About the Class
The Ashtanga Yoga classes are suited to practitioners with some experience in Yoga who want a joy-filled challenge! The focus is on linking movement with breath throughout the Ashtanga Primary Sequence.
The Led class is an excellent opportunity to become familiar with and learn the vinyasas of the sequence, including Sanskrit counting. For the regular Mysore style practitioners, the class helps to highlight the parts of their practice where the ‘autopilot’ kicks in, where distraction often occurs and where fidgeting emerges due to habits.
Integrating Led classes into your regular practice schedule, can improve focus and the ability to balance one’s energies more evenly for the entirety of the sequence.
Who can attend the Full Primary Led class?
Anyone, who have been practicing at least the half primary series (on led or mysore classes), with a weekly regularity for some time now and find the practice manageable.
If you haven’t finished the Primary Series, you can still attend the class. Just stop at the last asana you have been practicing regularly, stay seated on your mat until the others finish the sequence.
If you’re unsure, just ask Bogi (or the teacher who’s class you’re attending)
Rules /suggestions:
This is not a class to teach you new poses. Stop at the last pose which you have been practicing, stay seated on your mat until we finish the primary series, then join in for the back bending poses and the finishing sequence.
Even if you know the sequence well, please don’t rush ahead. The point of a led class is to snap you out of your ‘routine mode’ and stay present.
If you practice a pose in a modified way, keep doing the modification in this class as well.