• Sharon Gannon and David Life
• Alex Jamieson
• Anja Kuehnel
• Anjula Prasad
• Antje Amba Schafer
• cat alip-douglas
• Chloé Jo Davis
• Colin Beavan
• Dechen Thurman
• Donna D’Cruz
• Donna Delory
• Durga Devi
• EarthRise SoundSystem
• Ganesh Das
• Gaura Vani
• Giselle Mari
• Jeffrey Cohen
• Jill Abelson
• Jivamukti Asana Dance Company
• Jules Febre
• Kris Carr
• Liz Robert
• Narayani (Nicole Nichols)
• Neal Barnard
• Patrick Broome
• Purnima Langen
• Ruth Lauer-Manenti
• Tamar Samir
• Will Lau
• Yogeswari

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. Photos by Daniel Francisco Valdez: http://superluminal.zenfolio.com

Class description:
If we let our thoughts pass we come to know that what anchors us in joy is not the thoughts but the gentle ways of watching them pass. Watching thoughts pass without identifying with them is a practice of concentration that leads to meditation. Meditation is one of the 5 tenets of the Jivamukti method. Watching thoughts pass is also a form of asteya, non-stealing. It is a way of letting go of ones preoccupations. It's getting away from, "This is mine" and placing oneself into a quietude where one receives sacred and basic knowledge about life. Master Patanjali describes meditation as locking your mind on a place, swimming towards a good idea, and finally absorption in our purpose. The link between posture, meditation, knowledge and happiness is thousands of years old. In deep meditation posture, meditation and joy embody each other. This workshop will explore asana as a way of settling down into what is natural, releasing ourselves from artificiality and making it possible to joyfully be still where it is with ease and love that one does not slouch nor worry and the blessings of posture and a clear mind merge.

Classes:
Tuesday, Jan 3rd 2012, 3:30-5:30pm. Workshop on Meditation by Ruth Lauer-Manenti. "Swimming Towards a Good Idea"
Friday, Jan 6th 2012,7:30-9:05am. Open Class with Ruth Lauer Manenti. "The Music of the Gods"