I closed my 500 North Main St. location last year (although my google business page still displays it)and Soft Medicine has recently closed.
Songbird Community Healing Center - Cotati
Outdoors at Ragle Park - Sebastopol
All Classes RSVP Only at least 24hrs prior
sunyogadance@gmail.com, 707-235-1413
Yoga Vinyasa Krama Foundations - First Sequence & Pranayama
Mondays 9-10:30am - Songbird Cotati
$25/Drop-in, Discounted Class Passes & Sliding Scale Available
Fundamental practices that set a good foundation for understanding the holistic nature, energetics and Sanskrit yoga philosophy guiding the approach of this comprehensive system. Long time yoga practitioners as well as new students will benefit. Experience the distinction of this system verses other modern yoga/vinyasa practices commonly taught and how to use the ujjayi as it relates to yoga sutra and moving with the breath and the importance of the pause. Talasana is a very unique & profound krama initiating & establishing "samasthiti", the steadiness and focus of mind, balanced energy and steadiness of body - with the two feet together, moving from the center. The concepts of "stillness in movement", "power of the pause" and "ananta samapatti" become tangible with regular practice. I practice it almost daily.
Class begins with Opening Mantras & Ding Namaskar (Devotional Salutation to the Directional Spheres with Breath & Mantra). Then moves to Tāĺāsana Krama (Foundational Sequence), Seated Prānāyāma (Yogic Breathing) including Morning Cleansing Kriyas, Ujjayi, Nadi Shuddi, Samantraka Prānāyāma, Pratyahara, Subtle & Contemplative Practices. May include Specific Mudra (Energetic Bodily Gestures).
Outdoor Morning Prānāyāma at Ragle Park, Sebastopol
Tuesdays 9-10am
$20
Yoga Vinyāsa/Prānāyāma - Songbird Cotati
Thursdays 9-10:30am
This class will delve into other kramas - each class may focus on a particular unique krama or focus on specific asanas with their vinyasas from different kramas.
$25/Drop-in, Discounted Class Passes & Sliding Scale Available
Evening Prānāyāma & Yoga Nidra - Songbird Cotati
One Friday a month 7pm
June 26th
One Saturday a Month 2Hr Immersion 9-11am - Songbird Cotati
- $35
Sliding Scale Available
Immersion will break down aspects of the system (e.g. - specific asanas with their vinyasa variations, mudra & bandha, pranayama techniques including kumbhaka, etc) for refining the breath & energetics, understanding the therapeutic benefits, developing stability, strength & flexibility & one pointedness & understanding the intention & philosophy guiding the process.
*For All Classes - Certain injuries & health issues may be contraindicated - Please contact me if you have a concern
Practice on an Empty Stomach
Please Avoid Perfumes & Heavily Scented Products - (natural & essential oil products are fine)