Bright Spirit Yoga 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training

I wanted to post this. Bright Spirit Yoga 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training. That is a link to a 300 hour teacher training that I will be teaching a few small segments of. They are having me teach a few segments. These are the subjects they are having me present: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras In Our Asana and Daily Life, and The Bhagavad Gita in Modern Yoga. It should be a lot of fun teaching these subjects. The directors of the training program are Carrie Parker Gastelu and Jillian Pransky. They are both wonderful teachers who I have known since 1999. I guess it is even longer than I realized. How time does fly when you are having fun.

Peace.

Breathing Anatomy and Techniques for Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation

In July I will be teaching this program on Breathing Anatomy with a focus on how to apply techniques in practice at Yoga Sutra. This link will bring you to the full description of the workshop:

http://www.yogasutranyc.com/yogicstudies.php#5

The workshop will be part of a series of workshops that the center is offering. If you want to see the full list here is the link:

Yoga Sutra Advanced Studies Programing

They have some good programs including one with Srivatsa Ramaswami.

Parivrtti Janusirsasna: Opening From the Outer Hip into the Side of the Body Reducing Tension in Lower Back

This variation of Janusirsasna where you are lengthening from the outer hip into the side of the body directly stretches the muscles that attach from the iliac crest to the lower ribs including the quadratus lumborum.



As a result it can help reduce tension in the lower back if it is applied appropriately to the needs of the individual. Because it is a pose where you are extending the spine laterally, it also stretches the muscles in between the ribs (the intercostals muscles) and the muscles on one side of the spine. For some there is also an element of opening in the inner thigh of the leg with the bent knee.