From Asana to Samadhi: The Last 6 Limbs

$150.00

Following up on our deep exploration of yamās and niyamas in the spring, our fall Zoom Club will be a journey back to the basics of practice: body, breath, mind. October will provide an opportunity for us to explore asana through the lens of Patanjali’s teaching. We’ll take four weeks to study how our posture and movement patterns reflectduality: instability and poise; ease and rigidity; presence and distraction. In November, we’ll study the breath and the inner practices of pranayama and pratyhara, drawing from the Vedic texts for inspiration. In December as winter escorts us inward, we will submerge in meditative processes that cultivate dharana and dhyana, attuning mind and intention towards stillness.

Contains 33 practices - after making your purchase, you will automatically e-mailed a document containing a Dropbox link.

Following up on our deep exploration of yamās and niyamas in the spring, our fall Zoom Club will be a journey back to the basics of practice: body, breath, mind. October will provide an opportunity for us to explore asana through the lens of Patanjali’s teaching. We’ll take four weeks to study how our posture and movement patterns reflectduality: instability and poise; ease and rigidity; presence and distraction. In November, we’ll study the breath and the inner practices of pranayama and pratyhara, drawing from the Vedic texts for inspiration. In December as winter escorts us inward, we will submerge in meditative processes that cultivate dharana and dhyana, attuning mind and intention towards stillness.

Contains 33 practices - after making your purchase, you will automatically e-mailed a document containing a Dropbox link.

You can purchase the first two portions of this package individually below:

A Fresh Experience of Asana: Exploring the Ayurvedic Dhatus through Movement

$75.00

The seven dhatus or tissues of the body uniquely form the basis for understanding the ayurvedic perspective on physiologic health and immunity: rasa - plasma; rakta – blood; mamsa – muscle; meda – adipose tissue; asthi – bone; majja – nerve and connective tissue; and shukra/atharva – reproductive tissue. These each systematically and progressively nourish one another. In this unique offering, Robin shares Vasant Lad’s teaching on the dhatus and constructs practices which embody them fully, providing a way to experience the dhatus within, and build ojas throughout your being. (12 one-hour practices)

Pranayama by the Sutras: Breath as a Path to Stillness

$75.00

There are a multitude of yoga techniques which manipulate the breath for a myriad of purposes. However, Patanjali’s pranayama sutras (sutras 2:49-2:53) consistently speak of pranayama, breath-control, as a means to still the mind and ultimately to induce samadhi. Over the course of a month, Robin has cultivated a life-time’s worth of uniquely meditative practices centered around the four phases of the breath. Through the deliberate application of mindful movement choreographed to the rhythm of breath, these sequences are layered with mantra, mudra, and sensory inhibition (pratyahara). Like a labyrinth, they lead the practitioner inward to experience a state of deep inner stillness, where all that remains is the silence between the breaths… between the thoughts…. (12 one-hour practices).