RESTORATIVE YOGA AND PRANAYAMA with Christy

Sunday, March 17, 10am-11:30am
Early Registration by March 8: $25. After March 8: $30
Minimum enrollment of 6 to run workshop.
To Register: Venmo: @Christy-Chase-1, or check or cash 

Life is busy! Give yourself a break with Restorative yoga, which offers the
mind and body the opportunity to be restored. Through the use of props and
with longer holds in poses (asana), you prepare for the art of controlling
the breath (pranayama). Relaxing your muscles, lowering your heart rate,
and settling your nervous system allows you to feel refreshed.

In this workshop, you will learn the hows and whys of restorative poses
before learning some pranayama. You will feel amazing afterwards!

Friday,  June 30 at 5:30pm-7pm, $25
Preregistration only. Check or Venmo
(@Naama-Gidron)

This class will include all the categories of postures: standing, twists, backbends, inversions, forward bends and relaxation poses using the chair in fun and creative ways.  Chairs can help us go deeper into the postures in different ways:

• by making a pose more accessible and/or stable so we can stay longer

• by enhancing and clarifying certain actions in the postures

Restorative Yoga with Christy Friday, March 24, 5:30 -7pm.
Suggested donation $25/ Part of proceeds will be donated to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
Preregister: Email christychase2@gmail.com
Payment: Online, Venmo @Christy-Chase-1

According to B.K.S. Iyengar, practicing yoga is a "natural therapy for stress". Come learn some poses that will help you internalize calmness and stability so that you can face stressors with equanimity. This class will use props to support the body. Dress in comfortable layers. Please contact the instructor, Christy Chase, if you have any questions or injuries.

Focus on Inversions with Naama
Saturday, November 5, 1-3pm, $30
Pre-registration required

Handstand, headstand, forearmstand and shoulderstand can feel daunting and unattainable. In this workshop, you will learn how to approach these postures to your capacity. We will explore postures and actions that prepare the body and mind for inversions. You will learn their stages and find the stage that is right for you. With the support of props and modifications you will build the awareness and skill to go deeper and further in your Inversion practice.

ON LINE CLASS

(Please be online between 12:50 and 12:55 PM so we can all start together on time.)

Click on this Zoom link:  

https://zoom.us/j/844324330

Saturday, March 28, 2020 from 1:00 to 2.30 PM with Shana L. Klinger

Appropriate for all levels Pre-registration appreciated – Drop-in ok (Please arrive by 12:55 so we can all start together.) $20-$40 donation.

To register contact shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

This class offers Buddhist meditation techniques and insights to:

• Benefit from the Buddha’s understanding of how identification with thoughts, emotions and sensations gives rise to mental suffering.

• Recognize and loosen the habit of identification with thoughts, emotions and sensations through meditations of mindfulness and calm abiding.

• Experiment with relaxing and making space around attachment/wanting and aversion/resisting, rather than engaging or struggling with them.

• Develop greater kindness in relation to identification with judgements about self and others.

Instructor: Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology, brings more than 40 years of experience in Buddhist meditative techniques and humanistic psychology to her classes, workshops, and one-to-one consultation. She loves practicing and sharing the Dharma. She began Vipassana meditation in 1974 and has practiced since then in the Zen and Vajrayana traditions.

Bio at http://www.heartmindspace.com/about/about-shana/

This is part of a series of classes/workshops: Cultivating the heart-mind in 2020 To learn more visit heartmindspace.com

STOPPING: A Meditation Mini-Retreat

Meditating together to calm the mind & warm the heart

Appropriate for beginners and experienced meditators

$20 to $45 or whatever you can donate

Drop-in OK - Preregistration appreciated

Contact shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

This 2.5 hour mini-retreat provides an opportunity in our busy lives to stop, turn inward, calm the mind and warm the innate good heart. There will be brief introductory meditation instructions in how to practice calm abiding (unifying the mind with a chosen object) and compassion (being present with warmth and unconditional caring for ourselves and others.

Chairs, cushions, blankets and bolsters will be available for sitting. Please arrive between 12:45 and 12:55 PM so we can start together. The schedule will alternate brief instructions with periods of meditation of 20 minutes or less. Participants can feel free to stand up or change their position if needed. There will be an intro to walking meditation and an opportunity for brief Q&A. Feel free to contact Shana if you have any questions at 401-258-3056 or shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

Cultivating the Noble Heart in 2020: Buddhist Meditation Techniques & Insights for Compassion, Kindness and Positive Aspiration

$20 to $40 or whatever you can donate

Drop-in OK - Preregistration appreciated - all levels of experience welcome

Contact shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

This two hour class offers instruction and guided practice in Buddhist meditation techniques and insights to strengthen compassion, kindness, and to motivate our lives from the deepest levels positive intention. It emphasizes how this Buddhist wisdom applies to daily life right now. A handout will be provided with notes and resources.

Practices will include:

• Finding our Most Positive Inner Aspiration: The Bodhisattva Path

• Self-compassion meditation

• Meditations to cultivate compassion for others

• Expanding the capacity to be with suffering

The noble heart – the intention for ourselves and all beings to be happy and free from suffering - is regarded in Buddhism as the pinnacle of true love. Sometimes called Bodhicitta or the Bodhisattva Path, this aspect of Buddhist practice harnesses the power of altruistic motivation combined with deep understanding about the sources of suffering and the nature of our minds, so as to beneficially respond to and transform ourselves and others.

Yoga for Emotional Stability with Naama

Saturday December 7, 10am-12pm
Cost $25. Preregistration required

We will practice a sequence of asanas and pranayama that bring quietness, steadiness and clarity to the mind/body, and learn how to work with the obstacles that get in our way.

Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student's Journey

Join us at the Acoustic Java Cafe and Micro Cinema for this feature length movie about BKS Iyengar. Reserve ticket

Wed, Nov 20, 7:15pm Acoustic Java Cafe and Micro Cinema (Old Cable Car)
204 South Main St. Providence, RI 02903

WAITLIST- CALL TO SEE IF ANY CANCELLATIONS: Essential Concepts of Yoga Philosophy in the Yoga Sutras: a Guide for Iyengar Yoga Practitioners with Jarvis Chen

Sunday, Nov 10, 12-3pm
Cost $45. Preregistration Required.

Sri BKS Iyengar taught yoga as an embodied practice through which we can use the body as an instrument to purify the consciousness and to realize the Self. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is essential to understanding Guruji’s “philosophy of asana,”. In this workshop, we will explore some of the Yoga Sutra's central concepts to better understand important principles of yoga philosophy and highlight the ways that BKS Iyengar connects the Yoga Sutras to our embodied experience.

Jarvis Chen has been a practitioner of Iyengar Yoga for over twenty years and is certified at the Senior Intermediate level. His primary teacher is Patricia Walden, whom he assists regularly in classes and workshop. He travels regularly to Pune to study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute.

Students are encouraged to bring a copy of BKS Iyengar’s Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and/or other translations/commentaries. We will have extra copies at the studio. Though the format will primarily be lecture and discussion, please come dressed to do asana so that we can explore how Patanjali’s yoga can inform our asana practice. Session will include a break.

The Relaxed Mind: Drop-In Meditation

Nov 3 from 4-5pm
(Please arrive between 3:45-3:55pm)

• All levels of experience welcome. Come to any class – no registration needed

• Suggested donation: $10 to $15/class or what you can afford

Each class will provide instruction and practice in one of the foundational meditations from the book The Relaxed Mind by Tibetan Buddhist Master Dza Kilung Rinpoche.  Methods will include basic sitting, calm abiding, and open heart-mind meditations.

Instructor: Shana Lieberman Klinger is authorized by Dza Kilung Rinpoche to give instruction in the seven meditations from the meditation manual, The Relaxed Mind.   She brings more than 40 years of experience in meditative techniques and humanistic psychology to her classes, workshops, and one-to-one consultation. To learn more about Shana visit heartmindspace.com

 Questions:  contact shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

Keeping a Bright Heart in Dark Times: Buddhist techniques and insights to transform ourselves and our world

Oct 26, 12:30-3:30pm
Space is limited – to assure attendance register @ shana.l.klinger@gmail.com

$40 to $60 sliding scale or whatever you can afford

No previous experience necessary

This workshop introduces four “protections” based on Buddhist insights, meditations and practices to help calm and brighten our hearts, and to connect with our innate inner resources during these troubled times.

• Setting and keeping inspired motivation and purpose

• Meditation for calming the mind and choosing where to place one’s attention

• Meditation for connecting with compassion for self and others

• Recognizing identification with thoughts, emotions and sensations

We all have innate waking awareness and good heart. Yet this natural inner stability and brightness is often obscured by habits of attachment, aversion, and misperception, especially when we feel threatened, angry or confused. Come and learn techniques that support letting go of unhelpful habits and getting in touch with positive inner resources.

Workshop leader: Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology, has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1974. She integrates Buddhist insights, humanistic psychology, and practical life experience into classes, workshops, and one-to-one coaching. To learn more visit heartmindspace.com

Cultivating Presence: Learn three meditative tools to listen with greater presence, caring, and awareness:Presence is a learned skill.  This workshop will include instruction in three meditative-based skills to enhance your caring, awareness, and groundedness in the present moment when listening to others.  The skills are based on Buddhist practices and principles:  

Calm -  Grounding in the present moment (concentration)

Kind -  Cultivating the good heart (compassion/loving kindness)

Clear -  Being aware of experience exactly as it is (mindfulness)

No prior experience with meditation needed

Appropriate for anyone who wants to listen with greater presence, caring and awareness

Also appropriate for teachers, helping professionals, and therapists

Sunday, April 28, 2019, 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM

Registration required – Space is limited

$35 to $60 sliding scale

To register email shana.l.klinger@gmail.com or call 401-258-3056

 Participants will learn and practice skills that enhance the ability to:

•   listen with greater self-awareness;

•   maintain an open and grounded presence;

•  more readily access compassion for both self and other;

•  track and self-regulate one’s own reactivity when it occurs.

•  listen with less judgment and more curiosity about another’s experience, including when it is different from one’s culture or world view.

The instructor, Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology, brings more than 40 years of experience in integrating meditative techniques and psychology to her classes, workshops, and one-to-one consultation.  She is authorized by Dza Kilung Rinpoche to give instruction in the seven meditations from the meditation manual, The Relaxed Mind.  To learn more visit heartmindspace.com

Moving with Nature: Understanding and Honoring the Cyclical Rhythms of Spring

Guided by Meghan Schaffer
April 7, 1-3pm, $25
All are welcome.

“My soul yawns, stretches, quickens as the energy of spring revives my weariness.” - J.Rupp

In this workshop, we will discuss practical ways to support and nourish our selves--physically, emotionally, nutritionally-- through the energetic shifts of Spring. We will use guided movement, attending to, abiding with, and exploring the current rhythms.

STOP…and RELAX THE MIND

Saturday afternoon mini-retreat With Meditations from The Relaxed Mind

February 23, 2019 from 1:30 to 4:00 PM

Appropriate for beginners and experienced meditators

Registration required – space is limited, $25 - $50 donation – or whatever you can afford

To register email shana.l.klinger@gmail.com or call 401-258-3056

This 2.5 hour mini-retreat provides an opportunity in our busy lives to stop, turn inward, and settle the mind and heart. There will be brief introductory instructions for basic meditations as taught in the meditation manual, The Relaxed Mind by Tibetan Buddhist master Dza Kilung Rinpoche. The meditation instruction will be for Basic Sitting (uniting body and mind); Calm Abiding (concentration on the breath); and Open-Heart Mind (unbiased compassion and equanimity).

Chairs and cushions will be available for sitting. Here is the schedule:

Please arrive by 1:25 PM so we can start together

1:30 PM

Welcome and Instructions for Basic Sitting Meditation

and Calm Abiding Meditation (20 minutes)

1:50 PM

20 minutes sitting meditation

5 minutes walking meditation

20 minutes sitting meditation

2:35 PM

Instructions for Open Heart-Mind Meditation

and Question & Answer (30 minutes)

3:05 PM

20 minutes sitting meditation

5 minutes walking meditation

20 minutes sitting meditation

3:50 PM

Dedication meditation and Closing (10 minutes)

Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology, brings more than 40 years of experience in meditative techniques and humanistic psychology to her classes, workshops, and one-to-one consultation. She is authorized by Dza Kilung Rinpoche to give instruction in the seven meditations from the meditation manual, The Relaxed Mind. To learn more about Shana visit heartmindspace.com.

Saturday, January 5 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM

A NEW YEAR’S WORKSHOP to energize your life, meditation or yoga practice and connect your heart, mind and action.

Looking for inspiration to stick with your meditation or yoga practice?  Want to start the new year off with clearer and deeper motivation and meaning?  Forget about resolutions!  Spiritual traditions teach us that heartfelt ASPIRATIONS are the key to energizing meaningful lives and regular practice.  That's because they originate from the deepest level of both heart and mind.  Drawing on the Buddhist understanding of altruistic aspiration and motivation, together with techniques of psychology and ritual, this workshop offers simple techniques to make and keep aspirations.

Each participant will learn to:

1) Create a personalized aspiration from the heart for 2019.

2) Identify and let go of that which may obstruct your aspiration.

3) Identify and energize that which will enact your aspiration.

4) Develop a brief routine (under 2 minutes) to connect with and put into practice your aspiration in terms of specific activities and relationships.

Workshop includes a group meditation of loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and our world.

Suggested donation $15 to $25 – or whatever you can afford.

No registration required. Doors open at 2:45pm. RSVPs appreciated to Shana.L.Klinger@gmail.com

Feel free to bring rattles or drums if so moved

Facilitated by Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology.  Combining her background in Buddhist meditation, psychology, and shamanic practice, Shana is inspired to help people connect with their innate good hearts, minds, and positive energy for the benefit of themselves and our world. To learn more about Shana, see heartmindspace.com

Making Friends with Backbends 
with Naama Gidron
October 27, 10am-12:30pm, $30

Backbends are energizing and bring a sense of lightness and joy to the body and mind. They keep the spine strong and supple which is especially important as we age. Learn how to approach backbends so that they feel less "daunting."  We will explore muscle and joint action to backbend safely and experiment with what props (tools) to use to progress in practicing prone, supine and inverted backbends.  Must have 6 months of Iyengar Yoga or teacher's permission to attend.

Walking is such great exercise, and now is the time of year to really enjoy it! Feldenkrais WALK!! is designed to make walking more satisfying, efficient and pleasurable. We’ll address some of the essentials: the push-off from the feet, flexibility of hip joints and spine, and the contralateral movement through the torso that powers the legs. You will learn short movement sequences and awareness practices to use while you walk, so you can keep improving all summer long! 

Pre-Registration Required
June 10th, 2018   2:00-5:30
Cost: $35
For information and to register, contact Sumati
sumieber@earthlink.net