CHANGE in class time...

Sorry everybody..there is a change in class time for Yoga @ 669 Hampton Street, Brighton...

...the intricacies of a passion fruit flower...

Starting 13th April 

Friday afternoon 1pm - 2:15pm

...keep up your yoga & smile...

yoga @ 669 Hampton Street, Brighton

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When
Friday afternoon 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Class size limited to 6 bookings
Mobile: 0409572869

Studio Policy
Prepaid 5 class block $110 ($50 deposit required to hold place)
Single Class Attendance $30 space permitting
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                  P.S. ...more classes will be added when required...
                               Keep up your yoga & smile...

Yoga.styx: Monday " the meaning of Now - Atha"

YOGA SUTRAS: Atha yoga anushasam  (Chapter 1, v.l)

                             Now the discipline of yoga (is being presented) 

Lasaker (2005) states the implication of Now as being:

1.  one is ready to hear, listen or do;

2.  one has already been on a high learning curve; and

3.  learning the meaning of Now becomes ones greatest yogic lesson.

Therefore learning the heart of Yoga transforms one deeply into the present and therefore deeply into Now.

Keep up your yoga and smile! 

Namasta

Renate

P.s. here are some other readings:

1. Dean Ornish, MD, Love & Survival: the Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy, San Francisco,   California: HarperCollins, 1998. back

 2. Georg Feuerstein., The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: a new translation and commentary, Folkstone, Kent, England: Wm Dawson & Sons, Ltd, Cannon House, 1979 back

 

Yoga.styx Monday: "a single diamond"

Many students ask me "...what is the difference between Hatha yoga and other yoga styles...".

My short answer has always been that Hatha Yoga acts like an umbrella where other yoga styles permeate from.

Let's try to synchronise a description of Hatha yoga first.  Devereux, 2002, states the meaning of Hatha to be 'the will'; 'sun/moon'; 'creative/receptive' and 'active/reflective'.  To me these states of being are areas of opposition or maybe duality, a reflective surface,  between the mind and the body. Unification of these prescribed actions are extremely advanced in nature with an emphasis on pranayama, bandhas and mudras (Deverereux, 2002).

The realm of modern developments, within yoga, consists of  six teachings; four students of Krishnamacharya within the teachings of Ashtanga yoga in the spirit of Patanjali (Devereux, 2002).  B.K.S. Iyengar and Desikachar who have been distinct in their development of yoga postures and Pattabhi Jois and B.N.S. Iyengar whoses modifications were slight and contextual (Devereux, 2002). 

The following two contemporary Indian yoga masters are Sivandanda and now the late Sri Pradbupada.  Their  approaches did not come from the direct teachings of Krishnamacharya; rather the development of Satyananda and Bhakti yoga traditions  here were Westernised.

Historical events such as these implode the diversity of yoga with a relationship bound by human temperament and the inherent synchronicity of the meaning of yoga "union".

Keep up your yoga and smile...

Namaste,
Renate

Yoga.styx Monday: "the first limb of yoga - yama"

Yama can be thought of as a concept that promotes a process of evaluating our attitudes (emotions) utilised within the paradigms of yoga asana & pranayama (Devereux, 2002; Iyengar, 2001).  How can we maintain a sustainable yoga practice when these attitudes influence our behaviour; which is also influenced by desire?

It is suggested that in order to regulate or harmonize the first limb of yoga, yama, the following elements may help your yoga practice (Devereux, 2002).  These elements are; sensitivity (awareness), honesty (use what we can do), openness (safety in our practice), focus (presence of mind) and generosity (relinquish judgement -good & bad - towards what we can and cannot do) (Devereux, 2002).

Keep up the yoga and smile...

Namaste
Renate

Yoga.styx Friday: " emotional calmness vs. over-reactions"

The psychological effects and benefits of yoga enhance our physical well-being.  This is what separates yoga from athletics.  Devereux (p.50, 2002) stipulates the rewards of intense concentration during yoga asana as a form removing blocks within the mind and the body.  By using yoga we can develop this concept as a reminder to repeatedly bring ourselves into a physical and mental unified state (Devereux, 2002).  So much easier said than done.

Yet, isn't it comforting to know that just trying to address this dichotomy brings us closer to achieving the calmness in everyday life that we so desire and deserve.

Keep up the yoga and smile...

Namaste,
Renate

Reference:  Devereux, Godfrey, 2002, Elements of Yoga, Thornsons, London