EVENTS ARCHIVE

AcroYoga blends the spiritual wisdom of yoga, the loving kindness of Thai massage, and the dynamic power of Acrobatics. These three ancient lineages form the foundation of a unique new practice that cultivates trust, connection and playfulness. This course with focus on using core awareness to help practitioners balance on each other and take flight to truly experience the joy of being inverted and in supported back bends without the effort and struggle of trying to hold yourself up.

Since the beginning of time, people have danced! Ingrained in the body is a language, a language which needs no words. This workshop is about communicating to others and more importantly communicating to ourselves through movement, through dance. Dancing technique is of no importance in this workshop. What is important is an open mind and an honest heart. Through movement exercises we will learn to let go of our judgments and inhibitions in order to allow our body to speak its natural language. As our body speaks to us, we will begin to understand, who we really are.

In this 6-week course, we will learn inverted arm balancing postures starting from headstand with concrete perspectives. When we practice asanas, we can not use a mirror to view ourselves from all angles. “I want to overcome postures such as headstand and scorpion. But I don’t know what I have been doing wrong or how to do it”---We will solve that problem by 1) understanding basic key points, 2) becoming conscious about your own physical sensation with a help of others as a mirror that reflects you, 3) capturing your whole image with your mind’s eye.

The ancient practice of Yoga can bring vitality, health, deep relaxation, and peace of mind to practitioners. This course is designed to build onto ones’ basic yoga foundation by challenging while supporting practitioners in their yoga asana practice. Over this 6-week course, we will deepen our understanding of asana postures by learning the dynamics and benefits of poses from major pose groups. We will strengthen and lengthen our bodies while being aware and respectful of our physical strengths and limitations. By practicing with integrity, while building our asana repertoire, we will experience greater benefits from our practice.

- Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga Morning Class.
- Led Primary Series Class & Lecture

Lecture Themes:

- November 14th: How to apply elements of yoga philosophy to day-to-day life in the big city
- November 15th: What is love according to yoga philosophy?

Life is all about connecting through communication. Communicating your ‘self’ in an honest, clear, and open manner, while finding creative ways to connect with other people. This 4-week course focuses on techniques that stimulate the ability to communicate in a creative way by integrating ideas from diverse fields including yoga. By going deeper into ourselves with yoga , we are enhancing our ability to become even more open and more able to connect directly from the innermost elements of our personality.

Due to ashtanga vinyasa yoga’s heavy focus on combining breath and movement, it is often difficult for a teacher to explain how to build a pose and to describe what to take care about without interrupting the flow of the class. Therefore, this course focuses on one theme every week, properly establishing a foundation of the precise ways to use breath and body.

We will look deeply into often-ignored points in order to try to overcome our weaknesses. This course will be beneficial both for students who regularly practice ashtanga vinyasa yoga, and for those who are new to it.

This workshop focuses on learning and understanding the meaning of Vinyasa Flow, and how it relates to everyone’s own personal practice. You will have an opportunity to explore how you can move into stillness with Vinyasa Flow.

Yoga Aid Challenge is an event to raise awareness for the benefits of yoga and to raise money for various charity projects around the world. Join YogaJaya director Patrick Oania along side of the other eleven 2009 challenge leaders including Mark Whitwell, Duncan Wong and Akira Watamoto in a practice of 108 sun salutes of devotion.

In his 4th year at Japan's YogaFest Yoga Conference In Yokohama, Patrick will introduce the following workshops:

10:30-12:00 - Teaching Inversions (For Teachers)
13:30-15:00 - Yin Dynamics (All Levels)