Workshops
What: Secrets of Successful Pranayama
Instructor:
Tom Abrehamson
Price: $50 if prepaid (includes 80-page handout) or $60 at the door
| Dates and Time: | Saturday, July 12th 1:30pm - 4:00pm |
Practicing yoga’s breathing techniques, or “pranayama,” is often more potent than practicing just poses. Together with the poses, and in conjunction with meditation, pranayama can be life-changing.
Pranayama needs to be practiced regularly to achieve full effect. This workshop will enable you to construct a daily home practice.
The workshop will first introduce you to, or deepen your knowledge of, several different kinds of yogic breathing techniques. There will be an 80-page handout; you may bring a pen. Then, sitting in chairs or on cushions, we will have an actual pranayama session of at least 40 minutes.
No experience is necessary. Wear comfortable clothes (your normal yoga clothing is fine).
To register, please e-mail info@yogaoflosaltos.com or call call 650.941.9642.
To register, please call 650.941.9642 or e-mail info@yogaoflosaltos.com.
What: The Yogic Path - An Examination of the Yoga Sutras: Asana & Pranayama
Instructor:
Anirudh Shastri
Price: $45 per workshop if prepaid or $55 at the door
| Dates and Time: | Saturday, July 19th 1:30pm - 4:30pm Saturday, August 9th 1:30pm - 4:30pm |
Join Shastri for this workshop on July 19th and then the subsequent workshop on August 9th. These two complementary workshops will include philosophical discussion and practice.
In this workshop series, Shastri will fully explore Patanjali`s sutras that define asana and pranayama.
Neither Asana nor Pranayama are mechanical techniques but are actually stepping stones toward higher yogic states. As Patanjali has stated, asana is a preparation for pranayama and ultimately for samadhi.
From the awareness gained from the practice of asana, one proceeds in lengthening and extending the life force (prana) by observing and analyzing the sequencing of the inhalation and exhalation and the spaces between them.
The first workshop will explore Patanjali`s Sutras on Asanas (limb 3 of the 8-fold path, II.46 - II.48).
The second workshop will cover Patanjali`s Sutras on Pranayama (limb 4 of the 8 fold path, II.50 - II. 53).
The structure of each workshop will be a study of the scriptures and then actual practice.
"The mind functions through prana. It is from prana that everything proceeds". - Chandogya Upanishad
To register, please call 650.941.9642 or e-mail info@yogaoflosaltos.com.
What: Yoga for Accessing the Emotional Body
Instructor:
Jeff Lang
Price: $40 if prepaid or $50 at the door
| Dates and Time: | Saturday, August 2nd 1:30pm - 4:30pm |
We have ALL had the experience of coming into a yoga class emotionally challenged, charged or upset, and after the practice feeling BETTER!!! Why is this? What has changed? Nothing had changed accept the emotional balance. Our environment, life-style, beliefs, and even diet all effect our emotions. Our emotions affect how we perceive the world around us and can color our thoughts and perceptions.
This workshop will explore the connection between yoga and the emotional landscape of our lives. Based on ancient wisdom and modern insight, we will explore practical solutions for understanding our feelings. Modern science teaches us that the emotions are an amalgamation of the mind-body connection, and dictated by our endocrine system and hormonal balance. Yogic philosophy purports the existence of a ‘Chakra’ system, where our emotional, energetic centers lie, and properly balancing these energy centers awakens our kundalini-shakti, or life force. We will learn how to create and sustain a state of emotional awareness and feeling that best serves us in accessing the wonder of life.
To register, please call 650.941.9642 or e-mail info@yogaoflosaltos.com.