Balispirit Festival
Balispirit Festival 2011
Beyond Asana: The Higher Yoga
While a tremendous amount of energy, growth and awareness is experienced with a regular and comprehensive asana practice, until we learn to use this particular tool as a means to an end, we limit ourselves. Though it is indeed a microcosm of the universe and a complete laboratory for our work, the physical body must be, in a sense, transcended in order to explore the higher aspects of the yogic journey. Whether we look through the lens of Patanjali’s ‘classical’ system or the Hatha Yoga tradition, we see the same—asana is an early stage of the process.
So often in the modern world we think of ‘intermediate’ or ‘advanced’ yoga as increasingly complex and demanding postures. In truth, the process of unfolding consciousness is such that the work becomes subtler and more refined as we progress, yet infinitely more powerful. In the end, love—complete realization of our oneness with the infinite—is the true work of the authentic yogi.
Join us as we explore these concepts in a practice and discussion that involves the energetic body, the deeper koshas, pranayama and meditation-as well as a playful and uplifting Hatha Flow!
Workshop at Padma Yoga Studio, Kuching, Malaysia
