Special Events

Upcoming SUNDAY YOGA classes
with Stephanie Jones:
Yin Yoga: Sunday, January 17; 9:30-11 am
Restorative Yoga: Sunday, January 31; 9:30-11 am.
fees: punch card, or $12 drop-in

Studio Bliss welcomes NEW YOGA INSTRUCTOR Laura Deveau Smith, teaching Gentle Yoga class in the Skyview annex studio, Thursdays
5:30-7:00 pm.
Her first class - a FREE event - will be 28 January
Her first class--a FREE event--will be 28 January. We
hope to see you there as we welcome Laura in to the Studio Bliss community.

Studio Bliss also welcomes our newest yoga instructor, Abby Valenta. Abby has been practicing and studying yoga for seven years, and is certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga through the Yoga Teacher Training program at Yoga Vermont in Burlington (nationally accredited through Yoga Alliance). Ashtanga, meaning “8-limbed,” is a flowing, organic series of yoga poses…designed to strengthen the body and quiet the mind, through the beauty and order of the sequence.  Abby will be teaching Ashtanga yoga on Monday nights, beginning with a FREE introductory class on Monday, Oct. 26 at 5:30! Don't miss the chance to meet Abby!

Special Event: Studio Bliss and Spirit Hollow present
KIRTAN with DEVI
Friday, January 22, 7 - 9 PM.
Suggested donation: $10
Ecstatic chanting from the Indian Bhakti Tradition accompanied by guitar, harmonium, and drums. Sacred mantras are sung together in Sanskrit and English; The vibration tunes and heals our bodies and expands our energy fields. A perfect augmentation to any yoga or heart-opening practice, as it cultivates love, devotion (bhakti) and deep peace (shanti).

Audience participation is encouraged!! Kids welcome. Bring rattles, tambourines, finger cymbals or drums.
*NOTE: Kirtan will be in the skyview annex.

Special Yoga Workshop: Hip Release
with Darci Whitehorne
Sunday, February 7, 9:30 - 11:00 am.
FEE: punch card or drop-in $12
Come and enjoy this opportunity to take class from a highly experienced local teacher: Your hips will thank you for it!

Argentine Tango Workshops
with Alicia Cruzado and Aldo Romero
Friday, January 15, 2010 6:00 pm - Beginner Class
7:15 pm – Mixed level Class,
Followed by demonstrations, Practica and light refreshments
Fee $25 per person , $35 for both classes
Alicia Cruzado is both an authentic maestra of the original, "old-school,"
salon-style tango, and a highly trained ballet dancer, choreographer and artistic director, whose pioneering choreography of tango for the stage has graced some of the most acclaimed, internationally touring tango revues in recent memory. She has toured the Europe, Asia and the
Americas with various ballet, flamenco and argentine tango dance companies, serving as dance captain, ballet mistress, choreographer and artistic director.

Special Event:
ARGENTINE TANGO and SWING DANCE workshops
with Diane Lachtrupp and Johnny Martinez
Jan. 29-30.
FEE: $20 per person for single class;
$15 per class if you take more than one class
Back by popular demand, Johnny and Diane--formerly of Broadway and their own "Stepping Out" studios in Manhattan; now of Saratoga, NY--return to Studio Bliss for more of their fabulous Argentine Tango technique...and this time, they will offer SWING DANCE workshops as well!
Friday Night, Jan. 29:
6:00 pm: Beginner Argentine Tango
7:15--9:00 pm: Mixed-level Argentine Tango practica and refreshments following Saturday, Jan. 30:
3:00 pm: Beginner Swing Dance
4:00--5:15 pm: Mixed-level Swing Dance
Johnny and Diane will also be available for private lessons; call the Studio to schedule.