When first experiencing Yoga, the practice is often felt from the muscles in the form of something felt as being tight or weak. With practice, we can become more aware that the actual structural strength is from the bones and that the muscles are there to animate and organize the bones so that they bear the weight. When the muscles and bones of the outer body work together harmoniously, we can then better sense that they create a structure for the inner body of the breath, organs, and nervous system.
Through the techniques of asana and breath awareness, this workshop will explore the process of function and awareness from the musculoskeletal outer body to the organic inner body. We will also begin to look at how the mind directs the nervous system. As the organs and nervous system settle, we may become more aware of energy flow throughout the body.
The Sunday session will conclude with a longer Savasana with the accompaniment of live music to experience Nada Yoga, the Yoga of Sound.
Friday 4/28, 6-8pm
Saturday 4/29, 9am-12pm and 2pm-4pm
Sunday 4/30 9am-12pm
$275 for the weekend.
Kim Schwartz, E-RYT 500, is the previous Teacher Trainer for both the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago and High Desert Yoga in Albuquerque. Kim was introduced to Eastern philosophy as a child and began studying yoga in 1971 at age 18. In 1981 he met his Guru and began more formal studies in the Yoga Sutras and other aspects of yoga philosophy. Around that time he was also introduced to the Iyengar system of āsana practice. In 1985 he was certified to teach yoga through the Temple of Kriya yoga. He was ordained a Swami in the Kriya lineage in 1986. He has taught ongoing yoga classes, teacher training programs, and workshops here and abroad since that time. Though āsana and prāṇāyāma have become primary disciplines, the philosophy of yoga is still at the heart of his practice and teaching.
Kim is a YACEP and this workshop will provide Yoga Alliance-registered teachers with 10 contact hours of Continuing Education credit. Both teachers and experienced students are welcome.
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