yoga
Friday, December 22, 2006
Shiddhi Sadhana - Practice Power
Date: Dec 21 2008 - Winter Solstice
Time : TBA
City: Vancouver
Address: YYOGA - Northshore Elements
We will be invoking the light and celebrating the depths of wisdom that are bestowed moving through the dark folds of our counsciousness
Your time! Let your life force flow.
Experience the transformative power of Yoga.
music space movement energy prana
Monday, November 17, 2003
Surynamaskara B
Suryanamaskara “B” in its full expression has a few more moves than “A”, and will really get you moving and the blood flowing. This yoga pose has a beautiful rhythm and movement of opening and closing the body. In particular, it begins to open the hips with the addition of lunges. I have chosen to offer you a very modified version of the traditional asana at this time, as a way of giving you something that prepares your body and also develops your strength and stamina.
The full version of this yoga asana, with upward dog, if done properly is very challenging and often there are so many that are not able to do it with any integrity that I prefer to teach modifications until the strength and ability are developed. Keep in mind that the modifications are not for the faint of heart and offer plenty of challenge.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Surynamaskara A
Surya = Sun Namaskara = Greeting or salutation. Surya means the sun and namaskara is a greeting of honor and respect to the divinity within each of us. The practice of the sun salutations is a dynamic flow of breath and movement that has many benefits. It is said that this yoga asana will awaken and tone every area of your body. Generally the sun salutations are the warm up component of a yoga practice – generating heat, rhythm and blood flow, as well as allowing the attention of the practitioner to draw inward and still on the flow of the breath.
I will be modifying the sequences of Surynamaskara A & B in these video clips in order to give you the alignment and foundation so that when we advance to the full expression of Surynamaskara A & B you will be well grounded in the biomechanics of the movements in order to fully reap the benefits of these age old salutations.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Core Body Awareness
I have been practicing yoga for nearly twenty years and believed myself to have a fairly good understanding of my body and how it works. Certainly one of the gifts of yoga is an amazing awareness of our physical being that may be developed, and the resulting benefits. Having said that, it was not really until I started practicing Asthanga Vinyasa Yoga that I had any idea what a bandha was or how that related to my core body, and the consequent implications of that awareness.
Augmenting that revelation, I had the opportunity to work with Ana Forrest a couple of years ago and had a huge awakening as to what core strength really could be, and what it wasn’t, in my body, at that time even though I had a dedicated asana practice. Whew, did she ever wake me up!! Needless to say, it was an amazing wake up call because, up to that time I had really only been skirting around deep core awareness with my understanding of bandhas - as limited as it was.
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Paravritta Trikonasana
The revolved triangle takes all of the aspects of trikonasana and spins them around, challenging ones balance; poise and ability to remain centered and focused. Imagine taking a structure and turning it on its side, or upside down. In a sense the triangle would look the same no matter what side you laid it on. That is the challenge and the benefit of revolved triangle, to maintain that sense of the trinity – well balanced, properly focused and integrated.
Because in effect it is also a twist you have the added benefits of twists, which are excellent for lower back pain, for healthy digestion and function of the lower abdomen as well as the effects of turning oneself upside down, which strengthens the central nervous system.
