Moon Practice - Medicine for the modern mind, Moon practice is a deep, challenging and nourishing Asana practice with longer holds and an emphasis on creating stability and calmness of both body and mind. Standing poses and floor work, coupled with a focus on conscious and extended exhalations are used to guide awareness inwards to touch that pure space of stillness that exists beyond the thinking mind. Moon practice is the foundation of all Tantric Hatha practices. Always take the Moon with you.
Included in Moon Practices
Forward folds and Twists
Focus on developing the exhalation
Gentle work with Mulabandha (Root lock)
Longer holds and a focus on physiological steadiness
These Moon Practices are Ideal if:
You have a busy life or a busy mind
You feel anxious or ungrounded
You want to feel more stable and calm
You are sleeping or digesting well
You are quick to anger or easily rattled emotionally
You feel overheated in your body or mind
You want to improve your concentration and meditation practice
You have postural distortions or issues with your spine
Sun Practice - is about energy management and developing a deeper relationship to Prana, the energy that sustains us and all of life. A more dynamic practice than Moon, the Solar path rides the line between cultivating the power we need to excel and the sensitivity we need to touch the subtler planes of reality. In addition to Asanas that open the chest and upper body and an emphasis on developing the inhalation, here we see the introduction of the deeper Tantric practices such as Bandhas and Mudras to increase the voltage and radiance within this vessel, the body.
Included in Sun Practices
Backbends, Laterals, Namaskars (Salutations) and conscious Vinyasa
Focus on developing the inhalation
Introduction of Kumbhaka (breath retention)
Introduction to Bandhas and Mudras
These Sun Practices are Ideal if:
You are feeling stagnant, lazy, sad or depressed
You are looking to feel more positive about life
Your have poor circulation or low immunity
You are ready to start working more on the energetic level
You’re already mentally grounded, stable and calm
Fire Practice - all elements of the tantric path are utilised with asana, including deeper work with Bandha, Mudra and Mantra to still the mind, cultivate energy, burn through limitations and safety call forth our dormant spiritual power know as Kundalini Shakti and transform it into activated power, or Prana Shakti, which is the essence of our greatness. Although the arc of physical challenge also increases in Fire practice with the inclusion of Extensions and Inversions, the true emphasis is on the cultivation of an internal ‘heat’ centred in the navel. This is complimented by the directing of awakened Prana into the spine, considered our pathway to the infinite. The result is meditative absorption into the higher spiritual centres, particularly the heart.
Included in Fire Practices
All asana categories including inversions and extensions
Complimentary Tantric techniques such as Pranayama, Bandha, Mudra, Mantra & Meditation
Developing Inhalation and exhalation
Merging inhalation (Prana) and exhalation (Apana) in the navel to cultivate the Yogic Fire of transformation (Agni).
These Fire Practices are Ideal if:
You are feeling physically and mentally balanced
You are stable, calm and grounded
You have already stablished a relationship with Prana
You have a committed daily practice
Your worldview embraces Yoga as a Spiritual practice.
‘We are only as good as the amount of prana we have access to and are able to skilfully wield. Indeed, tantra is the science of energy management.’
One-on-one training with the teacher as they did back in the ancient days where the student will be taught a sequence of asana, pranayama and tantric Kriya meditation. The student will then take home details on the sequence to continue practicing and encouraged to complete a 40 day sadhana. A comprehensive Tantric Hatha Yoga Manual is also given to equip the student further. The goal is to make aspiring yogis independent as quick as possible so they can prescribe a yogic sequence for themselves or others when the need arrises.
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Donation:
1 hour class + prescribed sequence to take home + comprehensive Tantric Hatha Yoga Manual
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