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ASHTANGA Weekend Workshop

David Garrigues is one of a few teachers certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga by the late world renowned yoga master Sri K Pattabhi Jois. In this in-depth weekend workshop we’ll investigate specific aspects of the Ashtanga Yoga practice in detail.

FRI 6:30pm-8:30pm Ashtanga Foundations 1 – The Five Allies in Surya NamaskaraIn this session we’ll look at the 5 root techniques that form the internal practice of Ashtanga Yoga by carefully studying their application to the nine positions of Surya Namaskara. The root techniques, or allies include pranayama (conscious breathing), vinyasa (positioning), bandha’s (locks), dristi (gazing), and dhyana (meditation).

The positions of Surya Namaskara provide the perfect foundational basis for exploring the important role that each of the allies plays in creating a mature, sustainable yoga practice.

SAT 9:30am-12:00pm Ashtanga Foundations II & III - Standing Sequence, Seated Postures & Dynamic Transitions of Primary SeriesIn this session we’ll explore how cultivating a combination of dynamism and stability in the standing postures provides you a perfect means of entrance into the internal practice of Ashtanga Yoga. Structuring each seated asana in the primary around understanding the allies (vinyasa, breathing, bandha’s etc) will help you better extract the strengthening, restorative, and heali§ng benefits of this important series. We’ll also study the dynamic transitions between the asanas, carefully looking at how to create a better a jump back and jump through. And emphasizing the transitions also teaches you to cultivate rhythm, breath, dynamism & vitality within the stillness of each asana.

SAT 1:00pm–3:00pm Precision, Purification and PranayamaThis session will utilize breathing exercises, retention, and discussion to help you better centralize your awareness on breath during practice. We’ll study how to use breathing to build powerful strength in your asana’s and to effect nadi shodana, purification of the pranic channels. Prana Vidya, knowledge of prana, helps you to progress towards subtlety as you concentrate your mind and better direct the power of the internalized prana.

SUN 9:30am–12:00pm Intro to Second Series and PranayamaThis session will help you better understand how to make progress in the first section of Nadi Shodana or Ashtanga Yoga’s Intermediate series. We will study the foundational back bends of second series. We’ll look into how to create a sound, well-grounded foundation in each asana.

Limited space! This workshop is suitable for anybody with an established Ashtanga yoga practice, experience of at least the fi rst half of the Primary Series and a motivation to learn.

D AV I D G A R R I G U E SApril 8~10, 2016

214.443.9642 dallasyogacenter.com $250 by March 29 / $275 After

David Garrigues is the director of the Ashtanga Yoga School of Philadelphia and one of a few teachers in the US certified to teach Ashtanga Yoga by Sri K Pattabhi Jois. As an Ashtanga Ambassador he bases his teachings on the idea that ‘Anyone can take practice’, a core idea in the teachings of Sri K Pattabhi Jois. David’s mission is to help others flourish within the living, contemporary lineage of Ashtanga Yoga.