Psalm Isadora Yoga

Workshops

Bandha Workshop

Prana Cultivation: Harnessing the Rivers of Energy

Bandhas are powerful energy seals that are used to harness the river of prana within the body. By cultivating that energy, it can be stored and used more consciously. Bandhas are the building blocks for physical asanas, and are powerful tools for deepening meditation, opening the chakras and awakening the kundalini power along the spine from the root to the crown. Bandhas can be used for healing many common physical ailments such as back pain, knee surgeries, migraines and digestive disorders. Much of western yoga focuses on the gross physical anatomy, the bandhas work with both the gross physical body and the subtle energetic primordial body, the deep muscles that tone the pelvis and core and create flexibility in the spine. These deeper muscles have a profound effect on the nervous system, bringing deep states of relaxation as well as building prana and chi.

In the oldest hatha yoga text, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, bandhas are used to loosen blockages called granthis (knots). These knots are complex clusters of physical, emotional and psychological issues and traumas. These knots are often subconscious habit energies to protect the self (ego) from early or ongoing traumas. The bandhas help to release these knots so that we can expand, heal and evolve.

This workshop is for all levels from beginners to advanced practitioners.

Yoga Philosophy
Practical Application
Applications for asanas and meditation
Home Practice (sadhana)

Pranayama Workshop

The Heart of Breathing

Prana/ Inhale =Life
Yama/ Exhale =Death

Within each breath cycle is represented the complete cycle of life, the inhale is new birth and the exhale is death. The inhale is the feminine shakti active principle and the exhale is the masculine shiva witness principal. By learning to work with these energies, we create balance within ourselves, by coming into harmony with the primordial elements of Nature. Pranayam is the science of breath, and breath is life. There are breathing techniques to be more energized, to be more relaxed and to open the chakras. Different breathing techniques create profoundly different emotional states and brain patterns. By studying our breath, we also study the nature of our minds, our thoughts and deep seated emotions. Breath is also the key to concentration and deep states of consciousness, meditation, trance and bliss. Breath expands awareness from the physical body to the causal body and opens the lotus (astral) body.

Beginning and advanced yoga practitioners will benefit from a deeper understanding of the philosophy and practice of pranayam.

In this workshop we will practice:

Abdominal breathing
Heart breathing
Throat breathing
3-part yogic breathing
Chakra Breathing
Stimiluating kundalini
Energizing and relaxing breaths
Heating and cooling breaths
Healing for anxiety, panic attacks and stress relief

Hands Washing Water: The Art of Internal Yoga Series

Prana Cultivation and Awareness

Create a moving meditation by moving currents of prana through hands and body.

Effortless, spontaneous, liquid union with Source. Bring understanding to your relationship with the life force inside and outside your body.

Spiral Dance "Everything sacred moves in a circle"

Learn to get permission from the body for deep openings by starting with round, rhythmic movements, circling your final destination deep into the pose. In spiraling movements, the focus is on the journey and clearing the lines of energy.

Iron & Silk

Learn to ground the lower body to free the spine, allowing wave motion through the vertebrae. Strengthen the legs in lunges to create a stable platform for spinal flexion. Deep releasing for tension in the abdomen, sides of body and heart.

Shoulder Workshop: Strengthen & Relax

Strengthen smaller muscle groups to create proper shoulder alignment Release tension held in the shoulders by using core and grounding techniques Create space in the shoulder girdle for increased flexibility and mobility Identify habitual holding of tension in everyday sitting and standing postures This workshop is designed for all levels from complete beginners to advanced students

100 Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Earth: Devotional Forwardbends

Forward Bending Workshop

"There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." -Rumi

Invoke prayerful reverence for the earth and nature in rhythmic forward bending sequences. Learn to the soften the hips and surrender the mind-body. Create spaciousness and expand the heart chamber in forward bends.

The Wave and the Ocean: Blissful Backbends

Backbending Workshop

Learn to condense potential energy in the core and pelvis to release in blissful, supported backbends. Each backbend is like a wave rising joyfully from the ocean and melting back to the Source. Soften the armor of the ribs to radiate the heart.