Private Classes

Everyone is unique and general classes often do not address what we specifically need due to our physical condition, mental and emotional needs, phase of life and age group.   Standardized classes may cause physical & emotional imbalances and even injury.   Traditional Yoga is designed to balance our rajas (energy, activity, ambition - restlessness, aggression, anxiety, irritation, exhaustion) and tamas (stability, inertia, heaviness - lethargy, dullness, ignorance, depression) and create sattva - a state of purity, clarity, equanimity, peace, tranquility and a still mind.  Modern practices may aggravate & increase both our rajas and tamas due to incorrectly approaching the physical aspects and neglecting the other important components.   The aim of Yoga is to refine our senses with inward focus (not be practiced with distractions and outer stimulation) and still our minds. 

Traditionally yoga was taught one on one and in small groups.   Much of today's modern class formats offer a very limited presentation, isolating practices with a western fitness culture mindset, disconnected from the essence & philosophy (although often selling an exotified "idea" of yoga, taking Sanskrit concepts out of context and given new meanings).   The development of modern "styles" are often contradictory to the traditional framework and application, and are missing a root lineage & important, essential preliminary and fundamental components that constitute "yoga".    Furthermore, practitioners often shop around from modern style to style which can create confusion.

Yoga Vinyasa Krama is a bona-fide, holistic  & comprehensive system/method intelligently designed to meet individual needs, step by step.  It has a wide range of practices that serve specific aspects to address our physical & subtle/pranic body, mind, and spirit. It is an art, science, philosophy, therapy and spiritual practice - adaptive to the unique individual.

Private sessions are tailored to meet each individual's specific needs and goals, offering many techniques for a safe and in-depth yoga practice.   It allows time for detailed instruction, modifications, adjustments, and inquiry.  Classically, yoga is approached differently through the stages of our life.

Learn:

• the scriptural backdrop of a yoga philosophy based practice and accessible yoga philosophy and ayurveda to apply in our daily living
• the intelligent design of the system and how the practices build on one another
• therapeutic applications
• breath awareness & mental focus
• the foundational ujjayi breath and how it is specifically used during vinyasa and pranayama practice 
• to develop grounding and stability, steady focus
• Slow yogasana synchronized with the conscious breath - breath precision conscious movement with pause 
• basic alignment and modifications as it applies to the individual
• to experience how our breath facilitates the anatomical structuring of our postures
• how effort transitions into effortlessness and more grace and ease in our movements and breath
• vast presentation of yoga vinyasa movements & important asanas for physical conditioning, balancing and purifying the energy channels and stilling the mind, establishing asana siddhi
• vaseth (long holding of important postures),  bandha (energetic locks), mudra (energetic bodily gestures)
• yoga for internal organs
• subtle yogic elements - energetics of breath, bandha, mudra, mantra & nada
• morning kriyas (cleansing) - kapalabhati and agnisara 
• pranayama - conscious (breathing/pranic) practices (including ujjayi, mantra pranayama, cleansing nadi, solar & agni balancing, lunar & cooling breaths & soli-lunar practices)
• concentration, pratyahara and meditation practices - may use breath, mantra, mudra & other subtle elements
• yoga nidra
• ​chants, mantra
• healthy lifestyle and diet choices that support our practice, including ayurvedic high pranic wellness based on soli-lunar calendar 
• ​how to create a home practice and tools to take to work
• chants, mantras including peace chants 
• devotional salutations with breath & mantra to the sun & directional spheres, surya and ding namaskar

Personal instruction provides the tools, guidance and inspiration for students to begin and maintain a home practice.