MC Yogi: Mantras, Beats & Meditation

When:
Sunday, Aug 07, 2016 4:00p -
6:00p

Where:
YogaWorks Back Bay
364 Boylston St, Fl 2nd
Boston, MA 02116

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Admission:
$60

Categories:
Date Idea, Music, Sports & Active Life

Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1585286665133508

A mantra is a word repeated in the mind.
A beat creates a steady rhythm.
Meditation happens spontaneously when we
get lost in the groove of what we’re focusing on.


In this yoga session MC YOGI and Amanda Giacomini dive deep into the rich practices, myths and teachings of Yoga and Buddhist traditions.


MC YOGI
From headlining music festivals to teaching some of the biggest yoga classes in America, MC YOGI is widely becoming known as yoga’s modern day ambassador to the West. “We want to make sure that we’re not skimming the surface. As yoga evolves in America it’s really our responsibility to dig down and discover where it comes from, how it relates to us, and how we can really move it forward so that it can benefit humanity…” – MC YOGI With three #1 World albums and hundreds of appearances each year, MC YOGI’S music is moving yoga to large, mainstream audiences. MC YOGI & his wife Amanda Giacomini have performed and taught at The White House, Stanford University,The Smithsonian, SF Asian Art Museum, Dallas Asian Art Museum& more. MC YOGI has given a Ted Talk as well as taught at Juvenile hall and at Hanna Boys Center for at risk youth, in Northern California.


Amanda Giacomini
Amanda Giacomini has dedicated her life to uplifting people and creating more beauty in the world through yoga and art. From teaching yoga at the White House to presenting at some of the biggest yoga festivals, conferences and Asian Art museums in the world, Amanda infuses the ancient teachings with creativity and joy. Her journey in yoga began in 1994, and she continues to study with many great Indian and Western masters.
In 2001, along with her husband, MC YOGI, she founded Yoga Toes Studio in Point Reyes, CA. She has been featured in Yoga International, Origins, Marin Magazine, Happiness + Wellbeing as well as appearing the cover of Yoga Journal and Mantra Magazine. As an artist, she created an award winning series of children’s books, called Mo’s Nose, that feature her beloved rescued pit bull, Mo, as the main character. She has a catalog of paintings inspired by her yoga and spiritual practice. Currently she is working on a project to paint 10,000 Buddhas.

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