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Core Potential with Amy Ippoliti

majyoga — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:05:14 +0000

Core Potential with Amy Ippoliti

~Co-hosted by Majestic Yoga Studio and Laughing Dog Yoga~

Amy Ippoliti

New York City transplant, Amy travels the globe extensively helping people bridge the gap between ancient yoga wisdom and modern day life. Amy believes everyone has the capacity to “turn up their own volume.” She has appeared on the covers of Yoga Journal and Fit Yoga Magazine, as well as inside numerous publications including Yoga International, Yoga Journal, Self, New York Magazine, Yogini Magazine (Japan), Allure (Korea), and Elephant Journal. Amy is a faculty member at the Omega Institute and Kripalu. Since the age of 14 Amy has championed all forms of eco-consciousness, rainforest and marine conservation, and animals everywhere. (http://www.amyippoliti.com/events/)

Workshop

When: Fri. April 26-Sun. April 28

Where: Masonic Hall~ 1950 Mass Ave, Cambridge MA

Schedule

Friday, April 26th

Hip Opening Breakthrough | 6:30-8:30pm | $40

Tap into the the seat of your self-worth, prosperity, creativity and sensuality–your first and second chakras! Savor your own experience and give yourself the gift of self-nurturing. Open to all levels

Saturday, April 27th

Core Potential: The Power of Faith and Intention | 9:30am-12:30pm | $50

Be more bold and cultivate your courageousness through a careful exploration of playful abs, S.I. Stabilization exercises, detailed instruction of hand balancings, light counter pose backbends, and hip openers. Suitable for all levels!

Radiant Detox Flow | 2:30-5:30pm | $50

A feast and flow of twists, deep femur rooting, hip opening and pranayama (breathing). An adventure of personal vibrancy and expansion, that uncovers the secrets to radical health and longevity. All levels welcome!

Sunday, April 28th

Melange a Trois: Hips, Necks, and Hamstrings | 10:00am-1:00pm | $50

A seemingly random mix, but strangely connected. Discover how these body parts relate and in the process open your hips, hamstrings, release your lower back & neck. Walk away therapeutically contented.

Register for the full weekend by April 12th for $150 or $170 thereafter: www.majesticyoga.com

We look forward to seeing you there with open hearts ~ Namaste ~

The Art oF Attention Workshop with Elena Brower, Co-hosted with Laughing Dog Yoga Studio: 3/10, 12-3pm

majyoga — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:49:05 +0000

About Elena: Elena Brower, Mama, founder and co-owner of VIRAYOGA, and co-author of Art of Attention, Elena has taught yoga for 16+ years. Through her teaching, influenced by several traditions including alignment-based Hatha and Kundalini yoga, Elena offers yoga as a way to approach our world with realistic reverence and gratitude. Her classes are a masterful, candid blend of artful alignment and attention cues for your body, mind and heart. Elena Brower‘s newest book, “The Art of Attention”, is a must read. She will be signing copies at the workshop.

Workshop: Elena invites you to a deliciously healing experience of your yoga. Expect meditative movements, contemplation, Hatha vinyasa sequencing as well as restoratives and meditation. Come savor your practice to connect to your heart, and enjoy your experience of your body, mind and spirit.

Fee & Details: March 10th, 12-3pm. $50 before February 20th, $60 thereafter
Registration strongly recommended, online at www.majesticyogastudio.com

*This workshop will be held at The Masonic Hall, 1950 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Victoria Keen will also be holding a trunk show at the workshop! View her latest collection at www.v-keen.com

The Art of Placement Workshop with Jane Cargill: this Saturday 1-4pm at the Studio!

majyoga — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:43:47 +0000

Come study with Power vinyasa Yoga teacher Jane Cargill! She will be sharing her passion for refining and personalizing SELF alignment. In this dynamic / educational workshop you will be invited to put your practice thru a strainer so when you leave you are left with the essentials of a life giving, sustainable practice that will serve you on and off your mat for years to come. Special attention will be given to the ART of purposeful transitioning ie: the space between the asanas as well as the practice that happens between your yoga mat and the other 22.5 hours of your day.

Saturday 1/26, 1-4pm at Majestic Yoga Studio

Fee $45, registration recommended: www.majesticyogastudio.com

Happy Backbending with Theresa Murphy, tomorrow @ 1:00pm!

majyoga — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:43:01 +0000

Monthly intensives with Theresa Murphy, senior Prajna Teacher, are back, starting with back bending. In the initial years of practice back bending can be quite challenging, daunting and sometimes painful. Additionally, more experienced students can plateau in their practice of back arching losing the sense of adventure in this most important movement needed for health, vitality and balance in the body. In this class we will study anatomy and the specific actions needed for safe and integrated back bending.

Fee $30 before January 12th, $35 thereafter
*Registration recommended, registration online www.majesticyogastudio.com

We look forward to seeing you with radiant and open hearts!

Yoga in Cambridge

Lindsay — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:04:10 +0000

There are many places to do yoga in Cambridge, but doing yoga at Majestic Yoga Studio is a unique experience. The space itself is wonderful. Natural light fills the room making Majestic one of the more pleasant spaces for yoga in Cambridge.

Then there are the teachers. Sure, again, there are many places to do yoga in Cambridge. But the teachers at our studio are each committed to the growth of every student in their classes. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, each class is lead by a teacher with much experience who provides individual attention at your level.

Whether you are looking for hatha yoga, Mysore yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Anusara yoga, Kripalu Yoga, Flow Yoga, Children’s Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, or Ashtanga Yoga, at Majestic we’re confident you will find the training you are looking for, with the finest teachers, in natural space, providing you with the ultimate experience for yoga in Cambridge. Stop by and visit.

Mysore Classes with Dan Boyne

Lindsay — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:58:53 +0000

Mysore Class at Majestic Yoga Studio

For the next four weeks, beginning on February 3rd, Dan Boyne will be leading a Mysore style Ashtanga yoga class every Tuesday and Thursday morning, 7-8:15 am.* For those unfamiliar with Mysore classes, students work on a set series of asanas and move along at their own pace, assisted by the instructor. No experience is necessary, but a commitment to show up for all of the classes is highly recommended for those who wish to progress. The cost for the 8 classes is $120.00. (please note: the 2 week new student unlimited pass cannot be used in this class). Drop-ins are $17.

The value of learning the Ashtanga series is multifold. First, the student will learn a traditional series that allows for the cultivation of self-practice; second, over time, the set series allows the student to focus his/her mind on the development of more subtle, internal aspects of yoga.

Dan’s approach is to have students cultivate an awareness of breath, movement, and internal focus so that the series resembles a moving meditation.

*students may stay longer if time allows.

Dan Boyne has studied and practiced mind/body disciplines for over twenty years, beginning with several years of martial arts training including Tai Chi and Chi Gung. He has studied yoga for a decade, attracted primarily to the Ashtanga tradition and the following teachers: Richard Freeman, Manu Jois, Baron Baptise, and Mimi Loureiro. He has also studied with Arthur Kilmurray, Barbara Benagh, Paulie Zink, and Ana Forrest. Dan teaches an eclectic “vinyasa” style practice, where creativity and fun are encouraged along with a sense of proper alignment. He is also a level II Reiki Practitioner

European Natural Medicine and Yoga with Alexa Fleckenstein and Carol Nelson Sunday, January 30th.

Lindsay — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:15:04 +0000

Join Alexa Fleckenstein, MD and Carol Nelson, Yoga Teacher in workshop on European Natural Medicine and Yoga. Sunday, January 30th, 1:00-3:30 pm at Majestic Yoga Studio.

Do you want to craft a more meaningful, healthy life?
≈ WATER ≈ MOVEMENT ≈ FOOD ≈ HERBS ≈ NATURAL ORDER ≈
These are the five tools of European Natural Medicine: a simple, inexpensive (nothing to buy) path to well-being. There is so much conflicting information out there, fad diets and new fangled exercise regimes ~ but our bodies, our souls have developed over millions of years and have ancient needs. Come, learn how to put to work time proven wisdom. Natural methods to bolster immune function for a healthier winter. Fulfill your yearning for a more real life. Bring your questions. Our afternoon session will be framed by an introductory Yoga practice and closing Yoga relaxation.

Alexa Fleckenstein, M.D. is a board certified internist who also holds a degree in Natural Medicine. She has written two books: Healthy to 100–Aging with Vigor and Grace and Health Tap into the Healing Power of Water.

Carol Nelson has been captivated by the magic of yoga since 1976 when she first met and studied with B.K.S. Iyengar. Her 30 year long journey has taken her around the world both studying and teaching. She founded one of Boston’s first yoga centers in 1977, the Creative Yoga Studio. “Creative” describes her method and approach that embodies the simplicity and serenity of yoga.

Grace comes in small packages

Lindsay — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:18:50 +0000

Yesterday my 95 year old student, who tall at 4’6″, did tree pose, Vrksasana, for the first time all by herself! She was using Muscle Energy root down and Organic Energy to stand tall. She was filled with beauty. I am not sure who was more excited!!! Such grace! Thank you!

Spiritual Street Smarts

Lindsay — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:00:22 +0000

I was going through a tough patch at my studio, and my friend, Hadley Pollet, sent me this piece she wrote on her blog. It lightened my load and has helped me to breath, soften, turn inside, and refocus on my intention so that I can better serve those near and dear to me. Many thanks and much love! Lindsay

Spiritual Street Smarts
Published on May 19, 2010 in Expressing Essence and Fashion Frenzies Turned Aum.

I’ve been in business for eight years now with zillions of SQU’s, design ideas, celebrity endorsements, copycats, feature stories, and so on. I’ve noticed recently, with the economic downturn, many people are beginning their own businesses. If you are one of these people, know that with the initiation of an idea or business, you have also begun a spiritual journey. As a business owner (who views herself as a work in progress) I thought I’d share some spiritual street smarts for those willing to listen:

1. We are all in this earthly dimension to learn and if you own a business or are thinking of owning one, know that it is a spiritual passage just as motherhood, brotherhood, fatherhood, sisterhood and childhood. Just like you, every business has a soul and a purpose. You are simply the avenue through which it flows.

2. Don’t believe your own press. The minute you do, you’ve lost sight of your purpose and let ego take over. Owning a business does not translate into popularity or a way to allay fears of being unloved. To be successful, you must welcome being alone, understand and love yourself, no matter what anyone says positive or negative.

3. When you begin to feel momentum or success, both your light and the aura of your business will shine brightly. Depending on how clear you are, you will attract both souls with positive intentions for your business as well as souls with selfish and negative intentions. Where there is light, there is darkness. Remember this, tap the light within for advice so not to attract moths to your flame.

4. No one is responsible for your success, not even you. You are a channel of universal love and light serving your purpose here. The minute you take ownership of your success, you are missing the point. Be grateful, humble, kind and compassionate.

5. Kindness and compassion in business do not mean rolling over and playing dead. Sometimes the kindest thing you can do to an employee or partner, when they have crossed ethical boundaries is fire them. If you fail to address bad behavior, others’ lessons will become yours. Tough love never hurt anyone at all.

6. Never assume a contract or partnership has been reached when verbal, especially when dealing with friends. Written communication/ agreement is key. Boundaries both personal and professional will keep your relationships easier.

7. Don’t ever let anyone tell you they know your business better than you do. The minute you think someone does, you’ve blocked the energy in your organization. It’s your baby and that’s the truth.

8. The likelihood of a business surviving based on others ideas is slim to none. Translation: if you are not serving your purpose, but rather copying someone else, you will not succeed. Let the creative goddess within you shine.

9. There is no right or wrong, win or lose, fail or succeed, so long as you are clear with one point: You are a student of the Universe forever. Like yoga, golf, surfing and life in general, every day is a new day to learn and tweak your business along the way.

10. If you acknowledge you are on a Spiritual Journey, you will realize, owning a business is really NOT about the money, but rather about the journey. Once you let go and allow the flow, while knowing we are all here to serve a greater good, abundance will happen. You don’t take your money with you when you die, so why focus on being greedy while alive.

Now go let the essence of the Universe shine through you and your business for success.

How to stand tall when you’re tired

Lindsay — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:48:58 +0000

Have you ever noticed that when you feel good and things are going well that it is easy to stand tall? It almost feels like you are walking on air. And how hard it is to hold yourself up when you are tired and stressed? You slump, you sink into your hips, your thigh bones pop forward, your shoulders round, and your belly sticks out. It is NOT attractive, not to mention that it hurts your back!! A simple way to get you back on track is to lift your toes and to root from your hip points down through the four corners of your feet. Then lift your arches and energetically draw the muscles of the lower and upper legs into your lower belly. In Anusara Yoga this is called Muscle Energy. It makes you stand tall, it opens up your inner body, it lengthens your spine. You feel light on your feet. Now add what we call in Anusara Yoga your Attitude. That is Inner Body Bright. All you have to do is have a feeling of a warm smile on the inside, or a feeling of a warm embrace. Now you are ready for your day!! *Namaste*

By Nu Scot