About Yoga

4 New Monthly Classes/Workshops in the New Year!!!!!

*Therapeutic Yoga for Your Spine and Other Challenges

At the Larchmont Library

First Mondays of the month 3pm to 4:30pm through 2026

Call the library to register. Free for everyone. So far this is a big group.

*Yoga for Alignment:

Hands-on In-Person Exploration of Posture, Stability, Mobility, Coordination and Balance

At 1600 Harrison Avenue in Mamaroneck

2nd Saturday of the month starting in February 2026, 10am to 11:30am

$30 per workshop or sliding scale as needed

*Belly Dance Movement Massage and Meditation

At 1600 Harrison Avenue in Mamaroneck

2nd Saturday of the month starting in February 2026, 11:45am to 12:30.

$20 per workshop or sliding scale as needed

*Yoga for Women Survivors of Abuse and Trauma

At 1600 Harrison Avenue in Mamaroneck

3rd Saturday of the month, 11:15am to 12:30

$25 suggested donation, proceeds are donated to Victims Assistance Services

*In office workshops limited to 4 or 5 participants. Early registration suggested. No drop-ins!

Our Weekly Regular 4 Classes: on zoom or in person

Yoga: Tuesday at 7pm

Yoga: Wednesday at 10:30am

Qigong: Thursday at 1pm

Qigong: Saturday at 4pm

For now, yoga classes will continue to be $17.50 per class if one registers for the month. ($70 for a month with 4 classes). This registration rolls over automatically unless I?m notified mid-month the prior month. ***Please note that if you choose to pay per class the price for the 90-minute class is $30.

Qigong is $40 per month for unlimited classes (give this class a try, it may surprise you!); there is no qigong class on the 2nd Saturday of the month. For $20 more per month a monthly yoga student may take as many of the classes they would like (text at least 4 hours before to receive an extra link) except for the in-person Alignment workshop and Yoga for Women Survivors which must be registered and paid for separately. Thank you!

Yoga is an ancient spiritual art and science that facillitates healing, growth and spiritual evolution. At Birth of Venus we teach a type of hatha yoga called Life Energy Yoga. This is a Kripalu based technique including elements of Kundalini yoga and Vinyasa. It emphasizes connecting with the Kundalini or divine feminine energy from mother earth as well as the Prana or divine masculine energy from the heavens. Connection to both are vital for healing ourselves and humankind. When we are relaxed and authentically interested, they each dynamically and healthfully flow in different ways through each of our vehicles of expression. Life Energy Yoga emphasizes working with the chakras or centers of spiritual talents in the energy body as well as the doshas (biological humours) and gunas (qualities). We learn about the strengths we embody in our chakras while healing, energizing and growing on all levels of being.

The practice of yoga has both a personal and global aspect. We need to work on our inner life as we heal our bodies and evolve emotionally, mentally and at the level of our souls. Yoga embraces ethical guidelines that address how we need to behave respectfully to others as we allow spirit to strongly, positively influence our actions. One of these guidelines is called ahimsa or non-violence. Ahimsa means that we must behave compassionately toward others, remaining centered in our hearts. Even if we feel angry we can choose to not act out aggressively in ways that will be harmful to others. We can resolve our old traumas and make better, respectful boundaries instead.

Through the practice of yoga we connect to the kundalini energy and the prana and feel secure, held with care and know that we have everything that we need in this moment. Then we can be free to act with gentleness and connect to what we need without diminishing the quality of life of other beings. Even as our asanas or positions become more advanced, we come to know that they require the practice of advanced ahimsa.

Through a brave commitment to just this one practice we can change the world, as Gandhi did in India.

Question

If all men can

in a moment

drop to their knees

in ritual prayer

or fear

opening to God

and direct connection

to mother earth,

why couldn't they

in each moment recall this

sacred rooting and resonate

with all life from this place of true perspective

standing, walking, remembering

their knees

deeply kissing

the soft dirt they share

with all beings?

-S. Wright

Center for Yoga and Healing

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