yamas and niyamas: a talk with ruth lauer-manenti
friday, oct 8th
6:30-8:30pm
$25

The yamas and the niyamas are the first two of the eight limbs of Master Patanjali's royal road known as ashtanga yoga. Not harming others, yama, the great vow and first step is supported by positive habits, niyama, treating oneself nicely. Asana practice, the third step, gives very special fruits when the one who is practicing asana is also practicing yama and niyama. The combination is magical. A clear and thourough description of each of the 5 yamas and niyamas, tips on how to go deep into each one in one's life style, and time for chanting the 10 sutras from the original sanskrit text will be the subject of this lecture. Open to all levels for people wanting some guidelines to help cope with life and make it sweeter.

Ruth Lauer-Manenti
Ruth started practicing yoga in 1989 as a way of healing from a bad car accident. She has made numerous trips to India where she has had many lessons from great masters as well as from the local people. She is currently helping to fund the building and running of an orphanage in downtown Mysore, a bustling city in India, where Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family live.

Ruth's strength as a teacher comes from her gurus: David-ji and Sharon-ji, their courage and perseverance; Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who is perfect in every way; her Sanskrit teacher Jaya Shree who has pushed the Yoga Sutras into me; her husband, the gentle nurse and humble tai chi master and from her own practice and studies which are never ending.

Ruth's growth as a teacher has also come about through the exchange that she has had with her students who are the best students a teacher could hope for. As a teacher, she hopes to be a link on the chain of all teachers who have inspired all students to be kind.

She is also an artist and has an MFA from Yale where she taught painting and printmaking. She currently teaches painting and drawing one semester/year at Dartmouth College.

beat the sugar blues nutrition talk with molly lee
sunday, oct. 17th
6:15-7:15pm
$20 (includes discounted private health consultation with Molly)

are you constantly craving sweets and want to know why? find out how to tame your sweet tooth and balance your cravings without deprivation.

molly lee is the founder and director of energizing nutrition, a thriving holistic health and nutrition practice based in downtown manhattan. she is passionate about helping individuals achieve true, lasting health and wellness using simple, fun ways. molly specializes in creating personalized health and nutrition programs which are catered towards the unique needs of each individual. a top graduate of new york’s institute for integrative nutrition, molly was chosen to lead the school's post-graduate immersion program in 2003 which traveled to pune, india for intensive holistic studies. in addition to practicing yoga at the shala, molly is a capoeira instructor and enjoys teaching classes to kids and adults in her spare time. for more about molly, please go: www.energizingnutrition.com.