Workshops & Events

    • May 2008, Free Class Promotion!
    • Friends and First Timers at SBY

    • For the entire month of May, your first class at the studio is free. If you've been before but you bring a friend for their first time, you both get class for free.

    • zumba with Joanne Flaherty
    • Sun May 18th, 1:30-3pm: $15
    • Zumba!

    • Come join the fun on the 3rd Sunday of every month! Zumba with Joanne Flaherty at South Boston Yoga. Join us as we dance, shake, and sweat our way to health and fun with Latin-inspired beats. Boston Globe recently rate Zumba as the next big fitness craze. Come experience Zumba with a certified instructor and let yourself loose!

      Zumba combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. It is based on the principle that a workout should be "FUN AND EASY TO DO" allowing Zumba participants to stick to the Zumba Fitness program and achieve long-term health benefits. Zumba is a "feel-happy" workout that is great for both the body and the mind. For more info, see: www.zumba.com/.

      This is an ongoing, monthly class on the third Sunday of each month, no need to pre-register.

    • kirtan
    • Sat May 24th, 5-6:30pm: $5 donation
    • Kirtan

    • We are happy to announce the launch of our ongoing monthly kirtan at South Boston Yoga. The last Saturday of every month, we will be celebrating in song. Thank you all so much for your soulful participation last time: we would love to have you all join in again with your spectacular voices and passion. If you would like to participate, please let me know or just show up. We would like to do it just like last time- free style, open mic- sing your heart out, have a lot of fun. The first date will be the last Saturday in April, April 26; 5-6:30pm. There will be a $5 donation.

       

    • lotus
    • Sun May 25th, 1:30-3pm: $15
    • Breathwork with David

    • Fourth Sunday of every month. Breathwork is a dynamic meditation of rapid breathing in a room filled with the sounds of trance-ambient, ethereal, and percussive music. Similar to holotropic breathwork and rebirthing, you will be led on a powerful journey from the surface of daily experience to the depths of your heart and soul. This class is for those commited to creating change and peace in their lives. It is like nothing you have done before, a truly amazing clearing providing a much needed catalyst to grow and develop in a new direction. Beginners warmly welcome.

      This is an ongoing, monthly class, no need to pre-register.

    • dorian rose backbending
    • Sat May 31st, 1:30-3:30p: $30
    • Building Trust: Opening to Safe Backbending

    • Face your challenges in Safe Backbending with South Boston Yoga's own Dorian Rose. Backbending is a powerful way to energize and renew, promoting joyfullness and contentment. Moving into backbending can pose many challenges, as opeing the front line of our body brings us face to face with our own perceived limitations and fears. Learn how to move through physical and emotional blockages safely in this workshop on fundamentals in backbending. In this workshop learn how to build your internal trust in opening to vulnerability and joy We will learn how to physically open safely and move through breathwork, mantra, asana and partnerwork on opening the physical body. Join me in this exploration of trust and joy in the midst of Spring! This workshop is open to all; those who have never done a backbend and those who have a strong backbending practice who wish to deepen it.

      Learn how to:

      • build trust in opening
      • move to the next level in backbending
      • sequence backbending safely into your homepractice
      • understand anatomy of backbending
      • bliss out!

      For Dorian's bio, please view the teachers page.

    • lotus flower
    • Sun June 1st 1:30-3pm (1st sunday)
    • Blindfold Yoga

    • Experience a class without judgement. No one is looking at you, not even yourself. It's just you and the practice. No complex poses will be given, and some yoga experience is helpful but not necessary.

       

       

       

    • Sat June 7th, 1:30-3p: $35 adv/ $40 door
    • Budokon Master Class w/ Cameron Shayne
    • budokon cameron shayne

    • Join Budokon Founder and Creator Cameron Shayne for two hours of practice and play learning the Budokon Yogic, Martial and Living Arts System. You will explore in depth the Budokon original techniques, including the Rolling Wave series, Cobra Hood, the primal movement Animal Series and Zazen meditation. Your body will rediscover its original patterns of movement while your mind remembers its natural power of presence.

      Cameron Shayne created Budokon International in 2000 as a functional integration system designed to approach human potential from the ancient perspective of Zen Mind. His integration of Yoga, Martial Arts, optimal nutrition and Zen meditation has established him as a true pioneer in the fields of health and wellness. Master Shayne has trained for more than 23 years in Japanese Budo and for nearly a decade in Hatha Yoga. His keen understanding of mind/body dynamics, coupled with an eye for the complex qualities of movement has made him one of the most sought after mind-body-spirit innovators in the world. He travels throughout Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States teaching and certifying Budokon teachers.

       

    • david assisting
    • Sun June 8th, 1:30-3:30p: $35
    • Adjust, Assist and Accelerate your Practice

    • Gentle assists and subtle adjustments can often change and greatly enhance the integration and acceleration of your yoga practice. Come on in and get an intriguing look at why this happens and how to effect change in the body in a nurturing and efficient way. All levels of practice are warmly welcome.

      View the teachers page for David's bio.

       

       

       

       

    • Sat June 14- 1:30-3pm: $5
    • Body Awakening Community Class Series

    • As a culmination of their 200 hour certification, the Body Awakening teacher trainees will be offering a $5 community class with round robin teaching and phenomenal adjustments. Bring your friends and family, and be prepared to celebrate your practice. All levels are warmly welcome. Come to one or come to all three! No pre-registration required.

       

       

       

       

    • acroyoga
    • Sat June 21st, 1:30-4pm: $40 or $70 for both
    • Acroyoga Fundamentals: Trust, Connection, Playfulness

    • Open your practice with the ease, comfort and the support of a teaching team and student group that supports your learning and highest potential. This workshop touches upon all the disciplines that AcroYoga offers, combining Yoga, Acrobatics, and Thai Massage. Grounded in the breath, we will draw upon the natural forces of gravity and "metta" loving kindness to encourage the body to let go of fear and tension. The class experience includes tastes of all aspects of this blended practice: Circle Ceremony, Mirrored Asana, Partner Yoga Flow, Assisted Inversions, Partner Acrobatics, Flying Sequences and Thai Massage. Students are requested to have familiarity with yoga. No partner necessary!

      Bonnie Argo is an AcroYoga Instructor from the UK. She is an ex-competitive trampolinist who spent more than 12 years practicing, competing and coaching. Bonnie established a non-profit in 2006 to fundraize for projects working with orphans and street children in Kenya, teaching them Yoga & AcroYoga for physical, emotional and spiritual empowerment. Bonnie is a Thai Massage Therapist and Thai Reflexologist, and oozes "Metta" (loving kindness) through her hands, feet and soul. She is also a Reiki Practitioner. Bonnie currently studies under the loving guidance of Shiva Rea, embracing the pranic flow. Known for her joyful and playful approach to the practice, Bonnie embraces the opportunity to explore the limitless potential of AcroYoga and to continue sharing metta and bhakti across the globe.

    • acroyoga2
    • Sat June 21st, 4:30-7pm: $40 or $70 for both
    • Love, Light & Flight: Maha Metta

    • Flying is a dance between Shiva & Shakti, that utilizes the compliments of strong grounding energy and fluid receptive energy. It is a practice of giving and receiving, honoring and accepting, inhaling and exhaling that will take both yogis into a new place of union and bliss.

      Bonnie Argo is an AcroYoga Instructor from the UK. She is an ex-competitive trampolinist who spent more than 12 years practicing, competing and coaching. Bonnie established a non-profit in 2006 to fundraize for projects working with orphans and street children in Kenya, teaching them Yoga & AcroYoga for physical, emotional and spiritual empowerment. Bonnie is a Thai Massage Therapist and Thai Reflexologist, and oozes "Metta" (loving kindness) through her hands, feet and soul. She is also a Reiki Practitioner. Bonnie currently studies under the loving guidance of Shiva Rea, embracing the pranic flow. Known for her joyful and playful approach to the practice, Bonnie embraces the opportunity to explore the limitless potential of AcroYoga and to continue sharing metta and bhakti across the globe.

    • nicolai bachman
    • Friday June 27th, 3-5p: $30
    • The Language of Yoga: Intro to Sanskrit

    • Please join us for this inspirational talk including a question and answer session with renowned author and Sanskrit scholar Nicolai Bachman.

      Nicolai Bachman has been teaching Sanskrit and related topics since 1994. He has studied extensively at the American Sanskrit Institute, the Ayurvedic Institute, the American Institute of Vedic Studies and the Vedic Chant Center. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Eastern Philosophy and an M.S. in Nutrition. He has produced several Sanskrit audio/visual learning tools including 108 Sanskrit Flash Cards w/CD, Vedic Astrological Terminology, and The Language of Yoga. Nicolai currently teaches Sanskrit, Chanting, Yoga Philosophy and Ayurveda locally and nationally wherever there are eager and interested students. He is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level.

    • images of the Body Awakening
    • August 24th-30th, 2008, plus add. weekends
    • The Body Awakening 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training

    • Cost: $2700. Cost includes a $500 *non-refundable deposit due with application to hold your place, with the remaining $2200 balance due by July 24th, 2008 (1 month before the training begins). Payment plans are possible, please contact info@southbostonyoga.net for more information.

      Continuing weekend dates:

      • Sept 13th,27th
      • Oct 11th and 25th
      • Nov 8th and 22nd
      • Dec 6th and 20th
      • Jan 3rd,17th and 31st
      • Feb 14th and 28th
      • Mar 14th and 28th
      • April 11th and 25th
      • May 9th and 23rd
      • June 6th and 20th

      Daily hours for the week-long intensive are 8:30a-5:15p with a break for lunch. The Saturday continuing weekend hours are 7-9:45a and 1:30-5:30pm.

      This compassionate and intensive 200-hour training (yoga alliance certified) will give you the insight, experience and confidence to teach a powerful class to any level of student. Learn the anatomy and movement of the body in relation to injury and rehabilitation. Learn safe sequencing, gentle yet well directed adjustments and verbal cues. Learn to guide the subtle flow of prana, dive into meditative serenity and move from your intuitive and natural self.

      This course will begin with a full week intensive, and then is followed by meetings two Saturdays a month (see above schedule). Please complete the following application and email or mail to South Boston Yoga. You may pay the deposit, full amount and the remaining balance online.

      * deposits are non-refundable with the exceptions of reasonable health or personal emergency situations that prevent the individual from participating in the course, at the discretion of South Boston Yoga.