Karin Stephan

Welcome to Iyengar Classes and Workshops

CLASSES

Karin working with student

Karin Stephan's yoga classes are based on her studies with B.K.S. Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, Dona Holleman and senior teachers of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga system. Karin's classes are small in size. This allows her to teach each student through direct observation.

Karin focuses primarily on refinement in the asanas related to alignment, balance and working from within. Paying attention to small details alters how the entire body moves.

Students are encouraged to study their own movements without having a preconception of the pose. The teaching develops a sense of stillness in the work as well as a relaxation of the mind and will. Karin bases her work on intuition, observation, an aesthetic sensibility, metaphor and thirty years of teaching experience.

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ANNE CURTIS

Anne Curtis studied classical ballet and modern dance for 14 years in Berkeley, California where she grew up. After her undergraduate studies, Anne earned a PH.D. in biology at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1996 Anne started studying Yoga and slowly began to devote herself to Yoga as a way of life after sustaining an upper back injury from lifting both her newborn and toddler. In 2003 Anne did her Iyengar based teacher training in Palo Alto, California with Larry Hatlett.

Anne currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts and is continuing her Yoga studies with Karin Stephan and Liz Owen. She recently completed one of Karin's Advanced Studies Courses in The Art of Yoga Therapeutics and Healing and now teaches both in Winchester and at The Loft. Anne is passionate about the healing powers of Yoga and loves helping other people discover this for themselves. Her focus is on creating a warm, student-centered and relaxing environment where everyone feels safe to explore the physical and emotional benefits of Yoga.

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SCHEDULE

summer semester
July 1st - July 22nd, 2010
Monday
9:30-11:00 a.m.
taught by Anne Curtis
3 classes
Levels I/II(7/5, 7/12, 7/19)
Tuesday 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(advanced students only) taught by Karin and Anne

3 classes
Levels III/IV (7/6 & 7/13-Karin,
7/14-Anne)

Wednesday

8:30-10:00 a.m.
taught by Karin

2 classes
Levels I/II (7/7, 7/14)

Wednesday

6:30-8:00 p.m.
taught by Karin

2 classes
Levels II/III (7/7, 7/14)

Thursday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
taught by Karin
4 classes
Levels I/III (7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22)
Saturday 8:30-10:00 a.m.
taught by Karin
3 classes
Levels I/II
(7/3, 7/10, 7/17)
Sunday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
taught by Karin
2 classes
All Levels (7/4, 7/11)

Class prices listed below.
All classes at The Loft • Porter Square area • Cambridge, MA
(call or email for directions)

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SUMMER SEMESTER

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WORKSHOPS

Karin working with student

Workshops taught by Karin Stephan are: Yoga Asanas and Internal Organs, Yoga for Depression, Alignment and The Asymmetric Body, Yoga for The Injured Body, All About the Feet, Building Strength in Your Upper Body and The Advanced Studies Course in The Art of Yoga Therapeutics and Healing.

These workshops will help students deepen their understanding of themselves and their own bodies and will offer an opportunity to look at the Yoga asanas from a number of different perspectives. They will enrich the student's understanding on how to heal oneself through Yoga and how to stay healed throughout one's life.

SCHEDULE

2010

(Workshops are held at The Loft and various Yoga Studios around the country. See schedule below and Upcoming Events for more details including registration.)

The Cape Experience Truro, MA July 18th-Aug 29th
The Art of Teaching Cambridge, MA September 19th, October 17th. November 14th


 

Yoga, Asymmetries and The Injured Body
(June 19th-20th in New York)

Yoga Union Centerfor Back Care and Scoliosis
32 West 28th Street (between 6th Avenue and Broadway)
4th Floor, New York, NY 10001
(212) 532-1512 http://www.yogaunionbackcare.com
$60 per session
$110 for Saturday only
$150 for the weekend
Saturday 19th, 9a-noon & 2-5pm
Sunday 20th, 10a-1pm

In this workshop we will focus on how to observe, map and understand our injuries in relationship to our own asymmetries. We will try and analyze these relationships and show the cause and effect which can occur between The Asymmetric Body and a particular kind of injury or a particular area of injury in the body. This workshop will also be about problem solving using props, metaphor, intelligent awareness of the relationship between parts as well as the formalistic aspects of the pose and how form equals function. We will also discuss the seven stages of healing as well as the ten principles to keep in mind while working with our injuries. In addition, we will look at the feet as our foundation for stability and how to use even and equal distribution of energy throughout the body to bring about balance and equilibrium for healing. If time permits, we will focus on how to individuate a practice for oneself in the context of the rest of our lives, keeping in mind that "You are not your injury!"

The Art Of Teaching
Three Special Sunday Afternoon Workshops
(Sept 19th, Oct 17th and Nov 14th in Cambridge, MA)

with Karin Stephan assisted by Anne Curtis
The Loft, Cambridge, MA
$85.00 per session
$225.00 for all 3 sessions
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sept 19th, Oct 17th and Nov 14th

For more information and/or to register: (617) 497-0218