Yoga Practice and Theory: Steadiness and Ease, All Levels

The Great Yogi Patanjali wrote/compiled the Yoga Sutra, which is widely regarded as THE text book for Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga means royal yoga or the highest yoga. Raja comes from the word that means light, like a lighthouse. This yoga is the lighthouse for the seeker of the light. In other words Raja Yoga is the yoga of enlightenment. In Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, he only mentions asana (physical postures) in 3 verses out of around 200 verses. We will explore the reasons for such little emphasis on asana through discussion of the 3 verses followed by a strong and deep practice opening hips and back-bending. Some guided pranayama and meditation to end. Note taking ok but no recording please.

Ricky Tran, BBA, E-RYT 500, CBA, founder of Navanga Yoga, Pop Up Yoga Dallas, Krama Yoga Center, Castle Hills Yoga, Standard Yoga Training Co., Breakfast Yoga Club and TranBand (yoga prop) is widely recognized as an accomplished yoga practitioner and teacher. His lectures and workshops on external and internal yoga illuminate many perspectives of body, breath, mind, philosophy, and lifestyle. His teachings of Sanskrit and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali are easily grasped by the Western mind. His rich personal experiences offers expert guidance on transformation and awakening. Ricky earned a BBA in Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management and Real Estate from the University of North Texas and Vinyasa Krama Yoga certification at Loyola Marymount University in Los, Angeles, CA. His yoga practice is inspired by over a decade of practice under different systems but is drawn to the teachings of T Krishnamacharya and his disciple lineages. Yoga teachers to whom he lends loving credit include, but not limited to Srivatsa Ramaswami, David Williams, David Swenson, Sri Dharma Mittra, and The Amazing Kumar Pallana. He has led programs at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Texas Yoga Conferences, Cosmic Yoga Festival, Holistic Festival of Life, and more.

Gowanus
Saturday, November 3rd
2 - 5 PM
Both workshops $108 early bird, $118 one month prior
Each workshop $60 early bird, $72 one month prior