DOCSLIB.ORG

In the Italian Alps © All Rights YOUR LUXURY TRAVEL PARTNER in ITALY

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
In the Italian Alps © All Rights YOUR LUXURY TRAVEL PARTNER in ITALY YOGA in the Italian Alps © All rights YOUR LUXURY TRAVEL PARTNER IN ITALY www.italycreative.it reserved YOGA in the Italian Alps Program www.italycreative.it 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 day 6 day 7 day Arrival Yoga session Yoga session Yoga session Yoga session Yoga session Departure Transfer to Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Dolomites Time at Castle tour Wine tour Time at leisure Welness area leisure treatments Dinner in the Cooking class Dinner in the Pizza party Dinner in the Gala dinner © All hotel hotel hotel rights reserved YOGA in the Italian Alps Full-on relaxation in the Italian Alps www.italycreative.it A perfect blend of yoga and vacation in the Italian Alps. The Dolomite Mountains are one of the most impressive alpine regions in the world. With a fascinating blend of cultures, sensational food and a vast array of activities, they provide a unique experience that is second to none. Italy doesn’t happen every year and this is more than just yoga in Italy. It is an experience! Immerse yourself in this Yoga experience, a mindfulness meditation practices will bring you closer to living within the present moment with a calm and joyful peace of mind. We will luxuriate in yoga asanas and meditation. It’s a great time to spend for your mind, body, and soul. The idyllic mountain setting will soon have you feeling cheerful and lively. © All rights reserved YOGA in the Italian Alps Yoga for body, mind and soul www.italycreative.it Yoga sessions, including breathing exercises, in luxe boutique hotels or villa, overlooking the surrounding mountains and vineyards where you can enjoy panoramic views of the Dolomite Mountains. Yoga classes, depending on requests, may include one of the: yoga technique (Hatha yoga, Pranayama, Ashtanga yoga, Dru yoga, Gong bath, Iyengar yoga, Jivamukti yoga, Kundalini yoga, Shala, Sivananda yoga, Restorative yoga, Vinyassa flow, Yin yoga, Yoga nidra) and meditation style (Nidra, Vipassana, Zen (Zazen), Metta, Kundalini, Chakra, Tonglen) among those most practiced today. © All rights reserved YOGA in the Italian Alps Yoga for body, mind and soul www.italycreative.it The yoga week will unfold on the edge of a charming landscapes, stunning views of the mountains, the gardens and What’s not included vineyards in the the Dolomites chain of the Italian Alps. • travel & trip insurance • personal extras The area is beautiful, and is the perfect place to either relax • gratuities and restore, or go out and explore. • city tax/person per day • flights to/from Italy 7 days/6 nights More to do • top level accomodation • Welness treatments • inspiring environments (massages, beauty spa) • daily private yoga session with experienced yoga masters or • Gala dinner • Cooking class yoga therapist and health and wellness experts • Pizza party • surrounded by spectacular views • Wine tour • intimate group sizes for the yoga sessions • activities and excursions © All • free time to walk around the untouched landscape rights • private transfers to-and-from airport reserved • private transfers to-and-from day tours YOGA in the Italian Alps Yoga for body, mind and soul www.italycreative.it This area is beautiful with ancient castles, endless vineyards and vast orchards. There is much to see and do in the area from hiking the Dolomites, swimming at Lake Garda, exploring castles, touring some of the most gorgeous vineyards or just taking in the sights and sounds of the city in a classic pizza or gelato shop in the one of the near towns. The Dolomites area has good connections, this means you can enjoy wine tastings, tours and so much more! This is going to be the trip of a lifetime ! © All rights reserved © Copyright www.italycreative.it Conditions of proposal submission Italy Creative has invested significant time, knowledge, and resources into developing the information included in this proposal. All of our proposals are tailor-made, and we therefore consider these materials to constitute confidential trade information on loan to you with the understanding and acceptance of the proprietary nature of the proposal. It is our belief that the ideas in this proposal are unique and that they represent concepts and services that are essential to our business success. This proposal has been prepared and submitted to you at your request on a strictly confidential basis. All the information and ideas contained in this proposal are confidential to Italy Creative. You are entitled to use this presentation/proposal only as sales support exclusively for our travel project as detailed in the above/enclosed material. Any other use or exploitation, total or partial, of the materials or ideas contained in this document, including the storage, reproduction, editing, distribution, or dissemination of the contents by any means or process whatsoever (technology platform, support, computer network, hard copy), without © All the prior written consent of Italy Creative may result in legal action against those parties in breach of the confidentiality in which this proposal has been prepared, written, and submitted. rights reserved This proposal is copyrighted. Keep in touch [email protected] +39 389 171 9221 [email protected] +39 392 655 9545 italycreative © All 20020 Lainate | Milano | Italy rights reserved www.italycreative.it .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Teacher Feature and Ashtanga Yoga Standing Poses by Caroline
    TEACHER OF THE MONTH I’ve been practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga for almost 20 years and have taught workshops, retreats and teacher trainings across the world. I started teaching workshops internationally in Caroline 2002 and taught workshops in Vienna, Prague, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, the UK, Barcelona, Singapore, Bangkok, Kenya and other locations around the world. The first yoga retreat I lead was Klebl a yoga safari retreat in Tanzania. Additionally, I led yoga retreats in Ibiza and Bali. When yoga centres requested I teach yoga teacher training courses, I developed a week-long program, which I taught in South Africa, Jakarta, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. In 2008, I developed 200 and 500-hour yoga teacher training programs, which meet the international yoga teacher training standards of the yoga alliance. I conducted my first yoga teacher training retreat in Bali. Since this course was a wonderful success, I continued teaching yoga teacher training programs in Bali, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Brazil, Jamaica, Greece, Italy, India, Mexico, San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. My yoga teacher trainings are open to yoga teachers, aspiring teachers and to those who would like to learn Ashtanga yoga or improve their yoga practice. I’ve trained over 200 yoga teachers in Los Angeles, in addition to the 250 yoga teachers I trained on retreat courses. Graduates of my courses teach yoga all over the world. I teach Ashtanga yoga, a Vinyasa based yoga asana practice, which includes hundreds of yoga poses that are divided into the primary, intermediate and advanced series. Vinyasa are breath-initiated movements, which connect one pose to the next.
    [Show full text]
  • The Yin and Yang of Yoga Tend Toward Emotion, Which Distorts Our Perceptions of Part 2 of a Series by Gyandev Mccord Reality
    Newsletter of the Ananda Yoga® Teachers Association Vol. 12 No. 3 • Autumn 2007 I emphasize “potential,” because feeling, too, can be misled. To the degree that we cling tightly to the ego, we The Yin and Yang of Yoga tend toward emotion, which distorts our perceptions of Part 2 of a Series by Gyandev McCord reality. (See Figure 1 on page 2: “The Lens of Feeling.”) ast time, I discussed willpower, the “yang” element of But as we calm, refine and clarify our feeling nature, we Lyoga practice, and offered simple exercises that you get a progressively more accurate picture of reality, until can use to help students develop it. at last we see reality as it truly is. This higher expression Now I’ll do the same for the “yin” of our feeling nature is what I will call “deep feeling.” element: “feeling.” Both Paramhansa In contrast to willpower, which you can develop sim- Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda ply by doing (although as we saw last time, there’s much have long emphasized its impor- more to it than that), feeling is less about doing and tance, and I’ve come to realize from more about awareness. It’s subtle, but not mysterious. It experience how absolutely vital it simply requires increasingly sensitive listening, from a is to success in yoga. It also offers place of increasing calmness, expansiveness, receptivity, and above all, impersonal love. excellent potential content for more Gyandev McCord Let’s now explore how to use Ananda Yoga as a vehicle meaningful yoga classes. Director to refine these qualities, and deepen our feeling capacity.
    [Show full text]
  • Effects of a 12-Week Hatha Yoga Intervention on Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength
    Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2015, Article ID 958727, 12 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/958727 Research Article Effects of a 12-Week Hatha Yoga Intervention on Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength and Endurance, and Flexibility in Hong Kong Chinese Adults: A Controlled Clinical Trial Caren Lau, Ruby Yu, and Jean Woo Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Correspondence should be addressed to Ruby Yu; [email protected] Received 20 November 2014; Revised 15 March 2015; Accepted 18 March 2015 Academic Editor: Mariangela Rondanelli Copyright © 2015 Caren Lau et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To examine the effects of a 12-week Hatha yoga intervention on cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility in Chinese adults. Methods.173adults(aged52.0± 7.5 years) were assigned to either the yoga intervention group (=87) or the waitlist control group (=86). 19 dropped out from the study. Primary outcomes were changes in cardiorespiratory endurance (resting heart rate (HR) and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max)), muscular strength and endurance (curl-up and push-up tests), and lower back and hamstring flexibility (the modified back-saver sit-and-reach (MBS) test). Results. < 0.01 < 0.05 Compared to controls, the yoga group achieved significant improvements in VO2max ( ), curl-up ( )andpush-up ( < 0.001) tests, and the MBS left and right leg tests (both < 0.001) in both genders.
    [Show full text]
  • Namaste Unity Woods Yoga Center
    YOGA IN THE IYENGAR TRADITION SINCE 1979 FALL 2011 • SEPTEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 18 Namaste Free In July I traveled to Italy to teach with my old friend intensive in Rapolano spoke English, a student from and colleague, Gabriella Giubilaro. Each summer the class translated my teaching into Italian. Gabri- Introductory she invites a senior Iyen- ella translated herself. And Classes gar teacher to co-teach a because there were over a weeklong Iyengar Yoga dozen students from Rus- intensive with her just sia, there was a Russian September outside Rapolano, a lovely translator for both of us 12–19 little town tucked into in as well. the tawny undulating hills In fact, in addition to the See back cover of Tuscany. www.unitywoods.com Russian and Italian stu- The classes are taught in dents, participants at the English, which is the lingua intensive came from all franca of Iyengar Yoga. The over the world: France, Iyengars teach in English Germany, England, Spain, Inside at the Institute in Pune Switzerland, Serbia, Croa- and at various conferences around the world. And, tia, the Czech Republic, Israel, Palestine, Saudi John’s Workshop although many of the seventy participants at the Arabia, and, of course, the US. Schedule ......................2 Special Events ...............4–5 See Namaste, page 2 Class Schedule .............6–7 Teacher Information ......8–9 Studio News .....................9 Course Descriptions .......10 Unity Woods Yoga Center Boutique Information ......10 ...is one of the largest and most highly respected All of our classes are based on the teachings Registration Form ............11 yoga centers in the country.
    [Show full text]
  • Chakras 5 Classes
    Chakras 5 Classes Swami Kriyananda gave a talk series called “Yoga as a Way of Life” at the Spiritual Renewal Week Retreat in 1983. This collection of talks is a comprehensive study of the chakras with guided visualizations in several classes. He explained at the beginning of the week that he intended to address Yoga as a Way of Life in relation to the chakras. Crystal Clarity Audio Books by Kriyananda and Other Authors Contains all the books read by Swami from Crystal Clarity Publishers A Place Called Ananda Affirmations for Self-Healing – Swami Kriyananda Ananda Yoga - Swami Kriyananda Autobiography of a Yogi - Swami Kriyananda Chakras For Starters – Nayaswami Savitri Faith is My Armor – Nayaswami Devi Good Morning! – Swami Kriyananda How to Meditate – Nayaswami Jyotish Meditation for Starters - Swami Kriyananda Meditations to Awaken Superconsciousness - Swami Kriyananda Metaphysical Meditations – Swami Kriyananda Money Magnetism - Swami Kriyananda Revelations of Christ - Swami Kriyananda The Art of Supportive Leadership - Swami Kriyananda The Bird of Time - Swami Kriyananda The Essence of Self-Realization - Swami Kriyananda The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita - Swami Kriyananda The Path - Swami Kriyananda The Rubiayat of Omar Khayyam Explained Thou Art With Me – Mary Kretzmann Whispers from Eternity – Swami Kriyananda Crystal Clarity Publishers Music The professionally mastered and most recent albums by Kriyananda offered by Crystal Clarity Publishers. All the World is My Friend – Music by Swami Kriyananda with Ananda Musicians An Evening
    [Show full text]
  • List of Hatha Yoga Postures, English and Sanskrit
    Hatha Yoga Postures List English and Sanskrit Names Indexed by Type and Textbook Descriptions My Yoga and Chi Kung Class Exercises List By Michael P. Garofalo, M.S. Valley Spirit Yoga, Red Bluff, California Adho Downward Voc Adho Mukha Vrksasana Balancing on Hands, Handstand HBalP LoY287, YS361 Adho Mukha Svanasana Downward Facing Dog PP, Res, Mod3 Loy110, YtIY90, BSYB108, HYI30, AHY482, YA224, YS360 Agni Sara or Bidalasana Cat KP, BB BSYF128, HYI116, AHY193, YS376 Agni Sara Sunbird, Cat/Cow Variation KP BSYF132, AHY194 Agnistambhasana Fire Log, Two Footed King Pigeon SitP YS362 Ahimsa Not Harming, Non-Violence, Not Killing, Yama Voc Akarna Dhanurasana Shooting Bow Pose SitP YS362 Alanasana Lunge, Crescent Lunge StdP, BB BSYF166, HYI38 Alternate Nostril Breathing Nādī Shodhana Prānāyāma SitP LoY445-448, HYI16 Anantasana Side Leg Lift, Vishnu’s Serpent Couch LSP LoY246, YtIY87 Anjaneyasana Lunge, Low or High Lunge StdP, StdBalP YS364 Anji Stambhasana SitP Apanāsana Knees to Chest SupP BSYF182, HYI180 Aparigraha Noncovetousness, Not Greedy, Yama Voc Ardha Half, Partial, Modified Voc Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana Half Bound Lotus Intense Stretch Pose StdP, StdBalP YS365 Ardha Chandrasana Half Moon Balancing StdP, StdBalP LoY74, YtIY30, BSYF94, HYI74, YS366 Ardha Navasana Boat Modified SitP LoY111 Ardha Matsyendrasana I Lord of the Fishes Spinal Twist TwP, Mod4, SitP LoY259, YtIY74, BSYF154, HYI128-131, YS367 Ardha Padmasana Half Cross Legged Seated SitP YtIY54 Ardha Salabhasana Half Locust PP, BB, Mod4 LoY99, YtIY92, BSYF136, HYI110, AHY297, YA218 Ardha Uttanasana Half Forward Fold, Monkey StdP YS368 Asana Posture, Position, Pose Voc Ashta Chandrasana High Lunge, Crescent StdP, StdBalP YS368 Hatha Yoga and Chi Kung Class Postures List By Michael P.
    [Show full text]
  • 3.Hindu Websites Sorted Country Wise
    Hindu Websites sorted Country wise Sl. Reference Country Broad catergory Website Address Description No. 1 Afghanistan Dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindushahi Hindu Shahi Dynasty Afghanistan, Pakistan 2 Afghanistan Dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayapala King Jayapala -Hindu Shahi Dynasty Afghanistan, Pakistan 3 Afghanistan Dynasty http://www.afghanhindu.com/history.asp The Hindu Shahi Dynasty (870 C.E. - 1015 C.E.) 4 Afghanistan History http://hindutemples- Hindu Roots of Afghanistan whthappendtothem.blogspot.com/ (Gandhar pradesh) 5 Afghanistan History http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/mode Hindu Kush rn/hindu_kush.html 6 Afghanistan Information http://afghanhindu.wordpress.com/ Afghan Hindus 7 Afghanistan Information http://afghanhindusandsikhs.yuku.com/ Hindus of Afaganistan 8 Afghanistan Information http://www.afghanhindu.com/vedic.asp Afghanistan and It's Vedic Culture 9 Afghanistan Information http://www.afghanhindu.de.vu/ Hindus of Afaganistan 10 Afghanistan Organisation http://www.afghanhindu.info/ Afghan Hindus 11 Afghanistan Organisation http://www.asamai.com/ Afghan Hindu Asociation 12 Afghanistan Temple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Temples_ Hindu Temples of Kabul of_Kabul 13 Afghanistan Temples Database http://www.athithy.com/index.php?module=p Hindu Temples of Afaganistan luspoints&id=851&action=pluspoint&title=H indu%20Temples%20in%20Afghanistan%20. html 14 Argentina Ayurveda http://www.augurhostel.com/ Augur Hostel Yoga & Ayurveda 15 Argentina Festival http://www.indembarg.org.ar/en/ Festival of
    [Show full text]
  • Commemorating the World Yoga Convention 2013
    Year 3 Issue 2 March 2014 YOGA Membership postage: Rs. 100 Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, Bihar, India Commemorating the World Yoga Convention 2013 Hari Om YOGA is compiled, composed and pub lished by the sannyasin disciples of Swami Satyananda Saraswati for the benefit of all people who seek health, happiness and enlightenment. It contains in- formation about the activities of Bihar School of Yoga, Bihar Yoga Bharati, Yoga Publications Trust and Yoga Research Fellowship. Editor: Swami Shaktimitrananda Saraswati Assistant Editor: Swami Yogatirth- GUIDELINES FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE ananda Saraswati YOGA is a monthly magazine. Late Secret of Success subscriptions include issues from January to December. The practice of yoga should be gradual and Published by Bihar School of Yoga, step by step. Extremes are to be avoided. Ganga Darshan, Fort, Munger, Bihar Common sense is an essential part of yoga – 811201. and so is boldness. Fickle-mindedness will Printed at Thomson Press India not advance you on the path of yoga. Ltd., Haryana – 121007 Oscillation will retard progress and result © Bihar School of Yoga 2014 in stagnation. Membership is held on a yearly basis. Please send your requests Reflect gradually and choose a method, stick for application and all correspond- to it and persevere with it continuously. This ence to: faith is absolutely necessary. A person who Bihar School of Yoga digs a well must dig on and on in the same Ganga Darshan place, only then will he reach the water. Fort, Munger, 811 201 Bihar, India The same is valid in yoga: one teacher, one path, one method, one master, one idea - A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be sent along with enquiries to en- and one-pointed faith and devotion.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Booklet
    What is “Untying the cord of breath which binds the soul to the body, Kriya serves to prolong life and enlarge the consciousness to infinity. The yoga method overcomes the tug of war between the mind and the matter-bound senses, and frees the devotee to reinherit GUIDELINES for receiving initiation into the sacred science of Self-Realization his eternal kingdom.” ~ Paramhansa Yogananda ~ Dedicated to the Universal Upward Path Chapter One !XIBU!JT!LSJZB!ZPHB@ Kriya Yoga is an advanced technique for spiritual evolution that comes down from higher ages of spiritual enlightenment. Part of the ancient science of Raja Yoga, it is referred to by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras, and by Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. While the actual Kriya technique can be revealed only to initiates, its purpose and basic nature have been described by both Yogananda and Kriyananda in their respective au- tobiographies, in chapters dedicated to this subject. “The Kriya Yogi mentally directs his life energy to revolve, upward and downward, LSJZB!ZPHB!JT!B!TQFDJGJD!NFEJUBUJPO!UFDIOJRVF! around the six spinal centers (medullary, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccy- which accelerates human evolution and which leads to God-real- geal plexuses) which correspond to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic ization. It was revived in the modern age by the immortal guru, Cosmic Man. One-half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive Babaji, and was brought from India to the Western world at the spinal cord of man effects subtle progress in his evolution; that half-minute of beginning of the twentieth century by Paramhansa Yogananda.
    [Show full text]
  • Course Information Teacher Training
    Course Information Teacher Training Course Information Teacher Training www.baliyogaretreat.org +91 8384856787 Bali Yoga Retreat @BaliYogaRetreat Welcome Bali Yoga Retreat Traditional Indian Yoga School in Bali About Us Having been established for many years in the Yoga Teacher Training field, Yogi Vishnu and his team who is well established in India is now coming to Bali. We not only offer a teacher training program but a deep, connected spiritual experience that can change your life. Our main focus is to have a small and intimate class setting for personalized attention to each student. We strive to create an open atmosphere and form a special spiritual bond between the students, teachers and the team. With exceptional skills and inside expireince of our trainers we produce a very effective yoga teacher training program. Our primary goal is to cultivate a solid, safe, and subtle yoga teaching program which will be a rigid stepping stone for personal growth and extraordinary career in yoga. Our training offers an in-depth exploration of not just physicality but creates a powerful bond between the body mind and the divine soul. 2 We offer varieties of Programs in Bali Yoga Retreats. 1. 100/200/300/500 Hours Yoga Teacher Training Courses in many styles like Multy Style, Kundalini, Yoga and Dance, Prenatal, Kids, Yoga therapy, Ayuryoga and so on. 2. We offer Varieties of Retreat program with many different tastes like kundalini retreat, detox retrat, Tantra retreat and so on. Time to time we organize International children Yoga meditation retreat, Sinior citizen retreat, Healing retreat and so on.
    [Show full text]
  • 2.Hindu Websites Sorted Category Wise
    Sl. No. Broad catergory Website Address Description Reference Country 1 Archaelogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harappa Harappa Civilisation India 2 Archaelogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization Indus Valley Civilisation India 3 Archaelogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo_Daro Mohenjo_Daro Civilisation India 4 Archaelogy http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Post/881715 Ancient Vishnu Idol Found in Russia Russia 5 Archaelogy http://www.archaeologyonline.net/ Archeological Evidence of Vedic System India 6 Archaelogy http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/scientific- Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge India verif-vedas.html 7 Archaelogy http://www.ariseindiaforum.org/?p=457 Submerged Cities -Ancient City Dwarka India 8 Archaelogy http://www.dwarkapath.blogspot.com/2010/12/why- Submerged Cities -Ancient City Dwarka India dwarka-submerged-in-water.html 9 Archaelogy http://www.harappa.com/ The Ancient Indus Civilization India 10 Archaelogy http://www.puratattva.in/2010/10/20/mahendravadi- Mahendravadi – Vishnu Temple of India vishnu-temvishnu templeple-of-mahendravarman-34.html of mahendravarman 34.html Mahendravarman 11 Archaelogy http://www.satyameva-jayate.org/2011/10/07/krishna- Krishna and Rath Yatra in Ancient Egypt India rathyatra-egypt/ 12 Archaelogy http://www.vedicempire.com/ Ancient Vedic heritage World 13 Architecture http://www.anishkapoor.com/ Anish Kapoor Architect London UK 14 Architecture http://www.ellora.ind.in/ Ellora Caves India 15 Architecture http://www.elloracaves.org/ Ellora Caves India 16 Architecture http://www.inbalistone.com/ Bali Stone Work Indonesia 17 Architecture http://www.nuarta.com/ The Artist - Nyoman Nuarta Indonesia 18 Architecture http://www.oocities.org/athens/2583/tht31.html Build temples in Agamic way India 19 Architecture http://www.sompuraa.com/ Hitesh H Sompuraa Architects & Sompura Art India 20 Architecture http://www.ssvt.org/about/TempleAchitecture.asp Temple Architect -V.
    [Show full text]
  • Playing the Pauses
    Newsletter of the Ananda Yoga® Teachers Association Vol. 13 No. 1 • Spring 2008 occurs at many levels. For example, consider the follow- Playing the Pauses ing levels of Ananda Yoga sadhana: Overall Practice by Gyandev McCord Active (yang)—the entire flow of energization, asanas and alerie Wint (Toronto, AYTT Nov 2001) once sent me pranayama: We energize and relax the body, direct Va quotation by the famous pianist, Arthur Schnabel: energy and awareness away from the extremities into “The notes I handle no better than the spine, and finally, bring energy to the brain. many pianists. But the pauses be- Pause (yin)—meditation practice. tween the notes—ah, that is where the art resides.” Interesting, isn’t it? Energization Here’s the Ananda Yoga version: Active—“tense with will” “The active poses I do no better than Pause—“relax and feel.” Many people are already tensing many hatha yogis. But the pauses in the next body part while relaxing the last one. That’s a the neutral poses—ah, that is where mistake, because the relaxation phase—when we are the art resides.” Of course, there’s art Gyandev McCord undistracted by the effort of physical tension—is the in both, but the pauses are less ap- Director best time to tune in more clearly to prana. preciated, so in this article I’m going Asana Routine to discuss how to “play” them. Active—From standing poses, to seated & floor poses, to inversions, it’s like one long, multi-faceted active pose Lost Pause Pause—Deep relaxation in Savasana Before I came to Ananda Yoga, I thought pauses were simply welcome “breathers” during my (usually) strenu- Meditation Period ous asana practice.
    [Show full text]