Immersion Practice Cycle, for teachers of Iyengar Yogawith Christian Pisano and June WhittakerThis cycle is an immersion and a deepening of the un-derstanding of the rituals (asana, pranayama, bandha,mudra, bhavana etc.) of yoga. Fundamentally, practiceis the initiation to one’s spaciousness. This initiation isdone through a deeper and more intimate under-standing of the vital elan (iccashakti), that knows itself(jnanashakti), in activity (kriyashakti). One of the firstrituals is the ‘reading’ of the body which becomes ourforemost text, a tantra.This reading is very important and allows us to intuitform (rupa), as sensation (sparsha), and vibration(spanda), which are all expressions of the seed (bija)of undifferentiated Consciousness.The texts that will accompany us in our practice are:Vijnana Bhairava, Spanda Karika, Pratibhijnahrdayam,Shiva Sutra, Le Paramarthasara d’Abhinavagupta, Kulajnana-Nirnaya de Matsyendranatha et le Siddhasiddhantapaddhatih de Gorakshanatha.

For who? This Immersion Practice Cycle addresseIyengar Yoga teachers from all over Europe and beyond*.We will explore yoga in a traditional way. By ‘tradition’,we mean everpresent, underlying luminous intuition(pratibha) that imbibes this art with an ever-renewingbeauty.

* Mature Iyengar yoga practitioners with a minimum of8 years regular Iyengar Yoga practice may also apply.

Subjects and dates for 2016 THÈME 1 (2 DATES)Preliminaries of Reading the Body(prastavakriya) 7-8 may or 28-29 may

THÈME 2 (2 DATES)Practice of Rooting (mulakriya) 12-13 november or 26-27 november

Coming subjects • Practice of the Flow (Pravahakriya), Suryanamaskar.• Expansion of the West (Paschimavikasatkriya),

forward extensions.• Purification of Jathara Agni (Jatharagnikriya), lateral extensions.• Expansion of the East (Purvavikasatkriya), backward extensions.• Use of Ropes in Practice. (Yoga Kurunta).• Gesture of the Crane, (Bakamudra), the pratice of balancing.• Belly of the Fish (Matsyodharikriya), the practice of the 16

supports of contemplation (adhara) the firmaments (vyoman), the locks (bandha) and the seals (mudra).

• Savour of Quietude (Vishrantirasa), asana and breath as the mirror of the great rest (savasana).

• Sacrifice of the Breath (Pranayama).

Where? Nice Institut de Yoga Iyengar de Nice (France)+33(0)4 93 89 53 91

Timings...Saturday: 9h30-12h30am & 4h-6h30pmSunday: 8h30-11h30am & 2h-4h30pm

Price... 1 weekend = 180 €

Infos, contact...www.anuttara.comshivashakti@wanadoo.fr

Professors...Christian Pisano has practised Iyengar Yoga for 30 years. He is theauthor of the book: The Hero’s Contemplation. Yoga in the light of theteachings of BKS.Iyengar and non-dual Kashmir Shaivism; One of only3 teachers worldwide, Christian has an Advanced Senior Teachers’ cer-tificate given by BKS Iyengar.June Whittaker Pisano A practitioner in London since 1979, Junemoved to Nice in 1998 to live and work with Christian where they arejoint directors of the Institut de Yoga Iyengar de Nice. June has an Iyen-gar Yoga Senior Teachers’ qualification and is married to Christian.

Important information for the bookings Each theme must be booked separately. To reserve, please sendus POSTAL BOOKINGS ONLY. No email or other internet bookings. Send your booking form (from our website) and chequefor the full amount (180€). Cheque will not be not cashed until the Immersion weekend. Bookings open 5 calendar monthsbefore each theme, (e.g. weekend date 15th March, bookings open 15th October). Please check our website or our Facebookpage: Anuttara, Institut de Yoga Iyengar de Nice, as dates will be published over time. We envisage 2 themes per year. Eachtheme will have two possibilities of dates. We will confirm your place, it may take a week or so, please be patient. Bookingare firm. NO refunds. If there are queries from those coming from different countries, POST to us your booking formnevertheless, even if you do not or cannot enclose a cheque. Please contact us by email for any further details on payments.

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