Class Schedule Classes tim the schedule.  Class fees for 2010 are listed below.  Please check the schedule below, and at left, for updates and changes. Studio/Gallery

Look for the flag of the bright pink orchids (as seen in the logo) at the end of the driveway, 11 Hollett Street, Scituate.  Studio is located in the art gallery in the barn: right side, green door, second floor. 

Directions/Parking

From Route 3-A in Scituate: turn on to Henry Turner Bailey Rd. towards Minot to the center of North Scituate; go through the lights, this becomes Gannett Rd. Go almost 1 mile heading towards Minot Beach; hard right onto Hollett; second drive on left.  Studio/gallery entrance is at the back right corner of the barn.  Please fill parking spaces at the front or left of the barn (as you face it) first; more spaces to the right side where the studio entrance is.  Please park with your headlights facing the studio entrance so you can drive out. (saves your gas, too!)

The area surrounding the studio is a Certified National Wildlife Habitat and a quiet zone: kindly turn cell phones off or to vibrate mode while you are here to keep the aura of sanctuary. 

please arrive a few minutes before class begins...If you arrive late, please enter quietly and sign in; turn off cell phones. New to the 'Space? please email or phone prior to your first class: 781-545-0340.  See also: new student info at left.

Class descriptions:

Come and experience the benefits that yoga and Pilates can give you:

These disciplines strengthen your mind and muscles, redefine your body and redistribute your weight. Stretching and core strenthening techniques ease most back pain, while learning proper breathing enhances energy levels and overall flexilbility. These all ease daily stress and increase your overall health!

Gentle (Hatha) Yoga: All levels, including beginner. This class offers students who prefer a slower, gentler yoga practice to learn basic standing and seated postures with focus on proper body alignment, breathing, and form. Gain flexibility, balance and strength, reduce your stress and quiet your mind in this gentle class.                                                                                            

Slow Flow (Hatha) Yoga: All levels. We will explore fundamental yoga postures (seated, standing, balancing, twisting, basic inverted) and their alignment, emphasizing the power of breath, while learning basic slow linking of postures.  Students have an understanding of the basic postures for this class, their proper alignment, breath techniques, and the Surya and Chandra Namaskaras (Sun and Moon Salutes).  Do you run, cycle, ski or play tennis? Swim, golf, or work in the yard? Then this class can help you build strength + flexibility for ALL your activties, whether they are sports or heavy chores.  The flow style of Hatha Yoga is an open system that changes and evolves with each practice.  This meditation in motion, flowing from one posture to another on waves of breath, calms the mind and restores balance in the body.

Warm Vinyasa Yoga.  Level II

Vinyasa is an open system of hatha yoga that evolves and changes with each practice.  It is meditation in motion. Individuals are encouraged to practice at their own pace, using modifications to accomodate their needs.  This class is a more athletic style of yoga suited to students in good physical condition.

Pilates Fit Body.  Levels 1 and II

A thorough understanding of Pilates basics is required for this class.  Keep your precision, flow, and breath while challenging yourself with added 1 or 2lb. arm/leg weights, and the Pilates Ring.  This class steps up the intensity of mat Pilates and will increase your strength and coordination. 

Pilates Fundamentals+ Beginner/all levels - six week series.

We will cover the fundamentals of Pilates mat work as taught by Joseph Pilates.  You will learn alignment, proper breath techniques, and more.   After the series, you will have a greater understanding of your body and your posture!

ZUMBA All levels: DITCH THE WORKOUT - join the Party! Zumba is a fitness class with high energy and motivating music that includes Latin and international rhythmns, with moves from salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggeton, flamenco, and hip hop!  It's founder, Alberto "Beto" Perez, an accomplished dancer and inspiring trainer, created routines with fast/slow combinations which tone and sculpt the body through aerobic and interval training.  It's FUN! 

Pre-Natal Yoga: All levels.   Appropriate yoga practice for moms-to-be and post-natal mothers and babies. 

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Other classes offered periodically:

Yoga Basics:  Beginner. Class for students brand new to yoga or who are recovering from injury or illness.  Session only, 4 weeks.

Restorative Yoga is a chance to teach and encourage the body into a state of deep relaxation doing supported postures that calm the central nervous system.   All levels.  Usually offered as a workshop.

Ashtanga Vinyasa: Levels I and II+.  The Primary Series, as taught by Sri K. Patthabi Jois.   The traditional practice is a vigorous and athletic style of yoga suited for those students in good physical condition.  Understanding of Ujyaii breathing and alignment in the postures is best for this class. 

Prenatal Yoga: All Levels.  For mothers-to-be, yoga is an ideal way to prepare for birth and labor.  It promotes fitness and flexibility, tones the pelvic area, increases circulation, helps with breath control and balances mind-body energies.  A healthy, flexible body along with a calm mind are tools you will want to call upon during labor and birth.  As always, please clear with your medical team if this a new practice for you.This class is held by session only with pre-registration.

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Class Fees:

New students: $20 for two classes taken w/in ten days. 

This rate is for first time, new students only.

Single class: $18 

Six class card: $80 (expires in two months)

Ten class card: $150 (expires in four months)

Twenty class card: $250 (expires six months)   

Class cards are non-refundable and non-transferable.  

Yoga Classes by the session: $112: eight consecutive weeks or as specified.

Sessions can help you keep your yoga time consistent in your life!   Sessions can be started any time, and can be pro-rated. Meet each week for your chosen class time. One make-up is allowed for a missed class within your session period at any other regular class offered in the schedule. (workshops not included).  Session purchases will expire at the end of the session time and are not transferrable or refundable. If the class is cancelled due to weather, a make up may be carried over to the very next session. No refunds after the first class.  

At this time, please make your payment for classes by cash or check only, to "Art and Soul Space".  Please pay in full at the start of your first class.

Private and Semi-private Session times still available...
Private sessions in yoga or Pilates offer you a chance to work on your individual needs and progress.  The sessions can range from gentle and theraputic, to vigorous and active; the intent is to meet your needs!

Contact Darlene 781-545-0340 for this information. 

The benefits of yoga can be at your workplace!

Contact Darlene 781-545-0340 for this information. 

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The eight limbs of yoga:

Tenets for taking your yoga with you into your life.

1. Yamas – ethical precepts that transcend race, religion, time; i.e. no matter what race or sex you are, no matter what religion you practice, nor where you live in whatever time period, they still apply. They Yamas are:
   Non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, sexual moderation and non-possessiveness.
2. Niyamas – practicing the qualities of purity, contentment, austerity, study of sacred texts (of any religion) and seeing the Divine in all God’s creatures.
3. Asan or Asanas – the physical postures to strengthen and balance all bodily systems and keep the body and mind free from pain, disease, and inflexibility.
4. Pranayama – breath work - the measuring, directing, and controlling of the breath, and thus of energy.
5. Pratyahara – sense withdrawal - either from attachment to external objects, or controlling the senses (what you listen to, what you allow yourself to view), or directing them in a focused manner.
6. Dharana – concentration - means “immovable concentration of the mind” and refers to techniques used to induce keen concentration, which can direct you to the seventh limb, meditation.
7. Dhyana – meditation.
8. Samadhi – state of bliss. Means “putting together, joining or combing with”; referring to the union of the contemplator with the object of contemplation. In Samadhi, we “stand inside of” our true Self in preparation for the ultimate state of classical yoga, the eternal aloneness of that Self in the purity and joy of its being.