General Description
Yoga for Artists
Whether your art is acting, music, writing or the 'art of being', yoga
offers tools that can support your ability to perform at maximum potential. It can help facilitate the creative process by awakening the body,
engaging the senses and balancing the breath. It encourages a trusting
relationship with your body and in turn a free flowing relationship
with energy, emotion and spirit.
Timetable - 2008
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All courses are one semester long and are subjected to change without notice.
Semester Dates
Fall - Sept 24 to Dec 3, 2007
Winter -
Jan 14 to March 27, 2008
Spring -
March 31 – June 5, 2008
Summer -
June 30 - July 28, 2008
Discounts
Pay an additional $100.00 and receive access to all yoga classes.
Pay No GST for Pre-Professional alumni and Equity Members (CAEA)
YogaDance (Shake Your Soul)
Some days ya just gotta forget it all and DANCE!
YogaDance brings fitness to your body and spirit by taking you on a journey through the energy centers of your being. It integrates creative movement, free dance and yoga inspired joyful motion. Suitable for creative souls who are looking for inspiration, body-centered expression and just plain fun!
Monday - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Monday - 7:30pm - 9:00pm *(Summer Only) - Cost: $65.00
Wednesday - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Cost: $130.00
Drop in Rate: $15.00
Yoga for Artists (Hatha based)
Engage the body and find your centre, by leaning into your edges of physical and energetic expression. Hatha yoga offers postures (asanas) that tune the body into a place of self-acceptance and realization. It creates space in the spirit for inner calm and mental balance.
Monday - 6:00pm - 7:30pm *(Summer Only) - Cost: $65.00
Tuesday - 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Thursday - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Cost: $130.00
Drop in Rate: $15.00
Yoga for Artists (Kundalini based)
Deepen your creative potential by exploring the relationship between
concentration and relaxation; structured technique and intuitive movement.
Kundalini yoga is the "yoga of awareness" and it offers powerful,
strength building exercises (kriyas) for liberating the master artist within.
Thursday - 1:00am - 2:30pm
Cost: $130.00
Drop in Rate: $15.00
Kristine Karpinski - Instructor
Kristine Karpinski, is a a certified Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Teacher, a Registered Massage Therapist and Thai Yoga Practitioner, and a certified Nia and Kripalu DansKinetics instructor. She is the owner of The Clinic Upstairs
- massage therapy and wellness centre, and has studied and practiced various healing modalities, movement methods and dance styles for over 30 years.
Her yoga experience is inspired by various traditions including Kundalini, Sivananda, Radha, Kripalu, Bikram and Vinyasa forms. Kristine's university studies at Ryerson and Ottawa U focused on theatre and psychology and she is presently studying body-centered expressive therapy with Daniel Leven and Phoenix Rising yoga therapy at the Vermont centre.
http://www.theclinicupstairs.com/
General Registration Information
- Students should wear comfortable clothing and bring indoor shoes.
- No refunds are given without a written request one week before the course begins. A $25 administration fee will be deducted. After the start of a course, refunds will not be given. If unable to continue due to illness, the fee will be held over to a following semester upon receipt of a medical letter.
- OSSD reserves the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment. In the event of a cancellation, registrants will be notified one week prior to the start date and will receive a full refund.
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama
294 Picton Ave.
Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8P8
info@ossd.com
Telephone: (613) 567-6788
Fax: (613) 567-4240