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Upcoming Events

July 10, 17, 24, 31

DR. REBECCA BURRILL
Parkinson's Movement
Details to follow.

July 20 and August 17

MAURA GHEDINI
Massage for Couples
Details to follow.

July 25, 26 and 27, 2008

SHARON CONROY

Open and Aware:
Learning to See Ourselves Clearly
While the Iyengar tradition is a very methodical approach, it is not intended to be rigid or mechanical. B.K.S. Iyengar wants us to see our poses with fresh eyes each time we practice.

We'll work towards developing this ability in sequences that include a variety of poses: standing, supine, forward bends, twists, backbends, and inversions.

Friday, July 25 / 6 to 8 p.m. / All Levels / $35
Saturday, July 26 / 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. / All Levels / $45
Saturday, July 26 / 4 to 6 p.m. / All Levels / $35

These classes are open to anyone who has studied yoga continuously in any tradition for at least six months.

Moving Along with Inversions
Inversions are highly valued in the Iyengar tradition. They are calming to the nervous system, renew energy, and reduce stress. If they are practiced regularly, inversions balance the endocrine system.

In this class, we will explore a variety of different kinds of inversions in hopes that you will practice them confidently, safely, and regularly. While our focus will be inversions, we'll also be working with other families of poses including standing poses, backbends, twists, and forward bends.

While the focus of the two classes is inversions, a variety of other poses will be taught including seated forward bends, twists, and supine poses.

Sunday, July 27 / 1 to 4 p.m. / Intermediate / $50

This class is open to anyone who has studied yoga continuously in any tradition for at least 18 months.

Discounted rates available! First three classes: $95 / All four classes: $135

Sharon Conroy has been practicing in the Iyengar tradition since 1986. She founded the Iyengar community in New Orleans and taught in the city until Katrina. After the storm, Sharon settled in Grayton Beach, on the Florida panhandle, where she opened a center in 2007. She studies in Pune with the Iyengar family annually and is a longtime student of Patricia Walden. Students describe Sharon as a dynamic and compassionate teacher. Her love for the practice of asana coupled with her devotion to studying the yoga sutras comes through in her teaching.

August 22 and 23

Karin Stephan
Iyengar Yoga
Details to follow.

Movies for Kids at QMS

Now every Saturday evening, Quiet Mind Studio is showing movies for kids. Click here for the schedule.

Stay tuned for more upcoming events at QMS!

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Past Events

Saturday, October 27, 2007
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
$35

NINA PRIYA DAVID, MA, E-RYT
Yoga for Back Pain



Do you want to practice Yoga yet hesitate because your back hurts? Have you tried just about everything and nothing has helped so far? Even if this has been your experience, there is a way for those with ongoing back pain to practice Yoga without re-injury.

Gyani (Wisdom) Creative Yoga adapts, adjusts and accommodates Yoga practices so that everyone, regardless of age, health condition or lifestyle, can experience the benefits of Yoga. This GCYT workshop will:

• Focus on how Yoga can assist with pain relief and management
• Adapt Yoga postures, breathing and meditation practices for specific back-related needs including chronic pain.
• Help you begin developing a personal Yoga practice
• Investigate how back-related challenges can actually assist us in our yoga practice and in our life experience.

Nina Priya David, MA, E-RYT, is founder and director of Gyani Creative Yoga Therapy and a Senior Teacher at Integral Yoga Institute in NYC. Her unique style of teaching is influenced by her personal experience of managing chronic back pain for over 40 years. “Priya Ma” has been providing Therapeutic Yoga for students, patients and staff in medical, educational and retreat settings as well as in private practice for over 15 years. For more information on Priya Ma go to iyiny.org or yogatherapyconference.org.

To register or for more information call 508.349.9595 or 917.293.7708. Pre-registration advised, yet walk-ins are welcome. Doctor’s permission advised. Not for those with acute pain or recent surgery.

Insight Meditation with Myrna Patterson
Four weeks: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.
October 9 – November 20 and November 27 – December 20
Tuesday and Thursday: $80 / Tuesday or Thursday: $40

We will learn the basics of sitting and walking meditation, and explore what goes on in our individual meditation sittings, attempting to increase discernment and investigation.

Some topics we’ll discuss: equanimity, metta (loving kindness), perception, fear and anger, wise speech, right view, and emptiness.

No previous knowledge of meditation is necessary. All levels of experience are welcome. Advance registration is required.

Myrna Patterson has been meditating at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center for 18 years. She has participated in numerous silent retreats at Insight Meditation Society, The Omega Institute, Kripalu Center, Spirit Rock, and Plum Village in France. She has studied with Jack Kornfield, Larry Rosenberg, Narayan Liebenson-Grady, Sylvia Boorstein, Thich Nhat Hahn, Joseph Goldstein and Christina Feldman.

Writing as Spiritual Practice
Four-week course: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
October 9 – November 20
$80

Do you have the patience to wait
til your mind settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
until the right action arises by itself?
- Lao-Tzu

Using the spiritual tools of not knowing, single-minded effort, non-judgment and mindfulness, we learn to make writing a habit, creating stories that are individual and universal, ordinary and divine. The writing exercises build on one another, adding layers of depth and detail as we share in a safe, sacred space. Meditations help to free up thoughts and memories, transforming them into vibrant, well-rendered stories. You’ll be encouraged to see from within, to express your distinctive voice, be heard, and awaken to yourselves.

Myrna Patterson has been an editor, teacher and writer for over 30 years. Formerly a Massachusetts Cultural Council writer-in-residence, she created Aurora Writing Workshops, and was chosen for Who's Who in America. She has recently taught at Kripalu Center in Lenox, the Center in Cambridge, and at an The International High School. Myrna is a poet whose first collection is entitled Umbra. She is a year-round resident of Wellfleet.

howtowrite.org

August 24, 25 and 26, 2007

SHARON CONROY
TWO WORKSHOPS!

Open and Aware:
Learning to See Ourselves Clearly

While the Iyengar tradition is a very methodical approach, it is not intended to be rigid or mechanical. B.K.S. Iyengar wants us to see our poses with fresh eyes each time we practice.

We'll work towards developing this ability in sequences that include a variety of poses: standing, supine, forward bends, twists, backbends, and inversions.

Friday, August 24, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. / All Levels / $35
Saturday, August 25 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. / All Levels / $45

These two classes are open to anyone who has studied yoga continuously in any tradition for at least six months.

Moving Along with Inversions

Inversions are highly valued in the Iyengar tradition. They are calming to the nervous system, renew energy, and reduce stress. If they are practiced regularly, inversions balance the endocrine system.

In these classes, we will explore a variety of different kinds of inversions in hopes that you will practice them confidently, safely, and regularly.

While the focus of the two classes is inversions, a variety of other poses will be taught including seated forward bends, twists, and supine poses.

Saturday, August 25, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. / Intermediate / $35
Sunday, August 26, 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. / Intermediate / $45

These two classes are open to anyone who has studied yoga continuously in any tradition for at least 18 months.

August 18 & 19
1:00 to 4:00 p.m. each day
$45/class if paid by August 5th
$50/class if paid after August 5th

KARIN STEPHAN
Building Strength in the Upper Body
An Iyengar Workshop with Karin Stephan and assistants.

The first way to think about building strength in our upper bodies is to work on poses that help to develop our internal sense of alignment in the hands, arms, shoulders and back. Initially, strength does not come from strength alone, but from balance. It is not necessary to be strong to be strong, but to be balanced to be strong.

This workshop will develop slowly and gradually into a very precise set of sequences which will work on building balance and strength. Weaving in and out of various asanas and movements that develop alignment and those that develop strength, Karin will build slowly but surely an understanding of how to create an upper body which will allow us to do handstands, headstands, forearm balances, backbends and shoulder stands with grace and ease. Asymmetries in the upper body will be taken into consideration and students will be shown ways to work with those asymmetries.

This workshop is for all levels but is not recommended for people with back, shoulder, neck or arm injuries.

July 28, 2007
10:30 a.m.
Free

BECKY MENDIBLE
Certified Holistic Health Counselor


Are you suffering from the Sugar Blues?

Are you constantly craving sweets and want to understand why? Do you want to gain control without willpower or deprivation? Please join Becky for a free presentation at Quiet Mind Studio.

July 6, 2007
9:00 to 11:30 a.m.
$45. Space is limited.

WARREN KRAMER
The Macrobiotic Approach to Understanding Illness


Health problems don't simply develop overnight. There are clear signs that imbalances are developing in our bodies. Warren will present this very important model that can be used to determine the direction in which our health is going and how to change it.

This dynamic interactive workshop will introduce you to:

• Asian Visual Diagnosis. Assess the health of internal organs from the color and condition of your skin, particularly on the face, hands and feet.
• Stages of Illness. Recognize the signs and symptoms which may help you prevent the development of serious illness.
• Emotions, Food and Internal Organs. Learn how emotional responses are linked to particular organs and patterns of eating.
• Delicious Food. Watch a cooking demonstration and sample scrumptious macrobiotic food.

Warren will be available for individual health consultations over the weekend.

To learn more about Warren Kramer, visit macrobioticsnewengland.com.

June 24, 2007
8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
$35

GREG ANTON
The Art of Backbending
(A Special Class to Benefit QMS)


Greg has been teaching yoga in the Iyengar method in Provincetown since 1994. He completed the two-year teacher training program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco, where he also studied with Ramanand Patel. He has studied extensively with Patricia Walden in Cambridge since 1999, and has studied with the Iyengars in the United States and in India.