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The Yoga Sutras: A Conversation with Melissa + Stephanie
and
Workshop:
Working with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Friday / January 15, 2021
Workshop
Working with the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali
5 - 7pm PST
Join Melissa Townsend to explore a beautiful and accessible way to work regularly with the Yoga Sūtras -- using her new meditation deck for Book One, The Yoga Sūtras Meditation Deck, Book One, Samādhi Pādah.
$30
Virtual -- Zoom link will be provided one hour before.
During the workshop, Melissa will talk about the deck, describe the features of the Meditation Deck, how to work with the color coding. We’ll look at some interesting ways of working with the sutra unique to the deck, to help bring the sūtras to life. We will look at groupings of cards/sutras and at working with sutras that are related to each other. Primarily, we’ll be working with a few specific cards/sutras, both chosen as a group and chosen individually. We’ll be talking about the sutra, what it means, talking about the image on the card, chanting the sutra, and then meditating on it, followed by journaling and discussing.
Needed for the workshop:
The Yoga Sutras Meditation Deck, Book One, Samādhi Pādah.
Journal or notebook
Pen or pencil
When you register for the workshop, you will receive a 10% discount code.
Register: https://lovestoryyoga.com/events/working-with-the-yoga-sutras-of-patajali
Friday / December 11 / Community Event
5 - 7pm PST
Join Melissa Townsend and Stephanie Snyder for a lively, entertaining, and enlightening discussion of all things Yoga Sutras – in honor of the release of Melissa Townsend’s new Yoga Sūtras Meditation Deck, Book One, Samādhi Pādah.
The starting point of their conversation will be Book One – the “Big Picture” overview of Yoga – The What, Why, and How of Yoga. Be prepared for a wide-ranging conversation, covering Melissa and Stephanie's personal experiences working with the sūtras, as well as insights into sūtras that they’ve found to be especially meaningful and into some of the ones that are more difficult to understand. Melissa and Steph share a passion for the sūtras and a deep commitment to working with them as part of their practice – and to encouraging others to find creative, personal ways to integrate them into daily life. Come to enjoy the community and participate in the conversation with these two passionate, engaged, and very down-to-earth, students of Yoga Philosophy.
The Meditation Deck features the beautifully reproduced (via off-set printing) cards of the 51 paintings for the 51 sūtras of Book One of the Yoga Sūtras, as seen in her book, The Yoga Sūtrasof Patañjali – A Visual Meditation. Book One, Samādhi Pādah, with updated translations and new commentary.
Friday, November 8, 2019
7 Pm - 9 PM
Show of the Paintings for The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Visual Meditation: Book Two, Sadhana Padah
Enjoy an evening of art and conversation about the Yoga Sutras. Paintings from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali—A Visual Meditation: Book Two, Sadhana Padah will be on display, and the author and artist Melissa Townsend, together with Integral Yoga’s resident Yoga Sutra scholar and teacher Rev. Sam Rudra Schwartz, will lead the discussion, with plenty of time for Q & A.
Cost:
$35
Location:
Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th St.
New York, NY 10011
(between 7th Ave. and 8th Ave.)
Register at:
https://iyiny.org/workshops-and-events/calendar/experience-the-yoga-11297/
Previous Events
Friday, September 27, 2019
6:30 Pm - 9 PM
Show of the Paintings for The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Visual Meditation: Book One, Samadhi Padah
THE EXPERIENCE: An Evening with Melissa Townsend and Stephanie Snyder – Yoga Sutras Discussion
Come experience the powerful energy and beauty of Book One of the Yoga Sutras, with a show of the paintings from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Visual Meditation, BOOK ONE: Samadhi Padah. It will be an evening of art, community, socializing, refreshments, philosophy, and a discussion on the Yoga Sutras led by Melissa and Stephanie Snyder. Melissa will also be introducing her new Meditation deck that is inspired by Book One of the Yoga Sutras!
Location:
Love Story Yoga
473 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(between 15th and 16th St.)
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Friday, May 17, 2019
6 PM
Book Signing/Talk at Adobe Books
Location:
Adobe Books
3130 24th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
(near Folsom)
Friday, December 14, 2018
7 Pm - 9 PM
The Book Launch and Show of the Paintings for The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – A Visual Meditation: Book Two, Sadhana Padah
Location:
Love Story Yoga
473 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(between 15th and 16th St.)
Register at:
http://www.lovestoryyoga.com/events-calendar/2018/12/14/melissa-townsend-yoga-sutras
Saturday, October 21, 2018
1 PM - 6 PM
Teaching Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers
Location:
Laughing Lotus Yoga Center
3271 16th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
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