Flamenco and Yoga classes with Eve Costarelli: 10/29/12-11/2/12

Looking ahead to the week 10/29/2012-11/2/2012 (and upcoming performance information for the Boston Arts Consort)

Monday 10/29/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Yoga for Grades 5-8 CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO HURRICANE

·       Veterans Yoga 6:00-7:30PM (Please check with center to see if this class will run)

Tuesday starting November 13, 2012 @ Spirit Bear Power Yoga, 19 Main Street, Natick, MA

·       Youth Yoga (Grades 5-8) 4:00-5:00PM

Wednesday 10/31/2012 @ the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA

·       Youth Flamenco (Beginner) Ages 6-9 No class today! Happy Halloween!

·       Youth Flamenco (Intermediate) Ages 9-16 No class today! Happy Halloween!

Friday 11/2/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Adult/Teen Flamenco Ages 12+ 10:00-11:15AM

Upcoming performance:

Friday, November 16^th, 8PM

The Kaji Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen Street, Boston

Tickets $12 at the door includes tea and chocolate reception

Reservations recommended by calling 617-247-1719              

THE BOSTON ARTS CONSORT PRESENTS: SONGS OF SPAIN

Featuring Clara Sandler, Mezzo-Soprano 

& Linda Papatopoli, Pianist                               

Performing selections from

Garcia Lorca’s: Canciones Espaňolas Antiguas

Manuel de Falla’s: Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas

& Xavier Montsalvatge’s beautiful homage to Cuba: Cinco Canciones Negras

                    

With the Flamenco Artistry of 

Eva Lorca and Roberto Rios

SONGS OF SPAIN

THE BOSTON ARTS CONSORT PRESENTS:

             SONGS OF SPAIN

                              Featuring 

             Clara Sandler, Mezzo-Soprano

                                       &

                   Linda Papatopoli, Pianist                               

Performing selections from Garcia Lorca’s

Canciones Espaňolas Antiguas

Manuel de Falla’s

Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas

 & Xavier Montsalvatge’s beautiful homage to Cuba:

Cinco Canciones Negras

                    

                     With the Flamenco Artistry of

   Eva Lorca, Dancer and Roberto Rios, Guitar

                         Friday, November 16^th, 8PM

                   The Kaji Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen Street, Boston

       Tickets $12 at the door includes tea and chocolate reception

                 Reservations recommended by calling 617-247-1719   

            

Flamenco Yoga classes with Eve Costarelli update 10/20/12-10/26/12

Saturday 10/20/2012 @ National Heritage Museum, Maxwell Auditorium, Lexington, MA

World on Stage Presents: A Palo Seco Flamenco

http://worldonstage.com/a-palo-seco/

9PM

National Heritage Museum

33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA

781-861-6559

Tickets $25.

Sunday 10/21/2012 @ Open Spirit/Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA

Open Spirit Center Grand Opening and Dedication

3-5PM

Join us as we dedicate our new Open Spirit Center. Bring a friend and learn about the many different opportunities at Open Spirit. Here's whats happening: 

3:00-3:45 pm: Be greeted with saxophone music, met our teachers and program leaders and partners, enjoy our "mini-healing spa" with acupuncture, reiki and chair massage, kid's art tent, view the art show, refreshments. 

3:10-3:25 pm: Check out a 15-minute youth yoga  class downstairs with Eve Costarelli. 

3:45-4:15 pm: The Dedication with blessings from many traditions in many forms (misc, chant, words and movement (I will perform a short flamenco piece to kick of the Dedication). 

4:15-5:00 pm: More time to visit, meet teachers, enjoy the mini healing spa and art. 4:20-4:35 pm: Try a 15-minute Qi Gong class downstairs. 

4:40 pm: End your afternoon with a 15-minute laughter yoga class downstairs.

Looking ahead to the week of 10/22/12-10/26/12

Monday 10/15/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Family Yoga 3:30-4:30PM

·       Yoga for the Young Athlete and All Ambitious Kids 4:30-5:30PM

·       Veterans Yoga 6:00-7:30PM

Tuesday starting November 13, 2012 @ Spirit Bear Power Yoga, 19 Main Street, Natick, MA

Youth Yoga (Grades 5-8) 4:00-5:00PM

Wednesday 10/17/2012 @ the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA

·       Youth Flamenco (Beginner) Ages 6-9 4:00-5:00PM

·       Youth Flamenco (Intermediate) Ages 9-16 5:00-6:00PM

Friday 10/19/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Adult/Teen Flamenco Ages 12+ 10:00-11:15AM

Great movies to see:

Carmen by Carlos Saura

Sevillanas by Carlos Saura

Flamenco by Carlos Saura

Flamenco! Flamenco! By Carlos Saura

Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif

Flamenco and Yoga Classes with Eve Costarelli Update:

Flamenco and Yoga Classes Update:

Saturday October 13, 2012 @ Framingham Main Library, 49 Lexington St., Framingham, MA 01702 · 508-532-5570

Family Yoga (Costin Room, All yogis ages 5 and up welcome)                                                         Bring your whole family to yoga and practice together! Family Yoga includes postures, breathing techniques and meditation for the whole family, including age-appropriate variations to accommodate all of the students in the class. Bring anyone you love and have fun! This is a free event

Looking ahead to the week 10/15/2012-10/21/2012

Monday 10/15/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Family Yoga 3:30-4:30PM

·       Yoga for the Young Athlete and All Ambitious Kids 4:30-5:30PM

·       Veterans Yoga 6:00-7:30PM

Wednesday 10/17/2012 @ the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA

·       Youth Flamenco (Beginner) Ages 6-9 4:00-5:00PM

·       Youth Flamenco (Intermediate) Ages 9-16 5:00-6:00PM

Friday 10/19/2012 @ Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA:

·       Adult/Teen Flamenco Ages 12+ 10:00-11:15AM*

(October Special for this class: 1^st time 8- class card buyers receive an extra 10% off the already discounted price: $20/ Drop-in; 8-Class card/$128. With October discount: $115.20)

Saturday 10/20/2012 @ National Heritage Museum, Maxwell Auditorium, Lexington, MA

·       World on Stage Presents: A Palo Seco Flamenco

http://worldonstage.com/a-palo-seco/

9PM

National Heritage Museum

33 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA

781-861-6559

Tickets $25.

SmARTalkWorkshop

SmARTalkWorkshop

Thursday, October 11, 2012 
9:30 A.M. – 11:30 P.M. 
Needham Public Library 
1139 Highland Avenue, 
Needham, MA 02494

How to Provide Successful Arts Programming
in Your School

Young Audiences of Massachusetts offers workshops to guide arts in education coordinators, PTO members, teachers, and administrators toward providing successful arts enrichment programming in their school.

Workshop includes guidance in:

• Creating goals for arts programming
• Establishing a school arts committee
• Selecting, evaluating, and scheduling programs
• Establishing programming recordkeeping systems
• Advocating for arts in your school
• Seeking program funding
• Locating and establishing opportunities for networking

Presenter: Gail Zarren is Project Director of Young Audiences of Massachusetts' Healing Arts for Kids hospital initiative. She has over 25 years of experience bringing arts enrichment to schools and communities, is a former President of the West Suburban Creative Arts Council, and is a longtime member of Young Audiences of Massachusetts' Program Committee.

Workshops are FREE!

Pre-Registration is Required
(Limited Enrollment)

                                                      For questions, please contact: 
                                                                     Gail Zarren 
                                                               gzarren@yamass.org
                                                              (617) 629-9262 x304

Yoga for the Young Athlete...and All Ambitious Kids!

                           Yoga for the Young Athlete...and All Ambitious Kids! 

This is a new yoga class that I am running for grades 5-12. It is held at Open Spirit at Edwards Church, 39 Edwards Street, Framingham, MA from 4:30-5:30PM Mondays (except on school holidays). Open Spirit is a new multi-faith center for the wider community, a place to celebrate and strengthen our connectedness, to promote healing and wholeness, and to experience spiritual nourishment.

I have been teaching my veterans yoga class at this same location for about a year now and the center has expanded its focus to include more community based classes in yoga, Tai Chi, spirituality and flamenco!  I am offering a Family Yoga class (Monday 3:30-4:30), Yoga for the Young Athlete...and All Ambitious Kids (grades 5-12; Monday 4:30-5:30); I teach in rotation a free Veteran's Yoga class (along with Lynn Stoller and Michael Thomas; Monday 6:00-7:30PM); Family Flamenco (Thursday 4:30-5:30) and Adult/Teen Flamenco (Friday 10:00-11:15AM). 

The first meeting of Athlete Yoga we spent our time exploring how yoga can be a great companion for all the other things we do in our life: sports, schoolwork, musical instruments/singing, busy time, free time, happy time, sad time, angry time....We gathered a list of activities we like to do: Basketball, Bicycling, Hiking, Piano, Saxophone, Sing, Ski/Snowboard, Surf, Swim and Tennis. Over the weeks, we will explore each session focusing on one of the activities  Classes will include breath-work (Pranyama), poses (Asana) and Meditation. We will also listen to stories and music, color, talk about healthy living choices and how to bring our yoga off the mat and into the world.

Swimming was chosen as our first "activity", as it is something that all the students enjoy. None of these kids are on a swim team but they all enjoy swimming just the same (minus the competitive edge). A yoga practice can complement even an amateur's swim routine by introducing strength building and flexibility. Asanas (postures) utilize body weight as a powerful source of resistance: Outside of the water, gravity helps to build strength and muscle. In addition, postures take the body through a full range of motion, encouraging flexible, supple muscles that are less prone to injury.

We started today's class outside at the church's labyrinth. The kids naturally took to completing the spiral in and then out, sensing the need to follow the path in and out, noticing that somehow it seemed necessary to do this. Feeling the evenness in their bodies and their minds upon completion. The entered and exited repeatedly, sometimes walking slowly, sometimes following each other and at other times running around each curve. In the end, they ended up in the center, smiling and sitting with each other.

Swimmer-asanas:

* Bean bag on belly breath

* Explaining how to and the use of Ujjayi breath (taught as Ocean breath for kids). 

*Gomulkasana Arms in Easy Pose-relieves tightness in shoulders and upper back

*A series (for Utkatasana and Low Utkatasana: diving, even bent knee table top-diving prep; Uttnasana-fall forward into water)
*Dog in Prayer 2

*Malasana

*Bakasana

*Forearm Plank-helps build and maintain core strength 

*Pointer Dog-increases core strength and balances asymmetries

*Locust-also with arms stretched out front

*½ Bow-stretches upper back
*Dancer's Pose

*Trikonasana- maintains good range of motion in shoulder and hip joints

*½ Eagle-arms first then add legs for balance

*Supported Bridge-helps release tension in neck and upper back-

* Supine Twist-stretches both hips and spine

*Savasana

We also talked about being mindful, staying in the present moment both in yoga and in life. I read them the story "The Three Questions" adapted from a book by Leo Tolstoy. Jon J. Muth recasts a short story by Tolstoy into picture-book format, substituting a boy and his animal friends for the czar and his human companions. Yearning to be a good person, Nikolai asks, "When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do?" Sonya the heron, Gogol the monkey and Pushkin the dog offer their opinions, but their answers do not satisfy Nikolai. He visits Leo, an old turtle who lives in the mountains. While there, he helps Leo with his garden and rescues an injured panda and her cub, and in so doing, finds the answers he seeks. As Leo explains, "There is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side." Moral without being moralistic, the tale sends a simple and direct message unfreighted by pomp or pedantry. Muth's art is as carefully distilled as his prose. A series of misty, evocative watercolors in muted tones suggests the figures and their changing relationships to the landscape. Judicious flashes of color quicken the compositions, as in the red of Nikolai's kite (the kite, released at the end, takes on symbolic value). An afterword describes Tolstoy and his work. 

We ended class in the playground.

Ole! Namaste!
Eve