All About the Feet with Karin Stephan
In-Studio Only

June 22-23
Saturday 10am-12pm & 2-5pm
Sunday 10am-12:30pm & 2-4:30pm
Full Weekend: $190*/$210
Saturday or Sunday All Day Only: $100*/$110
Saturday Morning Only: $45*/$50
Saturday Afternoon Only: $70*/$75
Sunday Morning or Afternoon Only: $55*/$60
*Early Bird until June 10

In this workshop, Karin will present her work with the feet in relationship to the yoga asanas as taught by B.K.S. Iyengar. Her focus will be on how correct alignment in the feet can enhance precision and alignment in the execution of the poses. She will also demonstrate how misalignments and asymmetries in other areas of the body can have an effect on the feet. Drawing on three major categories of perception [the use of imagery, visual cues, and understanding of the structure of the foot], Karin will show students how to adjust and activate the neuromuscular skeletal aspects of the feet in order to enhance strength, beauty and resilience in the entire body.

6 months minimum practice experience in Back Care / Alignment based and/or Iyengar Yoga

Karin Stephan began teaching Yoga in Paris in 1972 at The European Center of Yoga under the direction of Jean Bernard Rishi. She was teaching Ashtanga Yoga after having spent three months with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. From 1972-1976, she studied with B.K.S. Iyengar during his European tours and then studied with him in India. She also began practicing the macrobiotic diet which she follows to this day. When she moved to Boston in 1976, Karin furthered her studies of the macrobiotic way of life under the tutelage of Aveline and Michio Kushi whom she had met when she organized a seminar for them in Paris earlier that year. In early 1977, Karin opened her own Yoga center on Beacon Hill and taught Mr. Iyengar’s work as well as some classes in Ashtanga Yoga. In 1981, Karin moved to Cambridge and began teaching Yoga classes and workshops in her loft, where she still lives and teaches today. In the early 80’s Karin helped introduce Iyengar Yoga to New York City where she taught bimonthly weekend workshops for years. She also introduced Iyengar Yoga to Washington D.C. where she taught occasional workshops as well. In 1985, in partnership with Patricia Walden, Karin opened the B.K.S. Iyengar Center of Somerville, which was the first of its kind in the United States. She also began offering Yoga/macrobiotic retreats in the Caribbean, the United States and occasionally in France.

Karin has written a large number of essays for her newsletters on the relationship between Yoga, art, film and way of life. In these essays she draws on the inspiration of B.K.S. Iyengar, Krishnamurti, poets, writers and literary and film critics. Her second passion is literature and writing and she is currently working on her memoir. Karin specializes in Alignment and The Asymmetric Body but also offers private sessions on using Yoga to heal from injuries and various illnesses and gives consultations on “Way of Life” and “Healing through Yoga and Food.”

HYBRID Yoga, Scoliosis, and the Organs with Deborah Wolk

May 3-5
Friday 6-8pm
Saturday 9am-12pm & 2-4:30pm
Sunday 9:30am-12:30pm & 2-4:30pm
Full Weekend: $260*/$280
Friday Only: $45*/$50 
Saturday or Sunday All-Day: $110*/$120
Saturday or Sunday Morning: $65*/$70
Saturday or Sunday Afternoon: $55*/$60
*Early Bird if registered by April 22

Scoliosis and other Back Issues are musculoskeletal conditions, but these conditions impact and are impacted by our organs. Deborah will offer techniques in the asanas to address these imbalances. She will also propose techniques to use the organs themselves to offer the spine more support.

By understanding the specifics of your structure caused by scoliosis or back-issue-related asymmetries, one can learn to sense organic imbalances that have formed deeper within and how they impact one’s health

Friday Anatomy Session:  After a review of spinal anatomy and scoliosis anatomy, participants will locate the organs through pictures, lecture and touch and learn to “see” them in themselves and others

Saturday & Sunday Sessions: Deborah will teach techniques in the asanas to address asymmetries that impact the organs and may also address some specific organic health issues.

Saturday morning will focus on asana and the organs of digestion.
Saturday afternoon will focus on the reproductive organs and kidney/bladder
Sunday morning will focus on the heart.
Sunday afternoon will focus on lungs and pranayama.

The workshop is appropriate for all levels. Six (6) months yoga experience is strongly suggested. Drop ins are allowed for any session but it is strongly recommended that you attend Friday’s Anatomy workshop to prepare for any of the following sessions.

Deborah Wolk is Founder and current Program Director of Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective.

WORKSHOP PRE-REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION POLICY

It is strongly recommended that you pre-register for workshops. If you pre-register for a workshop, you must cancel either 1 week or 48 hours in advance (depending on the workshop), in order to be refunded for that workshop less a 20% administrative fee. Cancellation deadlines can be found below the workshop descriptions above.

Please cancel via email (info@samamkayabackcare.com) or call 646.964.5772. Even if we receive the message later, we will go by the time stamp and refund your money if appropriate. If you are ill or there is an immediate family medical emergency, we will of course waive the fee. However, please email us as early as possible, and before the workshop begins, to waive the fee or arrange a credit.