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Continuing Education ~ Course Description
Ayurveda is the sister science to and medical aspect of Yoga. Emphasizing the unique physical, emotional and mental constitution of each individual, at its best, Ayurveda offers practitioners a framework for self observation which roots subjective experience in the elemental qualities of the created world. It also helps to explain why certain kinds of people are attracted to particular styles of yoga asana practice and avoid others. In this workshop, Ayurveda will be approached as a way of thinking about the world rather than as a set of rules to be learned and applied. Beginning with an interactive discussion of Ayurvedic cosmology, and its relationship to the three "doshas" or aspects of overall constitution, participants will use their own personal experiences as the means to understand the Ayurvedic framework. Once a basic understanding is achieved, the stage is set to view asana practice and sequencing for each dosha in all its creative dimensions. When considered from this point of view, both teaching and personal practice take on a multitude of new possibilities. How does the immediate environment affect each dosha on the mat? Or the time of day when practice occurs? Is there a way to language one's teaching to offer something to each dosha? Which postures and techniques are most beneficial or detrimental to each dosha? And in terms of personal practice how can we make sure our practice is actually working for us? Individual Workshop Payment Plan Options are available as well. Please contact the manager of our Danforth Avenue location at 416.461.6161 or Toll Free 1.866.903.9642. About Ann Marie
As a teacher, I offer those who come to class a place to practice yoga as an "art" where art means connecting to ourselves creatively, shifting our experience by playing with the elasticity of our minds and allowing the mind to have an effect on what we experience in the body. Mind first. Intention first. In my own practice, I use yoga to support my life as a musician. Not one to whom discipline comes easily, through yoga i've learned to value of just showing up. Many people have helped my journey, through training's in Pilates, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, and the wonderful folks here at The Yoga Sanctuary. In addition to classes here, I also teach yoga for the visually impaired through an organization called Balance, a senior's class at Women's Health in Women's Hands, and maintain a private energy healing practice. |
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Ayurveda
and Yoga
No
matter what belief system a person is engaged in (one life, many lives,
soul, no soul, karma or not) everything we believe happens in the playground
of the body. I believe that the body is a magical place filled with wonder,
waiting to be explored through the union of movement and imagination.
Yoga, among many other paths, offers each person an opportunity to step
through the doorway of the breath, into the depth of who s/he truly is.
And that "isness" is tantalizingly paradoxical in nature. Constant
at the core, changing on the surface.
