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Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is an institute for the traditional study of Advaita Vedanta, Sanskrit, Yoga, Ayurveda, astrology, and other classical Indian disciplines.

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AVG Yoga Studio designed by Yogi Ramanand Patel

Hatha Yoga asana practice is a discipline through which the student may develop strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination among other benefits, including calmness and resolution. The practice rewards the aspirant who regularly engages in a routine that may be acquired from a teacher in classes. Age or stiffness need not be a hindrance as the teacher is generally able to assist the participant in adapting asanas to their individual need. All adults are welcome for classes/workshop listed below.

Class attire is bare feet, shorts or footless tights and tee shirt. No perfume. No heavy jewelry. Do not eat a meal two hours prior to doing yoga. Do not come to class if you have a contagious condition. Please be on time. Class begins promptly at the published class time.

Workshop events will be announced in separate flyers for specialty topics, visiting teachers, beginning and advanced levels.

Driving directions: Arsha Vidya Gurukulam is an institute devoted to the study and teaching of Vedanta, Sanskrit and Yoga. It is located in Saylorsburg just off Route 33 on old Route 115, next door to Saylorsburg Lumber and across the road from the Blue Ridge Flea Market. Come in the paved driveway and progress to the back of the campus to the big red building fronted by a parking lot. This is the Activities Center. The yoga studio is on the second floor. Please enter by the downstairs door.

Bookstore hours are 10-6 pm. The bookstore is located next to the small parking lot near the entrance to the property.

Meditation workshops are offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10-12:30 pm in the Tunga classroom.

AVG, Saylorsburg ongoing Yoga classes with Mark Hertel

  • Sunday  8 - 9:30am
  • Monday 5 - 6:30pm
  • Thursday 6:30 - 8pm
  • Saturday 8 - 9:30am

All classes are open to all levels of student.

2012 Yoga Workshop Schedule:

May 11-12           Touching the Heart of Iyengar Yoga with Dean Lerner
In this workshop, advanced certified Iyengar instructor Dean Lerner will help you access the yogic path of self-transformation. Through specialized work within asana and pranayama, Dean will guide you experience the one pointed attention that is the result of our practice. Be prepared to stretch your mind as well as your body in this exciting weekend of Iyengar yoga offered by one of the most loved Iyengar teachers. Participants should have training in Iyengar yoga and have a practice of timed inversions.
Dean Lerner is an Advanced Junior I certified Iyengar teacher based in State College, PA.
Registration form is here. For more questions please contact AVGYoga@gmail.com or Mark at 570-992-2339 ext 1-216.


June 8-10             Level I/II Yoga Retreat with Bobbie Fultz
The first 2 classes of this retreat are open for students new to the Iyengar method of Yoga, with less than 2 years continuous study. AVG Vedanta camp students are welcome to attend for a yoga camp experience. The second half of the course requires previous training in the Iyengar method of yoga with inverted poses and full backbends. Teachers and students of other methods of yoga can explore Iyengar yoga in workshop format. Young people should be at least 15 years old to participate.

Bobbie Fultz is an Intermediate Junior II certified Iyengar teacher based in Denver, CO. She was the resident yoga teacher at AVG for 8 years.Registration form is here. For more questions please contact bobbie.fultz@gmail.com
 
 
June 20-24           Summer Solstice with Janet MacLeod and Pat Layton

The changing of seasons should be reflected in one’s practice of yoga, so that the exterior environment and the interior environment interact harmoniously and bring peace and balance to daily living. In this 5-day workshop eclipsed by the solstice, Janet’s skillful sequencing and use of props will help you reach new levels of awareness in your practice. Patricia Layton will lead morning classes on the Yoga Sutras, which will include chanting, lecture, and discussion of selected sutras and their relationship to the practice of asana and pranayama. In the afternoons, Patricia will lead classes on the Ayurvedic view of digestion, the origin of disease, and the therapeutic use of food and herbs.

A background of study in the Iyengar Method of Yoga is necessary to enjoy this course. Students should know the full range of poses, including inversions, and be familiar with Iyengar Yoga’s standard use of props.

Janet MacLeod has been a certified Iyengar Instructor for nearly 30 years, and is based in San Francisco, CA. Patricia Layton in a long-time student of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition and is the director of the Ayurveda program at Bhavana Institute for Yoga and Ayurveda studies in LaGrange, Illinois.

Registration form is here. For more questions please contact AVGYoga@gmail.com or Mark at 570-992-2339 ext 1-216.
 
September 7-14   Yoga and Sound with Ramanand Patel and Mukesh Desai
An Intermediate/Advanced workshop with Ramanand Patel & Pt.Mukesh Desai and Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati talks on Selected Mantras Yoga & Sound is a tool for feeling the breath. Absorption into sound while in yoga poses enables the breath to flow more freely bringing inner peace that leads the aspirant to merge with the formless. Discourses in Vedanta bring a deeper understanding of the Self.
Please contact Ramanand directly at Yogirama@aol.com with any questions. Registration will be handled by Nila Patel who can be reached at Nilasur@aol.com. For Other workshops by Yogi Ramanand Patel click here.
 
October 19-21       Level I/II Yoga Retreat with Bobbie Fultz
The first 2 classes of this retreat are open for students new to the Iyengar method of Yoga, with less than 2 years continuous study. AVG Vedanta camp students are welcome to attend for a yoga camp experience. The second half of the course requires previous training in the Iyengar method of yoga with inverted poses and full backbends. Teachers and students of other methods of yoga can explore Iyengar yoga in workshop format. Young people should be at least 15 years old to participate.

Bobbie Fultz is an Intermediate Junior II certified Iyengar teacher based in Denver, CO. She was the resident yoga teacher at AVG for 8 years.
Registration form is here. For more questions please contact bobbie.fultz@gmail.com
 

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