Yoga with Ritatude: December 2012

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Gratitude

Many thanks to all the wonderful teachers and caregivers who attended the December 8th workshop at PURE. It was a wonderful experience to share with my friends and co-presenters Tari Prinster, and Antonio Sausys. Much love and light, xoRT

BIO

Rita Trieger is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fit Yoga magazine (2003-2010), the author of Yoga Heals Your Back (Fairwinds, 2005), and Tranquil Mind, a meditation and yoga CD. She incorporates a variety of traditions into her inspiring teaching style, and has cultivated an enthusiastic following in both vigorous Vinyasa flow, and healing/restorative/therapeutic classes. A spirited and sought-after teacher, Rita has presented yoga therapy to medical students at Yale University as well as several national yoga conferences, including the International Yoga Therapy Conference (IYTC), and the Montreal International Symposium for Therapy and Yoga (MISTY 2011), Canada’s first yoga therapy conference.

For the last 12 years, Rita has been teaching yoga for various departments of Stamford Hospital, in Stamford, Connecticut. At the hospital’s Bennett Cancer Center (BCC), she has built a strong yoga community for cancer patients and survivors; at The Health and Fitness Institute (HFI), her thrice weekly Vinyasa flow classes continue to thrive, and has worked closely with both the chief of cardiology and the senior exercise physiologist as the case manager/stress-management facilitator for Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR). More recently, Rita developed yoga for cancer video sequences on You Tube for the Connecticut Challenge, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyle choices for cancer survivors, where she also serves as a senior teacher and offers Yoga for Cancer Teacher Training.

Rita’s abstract and article, Open Heart Yoga was published in the Spring of 2011, for the medical journal, Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation (TGR), and she has contributed a chapter for his book The Sacred Thread of Yoga compiled by renowned yogi and teacher, Kofi Buscia.

In July 2011 she was initiated into the sacred Kalachakra Tantra by H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama in Washington, DC and continues her in-depth studies of Buddhist philosophy and meditation.

In addition to her work at Stamford Hospital, Rita is a member of IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists) and currently teaches yoga and meditation at The Yoga Loft in Bedford, NY, Breathe Pilates and Yoga, in Chappaqua, NY, Dew Yoga in Stamford, CT., Elements Yoga and the Darien Y in Darien, CT., as well as a flourishing private clientele.

Teaching Schedule

Sunday

10am - 11:15 am/Therapeutic Flow

The Yoga Loft at Bedford Post (Bedford, NY)

12:00pm-1:00pm/OM for Life

(12-week program starts March 16th, ends June 1st, special class for cancer survivors)

Dew Yoga (Stamford, CT)

Monday

5:30pm - 6:30pm/Healing Flow
(movement, meditation, energetic release)
Dew Yoga (Stamford, CT)

7:15 pm - 8:15 pm/Open Level-Vinyasa

Health & Fitness Institute (HFI) @ Tully Health Center

(Stamford, CT)

Tuesday

8:30 am - 9:45 am/Therapeutic Flow

Yoga Loft at Bedford Post

10:30 am - 11:45 am/Therapeutic Flow
Breathe Pilates & Yoga, Chappaqua NY

4:30pm - 5:30pm/Restorative

Darien Y

6:30pm - 7:30pm Gentle/restorative

Bennett Cancer Center (BCC)

Third Floor Meditation Room@ Tully Center

Wednesday

Workshops; private sessions; lectures

Thursday

10:45am - 11:45am/Therapeutic Flow

Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Center, Southport, CT

12:30pm - 1:30pm/Therapeutic Flow

Elements Yoga & Wellness, Darien CT.
elementsyoga.com

4:30pm - 5:30pm/Restorative

Darien Y

6:30pm - 7:30pm/Power Vinyasa

HFI @ Tully Center

Friday

6:30pm - 7:30 pm/Monthly Melt/once a month

Yoga Loft at Bedford Post Inn

Workshops; private sessions; lectures

Saturday

9:00am - 10:00am/Vinyasa Express

HFI@Tully

11:00am - 12:15pm/Enlighten Up

(restorative, gentle asana, meditation)

Dew Yoga

Private, Semi-private Instruction Upon Request

Yoga with Ritatude

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Gratitude

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