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Asana Movement Theory

Movement theory classes focus on the process of creating a deep and fulfilling asana practice. The level and quality of the asana practice results from the use of the breath and skillful attention. Students will learn to determine: the foundation of each posture; use of the breath to move and grow in the asanas; importance and methods of developing core strength; and the use of alignment to bring the body/mind to balance and ultimately, stillness. How the posture is positioned, held and extended along with the quality of the breathing most accurately measures the level of your practice. Simple techniques will be learned that can change any practice into an advanced practice so that the union of body, mind and spirit is experienced. Spontaneous extension is then created both in your poses and in your life.

Breathing the Spine: Advancing your Practice
Foundation, Gravity, Breath: Understanding Asana

Being in Yoga

Yoga is an Inward Journey. Learn to create a yoga practice that moves your energy inward to that ‘silent ground of being’. Come to the experience of Now and your connection with Self. This workshop will focus on learning how to practice your yoga to strengthen and balance body, mind, and emotions. This practice will enrich every aspect of your life. For teachers and students of all levels. Integrates instruction and practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation. Enjoyable discussion and practice. W, T Yoga Wisdom: The Joy Of Living The Yoga Sutras teach us the Art of Living. Learn the excitement of seeing ourselves and experiencing the Self, learn the freedom of letting go and the wonder of feeling connected, as well as the humility and natural devotion that come with understanding. By integrating the sutras into our daily lives, we can transform our relationships, learn to become more comfortable in our feelings of self-worth, growth and exploration. We will translate the philosophy of the yoga sutras into western terms and discuss in depth the workings of the mind, the practical application of Sutra Philosophy in our daily lives and in our practice. Enjoyable discussion and practice.

Reducing Fear Through Yoga

How you practice determines the results you experience. Each of us can transform our experience of day-to-day life by learning how to choose the most effective poses and practices for creating health and eliminating fear, insecurity, and the emotions that accompany them. Through this understanding of the poses and their application, students learn how to actively create balance and harmony in their day-to-day lives. Enjoyable discussion and practice.

Philosophy and Psychology of Patanjali’s Ashtanga (8 limbs) Yoga

Lecture and discussion of the application and practice of the Eight limbs (astanga) of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras both in your regular yoga practice and throughout your daily life. We will learn to use the ‘Mirror and Map’ of the Yoga Sutras to free ourselves from self-imposed restrictions, our out-dated ‘modeled’ patterns, and habitual reactions. Freeing ourselves from these restrictions allows us to experience and enjoy the intensity of joy held with living.

Raja Yoga: The Psychology of the Yoga Sutras

How can we use the Yoga Sutras to free ourselves? Questions, ideas, discussion and exploration. In the style of the old Rishis, an exploration of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as a practical guide for living life painlessly. This session of Yoga Psychology will examine: the limitations of polarization, the right/wrong trap, our multi-verse of selves, meaning and its results, the kleshas, vrittis and more. Learn to use all of your skill as well as your issues to free yourselves from the illusion of separation.

Developing Your Personal Practice

Develop a fuller, more complete and satisfying yoga practice that enhances and enriches every aspect of your life. For teachers and students of all levels. Integrates instruction and practice of asana, pranayama, yoga philosophy, and concentration techniques. Each participant achieves a deeper level of understanding of the limbs if Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga and is able to incorporate them into their daily life and yoga practice.

Asana For Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach To Your Yoga Practice

This seminar will focus on the appropriate asanas to balance an excess dosha:  Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.  A basic understanding of the ancient medical system of Ayurveda will be presented and participants will learn their own Prakriti type and how it is effected by their environment, their daily challenges, work, their food intake, etc. All of these factors will serve to show each participant how to choose the best asanas to practice so that they can reduce or increase the energy of each dosha on a daily basis.  Through this understanding of the poses and their application, everyone learns how to actively create balance and harmony in their lives.

Asana For Vata Types

This workshop will focus on the most effective asanas, breathing, and approaches to your yoga practice to reduce fear, insecurity, and the emotions that accompany them. Understanding the effects of both how you practice your yoga asanas and the effect of each asana on you.  The purpose of this workshop is to give each participant the tools they need to actively create balance and harmony on a day-to-day basis in their lives.  Enjoyable discussion and practice.

Asana For Pitta Types

This workshop will focus on the most effective asanas, breathing, and styles of yoga practice to balance Pitta dosha. Understanding the effects of asanas on Pitta energy and how they should practice will give the high Pitta's or Vata-Pitta's the tools they need to actively create balance and harmony on a day-to-day basis in their lives.  Enjoyable discussion and practice.

Kapha Types

This workshop will focus on the most effective asanas, breathing, and approaches to your yoga practice to balance Kapha dosha. Understanding the effects of both how you practice your yoga asanas and the effect of each asana on you.  The purpose of this workshop is to give each participant the tools they need to actively create balance and harmony on a day-to-day basis in their lives.  Enjoyable discussion and practice.

Yoga for a Healthy Back

This class focuses on how to effectively use the poses and simple strengthening movements to properly align the spinal column. Students will learn: stretches and postures to correct muscular imbalances that create back and neck pain; to manage their own back care through specific daily practices; how best to use the back when working, standing, or sleeping. Back pain sufferers report amazingly fast relief from this workshop.

Moving Deeper Into Your Practice

This workshop is designed to offer you the experience of connection with the Self, contentment, and truth in your daily yoga practice.  Instruction is focused on how you approach your practice and move your energy.  Focused on bringing you into the present moment, this practice can enrich every aspect of your life.  For teachers and students of all levels.  Integrates instruction and practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation.

 

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