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Fours Sessions of Inspiration on Life and Using the Process of Yoga to Live Fully: Apr. 7 – May 5 at IYILA. In this riveting and insightful book Shree B.K.S. Iyengar explains fundamental principals of Yoga in an accessible way … Continue reading →

Update: Visit my podcast page to listen to this intensive via iTunes download the podcast feed, or download the individual mp3 files. What is the ultimate aim of Yoga? What is your ultimate aim in practicing yoga? There are many answers … Continue reading →

III.15: Krama anyatvam parinama anyatve hetuh. Successive sequential changes cause the distinctive changes in the consciousness. –Light on Yoga Sutras (LOYS) In this session we applied and observed how the succession (krama) and sequence (krama) from different asanas transformed (parinama) … Continue reading →

Day 3, Dec. 19, 2017, PM session. Pune, India After an exhaustive and exhilarating exploration of how the shoulder blades can support the lungs, chest and neck, we were ripe for pranayama. The afternoon session began with an introduction to … Continue reading →

Day 3, Dec. 19, 2017, AM session, Pune, India. “We do not merely breathe to live, we breathe to become. Moment to moment there is a constant becoming taking place in us, either positive or negative. Change is a constant … Continue reading →

Day 2, Dec. 18, 2017, AM session 2, Pune, India. Prashant began the morning session with a talk about spiritual identity, Ishvara and the Sutras. I will address this material at a later time. Asking if we needed clarification, his … Continue reading →

Day 2, Dec. 18, 2017, AM session, Pune, India. “We have a universe within, and just the world without.” The elegance with which Prashant leads you into the invocation is an entire lesson itself. “Exhale to flush out the worldliness, exhale … Continue reading →

Day 1, Dec. 17, 2017, PM session, Pune, India. Prashant began our afternoon session by setting expectations and asking us to recognize the nature of his work. “We have to be on that plane where we are doing together, not … Continue reading →

Day 1, Dec. 17, 2017, AM session, Pune, India. Today the actual sessions began. Abhijata waved the diya (candle) around Patanjali and we all joined together for the invocation. There was so much material covered that I want to post, … Continue reading →

Dec. 16, 2017, Pune, India I watched the last part of Prashantji’s class this morning, took Abhijata’s lady’s class, and then sat at Geetaji’s feet for a spontaneous talk about the how community must practice and learn from one another. … Continue reading →