Counted Vinyasa & Moon Day Class

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Happy Inauguration Day Everyone,

Class Amendments for this week:
Friday Jan.23 Counted Vinyasa Led Class 6:30-8am
Sunday Jan. 25 Ashtanga Technique Led Class 8am-9:30am

*please note that Led Classes will start promptly at there assigned time*

On Friday January 23, I will guide an Ashtanga Led Class from 6:30-8am. In this session, I will present the precise vinyasa of the Primary Series as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Below is an excerpt taken from Guruji's website http://www.kpjayi.org/method.html

Vinyasa means breathing and movement system. For each movement, there is one breath. For example, in Surya Namskar there are nine vinyasas. The first vinyasa is inhaling while raising your arms over your head, and putting your hands together; the second is exhaling while bending forward, placing your hands next to your feet, etc. In this way all asanas are assigned a certain number of vinyasas.

The purpose of vinyasa is for internal cleansing. Breathing and moving together while performing asanas makes the blood hot, or as Pattabhi Jois says, boils the blood. Thick blood is dirty and causes disease in the body. The heat created from yoga cleans the blood and makes it thin, so that it may circulate freely. The combination of the asanas with movement and breath make the blood circulate freely around all the joints, taking away body pains. When there is a lack of circulation, pain occurs. The heated blood also moves through all the internal organs removing impurities and disease, which are brought out of the body by the sweat that occurs during practice.

This Sunday January 25th is a New Moon and Solar Eclipse. Instead of cancelling this class, I would like to host a special session presenting "Supplementary Materials." Pattabhi Jois is often quoted as saying Ashtanga is 99% practice and 1% theory. Those of us persevering with our journey of yoga know this to be true.


This Sunday, I would like for us to explore a bit more of that 1%. This will include chanting, pranayama, bandha, vinyasa and the role of meditation in Ashtanga. Of course, we being Ashtanga Yogis, there will be a light practice as to integrate this theory.


Thank you for taking note of these class changes, I hope to see you there.
Adarsh




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