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BEYOND - VINYASA KRAMA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3 CONTENT 4 HISTORY 5 ASSIGNMENT 6 SWADHYAY (SELF STUDY) 6 DISCLAIMER 6

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE How movement is become such as important and integral part of yoga practice. When we think of yoga, thinking of those people still for long time yet about 80% of classes are vinyasa, they are fluid.

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CONTENT Vinyasa Krama means a step by step progression into something, or to a certain goal. vinyasa is a great exploration of in movement, eventually coming to stillness this is the goal.

In , vi, meaning “order,” , meaning “placement," and , meaning “succession.” The name for this type of yoga practice is often shortened to vinyasa.

Vinyasa refers to practicing a sequence of that are synchronized with the breath. Each movement in the vinyasa krama sequence is linked to an inhalation or an exhalation and each asana becomes a step within the flow. The learns to listen to body and when it is ready to advance to a more challenging asana. Rather than performing each asana as an independent pose disconnected from the whole, vinyasa krama mimics the flowing energy of the universe. The mind, body and breath are unified into a state of harmony. Vinyasa krama also uses variations of each asana to open the potential of the mind and body.

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HISTORY Many people who are interested in Yoga, have heard about Krishnamacharya, the teacher of Pattabhi Jois and BKS Iyengar. Some people call Krishnamacharya the father of modern yoga. The 20th century yoga master Krishnamacharya, is credited with developing vinyasa krama as an approach to yoga practice. He saw it as a key to the transforming process of yoga and not only applied it to asana practice but to all aspects of yoga. was a student of Krishnamacharya. He learnt Vinyasa Krama asana practice of over 700 vinyasas and 150 subroutine sequences, , meditation, chanting many chapters of from Krishnamacharya.

The word “Vinyasa” is used to describe many different styles of yoga classes these days and is associated with flowing breath connected sequences (Kramas) of asanas/postures. However – what many students of yoga do not realize is that this broad use of the terms “Vinyasa” and “Krama” in today’s yoga circles are more often not the same as the structured, definitive system and methodology of the original Vinyasa Krama Yoga as taught by Krishnamacharya to his disciple.

The Vinyasa Krama method that Krishnamacharya taught is a complete, integrated method aligned with the Yoga philosophy of and supported by the methods of . Krama is an art form of practicing yogasanas, based on the parameters mentioned in the Yoga . Krishnamacharya taught this method of asana practice in which numerous asana movements or vinyasas are practiced in succession, slowly and with synchronization of breath in an intelligent and progressive way leading the practitioner towards the internal practices of meditation and . Each sequence contains a classic yoga posture and variations of movement (vinyasa) which lead to the mastery of that posture with systematic practice. Transitional movements between sequences, numerous vinyasas within each sequence and counter-postures bring great variety to a regular practice.

Vinyasa krama develops strength and flexibility. It improves circulation of blood, lymph and life energy (). It’s an enjoyable and effective way of exercising all joints, muscles and tissues of the body without stressing the heart. The movements are slow and synchronized with breathing which concentrates the mind and brings it into a state of peace. The whole process gradually transforms the body and mind, releasing old patterns of physical and mental tension and dysfunctional patterns of movement.

Here are 3 different videos of VINYASA focusing on balancing, hip opening, back & spine strength and …. which are going to take you to how to practice VINYASA KRAMA in a great depth.

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ASSIGNMENT

To complete your Vinyasa Krama course, you will have to give 30 min. sequence teaching presentation. This presentation will be done as a video recording uploaded / live on Online group so your peers can give you encouraging feedback. Manish will email you critical feedback to enhance your learning within 10 days.

SWADHYAY (SELF STUDY)

You will immediately have lifetime access to our closed online Community of fellow doing the Beyond Asana course. Every Saturday Manish be going Live for 2 hours on Zoom exclusively for this tribe- to teach and to answer questions on your practice. Even after the course the learning doesn’t END! and you can continue to attend the Saturday Live sessions.

DISCLAIMER

Yogis, We have designed this course with complete sincerity. If there are any errors, please do forgive us and let us know. Learning Yoga is an ongoing process and in the years to come we will keep updating based on more information and wisdom that we are able to understand.

The PDFs supplied with each online module, are only support documents to the online content. As a student and learner, to get the best out of Beyond Asana which is a purely online course, please make your own notes to complement the PDFs

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