Nataraja School of Traditional Yoga: Yoga vinyāsa krama

Learn 12 Kramas (Sequences) for Purification, Neuromuscular Fitness & Physical Conditioning, Breath Mastery, Awakening Subtle Energy & Stilling the Mind 

Yoga for the Internal Organs, Physical, Mental & Subtle Body

Yoga for the Three Stages of Life

Himalayan Yoga Vinyāsa Krama/Prānāyāma  (Distinct from Modern Vinyāsa) 

Meditation & Yoga Nidra

Yogic/Ayurvedic Diet & Lifestyle

Experience a Pranic Practice

Intelligent architecture in a subtle system based on the movement of prāna directed into the cartilage tissue, sinuous musculature, internal organs, nerve pathways and nādis

• Stillness in Movement, Breath Mastery & the Power of the Pause
• A Conscious Breathing System of exploring many aesthetic variations of each posture to correctly establish the main āsanas while the mind merges with the breath for attaining āsana siddhi -   A devotional and serene practice moving to the mantra of the breath - aligning, balancing, and strengthening our physical, mental and subtle bodies. The foundational ujjayi breath, has a pause or kumbhak after each inhalation and exhalation for stillness and aligning the prana - which trains the heart and mind for stillness. Our intention stays inward as we merge with the breath, with subtle awareness in the heart center and nada.  As the practitioner becomes fluent in this system it flowers into ananta samapatti where the movements are memorized and become second nature as we are absorbed in the breath.  
• Each krama has built in or assigned preparatory vinyāsas and pratikriyās (counter poses/practices) - Sequences can be practiced alone or by intelligent combination of vinyāsas from different kramas
• Dristhi-outer or inner focused gaze to help concentration 
• Morning Cleansing kriyās 
• Seated Himalayan Prānāyāma - (with and without bandhas & kumbhaka) including ujjayi variations, solar, lunar & soli-lunar practices, praṇava & mantra prānāyāma, mudra & pratyahara practices that merge into meditation and awareness of the nāda
• Bandha (energetic locks)
• Mudrā (energetic bodily gestures using the bandhas & kumbhaka) & Vaseth (holding important postures for a significant time with important vinyāsa variations, bandha & kumbhaka - they are also considered mudrās) 
• Mantras & Peace Chants
• Devotional Salutations with Mantra - Surya Namaskar & Ding Namaskar  

Over 700 Intelligently Sequenced Slow Breath Precision Movement (with Pause) Variations, Static Postures and Seated Breathing/Contemplation Practices  

Two Yoga Vinyāsa Krama Lineages of Embodied Practice, Sanskrit Guidelines & Lifestyle via Lineage Nuances & Translation of Scriptures

• System taught by Srivatsa Ramaswami, transmitted through his one on one studies with Sri Krishnamacharya for over 33 years, purely teaching “I teach what my guru taught me”
• Practices from the Himalayan Hansa Yoga System

Nataraja School is a Sacred, Intimate Space specializing in Traditional Haṭha-Rāja Yogic Practices & Sattvic Lifestyle - with private & small classes & mentorships for in-depth learning & receiving personal attention, connection & community.

Learning yoga as a system and way of life