Services

Massage with licensed massage therapist Nelson Clark available by appointment. Call 914.260.2978
to book your appointment now.

A single massage is $85. 3-pack is $240.

"My massage with Nelson was amazing. From head to toe - I left feeling both grounded and awakened at the same time." - Kim Williams, Shaftsbury, VT

Nelson P. Clark has recently become a resident of the Manchester area. Nelson is orginally from New York where he worked construction, was a TaiChiChuan Instructor, a Licensed Massage Therapist and a Personal Trainer.

Nelson began his TaiChiChuan Practice in 1983 and received full instructor (Sifu) status in 1990. Since then he has taught group and private classes through out Westchester County and outlying areas.

In 1997, Nelson successfully completed massage therapy training at the Swedish Institute and received his New York State License. He also attained Personal Instructor Certification.

Through years of experience with these three disciplines, Nelson has developed a successful approach to body work and exercise dynamics. His philosphy is "through balance we attain strength." Which is why he calls his technique "A Touch of Balance."

with Bob Speck, E-RYT 500
7:35-9pm, Thursday: December 7, 14, 21, 28, January 3, 10
$72 for 6-Week Series
DROP-INS ARE WELCOME: $20 per class (INCLUDED in VT Resident $54 Special Membership; Included in Class Card and Memberships.)

A meditative class intended to guide participants through yoga practices which promote stress-reduction, peace-of-mind, and conscious living. The themed class will include: Breath work, Yin Restorative Yoga, Guided Meditation (Yoga Nidra), and Group Reflection.

This class is intended for Young Adults (age 18-35), but all participants who are young at heart are welcome! The group reflection will be an opportunity to discuss bringing the yoga practice (and yoga philosophies) to life.

If you are unable to pay and would like to attend email us at info@heartofvillageyoga.com

A 6-Week Beginner Yoga Series - with Lela Hughes
5-6pm, MONDAY:
December 10, 17, January 7, 14, 21, 28 (NO CLASS on CHRISTMAS EVE or NEW YEAR's EVE)
February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11
$72 per 6-Week Session
DROP-INS ARE WELCOME: $20 per class (Class Card Holders and Members are eligible. Not included in VT Resident $54 Special Membership)

Curious about Yoga and interested in beginning a yoga practice? Want to refine and deepen an already existing practice? If so, join Lela Hughes for a 6-week Beginner Yoga Series. Over the course of these 6 weeks we will explore the basic principles of Yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breath work), mindfulness, and the strength and grace that arise from their integration. Each class will offer a balanced yoga sequence working with attention to proper alignment, learning to synchronize breath with movement, and finding our abilities to authentically express oneself through the ancient tradition of Yoga. Each week we will build upon sun salutations A and B, introducing new poses and expanding our vinyasa flow. This class is suitable for individuals who can up and down off the floor with ease.

8:30am to Noon
Tuesdays: December 11 through March 26 (excluding December 25, 2018 and February 19, 2019).
Bromley Mountain
$108 for the Season (lift ticket not included)

Join Bob Speck, RYT 500, E-RYT 200, PSIA III, AASI I, AASI Adaptive I and Jo Kirsch, E-RYT 500, PSIA III as they lead you through a 15 minute yoga for skiers and riders warm-up and a 15 minute yoga for skiers and riders cool down on Tuesday mornings throughout the winter. In between, join Bob and Jo on-the-hill as they integrate the yogic principles of mindfulness, breath control, core awareness, flexibility, strength and balance into skiing and riding. Between them, Bob and Jo have over 35 years teaching yoga, 60 years experience teaching skiing, and 15 years of teaching snowboarding. The on-hill portion of this program is all mountain skiing and riding (intermediates and above).

We will practice yoga from 8:30 - 8:45am; ski/ride from 9:00 - 11:30am; and practice yoga again from 11:45 to Noon. We will practice yoga standing up or in chairs, so there is no need for you to bring a yoga mat.

The Heart of the Village Yoga fee for you to join us for the season is $108. Your lift ticket is not included. You must purchase a lift ticket or have a Season Pass. If you need a lift ticket we can provide you with a ticket voucher for $45 per day.

Not sure if this is for you? Come try out our program for one day and pay $20 for the yoga session and an additional $45 for the lift ticket, if you need one.

8:30am to Noon
Tuesdays: December 11 through March 26 (excluding December 25, 2018 and February 19, 2019).
Bromley Mountain
$20 for one day (lift ticket not included)

We will practice yoga from 8:30 - 8:45am; ski/ride from 9:00 - 11:30am; and practice yoga again from 11:45 to Noon. We will practice yoga standing up or in chairs, so there is no need for you to bring a yoga mat.
Your lift ticket is not included. You must purchase a lift ticket or have a Season Pass. If you don't have a lift ticket we can provide you with a ticket voucher for $45 per day.

with Alexandra Langstaff, RYT 500 and Pat Meredith RYT 200
4 -5 pm, Sunday December 23, 2018

FREE

Losing a loved one is a heartbreaking part of life as we know it. Loss and grief can be particularly isolating, stressful and painful during the Holiday Season where the emphasis is on family gatherings and celebration. In the spirit of support, healing and compassion, we are offering a gentle, healing and contemplative practice with poses designed to calm the mind and heal and nourish the spirit. Please come and join us in a safe and supportive space where you can just be. You are not alone.

Open to all levels, no experience necessary. Free to all

7:00 - 9:00PM, Friday, January 4
$50
Register a week in advance for 5% off. Use Coupon Code: SEANJOHNSON5
Members: Register a week in advance for 10% off. Use Coupon Code: SEANJOHNSON10

Mantra Music Concert: 7 -9 pm
Free your heart and stir your soul in this evening of ancient mantras given new voice through dynamic songs that merge New Orleans roots, rock, gospel, and world grooves. The trio's latest album Unity debuted #1 on the iTunes World Music Chart and #3 on Billboard. Their music has appeared on several Putumayo World Music compilations, and they are the first kirtan-based band to ever play The New Orleans Jazz Festival. Click here to watch Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band Unity Video.

Friday, January 4 - Sunday, January 6, 2019
$345
Register a month in advance for 5% off. Use Coupon Code: SEANJOHNSON5
Members: Register a month in advance for 10% off. Use Coupon Code: SEANJOHNSON10

Friday, January 4
Mantra Music Concert: 7 - 9 pm

Saturday, January 5
Bhakti On The Mat: The Mythic World of Yoga: 10:00am - 12:30pm
Click here to view Bhakti on the Mat in action.
Wild Lotus Tune Up: The Yoga of Sound: 2:30 - 5:30pm

Sunday, January 6
Bhakti On The Mat: Poetry of the Heart & Body: 10:00am - 12:30pm
Q & A + Journey Through Song & Story: 2:30-5:30pm

with Gary Meitrott
Wednesday: 7:30 - 8:45pm
January 9, 16, 23, 30 February 6, 13
$80
Register a week in advance for 5% off. Use Coupon Code: DRUM5
Members: Register a week in advance for 10% off. Use Coupon Code: DRUM10

Learn how to play the Djembe! Fun is a by-product, but first build from within the wisdom of the drum known as djembe! No experience is necessary and drums are provided.

10-Week Course with Nelson Clark
5-6pm, Tuesday, January 8 through March 12, 2019
$150

Grasp the sparrows tail, Embrace tiger return to the mountain, White crane spreads its wings. These are names given to some of the different postures of the Tai Chi form. Tai chi Chuan has bee referred to as a moving meditation, designed to focus the mind body and breath to increase body awareness, balance, strength and flexibility. Additional benefits include, general health, stress management and endurance.

Pounding heaven and earth, and willow bends with the wind are the names given to the chi kung system of exercises. Chi Kung differs from the Tai Chi form in that it a series of exercises done in repetition.

This is a ten week program designed to give the beginner a taste of the benefits of the Yang family Tai Chi short form and give the intermediate student a chance to polish their skills. Classes are instructive, informative and entertaining.
Comfortable cloths are all thats needed.

with Barb Lowes, RYT 500 and Becca Herrington, Medicine Woman
2-3:30pm, Sunday, January 20, 2019
$45
Register a week in advance for 5% off. Use Coupon Code: SHAMANIC
Members: Register a week in advance for 10% off. Use Coupon Code: SHAMANIC10

Join Barbara Lowes and Becca Herrington for this powerful and transformative blend of Shamanic Journey and Gentle Restorative Yoga, open to all levels to release incredibly strong sensations, both physically and mentally and melt your stresses away.

This 90 minute workshop combines the ancient ritual of Shamanism and Gentle Restorative Yoga, taking you into a space of acceptance at a deep, cellular level, leaving you with a clearer mind, a lighter body and a fuller heart.

2.5 CEU's available for HOTV Yoga Advanced Teacher Training Program

with Tiffany Curren
2-3:30pm, Saturday, February 9
$40

Are you finding that you're feeling stuck? Maybe life is pretty good, but you aren't totally living it to the fullest. I will tell you that the power to grow, transform, and create your dream life is within you. All you’ve got to do is breathe, and allow the energy and barriers that no longer serve you to move out.

Breathwork is a powerful meditation tool. Using a specific and active pranayama to release stagnant energy and blocks that are keeping you from living your authentic life, we will dive deep and find our personal power and healing potential through the breath.

This workshop will begin with a short discussion about how we view our lives, and the messages we replay that are holding us back from really living. We'll take some time to journal and envision the life we want, experience a short guided meditation, and then begin the breath. This class ends with an extended savasana to allow for the process of integration.

with Beryl Bender Birch

Session Times:
Friday, March 15: 6:00 to 8:30PM
Saturday, March 16: 9:00AM to 12:00PM & 1:30-4:30PM
Sunday, March 17: 9:00AM to 12:00PM

Full Workshop Fee: $275 Full Weekend
Register a week in advance for 5% off. Use Coupon Code: BERYL
Members: Register a week in advance for 10% off. Use Coupon Code: BERYL10

Yoga is not synonymous with asana, even though most of the general public thinks so. Yoga is about learning to pay attention. All the practices direct us to focus our attention on one thing, and as we practice and breathe and learn to focus, our minds get quieter. We begin to see things that were previously too clouded by the busy-ness of the mind to see. We like this. We feel more centered, more relaxed. And one day, maybe all at once, and maybe little by little, we “get” it, we wake up. And what do we wake up to? The realization that there really is only ONE of us here. And that is the experience of yoga - the connection with the True Self. We cannot conceptualize, define, or explain it. We can only have it. It is an experience of boundlessness, and it is born of practice.

No one can teach us yoga, really. Teachers can only pass along a set of instructions to follow, and if we follow those instructions, perhaps that will lead us to the experience. Once that happens, a transformation occurs, we change. We become more conscious, more aware, more compassionate, more, well, connected. And that is the point of all the work - to recognize there really is no such things as “other.” It becomes impossible to ignore the suffering of the world and we realize that the whole point of our life is to serve. Seva isn’t something you do part time, or only on Wednesday afternoons - it’s a lifestyle. It’s an awareness you bring into every aspect of your life. Everything you do is with compassion and awareness - and this comes from years of practice and paying attention.

April 7 - 12, 2018
with Bob Speck and Jo Kirsch

Join Bob Speck, RYT 500, E-RYT 200, PSIA III and Jo Kirsch, E-RYT 500, PSIA III, for a memorable week of skiing and yoga. Participants will have the opportunity to explore Snowbird on their own, as well as be guided around the mountain terrain. We'll practice yoga before and after skiing and have optional evening activities. Retreat begins at 7pm, Sunday, April 7, 2018 and ends Friday, April 12, 2018. Lodging is at The Inn at Snowbird, where we will practice yoga, hot-tub, and have gym access. The Inn is a short walk to the Snowbird Center where the Tram is located and valet service is available for your skis. Restaurants, shopping and a full spa are all within walking distance of The Inn.

Aerial Restorative Yoga: This class is formatted so that at least half of the class is conducted with suspended swings near the floor so that the body is grounded while allowing the gentle stretching effect of suspended support. Swings are raised later in the class to allow focused stretching of shoulders, legs and hips, and opportunity for inversions (full- or partially- supported). Like an on-the-mat Restorative or Yin Yoga class, postures are often held for multiple minutes, often using additional props for comfort and alignment, and there is a relaxing ambiance of poetry, music, and letting go. Classes are limited to 6 students and are for ages 13 and older.

This class has similarities to a traditional on-the-mat slow flow yoga class, except swings are used to provide support and allow further exploration of traditional yoga poses. Suspended swings are used to provide support for traditional postures, most often with feet on-the-ground, as well as to provide support for inversions, full-body stretches, and relaxed lying-down positions. Classes are limited to 6 students. No Aerial Yoga Experience Necessary. Class sizes are limited to 6 participants so pre-registration is recommended.

A full-body, strength-building and body-stretching class combining yoga mindfulness principles, standing yoga postures, and aerial suspension training. Classes include breath work, meditation, and use of hammock-like swings in a one-hour guided format. This class also adds the use of suspended multi-height grips to allow bodyweight strength training and other supported options. Classes are limited to 6 students and are for ages 13 and older.

Classes combine the benefits of yoga practice with the principles of functional strength training. Classes are limited to 6 students and are for ages 13 and older.

We will perform a dynamic series of core-strengthening aerial postures designed specifically to improve core power and function, and to give an invigorating core workout, while providing ample time to cool-down and stretch out with a series of slow-flowing yoga postures and inversions.

This class focuses on alignment, body mechanics, and breath with emphasis on step-by-step instruction. For beginners and beyond. Getting ready for cycling? Tennis? Hiking? Gardening? Or just want to touch your toes again? This class is perfect for men and women who want to ease their way into yoga. Each class will offer a balanced yoga sequence working with attention to proper alignment, learning to synchronize breath with movement, and finding our abilities to authentically express oneself through the ancient tradition of Yoga. No pressure. No judgement. Just practice. No experience necessary. Requirement: Able to get up and down off the floor with relative ease. For ages 13 and older.

You may puchase a 6-pack of Foundations of Yoga classes for $72, valid for 6 weeks from date of puchase.
You may also drop-in for $15.

Shake Your Soul® is a movement practice that relaxes your nervous system, energizes your body, and awakens your soul through a powerful, fluid dance repertoire set to world music. No experience is necessary, just a desire to release tension and move to excellent music in a supportive, joyful environment. Alexandra is a registered Shake Your Soul® teacher and will find any excuse to exercise non traditionally!

"I stumbled into Shake Your Soul at a time when I really needed a reminder about how much fun exploring movement can be. I had not known what to expect — but what I found was a welcoming and shame-free environment for dancing, laughing, and connecting with other people. With a wonderfully varied array of music and moments ranging from Zen to zany, Shake Your Soul is a delightful way to connect, unwind, and experience good movement, good people, and good fun. Big thanks to Alexandra for bringing this to our little town!" - Arielle Farrell

Slow Flow Yoga is a lovely class integrating flow with seated and standing poses. Poses range from gentle to challenging and are practiced with stable, self-centering energy. The slow pace of this class allows for emphasis on correct alignment and maintaining balanced even breathing. This style builds strength, stability and postural integrity. Restorative poses may be introduced at the beginning and end of class. Suitable for all levels. Classes are limited for ages 13 and older.

Class incorporates sun salutations, moon salutations, standing poses, seated poses, alignment and focused breathing techniques. A range of postures are offered making this class appropriate for experienced practitioners and accessible to less experienced and beginners. Classes are limited for ages 13 and older.

Practice powerful posture sequences while focusing on alignment and mindfulness. Classes focus on heart opening poses, hip opening poses, twists, inversions and overall increased flexibility balance, strength, and compassion. This practice is especially appropriate for athletes and those wishing to increase fitness levels. Classes enhance conditioning, improve cardiovascular health, and may even reduce the likelihood of injury. Some yoga experience is recommended, as we will explore some challenging poses, however modifications will be offered for the less experienced. Room is heated to 80 degrees, so you can break a sweat. Come hydrated! Classes are limited for ages 13 and older.

This unique class focuses on the seven chakras. We'll flow through poses that help align each individual chakra, moving up the spine from the root (muladhara) chakra to the crown (Sahasrara) chakra. We'll transition seamlessly from one to the next, moving into poses that open each chakra, along with sharing each chakra's individual characteristics.

We will perform a dynamic series of core-strengthening and standing postures designed specifically to improve core power and function, and to give an invigorating core workout, while providing ample time to cool-down and stretch out with a series of slow-flowing yoga postures.

Begin and end class with Restorative Yoga. Inbetween restorative poses, flow through a series of standing, seated, and reclining poses designed to gently build strength, calm the mind and nourish the spirit. Cultivate relaxation, develop flexibility, improve balance, and dissolve stress and tension. Open to all levels, no experience necessary.

Yin Yoga uses gentle long held postures practiced with an attitude of compassionate acceptance to awaken the more Yin parts of our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that puts the practitioner into a state of consiousness between waking and sleeping. Infused with intention, both Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra are deeply restorative, grouding and healing.

Restorative Yin Yoga uses gentle long held postures practiced with an attitude of compassionate acceptance to awaken the more Yin parts of our physical, emotional and spiritual selves. Yin Yoga is grounding, healing, peaceful and leaves the practitioner feeling rested and filled with peace and love. The practitioner may opt to make the practice as restorative as they like, choosing to use props such as bolsters and blocks, adding support to one's body during each pose.

Classes are limited for ages 13 and older.

YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY IS A HOLISTIC MODEL DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DISEASE OF ADDICTION.

The characteristics and effects of addiction could easily be described as separation. Addictive behaviors disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more.

Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance. Yoga and its practices teach the fine art of balancing our multidimensional lives while living in a complex world.

Yoga of 12-Step Recovery was created as a holistic model to address the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease of addiction. Informed by the latest research in neuroscience and trauma healing, Y12SR “connects the dots” by combining the somatic approach of yoga with the cognitive approach of the 12-step recovery model – the most well-known addiction recovery program in the world, with millions of active practitioners.Y12SR is a donation-based relapse prevention program open to the community and anyone is welcome to attend. One does not need to currently be attending a 12-step program, or currently practice yoga, to participate. Classes are limited for ages 13 and older.

with Pat Meredith, RYT 200
4:30-5:30, Monday, July 9, 26, 23, 30, 2018
$20 per class
(included in memberships)

Proper fundamentals and mechanics are the keys to an efficient powerful golf swing. Stance, posture, and alignment are the basis for proper fundamentals and mechanics deal with the travel and shape of the swing. So, what does this have to do with yoga? Everything!!

Your body needs to be in balance, strong and flexible in order to have the proper fundamentals and mechanics of a good swing. What good is a proper swing when you can only have it for a few holes, then tire because of a sore back or stiff muscles or a nagging injury? Your hard work in developing a sound swing is for naught if your body rebels as you swing your club.

Yoga with it asanas or physical poses, along with pranayama or breath, can add much needed flexibility, strength and balance required for proper golf mechanics and fundamentals, and can reduce the effects of the repetitive nature of the golf swing. In this class we will learn easy, fundamental yoga poses to loosen and stretch the body to prepare it for a day on the course and afterwards, to reduce the effects of repetition and stress on the body.

Please join Pat Meredith, an enthusiastic golfer and HOTV Yoga teacher for an informative and fun way to add flexibility, strength, and balance to your game.

with Jo Kirsch
Noon to 1pm, Saturday, December 8
$20 drop-in rate; class card and membership eligible.

Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that puts the practitioner into a state of consiousness between waking and sleeping. Infused with intention, Yoga Nidra is deeply restorative, grounding and healing.