Hello Yoga Service Friends,
As of 2016, RYSN is going blog-less. In the absence of our blog, please
follow us on Facebook as Rochester Yoga Service Network. Click HERE to link directly to our RYSN Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RocYogaServiceNetwork/). There you
will find information on upcoming yoga service events, including RYSN
retreats and yoga training and service opportunities.
Please mark your calendar for our upcoming event:
Aimee Senise Bohn leads"Training for Yoga Service Instructors and Volunteers with a Focus on Teaching and Assisting";
When: Sunday, February 7th, 12:30pm-3:30 pm,
Where: Nazareth College, Linehan Chapel
(See the Rochester Yoga Service Network Facebook page to RSVP and for further information).
We appreciate all of you who love and support yoga service in
Rochester. Keep doing what you do...together we can heal our community
one asana at a time!!!
Love and Namaste,
The Rochester Yoga Service Network
Rochester Yoga Service Network
RYSN Mission and Objectives
Yoga is a powerful force. It holds endless potential to foster mindfulness, peace, and health. The Rochester Yoga Service Network (RYSN) was created in 2014 by a small group of yoga leaders in Rochester, New York with the intention of sharing the practice of yoga with underserved populations in our community. In a spirit of cooperation and community engagement, RYSN provides support to, and unity among, local yoga service providers to create bridges of mutual connection and healing.
Objectives - RYSN aims to:
1) Maintain and share a database of Rochester yoga service providers identified by specialty, expertise, and/or affiliation
2) Facilitate the pairing of yoga teachers and volunteers with individuals and groups in need of yoga service
3) Provide a forum for RYSN members to share best program practices in addition to facilitating and hosting yoga training and professional development for Network members
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Friday, October 2, 2015
RYSN October 25 Retreat- Please RSVP
October Roc Yoga Service Network Retreat!
We will gather the RYSN community for our Fall Retreat on
Sunday October 25, 2-5 pm
Nazareth College Chapel
Re-connect with your passion for sharing yoga with others!
We'll share lively time on the mat and lively time in conversation ~
as we reflect and renew our commitment to giving back to our community.
Please RSVP by October 12 to help us plan for you:
RSVP via email to rocyogaservice@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Save the Date! Fall 2015 RYSN Retreat
Calling all RYSN Yogis...
It's that time again - retreat and renew!
Save the date for our Fall 2015 RYSN Retreat
Sunday October 25th
2-6 PM
Nazareth College Linehan Chapel
Golisano Academic Center
More details coming soon!
~ Jenn, Erin, Leanne & Lynne
It's that time again - retreat and renew!
Save the date for our Fall 2015 RYSN Retreat
Sunday October 25th
2-6 PM
Nazareth College Linehan Chapel
Golisano Academic Center
More details coming soon!
~ Jenn, Erin, Leanne & Lynne
Friday, July 24, 2015
Help Needed - Teaching Opportunity This Summer!
One of our friends and community members, Jim Thompson, needs some help this summer. Please read on below regarding the four classes that he needs help with. You can contact Jim directly if you are interested and able! Thank you for considering! ~ RYSN
I ask the group for some help with teaching four classes of mine when I am out of town. The classes are on Tuesday, July 28; Wednesday, July 29; Wednesday August 12 and Tuesday August 18.
I ask the group for some help with teaching four classes of mine when I am out of town. The classes are on Tuesday, July 28; Wednesday, July 29; Wednesday August 12 and Tuesday August 18.
I
teach them at the Baobab Cultural Center at 728 University Ave. The
Baobab celebrates people of the African diaspora, and its small square
footage is filled with art works, African artifacts, and the echoes of
numerous Afrikan history classes, cultural conversations, jazz sessions
…and more.
We have a small area where yoga is taught twice a week. I’m the only teacher. The Tuesday class usually has about 4 people; the Wednesday
class has 3, but classes are open. Over time, most of our practicers
have been African American. It is a comfortable place for us to
practice, as African Americans. But you don’t have to be African
American to teach the class, and I know that the RYSN group is looking
to end exclusion in all areas, so I felt you were good folks to ask.
The
teaching is semi-voluntary, as I am paid only half of the class fee,
which is amounts to $5 for each student. But it has been a labor of love
and joy for me. The group currently is all women. They are generally
middle aged and up. The classes are more or less Iyengar based, but
that’s not a deal-breaker. Most of the women have some arthritic
limitations, etc., that come with aging, but they have warm and powerful
spirits. The Tuesday class is a level 1-2, with the beginnings of inversions. The Wednesday
class is very gentle yoga, where we use a lot of props…Unfortunately,
one prop we don’t have is a wall, because of all the art work! We have
learned to improvise. The Wednesday women are larger bodied students. I will be happy to give details of how the classes go by phone or e-mail.
I apologize for the short notice. A couple other teachers whom I asked couldn’t do it.
If you think you may be able to help us with this, please call by this Friday (July 24) for the July dates. I’ll be away on a retreat from Saturday July 25 to Saturday August 1, and won’t have access to phone or e-mail.
For the August dates, I can be contacted from August 1 to 3.
My cell phone # is (585) 703-7739. My e-mail is jimthomp@rochester.rr.com
Thank you for considering this.
Peace,
Jim Thompson
Monday, July 6, 2015
Great Read!
Good Morning, RYSN Friends!
Lynne found a great article online that is directly in line with our mission, so we wanted to share with all of you.
6 Ways to End Exclusion in Yoga
Enjoy!
Lynne found a great article online that is directly in line with our mission, so we wanted to share with all of you.
6 Ways to End Exclusion in Yoga
Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Reminder: The next RYSN retreat is THIS SUNDAY, May 31
Join the amazing yoga teacher and student community from the Rochester Yoga Service Network for our Spring Retreat on Sunday, May 31st for a beautiful afternoon of sharing and connecting. See the link below for more details and to RSVP. And PLEASE - spread the good word to anyone who might want to join this awesome network.
https://www.smore.com/4q3d0-yoga-service-immersion
See you Sunday at 2pm!
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Summer Volunteer Opportunity!!
We need your help! Yoga classes for the Rochester Summer Bridge
Program.
Interested in volunteering as a yoga
teacher or teaching assistant for the Young Women’s College Prep Summer Bridge
Program this summer at Nazareth? These
classes will be offered once daily for three weeks – program will be start July 27th, 2015, and will end August 14th. We will need volunteer yoga teachers and assistants for a daily, early afternoon, one hour yoga class. Contact Leanne @ lwcharlesworth@gmail.com
for additional information.
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