a full backbend-oriented Jivamukti class around the concept that through offering first to another, we can bring anything we may want to our own lives!
Read Morethis is a creative dynamic practice with hip opening and standing balancing coming together as we practice bird of paradise!this is a creative dynamic practice with hip opening and standing balancing coming together as we practice bird of paradise!
Read Morea fun flowing class that gives a perfect introduction to Jivamukti Yoga, we start with the "Magic 10 and Beyond" sequence and move through a flow that will have your lower back, and mind feeling at ease. (Feedback from practitioners was that they "slept like a baby.")
Read Morethe classic Spiritual Warrior sequence… with just a drop of the February Focus of the month (found here).
a totally complete robust asana practice. in a time when so much is different, it can be nice to come into something familiar,
Read Morethis 90 minute Jivamukti Open class mixes things up with a seamless vinyasa sequence that will leave you feeling refreshed and balanced. i recomend having your blocks handy ;)
Read Morea full flowing Jivamukti class that ends with extended savasana (a led nidra session) and meditation (in apana vayu mudra) we dive in to the A – the beginning; U-the sustaining aspect; and the M – the resolve of it all...
Read MoreLike the companion plants known as the “three sisters” in the image chosen for this podcast, everything each of us does as individuals affects the whole. To be politically active is to be conscious of how your actions affect the community and to strive to improve and contribute to the enhancement of that community.
This practice is oriented around hip-opening asanas, and will leave you feeling ready to act in accordance to your deepest truth.
Read Morea well rounded class with a steady pulse, this class will leave you feeling light and connected with all that is, we focus on a teaching from the Srimad Bhagavatam.
Read Morein this class we heat up with core strengthening to prepare for arm balance astavraka, while learning from the Sage of the same name whose deformed body led him to deep study of yoga. “It’s through awareness of our own suffering that we understand the suffering of others and develop compassion.”
Read Morebased on the jivamukti classic backbending class, this is a dynamic offering from my open heart to yours!
Read Morei hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit.
Read MoreThis Jivamukti class focuses on standing asanas, and opening the back, building up to natarajasana. Diving in to deep lessons of the soul, and lessons of compassion from David Life.
Read Moreholiday season is upon us, please enjoy this hip and heart opening Jivamukti Open Level class with beautiful teachings drawn from Sharon Gannon's beautiful book Yoga & Veganism: The Diet of Enlightenment.
“The miracle of being an instrument of kindness, is the most powerful of all”. – Radhanath Swami
Read MoreRather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles.
Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice.
Read Morekeep calm and practice on.
a backbending class to get us through the challenging times with a deep teaching shared from Jack Kornfield on the “Poisoned Tree”
Read Morewith all the demands of life, sometimes an hour is all that is needed for a full and complete, well rounded jivamukti yoga experience. this class gives special focus to side bending, as we prepare for a variation of visvamitrasana as the peak asana. i hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit.
Read MoreThrough deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose) can facilitate the arising of this state. But for success in shavasana, you have to understand, as Shri Brahmananda suggests, “how to use fixation, suggestion and sensation, and how to use the proper pause for time.”
Please pass this link along, for the benefit of another!
Read MoreJust as the muscles need our attention to stay healthy and resilient, so does the connective tissue. In order to keep our muscles healthy we need to approach them in a dynamic way, we need to move and stretch. Muscles respond to stress and effort, however our Yin tissues are very different.
Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles.
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