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Sylvia Nofsinger, E-RYT 500, Hatha Yoga Teacher, click for BIO
Private instruction or shared with a group, $80/hr in person $50/hr virtual
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बवुनऻानंसमू
समं भात ॥ २७॥
bhuvanajnanan soorye sanyamat (Yoga Sutras 3:25, Patanjali) "By samyama on the sun, knowledge of the entire solar system, the seven worlds and seven cosmic centers of the body is attained". "Surya" is the sun in Sanskrit. Ancient yogis believed our body is a mirror of the external world, "rivers, seas, mountains and fields...stars and planets...the sun and the moon" (Shiva Samhita, II.1-3). The external sun reflects our "inner sun". The sun is our heart which illuminates all of creation. The heart is the seat of wisdom in yoga, the mind is symbolized as the moon which reflects the light of the sun.Surya Yoga Centre offers programs and classes for classical asana(poses) teaching alignment with anatomical references, pranayama (yogic breathing), dhyana (meditation), kriya (purification techniques), bandhas and mudras(energetic locks and seals) helping one establish a strong sadhana (practice). Patanjali explains in the Yoga Sutras, Sutra 1:14,"स तुदीघक
य
ारनय
न्तमस
य
त्कायासणेवतो दृढबणूभ् ॥ १४॥
sa tu dirghakalanairantaryasatkarasevito dridha -bhoomih". “Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break and in all earnestness”
(Sutra 1:14 as translated by Sri Swami Satchidananda)
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