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About Pranayamas

There is much confusion in yoga about what is pranayama, and its goals in our practices. Pranayma means the control of prana, the life force that circulates in our bodies and keeps us alive. Moving air in the lungs is one way of becoming aware of it, but not the only one. A short talk […]

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Introduction to Mobility Training

In most of our yoga classes we focus on moving, strengthening certain muscles and adjusting the fascia of the body. In our mobility sessions we focus a little bit more on moving and trying to create as much movement/mobility as we can in one part of the body. It is important to keep in mind […]

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A Word of Caution

To practice alone at home you ned to really trust your intuition and body to guide you through the practice. This short talk takes you through what is ok and what is not ok to feel, especially nice if you are not used to this practice yet.

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Short Physical Prep for Meditation

This is not really a class, just a short sequence of movements I enjoy doing before I sit to meditate. It is meant to stimulate some chi flow through the body, which I find it helps me to sit longer. As I say in the introduction, everybody is different; you may find you don’t need […]

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Meditation 101 an introduction

In this 5 minute meditation beginners lesson we start to concentrate on the breath, to see if we can become silent, you can repeat this class over and over, to get in to the habit of meditation.

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Aparigraha – you can’t always have what you want

You know that feeling: we think we need to keep reaching out to things that will give us pleasure, or a stronger sense of self, or a quick fix for whatever troubles us. The only problem is that it never works for long, and we never seem to find any lasting satisfaction.

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Give your Hammie’s some love!

In this very short class we target the hamstrings, the muscles on the back of the thighs. Hamstrings can be tight for a lot of people, not only men, but women as well. Tight hamstrings occur a lot after a physical workout, like running, biking, playing soccer, tennis or hockey. Sports in which you use your […]

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Talk: The Pose is Not The End Goal

Most of us associate the practice of yoga with the performance of physical postures, but in reality the physical postures were developed to help us in our process of self-examination and development. In this short talk we start to explore these ideas.

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