Jivamukti Yoga with Carly Boland

sewing seeds of peace in our hearts, this class orients around back bending and peace, you will not regret practicing today. at the beginning of the class we chant: SARVEṢĀṀ SVASTIR BHAVATU SARVEṢĀṂ ŚĀNTIR BHAVATUSARVEṢĀṂ PŪRṆAṂ BHAVATU SARVEṢĀṂ MAṆGALAṀ BHAVATU MAY AUSPICIOUS BE UNTO ALL. MAY PEACE BE UNTO ALL.MAY FULLNESS BE UNTO ALL. MAY PROSPERITY BE UNTO ALL This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 17th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this class starts with peace mantras and ends with peace meditation. if you only have an hour and want to FEEL GOOD, this may be the fix for you. a little yang and a little yin, perfect for, those days…. Flow and Restore — 60 minute mix of a fiery vinyasa flow and restorative yin practice. Props required - one bolster (or pillow) and two blocks (or soup cans, water bottles...). More props are always welcomed so you can feel comfortable and confident in each pose. at the beginning of the class we chant: Sarveṣāṁ svastir bhavatu Sarveṣāṃ śāntir bhavatuSarveṣāṃ pūrṇaṃ bhavatu Sarveṣāṃ maṇgalaṁ bhavatu May auspicious be unto all. May peace be unto all.May fullness be unto all. May prosperity be unto all This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 17th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a full backbend oriented Jivamukti class around the concept that through offering first to another, we can bring anything we may want to our own lives! this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 26th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a little yang and a little yin Flow and Restore — 75 Minute Intermediate Vinyasa Yoga. This class is a mix of a fiery vinyasa flow with a restorative yin practice. Props required - one bolster (or pillow) and two blocks (or soup cans, water bottles...). More props are always welcomed so you can feel comfortable and confident in each pose. This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 17th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this is a creative dynamic practice with hip opening and standing balancing coming together as we practice bird of paradise! grab a block and a strap (or a thick book and a scarf) for this enlivening sequence this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 10th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this flow gets us deep into our selves through strong flow and musical vibration! the peak posture is baby grasshopper, when you are in need for a total mood lift, this is the practice for you! this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on July 13th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Yin yoga is a meditative practice of reconnection and surrender. Get cozy and restore to your full potential. Exploring the vast territory within. This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on March 6th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a fun flowing class that gives a perfect introduction to Jivamukti Yoga, we start with the "Magic 10 and Beyond" sequence and move through a flow that will have your lower back, and mind feeling at ease. (Feedback from practitioners was that they "slept like a baby.") this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 20th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a dynamic class with binding and hip opening, you will want a strap (or scarf) nearby. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 15th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

the classic Spiritual Warrior sequence… with just a drop of the February Focus of the month (found here). a totally complete robust asana practice. in a time when so much is different, it can be nice to come into something familiar, Spiritual Warrior is a fixed sequence that is always the same, because of the familiarity we have the opportunity to progress to the level of mastery if we commit to a consistent, steady, regular sadhana. developed by my teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 19th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Your stiff neck and tight shoulders might be telling you something on an emotional, energetic and physical level. It might be time to make some changes for those of you with chronic tightness or pain in the shoulders. This sequence target's these areas and will leave you feeling like your on cloud-9... or floating like a cloud. Tell me how you feel after this deep yin experience. This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 20th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a fun and heartfelt class that will open the heart and get you grooving. give yourself a little extra love with this 95 min classic! this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 14th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this 65 min class folds it all in, as we practice the art of letting go. physically we prepare for visvamitrasana. Named after an ambitious king who transformed himself into a yogic sage, Visvamitrasana is a complex asana: It's an arm balance, hip opener, shoulder opener, hamstring stretch, and twist, all in one. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on February 5th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a full flowing Jivamukti class that ends with extended savasana (a led nidra session) and meditation (in apana vayu mudra) we dive in to the A – the beginning; U-the sustaining aspect; and the M – the resolve of it all... The sound of OṂ (A+U+M+silence) and its cosmic resonance is known as Śabda Brahman. Reflected in savāsana lies the grace that reveals itself only when we allow for “un-doing”. Yogis know that we cannot “do” enlightenment, it is our practice to go through the steps to be receptive to it.. This practice is oriented around hip-opening asanas, and will leave you feeling ready to act in accordance to your deepest truth. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on January 27th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Everything each of us does as individuals affects the whole. To be politically active is to be conscious of how your actions affect the community and to strive to improve and contribute to the enhancement of that community. This practice is oriented around hip-opening asanas, and will leave you feeling ready to act in accordance to your deepest truth. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on January 15th, 2021, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

according to the yogic texts, our nature is satchitananda, our nature is love itself, our nature is happiness. and that is revealed IF, we are willing to do actions, which will bring happiness to others, and not be so concerned with getting that happiness for ourselves. this deep and rejuvenating Yin Yoga practice focuses on the attitude of gratitude to lift our spirits and open our fascia, like a deep tissue massage, you won't regret the investment of time on this practice! at the beginning of the class we chant:  Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu May all beings everywhere, be happy and free. And may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life, contribute in some way, to that happiness and to that freedom for all.

a core strengthening fast paced class, this practice gets right to the heart of things, i hope you will enjoy. at the beginning of the practice we chant: yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (PYS 1.2) When you stop identifying with your thoughts, fluctuations of mind, then there is Yoga, identity with Self, which is samadhi, happiness, bliss and ecstasy. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on December 28th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a true celebration of light, and honoring of darkness. this class will leave you (perhaps with a tear in your eye) and definitely with a spring in your step! with a focus on the pranic light within... we are the ones, we can create the change we want to see in the world by simply changing the way we see the world. at the beginning of the class we chant: Asato ma sad gamaya  Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya. Lead me from the unreal to the Real. Lead me from darkness to Light. Lead me from death to Immortality This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on December 20th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

.The Winter Solstice marks an auspicious shift in daylight, when we begin to emerge from the darkness back into the light. On the shortest, darkest day of the year, we are urged to call on the divine light from within. The long dark days of winter can lend themselves to physical stagnation, fatigue, and hibernation. In this yin yoga sequence, we honor the pause before we are called to expand once again. Just as the muscles need our attention to stay healthy and resilient, so does the connective tissue In order to keep our muscles healthy we need to approach them in a dynamic way, we need to move and stretch. Muscles respond to stress and effort, however our Yin tissues are very different. Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles. Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice. at the beginning of the class we chant: Asato ma sad gamaya Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya. Lead me from the unreal to the Real. Lead me from darkness to Light. Lead me from death to Immortality This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on December 19th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a well rounded class with a steady pulse, this class will leave you feeling light and connected with all that is, we focus on a teaching from the Srimad Bhagavatam: Although there is only one moon, we may see the moon reflected in pools, rivers, lakes and buckets of water. Then it would appear as if there were many moons, although there is only one. at the beginning of the class we chant: yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (PYS 1.2) When you stop identifying with your thoughts, fluctuations of mind, then there is Yoga, identity with Self, which is samadhi, happiness, bliss and ecstasy. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on December 13th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

in this class we heat up with core strengthening to prepare for arm balance astavraka, while learning from the Sage of the same name whose deformed body led him to deep study of yoga. “It's through awareness of our own suffering that we understand the suffering of others and develop compassion.” At the beginning of the class we chant: yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ (PYS 1.2) When you stop identifying with your thoughts, fluctuations of mind, then there is Yoga, identity with Self, which is samadhi, happiness, bliss and ecstasy. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on December 4th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

based on the jivamukti classic backbending class, this is a dynamic offering from my open heart to yours! at the beginning of the class we chant: Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu May all beings everywhere be happy and free. And may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life contribute, in some way, to that happiness and to that freedom for all. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 18st, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

a totally complete robust asana practice. in a time when so much is different, it can be nice to come into something familiar, Spiritual Warrior is a fixed sequence that is always the same, because of the familiarity we have the opportunity to progress to the level of mastery if we commit to a consistent, steady, regular sadhana. developed by my teachers Sharon Gannon and David Life.

as the California Bay Area goes BACK on to a "safe at home" mandate, we get REALLY sweaty in this class that focuses on core connection, ie, we do a lot of core work! t at the beginning of the class we sing: Sometimes in our lives we all have pain we all have sorrow But if we are wise we know that there's always tomorrow Lean on me, when you're not strong I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Just call on my sister if you need a friend we all need somebody to lean on I just might have a problem that you'll understand we all need somebody to lean on his class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 30th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

with all the demands of life, sometimes an hour is all that is needed for a full and complete, well rounded jivamukti yoga experience. this class gives a little extra awareness to backbending, not only of our physical bodies, but opening and opening our hearts, especially when the challenges come! i hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit. at the beginning of the practice we chant: Lokah Samastah Sukino Bhavantu may all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts words and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 20th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

sometimes the practice is about keping your cool in a challenging situation, this is a dynamic hipopening class where we work up towards yoga nidrasana, with the thru-line of developing our compassionate nature, when anxiety comes knocking at your door you don't open it, or you open it but you open the back door too, right in and right out! at the beginning of the practice we chant: Lokah Samastah Sukino Bhavantu Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 21st, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This Jivamukti class focuses on standing asanas, and opening the back, building up to natarajasana. Diving in to deep lessons of the soul, when anxiety comes knocking at your door you don't open it, or you open it but you open the back door too, right in and right out! at the beginning of the practice we chant: Lokah Samastah Sukino Bhavantu Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 16th, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

holiday season is upon us, please enjoy this hip and heart opening Jivamukti Open Level class with beautiful teachings drawn from Sharon Gannon's beautiful book Yoga & Veganism: The Diet of Enlightenment. at the beginning of the practice we chant: ahimsa-pratishthayam tat-sannidhau vaira-tyagah PYS.II.35 When you stop harming others, others will cease to harm you. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 23rd, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Sharon Gannon starts the November 2020 focus of the month with the sentence: The meaning of life is to drop all meanness. you'll need a little wallspace to drop the storyline and flip the perspective for this class focusing on Inversions. at the beginning of the practice we chant: Lokah Samastah Sukino Bhavantu Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 3rd, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

A quick session for when you are especially tired. Since this session doesn't involve tensing your muscles prior to relaxing them, it's particularly helpful if you have physical conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, or other difficulties with tensing your muscles. This session incorporates physical, energetic, and mental relaxation, as well as intuition. During the practice an inner sanctuary of peace and calm is developed using guided imagery. The sanctuary can be recalled and experienced during stressful times to bring relief or during yoga nidra if it gets to intense and a break is needed. Please pass this link along, for the benefit of another! This class was recorded as Instagram Live, on November 12th, just get cozy and let go.During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Just as the muscles need our attention to stay healthy and resilient, so does the connective tissue. In order to keep our muscles healthy we need to approach them in a dynamic way, we need to move and stretch. Muscles respond to stress and effort, however our Yin tissues are very different.   Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles. Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice. This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 7, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us. at the beginning of the class we chant: Asato ma sad gamaya  Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya. Lead me from the unreal to the Real. Lead me from darkness to Light. Lead me from death to Immortality

keep calm and practice on. a backbending class to get us through the challenging times, with a deep teaching shared from Jack Kornfield on the “Poisoned Tree” good to have a bolster or cushion nearby for support, blocks and a strap may come in handy as well. at the beginning of the practice we chant: Sarve bhavantu sukhinah  sarve santu niramayah sarve bhadrani pashyantu  ma kashchid dukha-bhag bhavet May all be happy. May all be free from sickness. May all look to the good of others. May none suffer from sorrow. this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on November 3rd, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

with all the demands of life, sometimes an hour is all that is needed for a full and complete, well rounded jivamukti yoga experience. this class gives special focus to (hip) opening & (arm) balancing, not only of our physical bodies, but opening and balancing our hearts, especially when the challenges come! i hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit. at the beginning of the practice we chant: aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha But to engage in sacrifice, self-discipline, and giving without good faith is asat, without worth or goodness, either in this life or in the next. Bhagavad-Gītā, Chapter 17, verse 28 this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on October 16, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this class explores dynamic expansive & cross lateral shapes inspired by the depths of the starfish inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver we move through some less traditional flows than some of our other #practiceclub offerings, i hope you will enjoy feeing wild and unbridled! this practice also gives space for Svādhyāya, introspection and "study of self". while I lay on the rocks, reachinginto the darkness, learninglittle by little to loveour only world.-mary oliver this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 18, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

with all the demands of life, sometimes an hour is all that is needed for a full and complete, well rounded jivamukti yoga experience. this class gives special focus to side bending, as we prepare for a variation of visvamitrasana as the peak asana. i hope you will enjoy your jivamukti express practice, and please share the link with anyone you feel may benefit. at the beginning of the practice we chant: HARI OM TAT SAT the absolute truth is eternal. This class was recorded from my home as a Zoom call, from CA and around the globe on October 9th 2020. During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

much of the practice highlights knowledge of the self, this class explores what that really means as we flow through some creative sequencing highlighting backbending and balancing. at the beginning of the class we chant: Tapah-svadhyaya-Ishvara-pranidhanani kriya yogah. Austerity, Self-study, and surrender to God constitute the yoga of action. Patanjali's Yoga Sutras II:1 This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 11, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

join in for an uplifting class with an emphasis on hip-opening, we hear from one of my dear-most teachers directly and seek the essence of connection, unity in diversity. “to love your neighbor as yourself, and in actuality everyone is your neighbor, not only all humans but all living beings are our neighbors.” -Radhanath Swami this class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 7, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This was a special experience I am happy to share with you. In the Bay Area it seemed as though the sun never cam out due to the ash in the air. In Colerado (where a member of the live class was zooming in from). the scorching summer heat overnight turned in to a snowstorm, and we practiced with the theme of Kriya yoga, and in particular, Tapah, dedication to practice to create heat, to cleanse, to clear! “If you want peace, joy and happiness, perform actions that bring about peace, joy and happiness for all. When we devote all of our daily activities arduously toward harmony, we are performing Kriya Yoga. The physical practice is deep and grounding, we also practice kapalabhai kriya. at the beginning of the class we chant:Tapah-svadhyaya-Ishvara-pranidhanani kriya yogah.Austerity, Self-study, and surrender to God constitute the yoga of action.Patanjali's Yoga Sutras II:1 This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on September 9, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Through deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose) can facilitate the arising of this state. But for success in shavasana, you have to understand, as Shri Brahmananda suggests, “how to use fixation, suggestion and sensation, and how to use the proper pause for time.” Please pass this link along, This class was recorded as Instagram Live, on September 11th, just get cozy and let go.During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Just as the muscles need our attention to stay healthy and resilient, so does the connective tissue. In order to keep our muscles healthy we need to approach them in a dynamic way, we need to move and stretch. Muscles respond to stress and effort, however our Yin tissues are very different.   Rather than movement and striving, which are yang ways of approaching things, our yin tissues need gentleness and acceptance. When we go into a Yin posture the first line of resistance we face as our joints open or close is from our muscles. Get cozy, dim the lights, and please let me know how you feel after the practice.

this practice is a strong all-rounder! we start peacefully in supta-bhaddakonasana and throughout the class hear some of Srimati Radharani's passtimes. eka pada raja kapotasana is the peak posture, you might like a strap (or scarf..) nearby.These practices assist us in having the foresight necessary to make informed decisions in what we think, what we say and what we do so that in the future there will be less suffering.Hopefully we can contribute, in some way, to the happiness and freedom for all. This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 21, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this practice is strong and dynamic! we start peacefully in a revolved sleeping swan (think yin) and build up to twisting arm-balances (think side crow and grasshopper). all around the fable of the birdcage. this class is classic jivamukti and i am delighted to share it with you! at the beginning of the practice we chant:OM AJNANA-TIMIRANDHASYA JNANANJANA-SALAKAYACAKSHUR UNMILITAM YENA TASMAI SRI-GURAVE NAMAH This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 26, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

this practice is dynamic and flowing! we dive in to what it truly means to be a very good friend, and explore the edge of the heartspace and the mat-space/ prepare to flip over with camatkarasana (wild thing) and open the heart deeply, the peak pose is kapotasana (baby wheel). the jivamukti focus of the month verse, from Bhagavad Gita (ch4 verse 3) s our inspiration. This same ancient yoga, is now spoken, by me to you: “having offered your love, you have also, become my friend -” truly, this is the ultimate secret. at the beginning of the practice we chat: om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya cakshur unmilitam yena  tasmai sri-gurave namah This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 19, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

we start this expansive practice with some EFT tapping technique, to release physical pain and emotional distress, and continue in to a side bending oriented class that will get you feeling inspired and free. at the beginning of the practice we chnat: Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.  This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 21, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

On the river of Nada Brahman, divine energy we flowed through this dynamic Jivamukti Open level class, the asana is oriented around twisting asanas, moving in to arm balancing, baby grasshopper is the peak posture. Nada means sound or divine music, Nada Bramha, divine sound, or could be defined as the river of consciousness itself. So we are trying to tap in to that stream of consciousness, not just our personal individual consciousness, but that pervasive consciousness. at the beginning of the class we chant: The river is flowing; flowing and growing The river is flowing; down to the sea Mother carry me; Your child I will always be Mother carry me; down to the sea This class was recorded from my home in CA as a Zoom call on August 17, 2020, During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

On the auspicious day of Krishna Janmastami (appearance of Shri Krishna) we flowed through this dynamic Jivamukti Open level class, the asana is oriented around hip opening and balancing, Visvamitrasana (compass) and Eka Pada Koundianasana are the peak postures. we explore the role of the teacher, and situations of our life as teachings, through shining light on even the darkest corners of our hearts and minds. Numerous are the gurus who rob their students of their wealth. But I consider it rare to find a guru who instead steals away the miseries from the student's heart. at the beginning of the class we chant: OM AJNANA-TIMIRANDHASYA / JNANANJANA-SALAKAYA CAKSHUR UNMILITAM YENA / TASMAI SRI-GURAVE NAMAH I OFFER MY RESPECTFUL OBEISANCES UNTO MY SPIRITUAL MASTER, WHO HAS OPENED MY EYES, WHICH WERE BLINDED BY THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE, WITH THE TORCHLIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE. INTENTION: TRANSFORMING DARKNESS This class was recorded from my home as a Zoom call on August 11, 2020, from CA and around the globe. I call out the whole class and partially demonstrated (it was a video call). During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

Yoga Nidra for spiritual renewal. Offered during a time of political un-rest, so we can rejuvinate, replenish, and pick up our practice as spiritual warriors, clear, sharp and ready to fight for the freedom of all living beings tomorrow. Studies have shown that 1 hour of yoga nidra equates to 4 hours of deep sleep! So in times of anxiety and difficulty unwinding i'm so delighted to offer a yoga nidra session that will help you sleep like a baby. Yoga Nidra is a state of complete bodily relaxation, in which the mind rests in a suspended state awake, yet calm, and free of all distraction. The body, senses and material mind are magnetized. -Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati Through deep relaxation, a state of Yoga Nidra arises, which can lead to kaivalyam, or samadhi, in which the sense of individualization merges with absolute, transcendental joy. The practice of shavasana (corpse pose) can facilitate the arising of this state. But for success in shavasana, you have to understand, as Shri Brahmananda suggests, “how to use fixation, suggestion and sensation, and how to use the proper pause for time.” Please pass this link along, This class was recorded as Instagram Live, just get cozy and let go.During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This is a dynamic flowing Jivamukti Open level class, the asana is oriented around hip opening and balancing, Svarga Dvijasana (bird of paradise) is the peak posture. we explore the role of the teacher, and situations of our life as teachings, through shining light on even the darkest corners of our hearts and minds. at the beginning of the class we chant: om ajnana-timirandhasya / jnananjana-salakaya / cakshur unmilitam yena / tasmai sri-gurave namah I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge. Intention: transforming darkness This class was recorded from my home as a Zoom call on August 3, 2020, from CA and around the globe. I call out the whole class and partially demonstrated (it was a video call). During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This is a dynamic flowing Jivamukti Open level class, the asana is oriented around backbending the inversions vrschikasana (scorpion) is the peak posture. we explore the role of the teacher, and situations of our life as teachings, through shining light on even the darkest corners of our hearts and minds. at the beginning of the class we chant: om ajnana-timirandhasya / jnananjana-salakaya / cakshur unmilitam yena / tasmai sri-gurave namah I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge. Intention: transforming darkness This class was recorded from my home as a Zoom call on August 3, 2020, from CA and around the globe. I call out the whole class and partially demonstrated (it was a video call). During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This is a dynamic Jivamukti Open level class, the asana is oriented around opening the hips and the feet, 1/2 lotus tip-toe squat is the peak posture. we explore the teaching of OM, as a person exercises compassion as a practice, they get better at it, and the result is they grow into humility, a direction away from selfish ego concerns. This class was recorded from my home as a Zoom call on July 31, 2020, from CA and around the globe. I call out the whole class and partially demonstrated (it was a video call). During a time while we are mainly staying at home, let us stay connected through practice and reverence. Join along and breathe with us.

This is a yin sequence to open your heart and shoulders. The meridians that we mainly work with are for the heart, lung and small intestines. Yin yoga is so amazing complimentary effects to the more yang lifestyle and yoga practices we do. Ideally we have both energies in our life: yin is the more feminine, receptive, lunar quality and yang refers to the more active, striving, masculine energy. From a physical point of view there are aspects of the body that are more yin – the connective tissue, and aspects that are more yang, –the muscles. Long held postures to release tension and return to our Yin nature.