I am no longer teaching at the 500 North Main St. location. In September I will be teaching at Soft Medicine in Sebastopol and adding a class in Santa Rosa TBD.
Yoga Vinyasa Krama Foundations Intro Workshop
October TBD
This workshop will provide more of an in-depth understanding of the system for those completely new to the system or those attending the foundations classes. Learn the nature of the system, the philosophical backdrop, the sutras and Sanskrit concepts it embodies and how to apply it as a movement & meditative art form, therapy, guiding philosophy & spiritual practice. Includes Opening Mantras, specific Morning Cleansing Kriyas, Ding Namaskar (Salutation to the Directional Spheres with Breath & Mantra) & Tāĺāsana Krama (Foundational Sequence), Specific Mudra (Energetic Bodily Gestures), Seated Prānāyāma (Yogic Breathing) including Mantra Prānāyāma, Subtle & Contemplative Practices
Starting September at Soft Medicine Sanctuary
186 North Main St. Sebastopol
Wednesdays 8:30-9:30 Morning Prānāyāma - Anahata Downstairs
Thursdays 9-10:30am Yoga Vinyāsa/Prānāyāma Foundations - Loft Upstairs
You can sign up for classes on the schedule here or please come a few minutes early to sign up before class.
$25/Drop-in, Class Pass & Membership Options
Soft Medicine offers your first class from the ongoing schedule free
All Classes RSVP at least 24hr Prior to Class
Please Bring a Yoga Mat
Practice on an Empty Stomach
Please Avoid Perfumes & Heavily Scented Products - (natural & essential oil products are fine)
Foundations - Tāĺāsana Krama/Morning Prānāyāma
Focuses on the fundamental of the system. Establishing the first krama & other important practices & techniques including purification, mudra, prānāyāma & pratyahara practices and ding namaskar (salutations to the guardians of the directional spheres with movement, mantra & breath ). Slowly introduces other variations within the kramas.
*Yoga Vinyāsa/Prānāyāma
Various Purification, Movement, Prānāyāma, Mudra & Contemplative practices & variations within the 12 kramas - classes may focus on a particular krama and are appropriate for the time of day.
Morning Prānāyāma
Morning Purification Practices, Himalayan Prānāyāma & Contemplation
Evening Prānāyāma & Meditation
Breathing & contemplative practices appropriate for the evening
Prānāyāma & Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra is an experience of expanded awareness in a state of deep relaxation, promoting parasympathetic dominance. Practiced lying down in savasana with guided verbal instructions that occupy the mind as the body relaxes, we shift into pratyahara (sense withdrawal) – remaining a witness, awake and aware, we move into a subtle state of deep conscious sleep (the state between wakefulness and sleep). We work through levels of the unconscious and subconscious, removing energetic blockages. A Sankalpa (Resolve, Resolution, Force of Will) is established during yoga nidra - when our mind is calm and quiet during the experience, it is more receptive and sensitive to our intentions as they are impressed on the subconscious mind.
We begin with peace chants, calming & subtle evening yogic breathing practices including samantraka/pranava pranayama with rumination on the Om & internal sound current – nada).
Yoga Nidra