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Session ID: 2077

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Session Title:

Immunity and Stress, Building Resilience Through Iyengar Yoga

Presented by:

Lisa Walford

in the 5-Day Iyengar Yoga Intensive: Mon Oct 21–Fri Oct 25, 2024

Mon Oct 21st 2024: 10:30 am–12:30 pm PDT

Ananda Siva Middling

Explanations of terms

2.0 hour(s)

Session Description:

Our practice can invite us into depths of discovery, it can also reinforce our innate competitive nature. Living in the moment is a timeless experience, a pause to cultivate the skills to be present. Perhaps building immunity is how we protect ourselves from distraction (citta vritti), distortion (viparya), and disease (dukkha) by enhancing our ability to respect inner stillness. As we learn to let go of anticipation, anxiety, and restlessness we give the body, breath and brain a chance to self-regulate.

This workshop is based on sequences that Guruji Iyengar introduced over the years to help build immunity. Inversions will be introduced in a progressive and delicious way that will include some supported asanas that focus on how vital the breath-throat-brain connection is to creating a tranquil practice.

Guruji Iyengar mentions, in Light on Life, The cure to combat the three Ss - stress, strain, and speed – can be found in the three Ws – the work of devoted practice, the wisdom that comes of understanding the self and the world, and worship because ultimately surrendering what we cannot control allows the ego to relax and lose the anxiety of its own infinitesimally small self in the infinitude of the divine.

Notes to Participants:

Please bring one bolster, two blocks, three blankets (or more), and a washcloth.