Ruth Lauer-Manenti
Ruth started practicing yoga in 1989 as a way of healing from a bad car accident. She has made numerous trips to India where she has had many lessons from great masters as well as from the local people. She is currently helping to fund the building and running of an orphanage in downtown Mysore, a bustling city in India, where Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his family live.
Ruth's strength as a teacher comes from her gurus: David-ji and Sharon-ji, their courage and perseverance; Sri K. Pattabhi Jois who is perfect in every way; her Sanskrit teacher Jaya Shree who has "pushed the Yoga Sutras into me"; her husband, the gentle nurse and humble tai chi master; and from her own practice and studies which are never ending.
Ruth's growth as a teacher has also come about through the exchange that she has had with her students who are the best students a teacher could hope for. As a teacher, she hopes to be a link on the chain of all teachers who have inspired all students to be kind.
She is also an artist and has an MFA from Yale where she taught painting and printmaking. She currently teaches painting and drawing one semester/year at Dartmouth College.
In October 2009, Lantern Books will publish her book of teachings titled, "An Offering of Leaves.
Class description:
This open class will focus on forward bending and hip opening. Slow yet challenging with an emphasis on breathing and poise. There will be a discussion on kindness with a reference to yoga scriptures.
Lecture:
Theme of this lecture is the Sadhana Pada (Chapter II) from Master Patanjali's Yoga Sutras with emphasis on the Yamas and the Niyamas and how they relate to attaining a pure state of mind, so that the yogi is free of their own negativity and can be a positive force wherever she/he may be. Stories will be used to help explain what may seem complicated but is actually not.
Classes:
Saturday, Dec. 5th 2009 - 4:15-6:00pm Open Class (engl.)
Sunday, Dec. 6th 2009 - 8:00-9:45am Lecture (engl.)