Holiday Manor Studio
Yoga Mats, Books, Accessories
2226 Holiday Manor Center
Louisville, KY 40222 |
Kentucky
Street Studio
Yoga Mats, Books,
Accessories
1125 E Kentucky Street
Louisville, KY 40204 |
Frankfort Avenue
Studio
2001 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206 |
Holiday Manor Manager
Perrie Spaulding-Allen
(502) 425-5415
email
Hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Call Perrie for questions about membership, payment and registration,
class schedules, inventory and purchasing. |
President
Laura Spaulding
(502)
585-9642
email
Call Laura for questions about teacher training,
employment, scholarships, and legal or financial matters. |
Frankfort Avenue
Studio
2001 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(no email or phone at this location)
Phone Holiday Manor or
Kentucky Street for information. |
About Us |
Yoga East
Officers and Board of Directors
President and CEO: Laura
Spaulding Vice-President: Karen Strobel Treasurer: Louis Martin Secretary:
Perrie Spaulding-Allen Director: Victor Davenport (IT and computer support)
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Administration
for All Locations:
Manager: Perrie Spaulding-Allen
Holiday Manor
502-425-5415 Monday-Saturday 9:00 am-2:00 pm |
Our
History
Yoga East was founded in 1974 by Maja
Trigg and incorporated as a non-profit educational organization in 1978. Maja
retired in 1994 and trained three of her students to teach yoga and assume management of
the organization she founded. Donna O'Bryan, Linda Hodge and Laura Spaulding took
over in April, 1994 and opened a small basement studio on Grinstead Drive. In 1996
Yoga East moved to a larger studio at 1119 E. Kentucky Street. In 1999 we
moved up the street to a newly-renovated building at 1135 East Kentucky Street.
The old Kentucky Street studio was a lovely space with lavender walls,
glass block windows and a deck overlooking the creek. Sadly, on August 17,
2005, a section of the concrete roof cracked in half and the roof collapsed
into the studio. Luckily no one was injured but the building was damaged
beyond repair. A year later, in September, 2006, we moved to 1121 E.
Kentucky St, next door to our first Kentucky Street location. In
March, 2001, we
opened our second location at the Holiday Manor Shopping Center. We opened
the Bonnycastle Studio, our 3rd location in March, 2004. In June, 2006
we arranged to have a year-round residential retreat center in Mysore, India to enable our students and
teachers to study with K. Pattabhi Jois. In February, 2007, we took
over the space formerly leased by Full Moon Yoga. In December, 2007 we
expanded the Kentucky Street studio to add another studio space, office,
storage space and library and closed the Bonnycastle Studio (which we had
outgrown). Yoga East has grown over the
years, but our corporate philosophy and mission has remained the same: To make the
benefits of yoga available to all in the Greater Louisville community.
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Did you
know...?
Contributions to Yoga
East are tax-deductible charitable donations. You can help us to extend
the benefits of yoga to more people by volunteering your time and
expertise, as well as by donations. Call us or ask your teacher how you
can help. Phone the office for information at 502-585-9642. Please help support our programs. No amount is too small, and
every donation is deeply appreciated.
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Our
Non-Profit Mission We have fulfilled our non-profit
mission by:
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Offering Low-Cost Yoga
Classes We offer more classes, including a greater variety of classes for
lower fees than any other yoga studio or fitness center. Very few studios in the world
offer the combination of classes we offer, including
daily Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga.
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Teaching yoga to people who
might otherwise never have access to its benefits We have offered classes, many at no charge or at greatly reduced charges, to
teenagers and children at Ballard High School, St. Bernard School, Detrick
Educational Center, Eliahu Academy, Hayfield Montessori School, Kneseth
Israel Preschool, St. Francis School, River City Correctional Facility,
Seven Counties Mental Health, The Center for Women and Families, and The
Healing Place (shelter for women in recovery). Yoga East also led the
Louisville Yoga Community's efforts to raise funds for Breast Cancer
Research by participating in the national event called "Positive Yoga."
Yoga East instructors provide classes to local institutions such as the YMCA
and many local fitness centers and
churches. The feedback we get from participants in these programs is
positive as they begin to experience the uplifting nature of yoga acting in
their lives.
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2012 MDA Lockup: Yoga East raised over $2000 for the
Musculary Dystrophy Association for its 2012 fundraiser.
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Tsunami Relief:
Yoga
East supported relief efforts through donations to Care USA, Prasad Project and Direct Relief
International - charitable
organizations proving relief to the areas hit by the disaster. From
December,
2004 through March, 2005, Yoga
East raised and donated $2485.00 to Direct
Relief International; Care
USA; and The
Prasad Project.
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Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Birthday Trust:
Yoga East has collected donations for
this fund 100 percent of which supports charitable projects for disadvantaged children and adults in
Mysore, India. Over $24,000 was given by Ashtanga students in the U.S. in
honor of Guruji's 90th birthday. Yoga
East is the U.S. agent for donations to the Trust.
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Hurricane
Katrina Victims Relief Yoga East collected donations for hurricane
victims, offered free classes to persons who
were
displaced by the Gulf Coast disasters and provided financial assistance to
yoga studios in the disaster areas.
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Grants for Yoga
Programs Grants have been given to Arsha Vidya Gurukulum to support its traditional yoga
educational projects and in gratitude for AVG providing us with technical
support for Sanskrit word processing, and to Gray Bear Lodge of Hohenwald,
Tennessee to support its mission of providing a serene atmosphere for yoga
retreats and workshops.
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Scholarships for
Teacher Training and Education
Mysore
Fund Authorized Ashtanga teachers are required to travel to Mysore, India every 18
months to spend a minimum of one month studying with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Donations give teachers financial assistance for international travel and
classes at KPJ AYI and also helps Yoga East pay for substitute teachers while
teachers are in India. Mark donations: Mysore Fund.
Rhonda Lawson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Named in honor of
our teacher training student Rhonda Lawson. The day before she was to
have begun our teacher training program in 2004, Rhonda was seriously
injured in an automobile accident and passed away a few days later.
This scholarship honors the memory of Rhonda, a dedicated student who wanted
to bring the benefits of yoga to as many people as possible.
Scholarship recipients: Rebecca Thompson, Patty Stark, Joe Autry
and Rider Wathen.
Community Yoga Teacher Training
We get many requests for yoga classes for cancer survivors,
teens and children, the elderly and other under-served segments of our
community. We offer a unique teacher training
program for volunteer teachers who agree to teach one
free class a week for one year.
Our community teachers currently offer classes at Dosker Manor,
Elder Serve Oak and Acorn Center, Hosparus and Gilda's Club.
Work-Study Program
Many students and teacher trainees receive
work-study opportunities: cleaning the studio, assisting in
classes, and teaching.
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Gratitude
Our Fabulous Volunteers
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Donating a new welcome mat to
the Kentucky Street studio: Gina
Harper.
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Painting and redecorating the
Holiday Manor studio on Derby Day, 2012:
Sandy Brue, Janet Varon, Diane
Estep, John Henry Allen, Jill Waits, Julie and Fernando
Rubio, and special thanks to Fernando and Julie for donating
the new lobby furniture!
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Teaching a day of Yoga
classes for the health Fair at Wilder Elementary School:
Jennifer Oates, who coordinated
everything, Emily Hyberger, Susan Reid, and Leroy
Chittenden.
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For cleaning the hot yoga
room and restroom every week: Diane
Estep
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For fixing the roof leaks at
the Kentucky Street studio -
Vernon Cook
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For washing the blankets at
Holiday Manor: Janet Varon, Betty
Adkins, Sandy Brue, Julie Rubio.
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For bringing the refreshments
for our Season of Lights retreat:
Angela Scharfenburger.
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Our Decorating Committees -
for decorating the studios: Shawna
Dellacave, Becky Thompson, Julie Rubio, Sandy Brue and Janet
Varon.
The lights and
decorations are beautiful!
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Heather Cash, Marina Bondar,
Leroy Chittenden and Red Clover Catering - Billy Goat Hill
Fall Festival October 9.
Deep appreciation to
Heather and Marina for being at the Yoga East table, thanks
to Heather for supplying the table, to Leroy for another
fabulous chair yoga class, and to Red Clover for supplying
the vegan pumpkin muffinettes!
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Susan Reid and Brandi Mundo-
Farm Credit Employees Heath Fair
Thanks to Susan and Brandi for representing
Yoga East at the Health Fair.
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Janet Varon - Stockoff Trust
Award
With deepest appreciation to long-time
student Janet Varon for applying for the Mabel G. Stockoff Award
on behalf of Yoga East. This award, from Purity Chapter 116,
Order of the Eastern Star, granted $1000 to Yoga East. Many,
many thanks to Janet.
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Kentucky Street Meditation Garden
Many thanks to Joe
Autry and
Patty Stark for what they have done to
the meditation garden at Kentucky Street. Joe and Patty are
arranging limestone there and working on the garden - quite a
lot of work.
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Flowers for the Kentucky Street Studio
Thanks to
Tammy Gilder for the beautiful flower
arrangements she donates weekly to the Kentucky Street studio
from her yard, and while Tammy is out of town for work, Patty
takes care of the arrangements with flowers from Tammy's yard.
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Seva at Kentucky Street
Thank you to
Kay Sanders for opening the Kentucky
Street studio in the mornings for the Mysore classes and to
Patty Stark for opening in Kay's absence due to the passing of
her father. Thank you to
Shawna Dellacave and
Becky Thompson for cleaning the Kentucky Street
studio every week.
Thank you to
Patty Stark for assisting in the Mysore
classes.
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Frankfort Avenue Studio
Thank you to
Susan Schroeder for taking charge of the
schedule at Frankfort Avenue
during the Summer of 2011.
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Holiday Manor
Thank you to Deborah Denenfeld for assisting
with the Gentle Yoga Class and to Traci
D'Antoni for assisting with the Saturday Hatha Yoga
classes.
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WHAS-11 Health and Fitness Expo
Thank you to the members of the Mysore Ashtanga class for
turning out for our yoga demo at the WHAS-11 Heath and Fitness
Expo this past weekend:
Dan Johnson, Shawna Dellacave, Rider Wathen, Joe Autry,
Jude Vanderhoff, Niki Walls, Kim Eisner, Patty Stark, John Virag,
and Mary Jane Zimmerman. Thank you to the
volunteers who staffed our booth:
Emily Thompson, Carmen Cannello, Mary Jane Zimmerman,
Niki Walls, Donna Broughton and Lauren Isenberg.
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Best of Louisville Bash at
Churchill Downs
Thank you to
Chefs Amber McCool and Matt Jones for
making their fabulous Bourbon-Smoked Nuts for our give-away at
the Louisville Magazine Best Of Louisville Bash at Churchill
Downs on Thursday.
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Our Volunteer Teachers
Thank you to
Niki Walls for offering a weekly class
at Frankfort Avenue; and to
Shawna Dellacave for a weekly class at
Kentucky Street. Thank you to
Leroy Chittenden for teaching
six classes a week to seniors through Elderserve and,
with volunteer student
Paul Porter, a children's yoga class at
the California Day Care Center at the Louisville Housing
Authority. Thank you to
Becky Thompson and Bev Hurt for their
weekly class at Gilda's Club for cancer survivors and family
members; to
Bev Hurt for classes at the Fern Creek
Community Center, to
Julie Rubio for her classes in Madison,
Indiana, and to
Sandy Brue for seniors classes in
Hodgensville. Many, many thanks to
Susan Reid, Kim Eisner, Gail Minotti and Erin Kinder
who all teach classes as volunteers, and this enables us to have
so many classes on our schedule.
Thank you also to students
Karen Bell and Becky Timerding who
stepped in to teach my class at the Louisville Presbyterian
Seminary the day my mother broke her hip in May.
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By your efforts and generosity of our volunteers, so many people
are uplifted and their lives are changed. If you would like to
volunteer your services, phone Laura Spaulding at 502-585-9642 to
find out how you can help. Your service and donations keep Yoga East
going. Income from class fees is not enough to fund our mission.
Your service and tax-deductible contributions enable Yoga East to
offer the benefits of yoga to many people who would otherwise not
have access to yoga. |
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