The Yoga-sutras challenge our assumptions about who we are and defy conventional wisdom about the nature of reality. Through lecture, discussion, and experiential learning exercises, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of Patanjali’s system of yoga and its implications for the modern practitioner.
A discussion designed to highlight and explore some of the ways that modern postural yoga teachers are expanding the orbit of their teaching practice to include spirituality and spiritual teachings.
A discussion designed to highlight and explore some of the ways that modern postural yoga teachers are expanding the orbit of their teaching practice to include spirituality and spiritual teachings.
Through group discussion and experiential exercises, you'll learn how to choose a philosophical theme, how to structure an effective 'dharma talk', how to speak effectively in your own voice, and how to design an asana sequence around your theme.
Through group discussion and experiential exercises, you'll learn how to choose a philosophical theme, how to structure an effective 'dharma talk', how to speak effectively in your own voice, and how to design an asana sequence around your theme.
Through group discussion and experiential exercises, you’ll explore how to choose a philosophical theme, how to structure an effective “dharma talk,” how to speak effectively in your own voice, and how to design an asana sequence around your theme.
Through group discussion and experiential exercises, you’ll explore how to choose a philosophical theme, how to structure an effective “dharma talk,” how to speak effectively in your own voice, and how to design an asana sequence around your theme.
we'll explore the wisdom of Krishna's teachings in the Gita, discuss strategies for accessing transcendental knowledge, and see how we can practically apply these ancient teachings to our lives in the modern world.
we'll explore the wisdom of Krishna's teachings in the Gita, discuss strategies for accessing transcendental knowledge, and see how we can practically apply these ancient teachings to our lives in the modern world.
In this workshop you’ll learn how to read transliterated Sanskrit, pronounce Sanskrit names of yoga poses, teach mantra meditation, chant sutras and verses from yoga wisdom texts, and speak about the yoga tradition on a deeper level.
In this workshop you’ll learn how to read transliterated Sanskrit, pronounce Sanskrit names of yoga poses, teach mantra meditation, chant sutras and verses from yoga wisdom texts, and speak about the yoga tradition on a deeper level.
In this seminar we’ll take a close look at the yamas and niyamas in the traditional context of the 8 limbs of yoga (ashtanga yoga) and how they remain relevant for modern yoga practitioners. We’ll connect the dots between the philosophy and values that inform yogic moral decision-making in response to contemporary social and political issues, look at how the social and personal disciplines connect to yoga asanas, and examine how the personal observances provide power for the inward turn of our meditation practice.
