a totally complete robust asana practice. in a time when so much is different, it can be nice to come into something familiar, Spiritual Warrior is a fixed sequence that is always the same, because of the familiarity we have the opportunity to progress to the level of mastery if we commit to a consistent, steady, regular sadhana. developed by my teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life.
Read Moreas the California Bay Area goes BACK on to a "safe at home" mandate, we get REALLY sweaty in this class that focuses on core connection, ie, we do a lot of core work!
Read Morei hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit.
Read Moresometimes the practice is about keping your cool in a challenging situation, this is a dynamic hipopening class where we work up towards yoga nidrasana, with the thru-line of developing our compassionate nature.
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 MoreSharon Gannon starts the November 2020 focus of the month with the sentence: The meaning of life is to drop all meanness.
you'll need a little wall-space to drop the storyline and flip the perspective for this class focusing on Inversions.
Read MoreA quick session for when you are especially tired. 15 min of total relaxation. This session incorporates physical, energetic, and mental relaxation, as well as intuition. During the practice an inner sanctuary of peace and calm is developed using guided imagery. The sanctuary can be recalled and experienced during stressful times to bring relief.
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 (hip) opening & (arm) balancing, not only of our physical bodies, but opening and balancing our hearts, especially when the challenges come!
Read Morethis class explores dynamic expansive & cross lateral shapes inspired by the depths of the starfish
inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver we move through some less traditional flows than some of our other #practiceclub offerings, i hope you will enjoy feeing wild and unbridled! this practice also gives space for Svādhyāya, introspection and "study of self".
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 Moremuch of the practice highlights knowledge of the self, this class explores what that really means as we flow through some creative sequencing highlighting backbending and balancing.
Read Morejoin in for an uplifting class with an emphasis on hip-opening, we hear from one of my dear-most teachers directly and seek the essence of connection, unity in diversity.
Read MoreThis was a special experience. In the Bay Area it seemed as though the sun never cam out due to the ash in the air. In Colerado (where a member of the live class was zooming in from). the scorching summer heat overnight turned in to a snowstorm, and we practiced with the theme of Kriya yoga, and in particular, Tapah, dedication to practice to create heat, to cleanse, to clear! “If you want peace, joy and happiness, perform actions that bring about peace, joy and happiness for all. When we devote all of our daily activities arduously toward harmony, we are performing Kriya Yoga.
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.”
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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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