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Level One Astanga Yoga @ The Yoga Place |
Course Title: Level One Astanga Yoga Course
Class times: Monday and Wednesday evenings 7.00-8.25 p.m. Saturday Mornings 9.45-11.10 a.m.
Course Location: The Yoga Place, Level 1, 374 Darling Street, Balmain, NSW, 2041, Sydney Australia
Course duration: 6 Weeks
Registration: You will need to enroll. Call Sydney 9555-7544 or e-mail
Course Cost: $90 for one class a week, $170 for 2 classes per week, $210 for 3 classes per week, a $50 deposit is required to secure your place. See our terms and conditions
You will need your own yoga mat. New students can buy one for $25 (normal price $40)
The balance is payable at the first class. This is non refundable without a medical note from a Doctor. You will need to pay by cash or cheques that are payable to "The Yoga Place". These can be paid at, or mailed to the address above.
Next start Date : Monday 22 Jan, Wed 24 Jan, Sat 27 Jan 2007
Prerequisites: A Yoga Place Foundation course or equivalent - we run a three hour orientation/induction/refresher course from 2-5pm on the Saturday afternoon prior to the course start date for those people who haven't done a Yoga Place Foundation course or who want to go over the basics again. This costs $20. You need to register for this. Next date : Saturday 20 Jan 2007
Course objectives:
You will be learning
1. The core principles of different asana and pranayama forms - eg the fundamental pricipals of working in twisting postures
2. New asana and pranayama - eg first half of primary series plus some backbends and twists from the 2nd series
3. To refine and internalise your practice
Each week we will be focusing on a different aspect of the practice within the context of Patanjali's Astanga yoga while learning new asana /pranayama within each of these groupings.
1. Week one - Standing Asana
2 Week Two - Forward bends
3. Week Three - Twists and simple backbends
4. Week Four - Back Bends and handstand
5. Week Five - Inversions and balancings
6. Week Six - Sitting and pranayama
Orientation
/ Refresher Course:
Time: 2-5pm Saturday 1 March 2006
Location: The Yoga Place, Level 1, 374 Darling Street, Balmain, NSW, 2041
Cost: $45
Enrollement: Enrollements are essential, call Sydney 9555-7544 or email
Who should attend?: Beginning Students or students new to The Yoga Place. If you done a Foundation course already but haven't done any practice for a while you may want to do this as a refresher.
You may have been practicing Yoga somewhere else and be unfamiliar with how we approach Yoga here - the breathing methods, the use of breathing as a key aspect of practice, gazing points, the vinyasas, the particular ways of doing the Sun salutations, basic Sanskrit chanting etc. etc. By reading the content below you will get a reasonable idea of what you need to know. The three hour course will go through the basic principals and the asana and pranayama sequence learnt in the Foundation course.
Content:
1. Starting a class
Preparing the vessel (Samskara): The breath and mind - basic breath and sound work to still the mind and align with universal principals. ( 3 part breathing, kapalabhati, Sanskrit vowel chanting with concentration points, Patanjali chant)
Making intention for the class (Attitude): Sankalpa and Bhavana
The principals of Yoga according to Patanjali - how we integrate these into practice
2. The breathing method
Technique of breathing (ujjay, top to bottom inhale, bottom to top exhale) using bandhas
Being moved by the breath
Focus on how the breath moves the spine
How the breathworks as a concentration device (dharana)
3. Surya Namaskara A & B
Developing heat and connecting to your breath
Using Rajas to shift from Tamas and using uttanasana after these to shift from rajas to sattva
4. Standing asana sequence
How the vinyasa work
Standing asana sequence excluding parivrtta parsvakonasana (refer to Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar): Padangustasana, Padahastasana, Utthita and Parivrtta trikonasana, Utthita parsvakonasana, Prasarita padottanasana A,B,C,D, Parsvottanasa, Uttitha hasta padangustasana sequence, ardha baddha padmottanasana, utkatasana, virabhadrasana 1&2 sequence.
Modifying asana so that you maintain the qualities of asana (sthira, sukham, smooth and long breath, balanced energy flow)
Connecting with basic energy flows
5. Closing sequence
Checking the neck and preparing for sarvangasana (shoulderstand) and counterposing
Sitting basics
Pranayama basics
