New Skool Ashtanga with Kristin

I'm so happy for the opportunity to share new skool ashtanga at Community Yoga Center on Sunday mornings and Thursday afternoons! This offering has been a couple years in the making and a result of me really letting go of resistance to sharing ashtanga outside of a "community led" paradigm.

I appreciate the encouragement I've received from the community to share ashtanga in this way and I'm grateful for Scott Miller and Marlene Schwartz who've taught me so much about the ashtanga practice and who I continue to learn from. THANK YOU!

New skool ashtanga is not your 90’s ashtanga. Poses are not “earned.” Practitioners are not “held back.” Obedience to an “ideal” is not rewarded. Perfectionism is recognized for what it is - a construct that kills creativity and love.

New skool ashtanga values the genius of primary series ashtanga poses, sequencing, and intentionality of breath - without the old school asana fundamentalism that fuels insidious competition around physical abilities and perpetuates shame when dictated expectations are not met. New skool ashtanga emphasizes the joy of practice - the creativity, love, and self-realization that’s cultivated in an atmosphere of infinite possibilities.

New skool ashtanga emphasizes subtle energy experiencing not only by linking ujjayi breath with a dynamic sequence of asanas, but also through pranayama interludes that punctuate parts of the practice. New skool ashtanga follows the same sequence of postures practiced in primary series ashtanga - about 75 incredible poses that are repeated during every practice session - with a few additions and modifications - including back-bending postures that balance the forward-folding bias of primary series ashtanga.

No experience is necessary and there is never a cost. EveryBODY is welcome.

Please consider practicing new skool ashtanga with me on Sunday mornings and Thursday afternoons. It's a great joy for me to share yoga in this way. -Kristin
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