LILA YOGA®

FREE YOGA WEEK!
2016-08-26 - 2016-09-01 | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Welcome to Lila Yoga! We invite you to come and discover the amazing benefits of an authentic, balanced yoga practice.
If you have been wanting to try yoga or am looking for a yoga home, visit us during FREE WEEK!
During FREE WEEK, you will have free access to more than 30 classes (morning, noon and night), including:

Gentle Yoga
Levels I-II (beginners to advanced)
Levels II-III (immediate to advanced),
All Levels
Lila Sun Salutations (a morning yoga practice)
Candlelight Yoga
Moon Salutations
Ecstatic Dance

Here is the FREE WEEK Schedule:

This event only happens twice a year…. SO DON’T MISS IT!

What is Lila Yoga?
Lila Yoga® is the mindfulness interplay of energy at any given moment. Through the exchange of physical and subtle energy, Lila Yoga connects us to the web of energy within the body/mind and throughout the cosmos.
Within yoga postures, Lila Yoga ignites this interplay of energy by connecting us individuals to the all of everything. We become one small crucial part of a cosmic sized asana…so marvelous to experience! Just by aligning ourselves with specific energy lines, currents instantly move through us, strengthen and support us.
Within Lila Yoga there’s an emphasis on sensitizing to this continuous cosmic energy dance in three amazingly simple and accessible steps:
1) cultivating AWARENESS
2) practicing MINDFULNESS
3) allowing INTEGRATION (meditation)
By practicing in this interconnected way, asanas become enlivened and dynamic! Asanas become profound opportunities to recharge and rebalance!
~Erica Kaufman (founder of Lila Yoga)

Location:
Lila Yoga Studios
103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor
Downtown State College, PA 16801

Intro to Yoga Workshop Series - Starts September 18th
2016-09-18 18:45 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
“Intro to Yoga” Level 1

Learn the basics of a traditional yoga practice in a safe, small-class environment.
Discover the physical and mental benefits of a yoga practice.
Strengthen your body and mind.

Intro to yoga is a 5 evening workshop specifically for students with little or no yoga experience.
This small-class setting is an ideal way to learn the fundamentals of a safe, healthy yoga practice.
The Lila Yoga teachers will introduce basic concepts of a complete yoga practice, including:

Asana (Postures)
Pranayama (Breath work)
Philosophy
Meditation

Schedule:
Class starts Sunday, September 18th, 2015.
Class meets on 5 Sunday nights @6:45-8pm (Sept 18, 25, and Nov 2, 9, 16).
Cost:
Your tuition is for the 5 “intro classes” in this series.
What you need:
We have yoga mats.
Just bring a water bottle and comfortable clothing.
Interested?
Register in advance to claim your spot. Registration cost is $25 for both classes: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=31370 (then select the “Workshops” tab at the top of the page. The workshop will be listed.)
Location:
Lila Yoga Studios
103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor
Downtown State College, PA 16801

Lila Yoga & Body Image Awareness 2-Hour Workshop
2016-10-01 15:00 - 18:00 | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Description:
Body Image: Body image is how you see yourself when you look in the mirror or when you picture yourself in your mind. It encompasses:

What you believe about your own appearance (including your memories, assumptions, and generalizations).
How you feel about your body, including your height, shape, and weight.
How you sense and control your body as you move. How you feel in your body, not just about your body. (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org)Oftentimes our culture surrounding yoga can negatively influence our body image and can encourage self-critique. In this workshop we will explore the relationship between our yoga practice and our body image. We will discuss ways to become more aware of how our physical practice, relationship to our yoga community, and personal experience influences our body image, all the while exploring ways to nourish a healthy relationship between our yoga practice and our bodies!

Structure of the workshop:
– 30min group activity
– 1hr physical practice
– 30min debrief and discussion

Prerequisites or Experience Required:
No experience necessary.
What to bring:
We have yoga mats! Just bring a water bottle, comfortable clothing, and a journal should you choose to take personal notes.
Date and Time:
Saturday, October 1, 3pm – 5pm
Event Location:
Lila Yoga Studios
103 E. Beaver Ave
2nd Floor
Downtown State College, PA 16801.
Cost:
This workshop is $20.
Register here:
Register in advance to claim your spot. Registration cost is $25 for both classes: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=31370 (then select the “Workshops” tab at the top of the page. The workshop will be listed.)
Your Teacher:
Grace Emmerling, YT-500hr
Grace is a yoga teacher at Lila Yoga Studios as well as an employee of Eat Breathe Thrive ™, and organization devoted to helping individuals heal from food and body image issues through yoga. She is passionate about movement, dance, Lila Yoga, and nourishing a healthy mind-body.

Duo Acro Workshops
2016-10-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Workshop Description:
AcroYoga blends the wisdom of yoga, the dynamic power of acrobatics, and the loving kindness of healing arts. Come join Acro Revolution and Partner Acrobatics teacher John Marquiss and Lila Yoga founder Erica Kaufman for two introductory sessions into this beautiful practice.
Experience Needed:
This class is perfect for beginner practitioners! All are welcome.
What to bring:
We have yoga mats! Just bring a water bottle and comfortable clothing.
Dates/Times:
Sunday, Sept 18th 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Sunday, Oct 2nd 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Class Location:
Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, Downtown State College, PA 16801
Costs:
Register in advance to claim your spot. Registration cost is $35 for both classes:https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=31370 (then select the “Workshops” tab at the top of the page. The workshop will be listed.)
Drop-ins are okay ($20 per class).

Your teachers:
John Marquiss, Acro Revolution teacher, Partner Acrobatics teacher
John is a certified Acro Revolution and Partner Acrobatics instructor, and is a graduate of Pitch Catch Circus. He has learned from and shared with Acro communities all over the world. He may be the first person to have done AcroYoga on all 7 continents. John is passionate about Acro and can’t wait to share it with you!
Erica Kaufman, MFA, E-RYT500+
Erica is a dancer, choreographer, yogini, and a Contact Improviser.
Erica is a life-long student of:

Krishnamacharya’s teachings and studies at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India
Krishnamurti’s philosophy and studies at Krishnamurti Foundation
Florence Kaufman, her yogacharya mother who introduced her to yoga
Dr Clayton McCracken, meditation teacher

More info on Erica:

Founder of Lila Yoga®
Holds the Highest Level of Registry with Yoga Alliance

Practicing since 1975, teaching since 1984 since
Yoga Journal noted Erica’s Lîla Yoga classes with its signature Karma Credit.
Shambhala Mountain Center faculty since 2005 -offering annual Lila Yoga Retreats
formal studies in Body Mind Centering, Contemplative Dance, Authentic Movement, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Mindfulness Living, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique.
Teaching Contact Improvisation since 1989

In 2008 worked with Nancy Stark Smith to coordinate CI36 – the international, once a decade, celebration commemorating the inception of Contact Improvisation.

Dance Your Free Spirit: First Underscore in State College with Erica Kaufman
2016-10-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Description:
What is the Underscore?

The Underscore is a long-form dance improvisation structure which began developing in the 1990’s by Nancy Stark Smith.
“The Underscore is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational dance practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space-alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable (from: http://nancystarksmith.com/underscore)

What is contact improvisation (CI)?

CI explores the vast potential for movement generated by two or more people, communicating spontaneously through weight, motion and touch. Through the physical principles of touch, momentum, and weight sharing, this class explores the skills of falling, rolling, counterbalance, lifting using minimal effort, how to make ourselves light when being lifted, centering and breathing techniques, and responsiveness to our partners and surroundings. Traditional dance backgrounds are not needed.

Erica Kaufman will provide a talk through of the Underscore (explain the moving states that one goes through in the practice) at 1PM in the library at Lila Yoga Studios. Participants will then transition to the studio space to begin the movement practice.
Participants should enter the Underscore Practice with an openness and curiosity.
Prerequisites or Experience Required:
All are welcome- no dance experience necessary!
What to bring:

Comfortable clothing
Journal to take notes about the Underscore, or to write one’s experiences afterwards

Date and Time:
Sunday, October 9th at 1-3pm*
*Talk through of Underscore with Erica Kaufman in the library starts 1PM sharp!
Event Location:
Lila Yoga Studios
103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor
Downtown State College, PA 16801
Costs:
Register in advance to claim your spot online: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=31370 (then select the “Workshops” tab at the top of the page. The workshop will be listed.)
Drop-ins okay ($5-15 sliding scale).
Teacher:
Erica Kaufman, MFA, E-RYT500+, owner of Lila Yoga Studios
Erica is a dancer, choreographer, yogini, and a Contact Improviser.
Erica is a life-long student of:
• Krishnamacharya’s teachings and studies at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India
• Krishnamurti’s philosophy and studies at Krishnamurti Foundation
• Florence Kaufman, her yogacharya mother who introduced her to yoga
• Dr Clayton McCracken, meditation teacher
More info on Erica:
• Founder of Lila Yoga®
• Holds the Highest Level of Registry with Yoga Alliance
• Practicing since 1975, teaching since 1984 since
• Yoga Journal noted Erica’s Lîla Yoga classes with its signature Karma Credit.
• Shambhala Mountain Center faculty since 2005 -offering annual Lila Yoga Retreats
• formal studies in Body Mind Centering, Contemplative Dance, Authentic Movement, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Mindfulness Living, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique.
• Teaching Contact Improvisation since 1989
In 2008 worked with Nancy Stark Smith to coordinate CI36 – the international, once a decade, celebration commemorating the inception of Contact Improvisation.

Yoga, Food & Body Image Intensive
2016-11-11 - 2016-11-13 | Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, State College, PA, 16801, United States
Workshop Description:

Discover how yoga can support healthy eating and positive body image.
Explore mindfulness-based practices for tuning into hunger and fullness signals.
Experience the main components of the Eat Breathe Thrive program: four simple and applicable principles to support a healthy relationship with food, body, and oneself.
Learn how to use your unique skills and talents to help individuals fully recover from food and body image challenges on all ends of the spectrum.

The Yoga, Food & Body Image Intensive is an innovative yoga-based training for disordered eating and negative body image. Open to both helping professionals and the general public, this in-depth training opportunity is ideal for yoga teachers, educators, fitness professionals, and mental health practitioners alike.
This training serves as Module One of the Eat Breathe Thrive Facilitator Training a certificate program designed to support professionals in offering an integrative, mind-body program to individuals with food and body image challenges.

Experience Required:
No yoga experience needed. Come as you are!
What to bring:
The studio will supply yoga mats. Just bring a pen and yourself!
Dates and Times:
Friday, November 11
1pm-5pm
Saturday, November 12
10am-12pm; 1pm-5pm
Sunday, November 13
10am-12pm; 1pm-5pm
Location:
Lila Yoga Studios, 103 E. Beaver Ave, 2nd Floor, Downtown State College, PA 16801.
Registration:
Click on this link: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=31370 and then select the “Workshops” tab at the top of the page. The workshop will be listed.

Your Instructor:
Chelsea Roff, RYT 200, B.S. in Neuroscience and Health Psychology
Chelsea Roff is the Founder and Director of Eat Breathe Thrive™, a non-profit organization that prevents and helps individuals overcome disordered eating and negative body image. An internationally recognized author, speaker, and yoga teacher, Chelsea has spent the past five years pioneering integrative health programs for people with mental health challenges.

Lila Yoga Retreat in Chennai, India
2017-01-01 - 2017-01-10 | PA
Immerse yourself in the cultural riches of Chennai, India, as you study yoga philosophy, asana, pranayama, application, and meditation at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation.
More Info about Lila Yoga in India & Group Activities in India

Lila Yoga Retreat + International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh, India
2017-03-01 - 2017-03-10 | PA
Experience the International Yoga Festival, Lila Yoga Journey into Inner Peace retreat, and traditional ashram living in Rishikesh, India, the sacred and spiritual birthplace of yoga.
More Info about Lila Yoga in India & Group Activities in India

Lila Yoga® Mindfulness Retreat
2017-06-01 - 2017-06-04 | PA
Lila Yoga Mindfulness Retreat in the Rockie Mountains in Colorado, USA
Meet Erica at the top of the mountain at the world famous Shambhala Mountain Center.
ALL ARE WELCOME…All levels of experience…every age…every ability…new comers & alumni alike…
Register here
Discover the power of compassionate awareness by bringing mindfulness into your daily life. During this nourishing retreat, we will embrace our vulnerabilities and allow them to safely guide us into expansive ease. By practicing the art of open attention, Mindfulness Lila Yoga provides a complete holistic approach to a healthy, balanced body and mind. Through the ancient Indian practices of asana (yogic postures), pranayama (yogic breathing), chanting, satsang gathering, meditation, and quiet-present time, we are able to open to our greatest awareness and learn the keys to joy, patience, peace, and eternal wisdom.
Returning Guest & Newcomers Are Always Welcome!

Read Erica’s thoughts on generosity, teaching and learning, and her trip to India in her blog posts: Reawakening Amazing Inner Places and Why Samadhi?

Erica Kaufman
Yogacharya Erica Kaufman is the founder of Lila Yoga® and the owner of Lila Yoga Studios. She began daily devoted yoga practices at age 9. Influenced by Jiddu Krishnamurti’s philosophy and Krishnamacharya’s teachings, she spends three months a year in India.
Since 1984, Erica has taught ancient wisdom as a daily practice and holds the highest level of Registry with Yoga Alliance. Her teaching expertise and sophisticated gutsy openness awarded her Yoga Journal’s Karma Credit and features in publications such as The Times of India. As a mentor to yoga teachers, aspirants, and community members alike, Erica tours the USA, Europe, Israel, and India teaching seminars on Lila Yoga® and Contact Improvisation.

Program Details

Registration takes place from 2– 5 pm on your program start date. All participants and volunteer staff must check in at our Guest Registration house. Please arrive before 5 pm to check in and settle into your accommodations. Your program begins with dinner, followed by an orientation. The Guest Registration house closes at 5 pm after which no one is available to provide information or orient you to your accommodations. All programs usually end at 12:30 pm on the program’s departure date, followed by lunch. Further specifics regarding your program’s schedule will be available upon arrival. If applicable, you will receive an email from the program coordinator in the week prior to your program with any additional information you may need.

Register here

SPECIAL LILA YOGA CLASS FOR FREE!
2021-06-21 07:00 - 18:00 | Online
On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Lila Yoga Studios will be holding a SPECIAL LILA YOGA PRACTICE for FREE!!

This event will be held virtually for all to join.
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM : Lila Yoga Sun Salutations
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM : Lila Yoga Vinyasa

Register today to save yourself a spot at the event to experience a rejuvenating and refreshing yoga experience with Erica Kaufman for FREE!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Online Lila Yoga Teacher Training 2021
2021-12-22 | Online
Erica Kaufman graduated the most recent class from the 200 hour O-LYTT in December 2021. Graduates live in Bangalore India, Vancouver Canada, and Pennsylvania USA.
“We had a fabulous training together and I look forward to introducing these beautiful teachers to the world wide Lila Yoga community.” ~Erica

6th Yoga World Festival
2021-12-25 08:30 - 09:15 | Online
Registration Form
https://forms.gle/NVBAkGZEQwqkadj59
To join the video meeting
https://meet.google.com/yfa-jubz-nja
www.yogaworldfestival.com Yoga World Festival is a FREE ONLINE event.
“it’s a great honor to join this panel of distinguished yogis for this beautiful occasion.” -Erica Kaufman
The Program
6:15 am – 7:00 am / Dr. T.A Krishnan & Dr. Yuva Dayalan, Hong Kong
7:00 am – 7:45 am Dr. Thanga mani, India
8:30 am – 9:15 am / Erica Kaufman
8:30 am – 9:15 am Dr. Kumaran, Hong Kong
9:15 am – 10:00 am Dr. Elangovan, India

Free Yoga Classes for Penn State Students, Faculty & Staff
2022-02-09 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-02-14 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-02-21 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-02-28 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-03-07 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-03-14 17:30 - 18:15, 2022-03-21 17:30 - 18:15 | Online
This is an inclusive yoga class in collaboration with Penn State Health & Human Development. All levels of experience are welcome*—faculty, staff, and students together! Modifications will be given. The course is free of charge for all.
The ‘Enhancing Wellbeing with Lila Yoga’ class integrates physical practices (yoga postures) with yoga philosophy, the elements of nature, breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation. Because building community is part of this offering, we will make space for your questions, proposed topics, and needs during all sessions.
If you are PSU faculty, staff, or student, please join us at:
https://www.prevention.psu.edu/peace/outreach/yoga

International Yoga Festival 2022
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-14 | International Yoga Festival, India, Rishikesh, India
*Register for IYF 2022
https://internationalyogafestival.org/register/
* Please do not forget to indicate in registration that you are with the Lila Yoga Group.
International Yoga Festival – Join Facebook Group
www.facebook.com/groups/IYF2018/
Join IYF Facebook Group to receive advance updates, announcements during the Festival, as well as a place to connect with others.
www.internationalyogafestival.org International Yoga Festival 2022 India.
Nuzzled at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains & the banks of the holy Ganges River… we will practice yoga— for better health, joy, & peaceful presence.
Yogini ERICA KAUFMAN is once again honored & excited to accept the invitation to join the featured esteemed teachers to present at the world-renowned IYF at the magnificent Parmarth Niketan Ashram!
Together we will practice Lila Yoga, and many other meaningful traditions to celebrate the great science of yoga and the importance of mindful wellbeing.

Morning Yoga w/ Erica: Lila Yoga Sun Salutation Mix
2022-03-14 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-15 08:00 - 08:40, 2022-03-16 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-17 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-18 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-21 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-22 08:00 - 08:45, 2022-03-23 08:00 - 08:45 and 2 more dates | Online
Let’s join together & practice yoga! I practice each weekday morning and I am inviting you to join me!
I designed this practice early on in the pandemic and have been practicing it ever since— A true lifesaver! This practice has kept me

mentally,
physically,
emotionally,
intellectually, and
spiritually GROUNDED.

Details:

Some yoga experience & knowledge is helpful & recommended.
The class has a basic structure to which I embellish and personalize each day.
I punctuate the practice with yoga guidance, cues, philosophy & inspiration. The class is based on a structured sequence that becomes familiar, allowing some of the class is practiced in silence. This enables each of us to focus deeply.
25% of these proceeds go to the children’s education of the Indian family I sponsor.

You will see… it’s a GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY!
OM Shanti,
~erica
