Home Practice Course

Where are you? Understanding where you are is the key to creating a safe and enjoyable practice that will advance you to the "next level." What that next level is, depends on where you start. Being clear about where you are is an important component of self awareness and self knowledge. There are three types of people: those who think they are less capable those who think they are more capable those who know where they are. Capability is a subjective term which is often misunderstood, as is "advanced" practice. ADVANCED PRACTICE is defined as practice that exists on subtler and subtler levels it is not the ability to achieve a posture (shape) it is not inversions it is not being the strongest or most flexible it is the ability to understand the workings of one's mind and body and deeper levels it is the ability to control and channel one's breath for different purposes it is the ability to regulate one's own practice to fit on...

This course is designed to allow you to progress your home practice (and practice from home) using tools and techniques from both traditional and scientific perspectives. Each week we will learn a concept for practice and address each topic specifically from the perspective of you who are taking the course, so get your questions ready! On of the beauties of Hatha Yoga is that as a somatic practice, it acknowledges the interrelationship of BODY, MIND, and SPIRIT and explores the interactions and relationships along the body-mind continuum. The practice of Hatha Yoga has grown substantially in its contemporary form incorporating much from modern western science. This epitomizes the evolutionary nature of yoga and the IMPORTANCE OF CONSTANT QUESTIONING, VIGILANCE AND FEEDBACK in the process. We grow from constant attunement to the flow of our lives and our living embodied selves. Our bodies constantly adjust to our internal and external states...so a meaningful practice is a constant...