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A Four-Week Sunday Series on Zoom: 10 - 11:30am ET
Some of you have been practicing yoga for a while and you've felt its effects in your body and mind. But yoga is far more than exercise. It is a complete and ancient system for living, one that has guided practitioners for thousands of years. Some of you may be new to yoga, and this series is a wonderful beginning.
This June, we returned to the foundation and the source.
In the first module of our Eight Limbs series, we explored the outer limbs of Patanjali's classical path: the foundational teachings that govern how we move through the world, how we care for ourselves, and how we inhabit our bodies. These are living and transformational practices that you bring back to your life.
Each session offers philosophy, pranayama, and asana together so the teachings come alive as a direct, embodied experience.
We completed:
Session 1 - June 7: Yamas I Our outer life.
Session 2 - June 14: Niyamas I Our Inner life.
Session 3 - June 21: Asana | The Body as Sacred Ground
Session 4 - June 28: Pranayama | The Breath as Bridge
MODULE 2 Beginning in July
July 5 - Session 1: Pratyahara | The Art of Turning Inward
The fifth limb: withdrawal of the senses. In a world designed to pull our attention outward, Pratyahara is the radical act of reclaiming it. We explore what it means to consciously disengage from external stimulation and discover the rich, steady world that exists within.
July 12 - Session 2: Dharana | The One-Pointed Mind
The sixth limb: focused concentration. The mind is naturally scattered. Dharana is the practice of gathering it. We explore classical concentration techniques drawn from the Sivananda tradition and begin to understand that meditation is not something that happens to us. It is something we build, one breath at a time.
July 19 - Session 3: Dhyana | The Unbroken Thread
The seventh limb: meditation. Where Dharana is the effort to concentrate, Dhyana is what happens when that effort matures into an unbroken stream of awareness toward the object of focus. We explore the distinction between concentration and true meditation, and sit together and practice.
July 26 - Session 4: Samadhi | Coming Home
The eighth limb: absorption. The destination that Patanjali pointed to from the very first sutra is not a state to be achieved but one to bee embodied, the dissolution of the boundary between the one who meditates and the object of meditation. We close the circle of the Eight Limbs and ask: what does it mean to live from this place?
4-session Series: $150 | Drop-in: $45 Mixed level. All are welcome.
*Recordings available for Module 1
A Four-Week Sunday Series on Zoom: 10 - 11:30am ET
Some of you have been practicing yoga for a while and you've felt its effects in your body and mind. But yoga is far more than exercise. It is a complete and ancient system for living, one that has guided practitioners for thousands of years. Some of you may be new to yoga, and this series is a wonderful beginning.
This June, we returned to the foundation and the source.
In the first module of our Eight Limbs series, we explored the outer limbs of Patanjali's classical path: the foundational teachings that govern how we move through the world, how we care for ourselves, and how we inhabit our bodies. These are living and transformational practices that you bring back to your life.
Each session offers philosophy, pranayama, and asana together so the teachings come alive as a direct, embodied experience.
We completed:
Session 1 - June 7: Yamas I Our outer life.
Session 2 - June 14: Niyamas I Our Inner life.
Session 3 - June 21: Asana | The Body as Sacred Ground
Session 4 - June 28: Pranayama | The Breath as Bridge
MODULE 2 Beginning in July
July 5 - Session 1: Pratyahara | The Art of Turning Inward
The fifth limb: withdrawal of the senses. In a world designed to pull our attention outward, Pratyahara is the radical act of reclaiming it. We explore what it means to consciously disengage from external stimulation and discover the rich, steady world that exists within.
July 12 - Session 2: Dharana | The One-Pointed Mind
The sixth limb: focused concentration. The mind is naturally scattered. Dharana is the practice of gathering it. We explore classical concentration techniques drawn from the Sivananda tradition and begin to understand that meditation is not something that happens to us. It is something we build, one breath at a time.
July 19 - Session 3: Dhyana | The Unbroken Thread
The seventh limb: meditation. Where Dharana is the effort to concentrate, Dhyana is what happens when that effort matures into an unbroken stream of awareness toward the object of focus. We explore the distinction between concentration and true meditation, and sit together and practice.
July 26 - Session 4: Samadhi | Coming Home
The eighth limb: absorption. The destination that Patanjali pointed to from the very first sutra is not a state to be achieved but one to bee embodied, the dissolution of the boundary between the one who meditates and the object of meditation. We close the circle of the Eight Limbs and ask: what does it mean to live from this place?
4-session Series: $150 | Drop-in: $45 Mixed level. All are welcome.
*Recordings available for Module 1