Hatha Yoga with Sabina
Thursday, October 17 •
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Heathcote & Star, 344 Grove Green Road, Green Grove Room
Sabina Bhandari
Sabina is a Hatha and Tantra Yoga Teacher.
She's passionate about reviving the unbroken oral traditions of India for spiritual liberation and making them accessible and relevant. Her holistic approach blends movement, breath, energetic seals + locks and sound vibration to work with the subtle body; the psycho-energetic centres (chakras) and channels (nadis).
Description
A class inspired by the traditional practices of Hatha Yoga.
What differentiates hatha yoga from other systems is that we solely use the body as a way to transmute the spirit, therefore is considered a secular practice even though it is rooted from goddess loving tantra and based on the Tantric energetic systems like the nadis + chakras.
All modern yoga systems today have been hugely influenced by Hatha Yoga, it's the Father system of yoga. Tantra being the Mother.
It also bypasses the yamas and niyamas of classical yoga (pathanjalayoga) and instead focuses on purification of the body in order to purify the mind / body / spirit
"Hatha" meaning forceful yoga or yoga of force
Ha and tha also representing unifying opposing forces of the sun and moon to bring a sense of unity in the body / mind / spirit. You can experience the force and strength yet also the gentleness and slower pace of the practice at the same time, bringing these opposing forces within us together.
Kriya ~ purification techniques
Suksha vyayama ~ subtle mobility
Asana ~ static physical postures
PRANAYAMA ~ breath control
Mudra ~ energetic seals (hand and body)
Dharana ~ concentration
Dhyana ~ meditation
Pratyahara - sense withdrawal
What differentiates hatha yoga from other systems is that we solely use the body as a way to transmute the spirit, therefore is considered a secular practice even though it is rooted from goddess loving tantra and based on the Tantric energetic systems like the nadis + chakras.
All modern yoga systems today have been hugely influenced by Hatha Yoga, it's the Father system of yoga. Tantra being the Mother.
It also bypasses the yamas and niyamas of classical yoga (pathanjalayoga) and instead focuses on purification of the body in order to purify the mind / body / spirit
"Hatha" meaning forceful yoga or yoga of force
Ha and tha also representing unifying opposing forces of the sun and moon to bring a sense of unity in the body / mind / spirit. You can experience the force and strength yet also the gentleness and slower pace of the practice at the same time, bringing these opposing forces within us together.
Kriya ~ purification techniques
Suksha vyayama ~ subtle mobility
Asana ~ static physical postures
PRANAYAMA ~ breath control
Mudra ~ energetic seals (hand and body)
Dharana ~ concentration
Dhyana ~ meditation
Pratyahara - sense withdrawal