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MODULE 1: Yoga Wellness & Discipline

The health and wellness industry has exploded in the 21st Century, with good cause.  Along with it the interest and exposure to the practice of yoga has also grown.  This weekend we will explore together how the practice of yoga can increase your sense of wellness through creating a deeper understanding of the whole discipline.  You will get an overview of the ancient roots of yogic philosophy and the myths and masters that preserved the practices of awareness.  

We will start with the anatomical and energetic framework of the spine and respiratory system.  We will introduce the language and meaning of yogic terms and ancient texts all within the broader intention of how yoga wellness is connected to discipline in the most natural, divinely balanced way.  

INTENTION

Aum saha naavavatu

Saha nau bhunaktu

Saha veeryam karavaavahai

Tejasvinaavadhitamastu maa vidvishaavahai

Aum Shantih Shantih Shantih

 

May the Divine Light protect us both,

teacher and student

Nourish both of us together

May we do our work with energy and strength

May we learn and study with and from each other

May we not misunderstand or argue

Aum: Peace – in the mind (ease of understanding)

        Peace – in speech ( clearly and rationally, free from extreme                     emotion)

        Peace – in the body (steady pulse, deep breath, happy gut)

CHANT

  • Dates: 7000BCE- 300BCE

  • Main “texts”Vedas and Upanishads

    • Taitriyya Upanishad = Kośa

  • Historically predominant Style of Yoga: Mantra & Mudra

  • Teachers of Vedantic Yoga Philosophy:

    • Krishna

    • Matseyndra

    • Goranath

    • Buddha

  • Asana history: Records we have of movement being part of yogic practice is through pictures on sacred buildings or iconography from geological digs

CONTEXT: Yoga History

& Philosophy

  • Learn this sutra

    • Sutra 1. 1-3

  • Supporting sutra (giving more context); 4.4-6,18-22 & 1.9-26

  • Keywords in sutra that can be used as themes for deeper study

    • Citta

    • Yoga

  • How to practice the discipline of speaking the Devanagari:

SUTRA UNDERPINNING

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