Pilates trainers). Ellie became
bicoastal in 2005 with the Brooklyn studio in the heart of Park Slope.
13 April 2008 - Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner - Anna YayaKelleher
Anna
has studied and taught yoga in the Iyengar tradition for over fifteen
years. The practice of yoga and being in the yoga community naturally
led to an interest, and then formal studies, in Ayurveda. Both of these
sciences have sustained and enriched her through her worklife,
pregnancy and birthing, motherhood, and other life changes and
challenges. She views yoga and Ayurveda as structures we build within
ourselves that we can always come home to whatever the circumstances.
Yoga and Ayurveda offer us deep spiritual foundations so that we become
present to ourselves and the world as we are, enabling us to experience
and share joy. One of her favorite yogic sayings is “many paths, one
truth” because it communicates that essence of allowing. Anna views
sharing these sciences with students, as a teacher, and clients, as a
Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, as an honor and a pleasure.
Anna
studied yoga at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco with
teachers who include Judith Lasater, Ramanand Patel, Janet Macleod, and
Jaki Nett. She has studied with Manouso Manos, and the Iyengars both in
the US and in India. She has studied Ayurveda with Dr. Jay Apte at the
Kerala Academy. She is currently enrolled in massage school at the
World School of San Francisco. She works and lives in San Francisco.
My teaching is inspired by my training with Iyengar style teachers, and my studies of Structural Integration. Teaching was never a goal, just a part of the learning process.
Took my first yoga class in 1988. Joined the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco Advanced Studies/ Teacher Training program in 1991. Been to Pune to study with the Iyengars directly.
Over the years I've studied with many Great SF yoga teachers. Kathy Alef, Patricia Sullivan, and Janet MacLeod.. I also studied with Tony Briggs, Arthur Kilmurray, Manouso Manos, and Ramanand Patel.
Mostly, I apprenticed and studied with Ramanand. Patel . The summer of
2007 I was fortunate enough to assist the instructor at the Guild
for Structural Integration.
In
the yoga class the use of props, and physical adjustments,, help
students find their greatest potential in the poses. The classes are
all around solid and the refined instructions are felt to the bone.
You can read more about all this at http://yogabodywork.net /
In
1996, I attended my first class at World's Gym - San Diego. The Yoga
teacher asked "why are you taking this class?:" I answered, "to learn
something new about my body". Through experiencing the Iyengar style of
Yoga with Tony Eason, I noticed
that my sacrum & lumbar spine started to loosen. I discovered the
power of the deep breath, and the mindfulness of the practice.
Les Leventhal inspired me with his insightful and challenging classes. Darren Main & Christopher Love 's Hawaii yoga retreat was a celebration of the deepening of my yoga practice and my life.
And after a misguided venture into Real Estate, Joy Ravelli suggested
that I become a yoga instructor. That suggestion sent me to many
work-shops and eventually to Seattle where i took my teacher training
with Anna Forrest.
And, after 11 years, that innocent answer is still the root of what
yoga still is for me . Yoga is an exploration of the muscles, the
bones, the tendons, the breath, and a break from the churning mind.
Presently, I teach an Ana Forrest inspired Hatha Flow classes at Gold's Gym (Brannan St.).
Love & peace, Paul
- Yoga Classes at Sports Basement - May 2008
A Graduate of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, Tony Eason
has been a student of Yoga for fifteen years. Now an 11th Yr. AIDS LifeCycle cyclist, tony came to yoga to enhance his cycling performance.
His
teachings includes the use of yoga props to encourage the ultimate
benefit from each posture. Through Iyengar yoga classes, he teaches
students to pay attention to the alignment of their bodies, to become
aware of the breath, and to control the mind. Presently, Tony teaches
cycling seminars, substitue teaches, and/or weekly yoga classes at
James Howell Studio, Club One, Gold's Gym, Sports Basement, and the San
Francisco Tennis Club. Cyclist, beginners, and everyone else, are
encouraged to attend his classes."
11 May 2008 - Raja Yoga Teacher - Janardhan Chodagam
Raja Yoga
meditation is an open-eyed technique that can be used by anyone,
anywhere. Whether you want to learn how to relax, need to be more
concentrated and creative or are searching for personal enlightenment,
this course can satisfy each of those needs.
Meditation enables you to create new attitudes and responses to life,
giving you a clear spiritual understanding of yourself. Like any
skill, meditation requires practice to achieve positive and satisfying
results. By doing a little every day, it soon becomes a natural and
easy habit, which generously rewards you for the little effort it
involves.
We will look at:
* Re-discover enjoying and using the positive qualities already latent within you
* Understand your mind and what makes you tick
* Draw peace, strength and tranquillity from a higher source
* Practical guidance in the technique of meditation
Each session will include:
* Know-how
* Philosophy behind meditation and the skill of meditation
* Guided meditation commentaries led by the meditation teacher
* Most importantly a chance to explore what does and doesn't work for you
18 May 2008 - Iyengar Yoga Teacher - Garrell Herndon
My teaching is inspired by my training with Iyengar style teachers, and my studies of Structural Integration. Teaching was never a goal, just a part of the learning process.
Took my first yoga class in 1988. Joined the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco Advanced Studies/ Teacher Training program in 1991. Been to Pune to study with the Iyengars directly.
Over the years I've studied with many Great SF yoga teachers. Kathy Alef, Patricia Sullivan, and Janet MacLeod.. I also studied with Tony Briggs, Arthur Kilmurray, Manouso Manos, and Ramanand Patel.
Mostly, I apprenticed and studied with Ramanand. Patel . The summer of
2007 I was fortunate enough to assist the instructor at the Guild
for Structural Integration.
In
the yoga class the use of props, and physical adjustments,, help
students find their greatest potential in the poses. The classes are
all around solid and the refined instructions are felt to the bone.
You can read more about all this at http://yogabodywork.net /
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