The Niyamas – Sutra Study on Nov 22
I am sorry I am late with this post covering our last Yoga Sutra discussion on the first limb of yoga, The Yamas (moral precepts), along with our next assignment for our November 22 meeting on The Niyamas (personal observances). … Continue reading →
Marvelous, Awesome, and Saintly Breath
This last weekend with Prashant Iyengar covered the importance of “breath participation” in asana, in therapy, and well, in pretty much everything. When we look at the breath we have to see it as all- pervasive, allowing for “all possibilities … Continue reading →
The Prismatic Effect
Weekend three with Prashant Iyengar took us down some familiar “schemes and themes” of his study and exploration of asanas. Last weekend he talked a lot about discovering and figuring out how to maximize our study of asanas by becoming … Continue reading →
Ins and Outs of Upside Down
Since this whole “yoga on Zoom” situation has happened, so many of you have found spaces and places in your home for practice! It has been amazing to watch and follow progress in a different way than when we are … Continue reading →
Understand Your Own Potentials
Since I ended with the idea of “potentials” yesterday in my recap, I am happy that Prashant continued that thought today through the many ways we might go about “understanding our own potentials”. “Yoga is a knowledge process” that relies … Continue reading →
Devise and Customize
Starting the second weekend with Prashant Iyengar, he continued to try to clarify this idea of “starter positions” from last week. There is more than just knowing what physical condition we are in. In fact, there is a whole “culture … Continue reading →
Heavenly Trees and Celestial Dogs
Day two with Prashant Iyengar brought us to understanding the journey “from dogma to pragmatism”, from just points and actions to study and exploration. Yesterday he urged us to look at asana as not just posture, but an integration of … Continue reading →
3 Sides of a Coin
We are entering into another month of weekends with Prashant Iyengar, the son of BKS Iyengar and the consummate “philosopher” within our method. And, though I thought I would try to blog both classes together each weekend, coming out of … Continue reading →
Energy : The Storehouse and the Flow
We had our last class of the Fall Sangha with Abhijata Iyengar this morning and it was a great culmination of the sessions. As I mentioned before, the last time we met at the beginning of COVID, she insisted we … Continue reading →
Body and Mind are One
The last two days with Abhijata were chock full of goodness, with the running theme of the relationship of the body and the mind and building our holistic intelligence of action, reflection, and sensitivity through asana. For many of us, … Continue reading →