Chanting in Asana: The Integrated Practice of Viniyoga.
Sign up here for ALL 3 Classes - Wednesdays March 11, March 25 & April 1

One Breath… One Movement??? How about One Chant …One Movement??

In this series, participants will explore and experience the different values and power of Mantra and Vedic Chanting through the integration and combination of these yogic tools into an asana practice. Each class will have a different theme and will explore how to use chanting and mantra through different methodologies: Energetically, Cognitively and Symbolically.

Class 1:  The Energetic Value of Mantra and Chanting: Bija Mantras for Enhanced Vibration and Energy.

In this class, participants will experience the value and power of chanting Bija Mantras, while moving, mindfully and safely, through asana postures. More specifically, we will examine how to modulate different energetics of these Mantras, by varying the volume, pitch and duration of the Bijas  throughout our interweaving of chanting in asana. Through this process, students will experience how mantra and chanting enlivens the breath, influences the Autonomic Nervous System, softens the mind’s storytelling, and even stimulates the mind’s capacity for listening and memory.

Class 2:  The Cognitive Value of Vedic Chanting: The Power of Meaning in Chanting Yoga Sutras. 

In this class, students will explore and experience how to integrate a yoga sutra into an asana and meditation practice. We will first learn the rules of Vedic Chanting and, then, apply them to “Call and Response" chanting of select Yoga Sutras. Following this warmup engagement, participants will be guided through an integration of Asana and chanting using a select Yoga Sutra. 

Though this process, students will not only experience the vibrational power of mantra and chanting, but they will also experience the beauty of integrating the cognitive meaning and  wisdom of the yoga sutra into their hearts and minds.

Class 3: The Symbolic Value of Mantra: The Gayatri and the Light of the Divine.

Exploring the Divine through the symbolism of The Gayatri Mantra.  Students will learn and explore how to integrate this ancient Vedic mantra into an asana and meditation class, experiencing the symbolic power, meaning and beauty of the Gayatri.

Save when you sign up for the 3 classes series - Signing up for individual classes is also available - please be sure to use the correct date for that registration