Come Study Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras with Anne-Marie Schultz

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Come Study Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras with Anne-Marie Schultz
 

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Ever wondered what sthira sukam asasam means? Or exactly what the yamas and niyamas are? Or even what OM means?   Ever gotten the sense that there’s something deeper going on in a yoga class than alignment instructions, gentle stretching or sweating and flowing with breath and music? Or maybe you have an interest in the complex history of this ancient practice of self-care?  If so, this workshop is for you! 

In this three workshop series, Anne-Marie Schultz will lead participants through a discussion of the core ideas of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.  Most of you know Anne as one of the two Certified Iyengar Teachers here at the Castle, but in her secret life, Anne teaches ancient philosophy and interdisciplinary studies at Baylor University. She is director of Baylor’s Interdisciplinary Core program. In that capacity, she regularly teaches yoga and philosophy courses, along with courses in western philosophical thought as well.  In fact, she’s recently published a book, Plato’s Socrates as Narrator: A Philosophical Muse, Lanham Lexington press 2013.   

Anne also regularly attends yoga workshops with Patricia Walden a classical Iyengar yoga teacher where the Sutras are regularly discussed.  Anne has been fortunate enough to study with the Indic Scholar Edwin Bryant author of The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant; on two occasions. 

She’s delighted to share some of her knowledge about yoga philosophy with the Austin Yoga community.   Each session will cover a different dimension of the Sutras.  Each session is designed as a discrete unit of study.

Anne will mostly teach from Edwin Bryant’s excellent translation The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary, but participants can bring any copy of the Sutras with them to the workshop.   Feel free to read before hand, but the lecture and discussion will not assume that you have done so.  

August 11, 2-4pm, STUDIO

What is yoga?  What are its aims and goals?  Why is it so difficult to still the fluctuations of the mind (Chitta Vrittis)?   How do we go about seeing our true nature?

·      We will discuss Chapter 1 Sutras 1-33

September 22, 2-4pm, CHAKRAS

What are the components of yoga practice?  Why does Patanjali call it Kriya yoga?  How does karma yoga fit in with it all?   How do we avoid future suffering?

·      We will discuss Chapter 2   Sutras 5-16

November 24, 2-4pm, STUDIO    

What is the eight-fold path?   What are the yamas and niyamas?  How do asana and pranayama fit into practice?  What does it mean to practice the deeper limbs of yoga (withdrawal of the senses, concentration and meditation aka Pratyahara/dristi/ dhyai)?  What is samadhi? And what happens after that?   

·      We will discuss Chapter 2 Sutras 29-53 and Chapter 3 Sutras 1-3.

$25 Drop-In

$60 NON- members

$55 for members

Lecture on the Sutras August 11 2-4

Anne will be  leading a lecture/discussion of  Samadhi Pada (the first chapter of  Patanjali's Yoga Sutra)  at  Castle Hill  on Sunday afternoon, August  11 2-4.

Information about  price and  exact location  forthcoming.

There is practice today 4-6:30

Practice  today is based on some nifty  things I learned in Ann Arbor and  a Friday morning padmasana  class.  Bolded stuff  I added  to the basic sequence   to make it  fit our  longer time frame. 

Calf mashes with sticky mat roll

Parvatasana

Virasana

AMS

Supta virasana

Supta   BK with brick and two belts

AMS

Bk up on three trifolded blankets, roll sticky in front of mat to put heels on,  lift up move pelvis  back, then forward sit down, as sitting down imagine that thighs come down first,  then hold ankles and lift up,  did with block on all three widths, (FYI, the roll seemed take care of the sacrum pain on the right I sometimes get ). 

Then sit in Sukasana, notice softness of groin,

Sukasana  folding forward seuqene. 

Padmasana prep,  ardha get foot with opposite hand then elbow with opposite hand, fold to the right, then center then left working to descend groin, draw abdomen in, keep shoulders level, lead with the heart… then come up,  Parvatasana, the release carefully  did   the bk  on blankets with brick set up  between sides..

Repeated second side.    (This is a way of working toward the full bound padmasana, which “must be accomplished”  the ability of the hips to do this work is the gateway to the advanced poses.  Lovely.

Sit in Dandasana

Ardha Baddha padma pashichmottansana  same getting foot  grab outside of foot with the opposite hand, pull with arm  up and back with shoulder to come further forward,  work with abds and descending groin.  (at this point, things began to open up a bit).

Same  BK  between  sides. 

Supta pad  three  prep with motion,  then in pose, extend leg,  go out to supta II, back to supta III, up to Supta I  down.

Pretty long holds both sides,

Ardha Baddha padmottanasana,  holding foot with same hand, reach down for block if  necessary,  draw abds in. 

UPEP 

AMS

AMVrk

PM

Sirsasana  at wall  working to bring legs into padmasana,  first one leg in padmasana, then other leg back behind it,  if having difficulty,  move a little more away from the wall so there is room to lean back, 

Then worked to bring second leg in front. 

AMS

Sarvangasana,  from Halasana  bring legs into padmasana straighten up as much as possible,  take top leg out,  bring legs down into Halasana in ardha padmasana, use padmasana leg to lift both legs back up.

I want to work on helping people drop over  here. 

Switch sides.

Matsyensana flat on floor, legs up on blanket support

Savasana.

Two new Iyengar Classes in Austin

Hi Everyone,

Castle Hill is  adding two new Iyengar classes to their offerings.  They are, unfortunately, cancelling Gillian's Tuesday Evening Community class,  but there is now the opportunity to take an Iyengar class at the Castle  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning.  What a great way to improve your practice and start the week off right!!! 

However, in one of those bizarre life situations that Kafka captured so well, they are not, in fact, called Iyengar classes. Though Gillian and I are certified Iyengar teachers and are "allowed" to call our classes Iyengar Yoga by the rules and guidelines of the national Iyengar Association, classes that are called "Iyengar Yoga"  aren't  popular enough. So,  Monday at 9-10  Gillian will teach Alignment Yoga.  I teach Focus on form at 9:30 on Tuesday   and  Alignment yoga at 9:00 on Wednesday.

I'll update the side bar at the first of the month.

Monday 9:00-10:00  Gillian- Alignment Yoga
Tuesday 9:30-10:55  Anne- Focus on Form
Wednesday 9:00-10:00 Anne-Alignment Yoga.

Monday and Wednesday will be in the lotus room with ropes!!!  Please do come out and support us.

Iyengar Yoga in Austin ,   you just have to know where to look for it, that's what this blog is for!!!

Last Practice for a while

Devon will lead   us  through some arun  work....

Supta baddha konasana, pelvis elevated

Urdhva mukha ardha baddha padma paschimottanasana

Ardha padma jathara parivartanasana supported

Ardha baddha padmottanasana supported

Ardha baddha padmottanasana, palms facing back as possible

Virasana

Virasan knees elevated

Virasana ankles elevated, foam board under buttocks

Eka pada bhekasana with support

Vamadevasana, three steps

Yogadandasana in steps

Supta Padmasana, knees belted

to Simhasana, all but the tongue part

to Adho mukha simhasana

to Padmasana forward bend, belly on heels

to Padma Mayurasana

Padmasana twist, catch one foot with back hand

Padmasana in Setu Bandha Sarvangasana

Ardha baddha padma, twisting to padma side upright

Parivrtta Ardha baddha Padmasana, twisting toward padma knee

leaning forward as in Prvt. Janu Sirsasana

Eka Pada Galavasana from standing

Urdhva padmasana in Sarvangasana, chair support

Pindasana in Sarvangasana, chair support

Baddha Konasana in Sarvangasana, hips on chair, feet back, arms resting

Savasana, belted knees folded up.

Arun workshop this weekend

Hi All,

Just a reminder about the Arun workshop this  weekend.   Mary Scott  suggested that I remind you that HOT  is in  Austin this weekend and you should allow more time to get to the studio than usual, particularly on Friday.

Iyengar Yoga Workshop with

Sri Arun from Bangalore

Friday through Sunday, June 14-16, 2013

Austin Yoga Institute

 Welcomes Arun this June

to Clear Spring Studio

Evening Class Friday 6-8:00 pm

Morning Classes Saturday and Sunday 9:30am to noon

Afternoon Classes Saturday and Sunday 3:00 to 5:30 pm

Born in Sringeri, South India in 1954, Sri Arun grew up and completed his studies in Bangalore, where he started his career at a Chartered Accountant company. It was around this time that he developed an allergy towards dust and developed asthma, which became quite severe during the rainy season.
At a colleague's suggestion he decided to try Yoga as a remedy and got initiated into Yoga in 1974. He started teaching Yoga in 1976 at the Rashtrothana Shareerika Siksha Kendra, where he gave the class in front of his Pujya Guruji Dr B.K.S. Iyengar in the year 1978. Teaching Yoga was a different and a very challenging experience. To quote him in his own words "As I started teaching Yoga, I saw different kinds of human bodies and thousands of complex minds; despite the apparent similarities between people I saw that each individual has very distinct needs. I appreciate the challenge of shaping body and mind of my every student.” The idea of teaching and applying Iyengar Yoga to meet and suit each individual's unique needs appealed to him immensely. He knew then that Yoga had become his true vocation.

To register, fill out the form below and mail with your check to Austin Yoga Institute, 1608 Dexter Street, Austin, Texas 78704.

To attend all five classes, pay by June 1st and receive a discount.

One year’s experience with Iyengar Yoga recommended. If you have questions, call Peggy Kelley at 512-923-4643 or email her at:

yogini102@gmail.com

Cost: $240 for the whole workshop, $215 if paid by June 1, 2013.

Two hour class $40

Two and a half hour classes $50

Backbends and Inversions this week at advanced practice

This one is  from Feb  gather.   Notes  courtesy  of  Karen  Phillips.

Patricia Walden

Intermediate Retreat – Covington, LA – Gather At The River

02/13/2013 Wednesday

AM – backbends – working on the udana vayu (throat/tongue) and prana vayu (upper chest)

Swastikasana  

Adho Mukha Svanasana

Supta Virasana (Supta Baddha Konasana if knees can’t do supta virasana)– bolster horizontal on side for taller height, rolled blanket under neck she want throat open curve to neck

Tadasana – do feet action from yesterday

Baddhanguliasana – arms forward intertwine hands, take up, held the longest time in the history of baddhanguliasana, arms forward other intertwine, another record

Tadasana – arms straight out to side palms up, rotate upper arms then rotate only forearms down, then hands perpendicular to forearms - held the longest time in the history of arms to side hands perpendicular

Adho Mukha Vrksasana – 3x – up with both legs

Pincha Mayurasana – 4x – if can balance in middle of room do, what would you do when you don’t have walls, 2x with heel of palm wrist facing block, little finger on floor, fingers straight, use the lift of the inner legs to lengthen spine; 2x hands classic flat on mat, balance

Sirsasana  => Parsva Sirsasana– didn’t keep us in parsva sirsasana because nobody was straight

Adho Mukha Virasana

Bhujangasana – 1x

Adho Mukha Svanasana => Urdhva Mukha Svanasana – 3x

Get chair

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – edge of seat just under bottom tip of shoulder blade, legs straight to wall toes uparms straight hands on back of chair, then take arms overhead palms up then take hands to chair side elbows below seat then take hands on navel band

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – go in chair backward from normal ducking head below back bar, , this is for the pelvis (previous for back/shoulders) take head to floor, knees bent, arms to chair

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – classic

Ustrasana Prep – kneel infront of chair seat with front edge of chair seat touching upper thighs/front groins, hold sides of chair seat and use that grasp to help coil upper back, should feel like shoulders lifting over foam square and coiling up/over it, don’t go back just work on coiling

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – classic, go a little further off, take arms overhead clasping elbows, pump elbows down toward floor, elbows should not get to floor, pump the coiling reaching elbows down, again: same pumping but this time press roots of thighs down strongly (her demo she had carrie sit on her upper thighs) and have opposing action from one of these grosser to more advanced navel (more gross action)/ziphoid process bottom sternum area/ ctr collarbone to sternum movement, this opposing action will give more backbend

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – long trifold blanket down ctr of chair seat and hanging off front to floor, walk hands up blanket and pull elbows down

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – use breath, inhale then action of pulling side of chair back with hands and coiling curving more on the exhale, use organs of action

Ustrasana – facing chair, pelvis stays touching front chair seat edge, coil (told me this is great for me cause I hold tension in front ribs, she had me strap torso just below bra strap band tight for rest of class to lift away from strap, hands to heels, again if can then take straight arms overhead and touch floor the pelvis can leave chair seat to do this

Urdhva Dhanurasana – 5x – toes up wall sole of ft on floor/knees touch wall, come up knees do not leave wall, walk hands in then move shins away from wall, back thighs lift, full straetch of arms, bring air to the buttocks, after few times start doing while bring mind to throat, then bring mind to tailbone and come up from there, then bring mind to spine and come up from there, head down mind up

Dhanurasana – top thighs belted

Urdhva Dhanurasana – 5x – away from wall

Tadasana – curve back coil again as if moving shoulder blades over foam block, mary demoed carrie held foam block on back, keep abdomen back, touch wall

Ustrasana – coil hands overhead touch wall

Dwi Pada Vipritta Dandasana – 4x on floor – come to urdhva dhanurasana, take left hand in take rt hand in (alternate which hand in 1^st), knees bent, walk feet in to bring shoulders deeper in, 1x straighten legs

Lay on back knees bent

Prasarita Padottanasana

Savasana