With Judie Markley
$25 plus $10 for materials
Essential Oils for Skin Care*
Thursday June 6 12-2 pm
Did you know that essential oils when used regularly can help keep your skin looking its best? Come find out why and how!
•Which essential oils are best for certain skin types?
•What does a basic skin care regimen look like?
•Indulge in a mini facial
*Introduction to Aromatherapy or Aromatherapy Blending are recommended introductions to this workshop.
with Kate Kill
June 22
1 – 4 pm
$40
The Yoga Sutras are a brilliant work that Patanjali compiled based on the teachings on Samkhya Philosophy. The sutras comprehensively define the goals and methods of yoga and meditation. Every time the sutras are read, each sutra reveals new insights into the perspective that yoga brings to our lives. Join us to learn about the themes and how they apply in our everyday life.
with Abby Ritter
June 29th
1-4 pm
$40
Agni Sara, Aswini Mudra and mula bandha are yoga practices designed to provide a strong foundation for both your yoga practice and your life. The practices also prevent your energy from being wasted. This workshop will offer instructions on doing the practices correctly and effectively. You will also have an opportunity to incorporate these practices into familiar yoga poses.
with Sven Kill
July 14
$35
1-4 pm
When stress (or everyday life) wears you down, a simple variation of yoga nidra (yogic sleep)
taught by Swami Rama can help you restore your energy. This practice helps you settle into a profound state of rest while remaining alert at a deeper level of consciousness. By drawing your attention to your heart center, you will become a silent witness to your sleeping body and mind.
for 9- 12 year old girls
July 15th
1 – 4 pm
$30
Introduce yoga and healthy lifestyle to your favorite tween early! The girls will enjoy a yoga practice, learn how to make fresh juice and easy skin care products from their (your)own kitchen.
Mondays 1:00 – 2:30 pm, 7:30- 8:45 pm
May 6 – July 1st (no class Memorial Day)
Thursdays 6- 7:15 pm
May 9 – June 27
$90
More and more people are discovering the benefits of yoga. Whether you are interested in flexibility, strength, stress reduction or balance, it helps to learn the fundamentals of yoga in a systematic, non-threatening way.
This class will cover the basics of breath awareness and different types of yoga postures (asanas). Throughout the session we will encourage a healthy connection between breath and posture, increasing body awareness, and ease in movement. The class will also explore relaxation techniques to increase your sense of well being and balance.
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Wednesdays 5:45- 7pm
May 8- 29
June 5 – 26
July 10- 31
August 7- 28
$48 per 4 class session
“A well-designed approach to meditation makes it easier to quiet the everyday mind and helps us reach the same deep level of meditation day after day” (Rolf Sovik, Moving Inward). The Himalayan Institute of Pittsburgh offers a course on meditation
consisting of four classes. Each class offers theory and practice. Please join us as we explore posture, diaphragmatic breathing and breath awareness, systematic relaxation, and the use of mantra to establish a personal meditation practice.
Replenish your Body, Mind, and Spirit!
Three Saturdays
10 am – 5 pm
June 15, July 13, August 31
$125/each day
Join us for a rewarding day of yoga, massage, and relaxation.
Each yoga retreat day includes:
Deepen your knowledge of yoga and leave feeling centered and peaceful.
By Arati Warty
Restorative yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is enjoyable for those with a vigorous asana practice and for those who have never practiced yoga before. It provides relief to students with chronic injuries that usually cause discomfort doing day-to-day chores.
This gentle yoga practice empowers you to feel better even during stressful times.
Yoga philosophy teaches us Ahimsa (non-harming)- being gentle to ourselves and others. The restorative yoga embodies the essence of this philosophy.
Sometimes we get so involved in our lives that we don’t even remember how it feels to be relaxed! If you need to learn to relax and let go, try restorative yoga class to renew and rejuvenate your energy.
Each restorative class at Himalayan Institute offers a series of restful and therapeutic poses which are carefully designed to rest your nervous system and balance the harmony between body and mind. So that you can rest deeply.
Props like blankets, bolsters, blocks, straps, sand bags and eye pillows are used to make each pose easier for the body to surrender. Each pose is held from 5-20 minutes with breath awareness. These techniques allow you to feel better- restful yoga for stressful mind.
My teacher Judith Lasater writes in her restorative yoga book-
“I often refer to restorative yoga posses as “active relaxation”
Some poses have overall benefits while others target an individual part such as lungs, heart, back, knees, legs, hands, shoulders, wrists.
So de-tress your life by making plans to join this journey of relaxation and rejuvenation of body and mind.
Yoga is a practice of observation and faith
“Living your Yoga-Today’s practice is to do one thing at a time:
Turn off the car radio and drive; talk on the phone without working on the computer; eat without watching television.
Notice that when you pay attention, you can enjoy what you are doing in life-much more.”
From A Year of Living Your Yoga- Judith Lasater.
first Sunday of each month
6:30 – 7 pm
no charge
This fall the Himalayan Pittsburgh community is beginning a practice of coming together to sit in stillness on the first Sunday evening of each month. We warmly welcome teachers, students, meditation practitioners and those of us just beginning to explore the beauty and power of silence, to come and join us as we gather together for this monthly half hour.