Yoga Dance Alchemy for Performers

Unwind and restore your body with this yoga workshop specifically designed for female performers, dancers, movers & shakers.

Purna Shakti is back again to share with us the training she has completed in India from several yogis. She is joined by Lindsay Gallagher to help you unwind and rejuvenate your body. Students will learn techniques from yoga, and other traditions to open our subtle channels, breathing, and muscles. After preliminary opening, cleansing, and healing we will move on to specific movements, exercises, mudras and meditations to benefit not only our yoga practices, but also our dance practice.

This Mother's Day, we may not all have living mothers to honor, but our support system is strong. Whether it's your birth mother, guardian, a close friend, or partner, this workshop will explore your connection through increased circulation to special areas of the female body and preventative, holistic, and emotional health.

Location

Held at a safe indoor studio learning space with mirrors and hardwood flooring. Bring your own mat, SpinCo will have a few to spare. Students should wear comfy and loose cotton clothing (shorts and short sleeves recommended). 

Handmade Artistry 

Purna Shakti will have traditional handmade jewelry for sale on-site, as well as a limited supply of fire props, including fans and palm candles.

Purna Shaki Teaching Tour

Click here for a demonstration of Purna Shakti's performance style. 

• Yoga Teacher Training - Dhyana Yoga Studio - 2009 - 1 month
• Sivananda Yoga - Madurai, India - 2010 1 month
• Buddhist meditation practices and workshops at Buddhist Temple in Philadelphia- 2009
• 7 day Vipassana silent meditation in Thailand Ko Samui - 2016
• Holistic Temple Dance Intensive with Zola Dubnikova in Goa, India 2 months. 2016-17
• Dancecraft key of Diamonds by Zoe Jakes in Milwaukee 2016
• 10 day intensive with Zoe Jakes in Oakland 2015
• Fusion Bellydance workshops and intensives at Temple of Dance (Goa, India) 2012-2015 with Jiva Om (Tribal fusion)
• Lia Pavlidis from Berlin (Hip hop fusion)
• Maya Fullpower from Czech republic (Burlesque Fusion)
• Brooke Nikelle Khan from Australia (Temple Fusion)
• Reiki level 1 and 2 with Jacqueline Keita
• Access Bars (access consciousness) practitioner cert. (Pune, India)

Recommended for ages 12+

About Your Instructors

Purna Shakti

Purna Shakti is a certified Yoga Siromani (Sivananda TTC Madurai, India) and International performing artist based in India. She combines teachings learned from a variety of cultural influences around the world. She studies with Masters including Zoe Jakes, featured performer for Beats Antique, and Anita Sapera, traditional Rajashtani Kalbelia (Gypsy) dancer, along with many international teachers including Sharon Kihara and Kami Liddle.

Purna Shakti studies Odissi, bellydance, Tribal Fusion, Kalbelia, hoop dance, Persian dance, and fire dancing, but specializes in Fusion bellydance- a combination of hula hoop dance, bellydance fusion (Hip hoop), fire bellydance fusion, and other circus and fire acts. Master of Sacred arts of Yoga, meditation, and spiritual healing, Purna Shakti finds expression of these deep meanings through dance, performance, costume and jewelry creations.

Lindsay Gallagher, MA

Lindsay began practicing yoga approximately eight years ago, in the midst of her own healing journey.  She was astounded by the manner in which yoga transformed her body, mind, and spirit.  Lindsay believes that to truly help heal others, you must first learn to heal yourself.  Thus, she continues to heal her own wounds, while empowering others to do the same. 
 
Lindsay received her Bachelor of Science Degree with a concentration in Psychology, and would later earn her Masters Degree in Community and Trauma Counseling.  Through her academic studies, she learned that trauma is stored not only in the mind, but in the body as well.  Lindsay then received her 200 hour-Yoga Teacher Training Certification, in order to combine both Yoga and Psychology into her own practice. Lindsay recently began to study the healing properties of essential oil and enjoys incorporating them into her yoga classes as well as therapy sessions.  Lindsay strives to break free from the “one size fits all” yoga mold, and introduce yoga to people of all body types, ages, genders, and races.

Philly Yoga Factory is the first donation-based yoga studio in Philadelphia. Located in the heart of the city and easily accessible by regional rail or MFL/Broad Street Subway lines, students can find an oasis away from the bustle of cars and street activity. Find yourself immersed in PYF and their heated yoga spaces. Mats provided and full-length mirrors are in each studio to ensure students can correct forms when needed. Full shower services provided to cool down after class.

What to wear?

The studio can get hot so dress light. No shoes in the studio, so bring grip socks if you don't want to be barefoot.

Parking & Transportation

When possible, please take public transportation to the studio. It is a very short walk from the 15th street subway and train stops and will save you time driving in Center City! Street kiosk parking or garage at LAZ Parking (garage) on the corner of 15th & Samson for $10. Buy a parking voucher from the studio upon arrival that you will redeem as payment once you go back to the garage to leave.