Anusara Yoga Weekend Workshop: Balanced Action Leads to Freedom

Everyone is always talking about balance. Learn practical ways to apply this beautiful concept in your Asana practice. In Anusara Yoga, we seek to articulate nature's way in the body. This is how Founder John Friend discovered the Universal Principles of Alignment. They are not his principles or the domain of Anusara Yoga. Instead, as the name states, they are Universal. Come taste the harmonious efficacy of these principles as they bring new insight into your yoga practice both on and off the mat.

Friday, 2 July 2010

7.30pm – 9.30pm: Aligning with the Natural Harmony

Yoga's perspective on the Tao

In this session we will explore how our intention to connect to the bigger Way can create a more refined and purposeful practice. By opening to something bigger, we can align with the flow of the dynamic forces that are constantly at play within and around us. We will explore this intention through a dynamic mix of fluid, flowing asana.

Saturday, 3 July 2010

10am – 12pm: Back Bend Bliss

In this workshop session we will celebrate the opening of the Heart as embodied in the class of poses known as back bends. Learn how the Universal Principles of Alignment create optimal alignment in the body to move your body safely into deeper back bends.

2pm – 4pm: Hip Harmony

Hip openers and forward bends create a deep release in our Being if done correctly. Learn how to practice this class of poses to optimize pranic flow in the body. Particularly, we will release excess vata (wind element) in the body that can cloak the power of awareness in a fluttering of thoughts and emotions.

Sunday, 4 July 2010

10am – 12pm: Eye of the Tiger Practice

Today we play with a mixed practice of standing poses, inversions, hand balancings and back bends to awaken the inner Tiger. Get ready to deepen your practice in this intensely-playful session.

2pm – 4pm: Taming the Tiger

As with yesterday's afternoon session, our intention is balance. After a strong practice in the morning, we conclude with more cooling asana, including hip openers, twists and forward bends. We will assimilate our new understanding as we transition from the workshop environment back to the 'world'.