Amrita Yoga

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Yoga is the means of awakening the infinite strength within, by training the body, mind, and intellect properly, and of realizing one’s full potential.
—Amma

Breath in Yoga Practice

Love is consciousness. And that presence cannot force – it simply is. 

Amma

Who Can Attend?

  • Perfect for those who need something gentle yet effective to remove stress and balance the body.
  • Ideal for those seeking inner relaxation and activating the body’s self-healing abilities with awareness.
  • First-time practitioners will feel perfectly comfortable working alongside more experienced participants.

Focus

This workshop is focused on the self-healing dynamic of breathing techniques tethered to restorative asanas. Emphasis is on achieving total relaxation and activating the body’s self-healing abilities. It is in this place of comfort and stillness where true healing begins.

Workshop Specifics

  • Preparatory asanas at the start of each asana class to get ready for breathing techniques
  • Breathing techniques that will help you lessen inner noise and create clarity of mind
  • 1 Q&A session
  • 6 Svasana(breathing) sessions

 

Why Focus on Breath?

Yoga has a very scientific approach to breath. Most people use only one-third of their lung capacity. Yoga teaches abdominal breathing, which allows us to use more of our lung capacity. You can then breathe deeper and relax more. Breathwork is an active meditation that uses your physical breath as a focal point to achieve a variety of outcomes.

In general, there is no tension when nature breathes its rhythms of life. This is the way it should be for us as well. If there is tension in our bodies, the sympathetic nerves have taken over and activated a response that is stress-inducing and life-force reducing.

 

Once you get used to feeling your breath in yogasana practice, you can slowly let this breath awareness seep into other times of the day. You can create a habit of tuning internally to your breath.

    Restorative Practice is Key

    • Restorative postures help relieve the effects of chronic stress in several ways. Restorative yoga stimulates and soothes the organs, calms the nervous system, and thus improves mental clarity.
    • If you are comfortable in the posture, it’s possible to relax and allow the prana to flow.
    • We settle down into the posture through relaxation, pranayama, and mantra, and it becomes actual asana, the seat of meditation.
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