Our 4-day Online Yoga Workshop is an opportunity to learn some beginner Isha Upa-Yoga practices to balance your body and mind and increase your overall wellbeing. We will build on the practices in each session (1 hour per session), giving you corrections and refinements and a chance to ask questions as we go along.
By the end of the program, you will be equipped with a yoga sequence that you can safely practice on your own at home. More details about each practice are outlined below.
Workshop Guidelines:
You will need to be on a light stomach condition for the practices, which means a gap of 2.5 hours after a full meal, 1.5 hours after a snack and 30 minutes after any drink (tea, coffee, juice, etc.) except water.
Please join each session from your laptop, and login 5 minutes earlier to get settled in.
You will need to have a yoga mat or a comfy, carpeted surface, plus a small cushion which is about 1 to 2 inches thick that will not compress.
Please ensure you have a private area where you will not be disturbed by anyone (family, children, pets) for the duration of the session. Also, make sure to keep mobile phones off so that you can focus on the practices.
The most conducive clothing to practice yoga in is loose, organic cotton (or any natural fabric). If you don’t have organic, then loose cotton clothing is best.
For the Yoga Namaskar practice, please note that those with a Hernia and women in the 3rd or 4th month of pregnancy cannot do this particular practice.
1. Directional Movement of the Arms – Joint Health
Learn a set of powerful practices to activate the lubricants and energy nodes in the joints, while exercising the muscles and bringing ease to the whole system.
2. Neck Practices – Stress Reduction
In evolution, a vertical spine corresponds to a leap in capability. In this series of Neck Practices, you will learn a simple way to keep the spine healthy and active, while activating the brain and upper shoulder region.
3. Yoga Namaskar – Spine Alignment
Yoga Namaskar is a simple and complete process that impacts overall wellbeing. It has all-around benefits for the entire body, including activating the lumbar region of the spine in a tremendous way to regenerate and protect the spine as one ages.
*** PLEASE NOTE:Those with a Hernia and women in the 3rd or 4th month of pregnancy cannot do this particular practice.
4. Nadi Shuddhi – Inner Balance
Nadi Shuddhi is a Pranayama (breathing technique) which works to cleanse the nadis – the 72,000 pathways in the human system through which prana or energy flows. Regular practice creates balance in the system and psychological well-being.
5. Nada Yoga – Inner Joy
Nada Yoga is the yoga of sound or reverberation. In this practice, you will learn how uttering certain sounds can enable you to create an inner atmosphere of joy and balance in the system.
6. Namaskar Process
The many nerve endings in your palms make them very sensitive and receptive. Placing your palms together in a gesture of Namaskar can actually change your inner chemistry to foster love within. Holding Namaskar also brings a balance between the two polarities in life, which is the aim of yoga – which literally means union.
7. Guided Meditations
Everything that human beings have created on this planet was essentially first created in our minds. How we organise and focus our minds decides the direction of our life, which is called Chit Shakti. In this guided meditation, you will use the power of your mind to help you to focus on and manifest more love and joy in your life.