Nataraja School of Traditional Yoga

Morning Pranayama - Traditional Yogic Breathwork with Kara Weimer
Wednesdays 8:30-9:30am

Start your morning with traditional yogic breathwork beginning with purification techniques. Release toxins, clear and align the energy channels, strengthen the lungs, massage, tone & nourish internal organs, strengthen agni & digestion, oxygenate and improve blood flow, strengthen immunity & clear the mind. Implement various techniques to energize, focus & calm the mind & nervous system & harness the vital life force energy - with kumbhaka & bandha (breath holds and internal locks). Known to increase neuroplasticity, nitric oxide, and erase old mental and emotional patterns. Traditionally, pranayama is the doorway to access higher states of consciousness.

Throughout the ongoing class different practices will be presented. Learn Cleansing kriyas, Himalayan Pranayama including including Ujjayi Variations, Heating & Cooling Breaths, Solar, Lunar & Soli-Lunar Nadi Shuddhi practices, Samantraka Pranayama, Mudra, Pratyahara, Subtle & Contemplative Practices. Includes Pranava techniques for contemplation and merging with the vibration and sound of Om and Nada - internal sound current.

Yoga Vinyasa Krama Foundations - Thursdays 9-10:30am
Soft Medicine Sanctuary - Loft
Yoga Vinyasa Krama is a comprehensive hatha-raja yogic system for purification, developing concentration, neuromuscular fitness and conditioning, mastering the breath, awakening subtle energy and stilling the mind. Based on deep breathing & the subtle movement of prana directed into the cartilage tissue, sinuous musculature, internal organs, nerve pathways and nadis. It has over 900 intelligently sequenced slow, conscious breath powered with precision movement variations with pause (vinyasas), exploring many aesthetic variations of each posture to correctly establish the main asanas while the mind merges with the breath. Includes drishti, pratikriyas, bandha, vaseth, mudra, mantra, surya & ding namaskar with breath & mantra, cleansing kriyas, Himalayan pranayama including including ujjayi variations, heating & cooling breaths, solar, lunar & soli-lunar nadi shuddhi practices, pranava & samantraka pranayama, pratyahara, subtle & contemplative practices in 12 kramas (sequences).
The whole process gradually transforms the body and mind, releasing old patterns of physical and mental tension and dysfunctional patterns of movement, providing tonic, energetic and psychophysiological effects. This system is presented from the teachings Srivatsa Ramaswami learned through his over 33 years of one on one study with Sri Krishnamacharya and a similar Himalayan method.

Foundations will mostly focus on the first krama, Talasana (aka Tadasana), ding namaskar, and important mudra, morning kriyas and pranayama. Practiced with the two feet together in Tadasana-Samasthiti, Talasana initiates balance & stability, outward & inward focus by grounding and moving from our center - exercising the spine, all major muscles, joints, and muscles of respiration, massaging the internal organs - using hasta vinyasas (arm and hand movements), back bends, side bends, twists, forward bends, squats and balancing foot stretches. Ding Namaskara is a devotional salutation honoring the guardians of the directional spheres, invoking their protection and blessings.

Please practice on an empty stomach.

Morning Pranayama - Traditional Yogic Breathwork with Kara Weimer
Wednesdays 8:30-9:30am

Start your morning with traditional yogic breathwork beginning with purification techniques. Release toxins, clear and align the energy channels, strengthen the lungs, massage, tone & nourish internal organs, strengthen agni & digestion, oxygenate and improve blood flow, strengthen immunity & clear the mind. Implement various techniques to energize, focus & calm the mind & nervous system & harness the vital life force energy - with kumbhaka & bandha (breath holds and internal locks). Known to increase neuroplasticity, nitric oxide, and erase old mental and emotional patterns. Traditionally, pranayama is the doorway to access higher states of consciousness.

Throughout the ongoing class different practices will be presented. Learn Cleansing kriyas, Himalayan Pranayama including including Ujjayi Variations, Heating & Cooling Breaths, Solar, Lunar & Soli-Lunar Nadi Shuddhi practices, Samantraka Pranayama, Mudra, Pratyahara, Subtle & Contemplative Practices. Includes Pranava techniques for contemplation and merging with the vibration and sound of Om and Nada - internal sound current.

Please practice on an empty stomach.

Yoga Vinyasa Krama Foundations - Thursdays 9-10:30am
Soft Medicine Sanctuary - Loft
Yoga Vinyasa Krama is a comprehensive hatha-raja yogic system for purification, developing concentration, neuromuscular fitness and conditioning, mastering the breath, awakening subtle energy and stilling the mind. Based on deep breathing & the subtle movement of prana directed into the cartilage tissue, sinuous musculature, internal organs, nerve pathways and nadis. It has over 900 intelligently sequenced slow, conscious breath powered with precision movement variations with pause (vinyasas), exploring many aesthetic variations of each posture to correctly establish the main asanas while the mind merges with the breath. Includes drishti, pratikriyas, bandha, vaseth, mudra, mantra, surya & ding namaskar with breath & mantra, cleansing kriyas, Himalayan pranayama including including ujjayi variations, heating & cooling breaths, solar, lunar & soli-lunar nadi shuddhi practices, pranava & samantraka pranayama, pratyahara, subtle & contemplative practices in 12 kramas (sequences).
The whole process gradually transforms the body and mind, releasing old patterns of physical and mental tension and dysfunctional patterns of movement, providing tonic, energetic and psychophysiological effects. This system is presented from the teachings Srivatsa Ramaswami learned through his over 33 years of one on one study with Sri Krishnamacharya and a similar Himalayan method.

Foundations will mostly focus on the first krama, Talasana (aka Tadasana), ding namaskar, and important mudra, morning kriyas and pranayama. Practiced with the two feet together in Tadasana-Samasthiti, Talasana initiates balance & stability, outward & inward focus by grounding and moving from our center - exercising the spine, all major muscles, joints, and muscles of respiration, massaging the internal organs - using hasta vinyasas (arm and hand movements), back bends, side bends, twists, forward bends, squats and balancing foot stretches. Ding Namaskara is a devotional salutation honoring the guardians of the directional spheres, invoking their protection and blessings.

Please practice on an empty stomach.