Saturday, July 26, 2014

Teaching Yoga to Addicts: Temple Road Yoga: Kosha and Connection: Saturday, July 26, 2014


According to Patanjali (Sutra 2.2), the purpose of yoga is to relax the grip on what is keeping us small and disconnected. The koshas are a model that can help us see more clearly in the many layers of the self so we can see the deeper Truth. To be in the place of Truth is good for us, and its good for others.

We endeavored to align with the deepest part of ourself and discovered how suffering happens as a result of not seeing clearly.

Legs up wall
Eye at wall
Upavista at wall

Sit
Ananda breath

Easy side plank with rounding

Plank
Downdog

Uttansana

Shoulder rolls and shrugs
Standing neck stretches
OM

Downdog

Supported downdog demo

Partner downdog

Downdog

Low lunge with hamstring stretch

Seated meditations
Experiment #1 "May you be happy, May you be Free" with loved one.
Experiment #2 "May you be happy, May you be Free" with difficult being
Experiment #3 "May you not be happy, free, or anything good for you" with difficult being.

Twist

Savasana

Break

Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu chanting
Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu kirtan bath
M led us out with an OM

Namaste

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