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Charlotte, NC ~ Workshops
Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga ● Saturday 3/10/12 ● 2 PM - 5 PM
Intermediate Series of Ashtanga ● Sunday 3/11/12 ● 2 PM - 5 PM
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** For detail on the full weekend immersion with 26.75 Hours Applicable towards either Yoga Club's 200 Hour or 500 Hour Teacher Training costing $275 pre-paid 30 days in advance please click here.
Ashtanga Yoga Immersion ~ Practice & Philosophy
With Johnna Smith, eRYT 500, Ashtanga Certified with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois,
Instructor Yoga Club Teacher Training
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Explore the Original Yoga Sequence that Inspires Today's Power and Vinyasa Yoga
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Learn the Most Fundamental Pranayama in Yoga
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Refine your Sun Salutations and Alignment for Deeper Strength
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Learn to Protect Your Shoulder Joints
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Learn to Jump Forward, Back and Through Using Your Smaller Muscle Groups
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Explore Bandhas, Breath, Drishti & the Sense of Withdrawal in Your Asana Practice
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Learn about the "Gateway Poses" of Ashtanga by which you Can Measure Progress
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Approximate Postures Rather than Modify Postures for More Rapid Advancement
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Learn to Count in Sanskrit!
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Understand How Outer Practices Influence and Deepen Internal Practices
What is Ashtanga Yoga? Ashtanga yoga is a system of yoga created by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009). This method of yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures, a process which produces intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that helps to detoxify the body's muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind.
Ashtanga yoga is a Vinyasa style practice that follows a set series of poses. The first or primary series, called Yoga Chikitsa, is described in Yoga Mala. Yoga Chikitsa, which means yoga therapy, realigns the spine, detoxifies the body, and builds strength, flexibility and stamina. The series of about 75 poses takes an hour and a half to two hours to complete, beginning with sun salutations (surya namaskara A and surya namaskara B) and moving on to standing poses, seated poses, inversions and backbends before relaxation.
The intermediate or second series is called Nadi Shodana, meaning nervous system purification. It cleanses and strengthens the nervous system and the subtle energy channels throughout the body. This series is only introduced when the primary series is strong. It follows the same progression (sun salutations, standing, sitting etc.) as the primary series, but introduces new poses and variations.
About Johnna?
Johnna Smith 500 E-RYT, has been a student of yoga since 1995. She has spent these years studying various traditions which she incorporates into the Tantra Vinyasa Yoga practice as taught by her teachers, Rod Stryker and Barron Baptiste.
Johnna’s background includes studying Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore India (2004, 2006, 2008), Tantra with Yoga Rupa Rod Stryker (since 2001), Vipassana Buddhist practice with S.N. Goenka, and other traditional styles of Hatha yoga in India.
Starting in 2001 she began an in-depth study of Sri Vidya Tantra Yoga, which led her to Para Yoga with Rod Stryker, she completed his 500 hour teacher training in 2006. Johnna is an avid student of both Western and Eastern philosophy, as well as Sanskrit.
Johnna teaches public classes at many studios in Charlotte as well as spending a good part of each year traveling teaching teachers throughout the world. As part of that she offers Teacher Intensive courses and special classes through the United States.
Johnna believes that the yoga mat is a great place to cultivate awareness, with the ultimate goal being to take the practice from the mat into one’s daily life. Johnna is known for being motivational and spiritual in tone while leading you to the edge of your experience on the mat.
This workshop is for ALL LEVELS.
Please bring a yoga mat, water and any other items you need for yoga practice.
Thanks to our sponsors Natural Healthcare Store, ActiveWear USA, and Evolution Athletic Club!
DISCLAIMER: By being a member of this group or joining this or any of our events you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any and all group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group, any of the group's leaders, officers, representatives, instructors, or sponsors liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property, arising directly from or as a consequence of any group activity.
