Aadil Palkhivala Purna Yoga Master Class Date: Tue, Sept 9 & Sun, Sept 14, 2008 Combined: $100 ($120 after Aug 26) Tue Only: $50 ($60 after Aug 26) Sun Only: $70 ($80 after Aug 26) Location: Moksha Riverwest Printable Flyer

Tue, Sept 9, 9-11am $50 ($60 after Aug 26)

The Five Vayus in Purna Yoga™ Standing Poses

The Five Vayus are the five winds in the body which govern our movement and progress. Energetic grounding, so essential to the standing poses, comes from the apana vayu; simultaneously, the sense of lifting comes from the samana vayu.  In this class, you will learn the role of all five vayus in standing poses.  The basics of alignment will be assumed so that we may concentrate more fully on accessing the vayus, the understanding of which will make the standing poses deeply fulfilling.

Sun, Sept 14, 2:30-5:30pm $70 ($80 after Aug 26)

The Philosophy and Asana in Purna Yoga: Master Class

Applying yoga philosophy to day-to-day life is the essential reason for the practice of yoga. The practice of asana helps prepare the body to be a worthy vehicle for the Spirit's work. The philosophy of yoga, from the teachings of the ancient Vedas to the spiritual mastery of Sri Aurobindo, but must be used to live Dharma as well as manifest the evolution of consciousness. Learn the sacred method of aspiration, rejection and surrender. Learn the balancing asana practice of Purna Yoga which will include standing poses, inversions, twists and backbends. You will feel energized, focused and realigned with your spirit.

Purna Yoga

 “Purna” means “complete,” and Purna Yoga distills and integrates the vastness of yoga into an invaluable set of tools for transformation and healing.  Reminding us that yoga is far more than a system of exercise, Purna Yoga offers wisdom and techniques for the union of the body and the mind with the spirit.  Using awareness, precision, and concentration, Purna Yoga inspires the evolution from our lower nature to our Divine Self.  Purna Yoga is the art of loving yourself by living from the heart. 

Purna Yoga practitioners learn alignment-based asana, pranayama, and Purna Yoga Meditation (the art of aligning inner energies for transformation), along with nutrition and yogic philosophy, adapted for our lifestyles today.  Like a tuning fork, Purna Yoga aligns our entire being with the vibration of truth and the Divine essence within us and all around us. 

The lineage of Purna Yoga is based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, the Vedas, Patanjali, B.K.S. Iyengar, and the systems of Ayurvedic, Chinese and Western nutrition, synthesized by the personal experience of Aadil Palkhivala and Mirra, the founders of Purna Yoga.  With its roots in the past and its reach into the future, Purna Yoga is here to help create the world which we have all dreamed of.

Bio

For nearly thirty years, Aadil has had a reputation as a “teacher of teachers.” He has a unique teaching style, mixing melodious instructions with recitations of poetry and philosophical insights with in-the-moment humor.   

Aadil began the study of yoga with B.K.S. Iyengar at the age of 7 and was introduced to the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother at the age of 10. When Aadil was twenty, he embarked on his first teaching tour of Europe and North America. Two years later, Iyengar awarded him the Advanced Yoga Teacher’s Certificate.   

Aadil is the founder of Purna Yoga, the co-founder and director of internationally renowned Yoga Centers in Bellevue, Washington, and The College of Purna Yoga, a 1,700 hour vocational college licensed by the State of Washington, with his wife, Mirra.

Aadil is the author of the book, Fire of Love: For Students of Life, For Teachers of Yoga, and is an “asana expert” for Yoga Journal magazine and website. He is regularly featured in My Yoga Mentor email newsletter and is constantly educating himself in his passion for teaching the “whole yoga.”  www.aadil.com

Watch a video interview with Aadil Palkhivala.