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What is Yoga?Yoga is a gentle, powerful, transformational practice that integrates all the parts of who you are. The practice of Yoga releases physical, mental, and emotional blocks. As you fully engage in the practice, you bring your focus and attention to every detail of the postures as you relax your body, calm your mind and strengthen yourself from within. Life’s answers become clearer, and you experience inner joy and freedom. The practice of Yoga is likened to entering the sanctuary of the body to quiet the chatter of the mind. Yoga will stretch you and make you strong, it will push out your boundaries as you uncover the physical, emotional, and mental tensions held in the body, allowing awareness to emerge and release to occur. Yoga is less about standing on your head and more about learning how to stand on your own two feet. What is Kripalu Yoga?Kripalu yoga is a yoga of consciousness. You immerse yourself consciously in your yoga experience, providing the means for self-discovery. You enter into the physical postures not to work at perfecting them mechanically, but to allow the postures to reveal to you who you are. You begin with listening to and following the wisdom of your body and then focusing the mind on a double-arrowed awareness: outward on the posture itself and inward on your internal state that is colored moment to moment by shifting sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Focusing the mind with non-judgemental awareness allows you to be in touch with the true Self of stillness that embraces every experience, letting life flow without resisting any of it. You utilize the "press point" method for moving into the postures. The press point process is simple, aiding you in attuning to your body; the mind can relax and let go of any need to have the posture "picture perfect". At the same time, the press points assure proper physical alignment, allowing for maximum stretch in the safest and most supported way. The effortless alignment that is instantly created allows your body to go to its natural limit in a relaxed way, without forcing. Kripalu Yoga postures are alive, not static. They breathe just as you breathe. "There are certainly physical and emotional benefits of consistent practice of Kripalu Yoga but they are incidental to the awareness that it fosters. So use your yoga practice as a time of formal training in consciousness knowing that your perseverance and dedication will result in the state of witness consciousness remaining with you during your day in whatever situations arise". (Adapted from the Kripalu Yoga Posture Sheets, copyright Kripalu Center, 1990.) |
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