What we will do over the weekend.

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The first class is designed to establish the primary elements of the Embodied Yoga practice, which is sensing, feeling, moving, from the inside out and touching space as you move. In this class we will also explore a spherical arm pattern that would aid in developing shoulder, neck and spinal response.

In this class we will explore the fluid nature of the hips and spine with various movement play improvisations with props and by coupling each other to give feedback. This is more of a free movement class targeted to stimulate innate creativity with fun and play and how to have mindful interactions as a part of a Yogic life.

This is a Non dual text composed by the epitome of Non duality in Vedic India, Adi Shankara Acharya . At a very tender age he had mastered the relevance of the Upanishads to end the suffering of the human being due to misunderstanding of the self being non complete and separate with all. In this text 6 versed composition he brings together the complex teaching of the Upanishad to a very direct path .

In this class I wish to share the embodied approach to Pranayama technique. In this class we will see the essential breathing of the body and how to untie our breathing patterns so that we can rely on the present breath as a door way to a most restful and meaning practice of Pranayama .

Sthira Tandava is an embodied flow developed by Parveen Nair dedicated to Lord Shiva Nataraja who is the foremost of Yogis and the epitome of Dance in the Vedic Indic culture. The flow celebrates the gracious and vigorous dance of Lord Shiva Nataraja combined with Yogic postures and classical dance Mudras. This embodied flow is designed to bring out 5 elements of the dancing Shiva and its relationship with the physical, pranic and emotional effect it has on the humanbody. The 5 elements are Sristhi (Creation), Sthiti (Sustenance), Samhara(Destruction), Tirobhava(Veiling) and lastly Anugraha (Surrender/Grace).