Winter - Spring I 2008 Kula Classes
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday nights
- 8 weeks - March 3rd to April 22nd
- New Students can join us anytime
- 8:30 - 10:00 am Saturday mornings
- 8 weeks - March 3rd to April 22nd
- New Students can join us anytime
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm Friday nights
- 5 weeks - March 14th to April 11th,
- Attend one or all sessions!
- Intended for any two people that want to know each other through the practive of Yoga
Spring II 2008 Kula Classes
Begins last week in April and runs through mid June
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm Tuesday nights for 8 weeks
- New Students can join us anytime
- 8:30 - 10:00 am Saturday mornings for 8 weeks
- New Students can join us anytime
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Classes are held on Tuesday nights 5:30 to 6:30 pm
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This is intended for anyone desiring an opportunity to be in a nurturing environment to slow down and experience the stillness within the movement of one's mind, body and world.
Tell you friends and stop by to try a class with the Kula.
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Detailed Class Description and more information here - Tuesday Restorative Practice
- 6 week series * Begins 5/3 - 6/21
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(No class 5/17 which is the Yoga Nidra Workshop. And no class 6/7 which is the in-town Kula retreat)
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Classes are held on Saturday mornings 10:00 - 11:00 am
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Join us in exploring the self through the relationship between body and breath using the modality of yoga postures and breathing practices.
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Detailed Class Description and more information here - Saturday Hatha Yoga Class
Somatic work
Derived from Thomas Hanna's use of the word "soma" describes the experience of viewing oneself from the inside out, rather than from the outside in, which designates an experienced body versus an objectified body.
"Soma" is from the Sanskrit root su -"extract" originally referring to an intoxicating plant juice used in ancient India as an offering in the daily sacrificial ritual of Vedic times. In later Yogic era practice, it was understood as the inner juice produced by the body as a result of spiritual practice.
The Kula's purpose in integrating Yoga and somatic work is to capture Yoga's original intent of discovering the Self through direct experience thereby furthering one's evolution (consciousness) from a fluent outgrowth of the nervous system.
"When the body is experienced from within, the body and mind are not separated but are experienced as a whole."
- Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Beginning Level
No previous experience required. An introduction to Classical Yoga and basic somatic work.
See description of the Eight-Fold Path.
Continuing Level
The progression from beginning level Yoga to Level I and II allows for the exploration and incorporation of all the various planes of movement as an aid to organizing the body/mind:
- Standing and seated poses
- Forward and backward bending poses
- Twisting poses
- Basic inversions and variations
- Balancing poses and hip opening poses
- Yoga Nidra- the art and science of integrative restoration
The goal is to translate these concepts into one's daily life to arrive at a more balanced state of Sthira (steadiness) and Sukham (ease) with the mindful quality of breath yoking these two states.
Vinyasa
A fluid experience of Yoga. Integrating alignment with intuition, form with fluidity, meditation with wisdom in action. Uncovering the power of stillness in one's actions and the action of the breath enhancing the power of stillness.
Level III
Permission required from the director.
Kula Restorative Yoga
Focuses on the art and practice of being. Techniques such as unwinding the musculoskeletal system, calming the respiratory and nervous system will be experienced in class and encouraged to use at home and work alike.
Yogic philosophy and basic anatomy will also be used to better understand their applications to grounding and living one's Yoga through the medium of the body.
As with all Kula work, meditation and self-inquiry will serve as the foundational practice to know thy Self for the benefit of all living creatures.
