Here Follows a Brief Description
of the various ways in which
we partake in Yoga at Touchstone
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Here Follows a Brief
Description
of the various
ways in which
we partake in
Yoga at Touchstone
Ongoing sessions in hatha
yoga
There are as many different types of
yoga as there are people who enjoy yoga.
At
Touchstone we use the medium of breath and the asanas
(postures)
to teach the three basic
fundamentals a person needs to explore her own
sadahna---
Correct
Alignment;
Correct
Movement
(how to move into, be in and move out
of a posture or dance);
and the Capacity to
Witness
(one's own body, emotional state and
mental state)
In the last analysis true yoga is
hoeing the field, pumping the gas
or sitting
before the flowing particle cloud of the computer screen.
The
Hot Yoga Program
These specially guided
sessions are run at four week intervals once a
season.
We use the FireLodge, Hot Tub and at
times a room heated to
110 degrees Fahrenheit
to soften the body so that the asanas may be the
more
deeply entered. Careful facilitation and
extra care must be taken during these
sessions,
as the body will enter the asanas
more deeply than ever before.
Slow and concious
movement is a prerequisite.
Ceremonial
Yoga
From Shaker's decades of intimate
involvement with meditative movement
(which
includes gardening as well as dance and yoga),
his own personal practice began to evolve in
very new directions.
These specially guided
sessions are run at four week intervals once a
season.
Ceremonial Yoga
is a dramatic yoga of movement and inner intent.
The "asanas" are comprised of an
entirely new vocabulary
which connote inner as
well as outer movement,
as well as a syntax
and potential or inference
to hold the moving
asanas in a flowing woven thread.
