From the Yoga Immersion meeting

Yoga practice has been so glamorized and distorted in the west in the last decade it is easy to loose sight of what the practice is all about. On Saturday during the Yoga Immersion meeting I spoke about what a deep yoga practice offers us. Here are some of the take-away points:

• While the physical practice is great for our bodies, it's not about achieving a picture-perfect look.
• A healthy, flexible body helps create a healthy, flexible mind.
• If we’re not aware of our energy during poses, we’re not really doing yoga.
• The same goes for our mental focus during practice.
• It’s important to know where we should be feeling a pose to get the most out of it.
• Being confident enough to experiment with poses helps us connect better with our bodies.
• Our bodies are the tools we use to reach higher consciousness.

We also did some asanas that were all related through hip flexion. Same position, different ways of playing with gravity.

The potential for discovery and learning in a yoga practice is endless! (This is why I always ask for class suggestions. If you suggest a physical issue you want to address, and someone else does too, they both have to be tackled both in one hour, along with the pose of the month. That particular situation has never existed before, and we all get to experience this new combo-pack together!)  And it is this never-ending possibility for discovery that makes a Yoga Immersion something that can be done over and over. So many levels of understanding are present in one singular moment in time.  

If you would like to view the recording of the class please email me for the link. If you have an interest in attending the Yoga Immersion and have questions that were not addressed in the video, please feel free to email me. Have a mat nearby if you want to follow along with the recording!