Workshops & Events
Intro Special $60 unlimited class for one month
Intro Special $60 unlimited class for one month
Kirtan with Angela Hassan & Devadas
Kirtan With Angela Hassan & Devadas
Join Devadas, Angela & friends for kirtan! Kirtan is a Bhakti yoga practice involving mantra repetition and music, a practice to focus the mind and open the heart. It's been said that the mantras are the medicine and the music is like the sweet syrup that makes the medicine go down easy.
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Taking Refuge In Practice
Taking refuge in practice: an evening of self-care & community with Alex Tse, Amy Fraher and Bibi Lorenzetti at Newburgh Yoga Shala
Shanti Mantras with Nina Rao
Shanti Mantras with Nina Rao
During our time together we will talk about and chant two mantras commonly practiced in our yoga community. These mantras are also close to Nina’s heart as they foster a sense of well-being and inter-connectedness.
Śaṃ no mitraḥ – śānti mantra
This beautiful mantra is intended to align us with the cosmic forces as we move through our day. We will share this mantra the way Nina has learned it from her veda teacher from the Mysore tradition with time spent on proper pronunciation, tone, and rhythm.
Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu
This is not specifically a veda mantra but is chanted all around the world and common amongst the people and yoga practictioners. Nina likes to think of chanting this mantra at the end of ones practice as a way to offer back to all beings the merit of the practice. We will sing this mantra in a musical way together as a group to enhance that place of peace where we all wish to rest.
Jivamukti master class
Jivamukti Master Class With Lady Ruth
This asana class with an emphasis on alignment, breathing and slow, mindful transitions will include a small discussion on yoga philosophy, chanting and meditation and is open and welcoming to all levels.
About Ruth
I started practicing yoga at 20 after a serious car accident, to regain physical health, not understanding what I was getting into. I took an immediate interest in it as it felt strangely familiar yet cosmic and unlike anything experienced before. Soon after I went to India to take part in the Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training course and afterwards met Sharon Gannon and David Life. From that first meeting I knew that they would have a momentous impact on my life, and I became a student and later a teacher of Jivamukti Yoga. I have facilitated many of The Teachers Training Courses. I have made many trips to India, my home away from home, to immerse myself in the multi layered culture and origins of yoga. I have been extremely blessed to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois and his family, Professor HV Rao, Padma Ananta Swamy, Dr. Gurudath and family, Ma Bhaskarananda, Dr. M. A. Jayashree , Sharon Gannon and David Life. The presence of these teachers in my life, the practices they have given me, and the students who have allowed me to serve as a teacher and shown interest have given me a way of life I am forever grateful for.
I am the author of An Offering of Leaves, Sweeping the Dust, Fell in Her Hands -having to do with yoga philosophy and one fine art photography book I Imagined It Empty.
Trauma informed teaching: How to create more inclusive and safer spaces
Trauma informed teaching: How to create more inclusive and safer spaces.
With Masha Schmidt
‘Trauma informed yoga’ is a popular phrase, but what exactly does it mean for us as teachers and students? What types of training and support can we put in place for ourselves to become more informed? As individuals, how can we mitigate systemic cultures of harm?
In this workshop, Masha will offer her experience as a teacher and practitioner to define ‘trauma informed care’, and the ethics of that phrase. Our time together will include:
Creating a ‘brave space’ vs a ‘safe space’
Boundaries, Consent, and Scope of Practice in Yoga
How to cultivate more inclusive spaces and how to repair unintentional harm
This workshop is for anyone that truly wants to create the safest spaces for the most people. Please come with the willingness to explore cultures of harm and the intention to find strength in vulnerability. We will create a brave space together.
Recipe Gardening workshop
This is more than a gardening class, it's a nourishing experience for your hands, heart and home. Each session blends artistry with plant wisdom to help you slow down, connect and grow something meaningful. With Azures Bleu
The Devatas with Nina Rao
The Devatas with Nina Rao
Growing up, Nina was surrounded by the visual forms of the divine beings as well as hearing the names of these divine beings. These divine beings are devatas, and there are almost an infinite number in the Indian tradition. We first hear of the devatas in the vedas where every mantra invokes a specific devata by the sacred sound of the Name. The devatas are forms of cosmic forces that make up our environment, our body, our minds – our entire being – our true nature.
Chanting these mantras aligns us with the devatas, generating harmony all around. As time went on, the spiritual texts expanded into the puranas and itihasas, including the great sacred tales of Ramayana, Mahabharata, Devi Bhagavatam, Shiva Puranas and so many more. The visual images and legendary stories come from here and are the fabric of everyday life in India and many parts of south Asia.
Nina will share her journey with some of these devatas alongside her time with her guru as a manifestation of these devatas on this plane.
Ribbon Cutting & Planting Seeds
Newburgh Yoga Shala ribbon cutting & planting seeds event
The Brain Stem & The Vagus Nerve with Masha Schmidt
The Brain stem & the vagus nerve with Masha Schmidt at Newburgh Yoga Shala
Resonant Awakening: A journey through rhythm and mantra with Arjun
Resonant Awakening: A journey through rhythm and mantra with Arjun Bruggeman at Newburgh Yoga Shala
The Yoga Of Sound - A Sanskrit Course with John Campbell
Sanskrit Studies with John Campbell at Newburgh Yoga Shala
What is Bhakti Yoga
An intimate evening with Nina Rao
Each of us arrives into this community of seekers in our own individual way. We are on a Path into our own hearts and along the way we want to develop a practice that resonates so that we can stay with it and receive the benefits.
As we go deeper, it is helpful to turn toward the roots of our practices and understand more about the 'yoga of devotion'. Nina is a seeker and chanter and she will share about ‘Bhakti’, a word often heard in yoga circles, and how it defines our practice. We will also sing and chant together. NinaRaoChant.com
Valentines Day Yin Yoga Sound Journey
With Audrey Rose & Jon-Luke
Celebrate love in all its forms with an evening of deep connection and self-care. Immerse yourself in a symphony of healing vibrations designed to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit. Through the power of sound and a thoughtfully crafted yin yoga sequence, you’ll be guided inward to release energetic blockages and restore balance.
Whether you come solo or with a loved one, this journey offers a nurturing space to honor yourself and cultivate inner harmony. Let the gentle resonance of sound and the meditative stillness of yin yoga lead you to a place of deep peace and self-love.
20% with the purchase of two tickets