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October News
There will be NO CLASSES from October 12th until October 17th except for Don’s Sivananda Classes

New Offerings for October
Thursday 4pm Breathe and Move
Pranayama and lights Asanas, starting Oct. 19th

Please visit the Monthly Pass page for updated monthly prices, including packages for all of Eddie’s led and pranayama classes

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Weekly Intro Class on Mondays

Seven Keys for Heart Health in November

New Courses for Pranayama

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Moondays for October 9th + 25th

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Conscious Wellbeing Series

Yoga Education Teacher Training

One Hour Asana and Pranayama Mini-Immersion

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🍥imagination is infinite➿
🌀creation is infinite 💠
🔆and there are infinite ways of knowing who we are ♾️

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This week’s schedule! Please remember to sign u

This week’s schedule!
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YOGA IS
🌞Invigoration in relaxation
⭐️Freedom in routine
☄️Confidence through self-control
💥The energy within and energy without

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Backbends are energizing. Why? Back bends are li

Backbends are energizing. Why?

Back bends are like giving a massage to the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system primes the body for activity, and in dangerous situations moves us into the protective mechanism of fight or flight. We move between changing states of rest and activity throughout the day, mediated through the complementary branches of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

The sympathetic nerves leave the brain through the spinal cord, and then branch out to the organs and limbs of the body. These nerves leave the spine from the 1st thoracic vertebrae down to the 3rd and sometimes 4th lumbar vertebrae. When we compress these nerves, such as in back bending asanas, the innate characteristic of priming the body for action is enhanced. Basically any backbend will do this, and the intensity of the backbend will determine how intense the effect is. This is why you don’t want to overdo it when it comes to any asanas - the way that the body uses these systems to send messages can be disrupted.

If you can’t breathe, you are trying too hard, and it confuses the communication systems in the body. This isn’t to say effort is bad - effort is great, we should make efforts. We just have to make sure it is what they call “right effort.” If you find that you have a hard time sleeping or you’re too hyped up after practice, then you are overactivating the sympathetic nervous system. Let the parasympathetic nervous system restore balance to the body, and your yoga longevity will increase.
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SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK! 💘 On special n

SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK! 💘

On special note:
We have one more week of classical hatha yoga with @yogatman

On Tuesday at 7 pm we’ll have scientist and author Neil Theise for a talk on Complexity Theory, emergent systems, and consciousness, followed by a straightforward guided meditation of what Complexity Theory is all about.

Come say hi :)

Spiritual Knowledge Spontaneously Arises The wor

Spiritual Knowledge Spontaneously Arises

The word “ripen” is such a beautiful concept in regards to spiritual practice. When a fruit ripens on the vine, or a flower, nature has brought it to the peak of it’s growth. There hasn’t been any struggle on the part of the fruit to get itself ready to fall from the vine or a tree. I like to imagine what it would be like if I could take my time with whatever practices I do, and be as natural as a fruit ripenening by nature, without any strain, excessive effort, comparison, or striving. Sometimes it happens. But for the most part, I apply some effort. And I suppose that’s normal, because we aren’t fruit or flowers on a vine, but people, and our thought processes and nervous systems are a little more complicated than a flower, and as such, a little more separated off from nature. Especially in the world we live in.

Shyam Sundar Goswami says a wonderful thing in his book Laya Yoga in regards to the first stages of spiritual seeking. The first things we should do, he says, is establish ritual in our lives (perhaps worship, or a devotional routine), spiritual study, and practice internal cleanliness (of the mind) and external cleanliness (of the body). “You are not expected at this stage to get your thoughts and emotions under your control. But you can control your actions very much by doing regularly the above four practices. Whatever happens, do not stop, but go on with them.” By doing this, he says, spiritual strength develops. With that we can begin to manage what occurs in our thoughts and emotions; to manage them doesn’t mean to control or ignore, but understand what to do with them.

This takes some time, and it takes some patience, just like a fruit ripening on a vine. In the end, perhaps we become like nature, with no separation by thoughts. Knowledge arises spontaneously from within, meaning, we no longer look outside of ourselves to gather information about how we should be.

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Yoga’s effects on the Nervous System How can we

Yoga’s effects on the Nervous System

How can we use yoga to relax, energize or balance? Postures act directly on our autonomic nervous system (ANS) and other physiological systems. Forward bends are calming because they act on the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS), which rules over the relaxation response and the healing response of the body.

These nerves extend out from the brain into the body from the cranial spine of the neck and sacral area of the spine at the lower back. The smooth, rounded position that we place our backs in during forward bends give space to these nerves and encourages the relaxation response. Think child pose, and how soothing it is.

As well, the PNS makes up about 80% of the vagal nerve complex, which among other things rules over levels of inflammation in the body, and extends into just about every vital organ below the neck, including the intestines, liver, pancreas, stomach and spleen. When we bend forward we are massaging those organs, stimulating the paraympathetic nerves. As well, the vagal nerves innervate the diaphragm, the lungs and heart, and the slow, conscious breathing we do while in postures heightens the ability we have to self-regulate and calm ourselves.

The PNS also helps us conserve energy for later use, which is why yoga is also rejuvanative. The PNS signals to the different organs of the body directly through a neurotransmitter or messenger molecule called acetylcholine, which directs the target organs to perform the actions that they need to. The action that allows new signals to come through is performed by an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase which performs its job in less than one millisecond, making it one of the fastest enzymes in the body. Relaxation is truly never far away, it just takes some training.

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Next week: sympathetic nervous system and back bends!

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE!! We have a full week of

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE!!

We have a full week of cool events! Check them out on the next slides!!

Of special note:
Classical Hatha Yoga course with @yogatman
Conscious wellbeing series with @deepakchopra and @eddiestern

Come say hi :)

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