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About the Sequence

Yoga means ‘Union’. All yoga practices originate from the spiritual texts of India and were developed as a tool to help the yoga practitioner attain a state of Enlightenment or Union with the Supreme Consciousness.

The dynamic and disciplined physical poses evolved in order to allow the spiritual seeker to develop enough strength health and flexibility in their bodies so that they could then sit for long periods of time in meditation and contemplation on the Divine. According to yoga scriptures there are 8,400,000 different yoga postures.

In the Sivananda class sequence we practice 12 very powerful postures and variations of these poses.

In a typical class we begin with about 15-20 minutes of Pranayama or breathing exercises.

To warm up we practice a series of flowing movements called Sun Salutations (Surya Namaska). Each movement is coordinated with the breath to bring the mind to focus.

We follow Sun Salutations with leg stretches to further warm up the hamstrings, and double leg lifts to strengthen the abdominal muscles.

Once we’ve warmed up we move in to the main body of the class and practice the 12 Sivananda asanas in sequence. As a class gets more advanced variations of these postures are introduced.

The class closes with a beautiful 10-15 minute deep guided relaxation. Focused on physical, mental and spiritual relaxation.

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