Celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Exercise Studio Fitness & Yoga Center is having an Open House. Classes are free for new students! Please register at least 3 days before event

The Exercise Studio Fitness & Yoga Center Open House
in Brooklyn, 2073 86th Street
Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Saturday ...

11:30 a.m.
New! Plus Size Fitness
Beginner Yoga

12:30 p.m.
Stretch & Tone
New! Kids & Teens Yoga

1:30 p.m.
New! Kids & Teens Fitness
Vinyasa Yoga

2:30p.m.
Total Body Workout
Beginner Iron Yoga

Sunday ...

11:30 a.m.
Beginner Tai Chi
Beginner Yoga

12:30 p.m.
Total Body Workout
Iyengar Yoga

1:30 p.m.
Belly Dance (Beginner)
New! Plus Size Yoga

2:30 p.m.
Meditation & Reiki Healing Circle

This studio also is planning to start regularly scheduled Plus Size Yoga classes! If you or someone you know might be interested, please contact the studio.

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This is a two-part workshop but it is possible to register for the separate parts.
Ayurveda: An Ancient Prescription For Healthy Living and Balancing Vata: Understanding Air Imbalance In The Body
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thursdays, September 18 and 25, respectively
at Tibet House
with Scott Gerson, M.D., Ph.D.

Here's the description ... "Emphasizing roga nidaan (signs and symptoms) of Vata vikriti (Vata imbalance), Dr. Gerson will engage participants as both the patient and the doctor to interactively understand the symptoms and conditions caused by imbalances of Vata, including various digestive problems, anxiety and mental states, nervous conditions, hormonal changes, skin conditions, auto-immune diseases and metabolic effects, and what we can do to rebalance our system as we enter Vata season (Fall and Winter). Books, Ayurvedic massage oils, aroma oils, Ayurvedic teas, and select herbs will be available."

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Native American Sound Healing
Saturday, November 1, 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, November, 2, 9:30 - 5:00 p.m.
at New York Open Center
with R. Carlos Nakai

Here's the description ... "Although we have come to understand the effectiveness of many Eastern healing modalities, we have only recently begun to recognize that some of the most important systems of traditional healing have emerged from Native American cultures, including a powerful form of Sound Healing. This weekend, R. Carlos Nakai, one of the world’s leading authorities and performers on the Native American flute, and one of the premier teachers of Native American Sound Healing, will focus on Amerindian sacred, secular and social music and its impact on the healing process. Using discussion, participatory exercises, deep listening, song, movement, ritual and commentary, we will explore highly effective sound self-healing methods as well as techniques we can use with patients or clients to support their healing process."

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The Healing Power of the Human Voice
Friday, November 21, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
at New York Open Center
with James D'Angelo

Here's the description ... "Sound healing expert James D’Angelo will introduce us to the ancient practice of using the human voice to promote health and self-development. He will delve into the healing attributes of the whole range of human vocal expressions, from vowels and consonants to mantras, both traditional and self-created, and natural sounds such as laughter, and demonstrate the power of group voicework. In the process, there is a purification of the chakra energy centers. We will leave this evening having learned practical and powerful vocalizing techniques that will promote inner harmony and sound health."

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It's been a while since I blogged about Yoga Month. NYC's Yoga Health Festival is Sunday, September 7 and some of the workshops and free lectures are included in the workshop and event listings. Proceeds from all Yoga Month events benefit Youth Health Alliance. NYC's festival will end with a benefit concert.

Yoga Health Festival Benefit Concert with David Newman and band
Sunday, September 7
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Their description ... "Join us for an inspired evening of ecstatic devotional music with Sacred Songwriter and Kirtan Chant Artist David Newman, aka Durga Das. David’s music is an eclectic and inspiring blend of Spiritual Song and Ancient Indian Mantra Chanting. Whether expressing the warmth of hypnotic reflection, blissfully calling forth the Divine Names, or soaring into the mystic – David’s music both soothes and grooves with every note. David will be joined by vocalist and percussionist MIRA, guitarist Rama Bala and bassist Moto Fukushima."

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Here's some practical red lotus-inspired art, even if it's not at all in my budget. (It also comes in some other colors.)

Lotus.Mgx Lamp Series By Janne Kyttanen For Materialise

Here's the description ... "Combining art and technology and drawing on the forms of nature, materialise has produced these exceptional floor and table lamps. each lamp resembles a simple and elegant lotus blossom; belying the complex mathematics and high-tech rendering techniques that are used to create these stunning pieces. These lamps were created through the use of rapid prototyping technology, which is a 3D material printing process allowing for an unlimited freedom of design far beyond the capacity of traditional manufacturing processes. *.mgx is the file extension for materialise's proprietary software. Each product produced by materialise is rendered from a unique *.mgx file which accompanies your product on a cd rom. you can reproduce your product by sending the product's *.mgx file to materialise."

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Annual Open House
at The Breathing Project
Wednesday, September 24, 12:30 - 9:1 5 p.m.

This will be a day of free classes and mini-workshops for yoga teachers, future yoga teachers, and students (first-come, first-served).

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunchtime Yoga Flow with Melissa Elstein
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Yoga Anatomy Talk with Leslie Kaminoff
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. ABC's clinic with Leslie Kaminoff
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Embodied Anatomy with Amy Matthews
5:45 - 6:15 p.m. MELT Foot Class with Edya Kalev
6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Vajra Yoga with Jill Satterfield
8:00 - 9:15 p.m. Embodied Yoga with Judy Feldman

Note that, as always, people with specific needs should read class descriptions and contact instructors to verify that they can be accommodated.

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Red Lotus

If you are not familiar with the incredible, amazing art of Paul Heussenstamm, his Mandalas.com web site definitely is worth a visit. His story is inspirational as well. He has created some works that focus on a red lotus, works that have goddesses with red lotuses, mandalas with red lotus overtones, and more. Several sizes of prints, as well as original work, are available at the site.

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Music Rx: Journey of Exploration and Explanation
Saturday, October 4, 9:30 -5:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 5, 9:30 - 5:00 p.m.
at New York Open Center
with Arthur Harvey

Participants will learn about and experience diverse approaches to the therapeutic use of music and sound, and discuss how they affect us physiologically and psychologically. Through lecture, discussion, audio resources and experiential exercises, participants will gain an understanding of the various uses of sound and music therapy in healthcare, elucidating what distinguishes sound therapy from music therapy and music for health from music medicine. This is an experiential workshop in which students participate in adaptive and traditional music making with instrumental and vocal processes. Special emphasis will be devoted to Stress Management approaches with music and the use of music and sound to accelerate learning.

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This red lotus-centered Birth Lotus is a photograph of part of a quilted pillow created by Wendy at Waltzing Dog Quilting Arts. She created the pillow while pregnant, "This image was powerful for me, and created a focus for my birth experience." The image is available from the artist as a stunning greeting card, as an 8x10 print, as other prints at imagekind, and on items at her cafepress shop.

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