Gulnaaz Dashti returns online for a deeply meaningful weekend of study.

This workshop marks her first teaching engagement following a small break, and we are honored to welcome her back while also celebrating six years of sustained study through our Gulnaaz Yoga Club.

Designed for experienced practitioners, this two-day intensive will explore the subtle progression from structure to sensitivity through the lens of arm balancing.

In the teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar, arm balances are not achieved through strength alone, but through the even distribution of intelligence throughout the body. The hands must learn to think, the spine must support without hardening, and the legs must participate even when they are no longer on the ground.

Similarly, Geeta Iyengar emphasized that lightness in these poses arises not from force, but from correct action and sensitivity in the contact points.

Arm balances demand clarity. They reveal how we organize weight, direct action, and respond under pressure. More importantly, they require a level of attention and sensitivity that cannot be forced.

Rather than focusing on achieving specific poses, this workshop will examine the principles underlying arm balancing:

• How weight is received and transmitted through the hands and arms
• The role of the spine as a carrier of intelligence, not tension
• The participation of the legs in creating lift and lightness
• The balance between effort and responsiveness
• How fear, ambition, and habit shape action

Students will be guided to refine not just what they do, but how they perceive while doing—allowing structure to evolve into intelligence, and intelligence into sensitivity.

The practice will require maturity, steadiness, and the capacity to remain in inversions. A minimum 5-minute headstand (Śīrṣāsana) or a stable, supported alternative is required.

Gulnaaz’s teaching is known for its precision, economy of instruction, and depth of observation. This weekend offers a rare opportunity to engage arm balancing not as performance, but as a field of inquiry—where effort becomes quiet, and balance begins to reveal itself.

As B. K. S. Iyengar reminds us:
“The pose begins when you want to leave it.”

This is where balance is not held by force, but sustained through awareness.

This workshop is open to all qualified students and is not limited to Gulnaaz Yoga Club members.
Studio members may receive $15 off using code Gul26 at checkout.

Dates: April 25 & 26
Time: 8:00–9:30 AM

A recordings will be sent within 24 hours after the class to those who register.

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