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Creative Power

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August Class Themes:

Freedom from Pain. Skill in Action. Evenness of Mind. This is Yoga... Svaroopa® Yoga.

(For more information or to RSVP email moreyoga@blissyogi.com or call 619.813.6733)

Monday

Pre-natal Yoga

Wednesday

Vinyasa
Key Principle: Bringing it all together, so you can move, live and thrive, opening more and more.

Freedom from Pain
We’ve all heard the joke- “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.”—“Well, then don’t do that!” Often we don’t even notice our pain until we move, and it is most likely the very movement that hurts which is continuing to tighten our spines and cause further tension in the body. We live our lives in motion, therefore learning to move while opening the spine, or at least not tightening it, is invaluable to living pain free. With the Svaroopa® approach to Vinyasa we can learn to move in a whole new, open way. This is Freedom from Pain.

Skill in Action
Vinyasa means putting together, connecting, or composition. In hatha yoga it means the sequencing of poses that flow together. This is one of the rewards of the deep yoga practice that we develop through the Svaroopa® themes- the full, dynamic grace of our own ease and freedom of movement. This is Skill in Action.

Evenness of Mind
As we learn the ease of flow that is possible in the body, so our minds can settle into that same flow. Our thoughts cease to be lumbering, heavy ideas that won’t leave us alone. They take on a softer, more graceful rhythm that is actually the voice of Awareness. This is Evenness of Mind.

Thursday

Standing
Key Principle: Take your yoga with you.

Freedom from Pain
With this theme we learn that freedom from pain does not rely on rolling around on the floor. We get up and begin not only using standing poses to release the spine but learning how to settle into the support of our own bones to maintain an open spine. We begin to truly get a sense that we can work, play and live without strain or effort. This is Freedom from Pain.

Skill in Action
By developing our ability to settle into our bones and maintain an open spine we learn tha we can do “hard” things, even “hard” poses, without tightening up. In fact, in Svaroopa® we can actually use these “hard” poses to achieve some of our deepest and most powerful releases. As we learn essential principles that allow us to carry those changes into our everyday way of doing things, those “hard” things actually become easy and rewarding. This is Skill in Action.

Evenness of Mind
Taking your yoga with you means taking your bliss with you. Settling into our bones allows us to come into a natural state of deep inner balance. Our sense of Self becomes unwavering and we find that even in the ups and downs of everyday life we can make choices that arise from integrity and our own Self-knowing. This is Evenness of Mind.

Saturday

Inversions
Key Principle: Open the spine to find the point of effortless balance instead of tightening to create a false sense of balance.

Freedom from Pain
Some of our most subtle and stubborn tensions arise from a deep internal tightening as we try to maintain our balance. Interestingly, these same tensions are at the root of the misalignments that set us off balance in the first place. These tensions layer, snowballing into conditions that cause chronic discomfort and pain in the body. As we open our core we can settle into a natural easy state of balance. This is Freedom from Pain.

Skill in Action
Finding the balance point is not easy. This is why we have meticulously built up your body’s deeper awareness and ability to settle into your bones (see Standing). Beginning with the balance poses such as Stork and Tree we get a glimpse of our natural balance point. Then we turn it upside down and find it in our inversion poses such as Plow. The ability to rest in the balance point changes these poses completely- making them, not only accessible to everyone, but absolutely wonderful to experience. This is Skill in Action.

Evenness of Mind
Find your physical balance and you will automatically find mental balance. Turn your Self upside down and your perspective will change, becoming clearer and more open. This is Evenness of Mind.