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new year’s eve all-night meditation, free
December 31 – January 1
9 p – 9 a
Dedicated to a Fluid and Peaceful Transition into the new year
Turn inward with us as the year turns!
the intention of this event is to focus our energies on:
During this time of transition, we can make it happen for ourselves and everyone we touch!
There will be periodic meditation instruction for new arrivals throughout the evening and, at midnight, chanting and a fire ceremony through which we will offer our vows and intentions for the New Year.
join us for 15 minutes or the whole night!
the bandhas in asana, with doug keller, $85
kim on 1:40 pm March 3rd, 2008 / Be the first to comment! »
saturday, april 5, 2-6 pm
Join area master yogi Doug Keller for a strong asana class directed toward developing more awareness of the bandhas in your body as you move from pose to pose. The focus of the workshop is to develop the use of the bandhas as keys to strength and alignment as you move from pose to pose.
Doug will first describe the actions and effects of each of the bandhas physically and energetically. The bandhas are simple yet powerful muscular actions in the area of the pelvic floor (mula), lower abdominals (uddiyana), head, neck and shoulders (jalandhara) — which align these key areas, providing optimal strength, support, protection to the joints, as well as freedom in both the supple physical movement of vinyasa and the subtleties of the breath. In the case of pranayama and meditation, the bandhas support greater and more extended periods of stillness and concentration. Some simple exercises will be introduced to support your practice of the bandhas as part of this introduction.
Then he’ll lead a vinyasa-based asana class that will incorporate the bandhas into the weave of breath and movement. The basic exercises for the bandhas will be incorporated into the flow. The original texts of hatha yoga cite the bandhas as being crucial to having a fruitful asana practice.
This workshop will help you examine the powerfully supportive qualities of these bandhas in your own body. The extended length of the workshop will allow time to end with a period of guided (seated) pranayama techniques and meditation which incorporate the actions of the bandhas. advanced beginners to intermediate students.
yoga: from the gross to the subtle, with kim, $10
kim on 9:33 am September 21st, 2007 / Be the first to comment! »
yoga is the practice of moving from the gross to the subtle. we first learn asana, and how the breath fills the physical structure that we change, pose to pose, moment to moment. once we arrive at the subtler aspects of the practice, what, then, does the practice become?
learn tonight from kim about a brief history of yoga, its basic philosophic tenets, and how the details of the inner world unfold the quieter we become. kim will discuss the value of asana, contemplation, breath, and meditation as part of the yoga ashtanga system, and she welcomes questions about the myriad ways we deepen a yoga practice, both on the yoga mat and out in the world.
