Karin Stephan

Welcome to Iyengar Classes and Workshops

CLASSES

Karin working with student

Karin Stephan's yoga classes are based on her studies with B.K.S. Iyengar, Geeta Iyengar, Dona Holleman and senior teachers of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga system. Karin's classes are small in size. This allows her to teach each student through direct observation.

Karin focuses primarily on refinement in the asanas related to alignment, balance and working from within. Paying attention to small details alters how the entire body moves.

Students are encouraged to study their own movements without having a preconception of the pose. The teaching develops a sense of stillness in the work as well as a relaxation of the mind and will. Karin bases her work on intuition, observation, an aesthetic sensibility, metaphor and thirty years of teaching experience.

Karin on the dunes

-- photo of Anne Curtis

ANNE CURTIS

Anne Curtis studied classical ballet and modern dance for 14 years in Berkeley, California. After her undergraduate studies, Anne earned a Ph.D. in biology at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1996 Anne started studying Yoga and slowly began to devote herself to Yoga as a way of life after using Yoga to heal from an upper back injury sustained by lifting both her newborn and toddler. In 2003 Anne did her Iyengar based teacher training studies in Palo Alto, California with Larry Hatlett. She then completed the Yoga Alliance 200 hour certification with Val Spies, founder/director of The Lotus Pond in Tampa, Florida.

Anne currently lives in Belmont, Massachusetts and is continuing her Yoga studies with Karin Stephan and other advanced Iyengar teachers. She now teaches a Monday morning class at The Loft in Cambridge and a Friday noon class at The Cambridge Friends Meeting House. She also teaches occasionally on Friday night at The Arlington Center.

Anne is devoted to teaching in a student-centered way, in which each student's unique characteristics are taken into account. Her goal is for each individual to find their way toward greater understanding of their own body and how to work with the Yoga poses to bring about a finely tuned mindful balance. Anne is loved by one and all for her kindness, her wonderful sense of humor, and her highly empathic nature.

SCHEDULE

spring semester
April 1st - June 30th, 2024
with Karin Stephan and Anne Curtis
Monday 9:00-10:30 a.m.
(taught by Anne Curtis)
Level I/II
in-person only
9 classes(4/8-6/17)
no class 4/1, 5/13, 5/20 or 6/24
Tuesday 6:00-7:30 p.m. Level III/IV
hybrid
13 classes
(4/2-6/25)
Wednesday 8:30-10:00 a.m. Levels I/II
zoom only

13 classes(4/3-6/26)

Wednesday 6:00-7:30 p.m. Levels II/III
hybrid
13 classes(4/3-6/26)
Thursday 9:00-10:30 a.m. Levels II/III
zoom only
13 classes(4/4-6/27)
Saturday 8:30-10:00 a.m. Levels I/II
zoom only
13 classes(4/6-6/29)
Sunday 9:00-10:30 a.m. All Levels
hybrid
13 classes(4/7-6/30)

Class prices listed below.
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All classes at The Loft • Porter Square area • Cambridge, MA
(call or email to register or for directions)

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SPRING SEMESTER
1½ hr classes

Prices

ONGOING LATE MORNING ZOOM CLASSES 
(1hr 15min) 

Private Zoom or In-Person classes with Karin
[1 hour]

Special Private Consultations with Karin [1 hour 15 mins]