SESSION LOCATION
NEW YORK CITY / NEW JERSEY
New York City area sessions normally take place at Balance Arts Center in Manhattan (34 West 28th Street, New York City 10001). Lessons in your home or another location, including New Jersey, are available and may incur an additional fee depending on your location.
HUDSON VALLEY
Hudson Valley lesson take place in Downtown Kingston, New York. Lessons in your home or another location are available and may incur an additional fee depending on your location.
Please note: lessons at locations other than the Balance Arts Center in NYC may require an additional travel fee.
ONLINE LESSONS
Lessons are available via Skype or Zoom anywhere in the world!
SCHEDULING
ONLINE LESSONS
Skype lessons are possible Monday - Friday every week between the hours of 9am and 8pm. Please keep in mind that Seth is located in Eastern Standard Time.
NEW YORK CITY / NEW JERSEY
New York City and New Jersey lessons are currently suspended, due to coronavirus.
HUDSON VALLEY
Hudson Valley lessons are currently suspended, due to coronavirus.
PRICING
Music Lessons
Live Online + Kingston, NY Location
$108 - 1 Hour
$380 - 4 lesson package, expires in 2 month period
$55 - $108 1 hour, Sliding Scale
Manhattan Location
Currently not available
Kingston, NY Location
$108 - 1 Hour
$380 - 4 lesson package, expires in 2 month period
Yoga & Meditation
Live Online + Kingston Location
$115 - 1 Hour
$400 - 4 lesson package, expires in 2 month period
$75 - $115 1 hour, Sliding Scale
Manhattan Location
Currently not available
CANCELLATION POLICY
24 hour cancellation notice is requested out of consideration for scheduling. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours notice will result in forfeit of the full price of a Single Session, or deduction of a single session from a Package. Please read the Packages & Policies page for more information.
TYPES OF LESSONS
HARMONIUM, CHANTING, AND VOICE
Whether you are looking to become more familiar with the harmonium, learn chants by your favorite kirtan artists for home practice, or share kirtan with your yoga classes, Seth will help you find your own unique way through this joyful practice. You will learn the technical aspects of playing based on Seth’s training as a classical musician, as well as how to weave in mindfulness of the body, breath, and posture while playing and using your voice.
PIANO, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, AND COMPOSITION
Seth, with his extensive training as a classical musician, also offers holistic and practical instruction in the instruments instruments and areas of study including piano, clarinet, saxophone, voice, guitar, music theory, composition and songwriting.
YOGA
Seth's offers authentic pathways into yoga and meditation practice, rooted in ancient yoga and healing traditions and tailored to our modern day lives. Whether you work with Seth one-on-one or take a group class, you will become more tuned into the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energetics of each season, each time of day, and your own development on the path of yoga. Seth infuses his classes a varied but cohesive collection of practices, including ancient yogic text and wisdom, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Buddhist Meditation, Anatomy, Sound and Music, and his own personal daily yoga and daily living practice.
MEDITATION
Meditation practice is one way to restore our minds to a more calm and peaceful state so that we can function more freely in the world and realize our deeper goals and purpose in life. Developing a meditation practice can be challenging, which is why it is helpful to work directly one-on-one with a meditation teacher. Seth provides detailed instruction in seated meditation posture, based on his experience as a yoga teacher, and gives instruction in meditation techniques based on his practice of Buddhist meditation.