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Vevey, Switzerland
Ashtanga Yoga Vevey
For more info and to register go to - https://practiceashtangayoga.com/
SEE BELOW FOR CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Teachers Focus – June 6 - (DYNAMIC VINYASA DIMENSION OF ASHTANGA YOGA)
Weekend Workshop – June 7-9
Mysore Class – June 10, 11, & 12
Dynamic Vinyasa Dimension of Ashtanga Yoga
This special class is for teachers or students who want an in-depth look at the vinyasa of Ashtanga Yoga.
Weekend Workshop
Friday Night
YOGA SUTRAS TALK ON BOOK 1, SUTRA 20
An interactive class with light asana and chanting
Saturday Morning
“LIMBS STOP, SPINE GOES!”
Saturday Afternoon
PRECISION, PURIFICATION, AND PRANAYAMA
Sunday Morning
BACKBENDS AND ARM BALANCES OF 2ND SERIES
Morning Mysore Classes
DYNAMIC VINYASA DIMENSION OF ASHTANGA YOGA
This special class for teachers or students who want an in-depth look at the vinyasa of Ashtanga Yoga will focus on how proper vinyasa knowledge extends beyond memorizing the number of positions of the asana; you are also meant to know the vinyasa positions dynamically within your body. There is a great art to understanding the subtle progressions of movement that bring you into and out of each asana, exploring this refinement is what brings you into readiness, poise, beauty and alignment in your postures. We'll look at how such vinyasa knowledge helps you understand how to refine your awareness and to learn to see the practice as chiefly dhyana, meditation.
YOGA SUTRAS TALK ON BOOK 1, SUTRA 20
Study of the Yoga Sutras offers key insights on how to better work with your mind in your daily asana practice. David will give a talk on book 1, sutra 20; this is one of the most famous sutras in Patanjali’s, Yoga Sutras, and talks about the 5 qualities to cultivate for progress in practice.
Sraddha—FAITH
Virya——ENERGY/STRENGTH
Smrti——MEMORY
Samadhi—MEDITATION
Prajna—AWAKENING OF WISDOM OR INSIGHT
This unique combination of qualities are meant to be cultivated and are the gifts of your practice. They can be thought of as 5 jars that you want to fill and keep filling. David will discuss each one of these powerhouse words in this talk.
LIMBS STOP, SPINE GOES
Limbs stop, spine goes— is a secret, little known Hatha Yoga mantra that will transform your practice if you repeat it each time you do a pose. By repeating and putting into practice- limbs stop, spine goes- you can learn the value of building each pose by first rooting your legs and arms (limbs stop) and then launching your spine out into space boldly with an expressive gesture (spine goes). In this class David will choose of medley of poses and show you the specifics of applying the mantra. Come see how this one core idea can cut through other variables and increase your asana skill and enjoyment
PRECISION, PURIFICATION AND PRANAYAMA
This class is devoted to pranayama, chanting, and discussion of the central role breathing plays in attaining success in practice. This class will utilize breathing exercises, retention, and discussion, to help you better centralize your awareness on breath during practice.
We’ll study how to use breathing to build powerful strength in your asanas and to effect nadi shodana, purification of the pranic channels. Prana Vidya, knowledge of prana, helps you to progress towards subtlety as you concentrate your mind and better direct the power of the internalized prana. We’ll discuss how cleansing is not limited to the tapas that you create during practice, but rather how purification is a central theme that encompasses all aspects of your life. We’ll explore how to access awareness of your more subtle energy channels through breathing and how to better direct this energy both on and off the mat.
BACKBENDS AND ARM BALANCES OF 2ND SERIES
The first part of this class will help you better understand how to make progress in all back bends through a study of the foundational back bends of second series. We’ll look into how to create a sound, well grounded foundation in each asana. Focusing on setting a foundation leads you to find an aligned, nectar yielding spinal position. We will also look at strategies for creating smooth transitions into and out of the asanas, and how to effectively and economically combine repetition, rhythm, breathing, and in order to learn how to stay longer and with more ease in the asanas. Lastly we’ll look into how to devise strategies for how to either increase or decrease the challenge of the positions depending on how you choose to approach your work.
The second part of this class will focus on how 2nd series offers many excellent opportunities for building strength in new and different ways, offering an excellent compliment to the primary. We’ll study new and unique ways to develop strength through cultivating intelligence and discipline in the transitions between asanas. We also study the strength building possibilities in such individual foundational postures as Bakasana, Pincha Mayurasana, Karandavasana, Mayurasana, Nakrasana, and the 7 Sirsasana positions that complete the series. We’ll also take a careful look at how the inversions in 2nd and in the finishing sequence can play an important role in strength building.
MYSORE
Mysore class provides the student with a concentrated and heightened learning experience that will help he/she develop practical and technical yoga skills and be immersed in the inspirational magic and poetic soul of the practice. Each student will receive valuable one to one guidance from David on developing his/her personal practice. The student will develop skill in applying the practice techniques in ways that are logical, challenging, intelligent and fun. David focuses on learning how to follow the Ashtanga system and at the same time creating a practice that honors individuality, versatility and creativity.
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