Workshops at Yoga Hanalei  Schedule Adjustments May 14 - June 1 Mon-Fri 7am, 8am & 4pm classes suspended during teacher training To audit the training, please call 808 826-9642 (YOGA) or email us at yogahanalei@hotmail.com Teacher Trainings: Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainings at Yoga Hanalei, Kauai 100 hour certificate: Level II:  May 14 - June 1, 2012   If Yoga is the dissolving of all self limiting thoughts patterns & tendencies, then self awareness and getting free is the key! Yoga Hanalei offers a non dogmatic, practical and fresh approach to Hatha Yoga which appreciates yoga as an evolving science and the art of living well being. Exploring a fusion of Hatha, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Vinyasa / Flow Yoga, the training cultivates a well rounded and holistic approach, where the aim is to teach the student, not just a style.   We believe that Yoga is the art of transformation and finding peace in mind, body & spirit, and that in this day and age, Yoga is now needed more than ever! Who should take this training:   Any sincere student of Yoga desiring an in depth study, whether they want to teach in the future or develop and deepen a personal practice. Suryanamaskara Workshop with Aruna Peters at Yoga Hanalei Saturday May 26th, 5-7 pm cost: $20 [read more] Kirtan with Jivan at Yoga Hanalei First Friday of each month 7:30 pm $10 suggested donation (no one will be turned away)  join our facebook page,  friend us on facebook

Excerpted from Bhavani’s forthcoming book: Patanjali Yoga Sutra of the Month I:15 Dṛṣtānusravika vishaya vitṛṣṇasya vashīkāra samjñā vairāgyam Supreme detachment and self mastery is letting go of the desire for anything seen or heard about, including the promise of heaven or liberation.     The goal of Yoga is to let go, while the internal experience of Yoga is one of release. Supreme mastery, vashīkāra, is described as our ability to let go of any promises we may have heard about, and to open ourselves to the pure joy of experience. Also called Vidyā Yoga, the practices of Patañjali Yoga are both the means and the ends through which we penetrate and peel back the layers of our involuntary patterns and defense mechanisms to rediscover and inhabit our original blueprint of open, loving innocence. Vidyā literally translated means ‘to really see, to really pierce through’, and is derived from the same root as the word Veda, meaning ‘penetrating teachings and knowledge’. The teachings of Yoga forever reveal our patterns, simultaneously offering us the means to extricate ourselves from conditioned existence. Once we open our eyes to these conditioned patterns, we develop the new perspective of nirodha, in which we can hold at least two perspectives simultaneously. With a broadened awareness of both objectivity and the internal responsiveness afforded by subjectivity, we can effectively reevaluate our patterns, refine them or completely let them go, and be pierced to the very core of our being, truly rendering our hearts open.   Sage Patanjali

     Congratulations to the graduates of the Level I teacher Training! It has been a wonderful three weeks, and I am so pleased that most of you will continue on in Level II. The TT is my favorite program, as we finally get to delve into the intricacies of Yoga in a committed, concentrated and profound way. It is amazing to see the transformation of the students in such a short time, and truly reinforces the concept of Yoga as a process of compressed evolution. Not only do we get to deepen our relationships with Self, but also many long lasting friendships are forged in the fire of such an experience!      As the practices of Yoga peel us back, we get to share and reveal ourselves with one another in a very safe atmosphere that is especially compassionate, supportive and honest. The energy in the room that we share and create together is wonderfully potent, and the bhava, or mood, is like a warm and safe ocean that holds us. Thank you to all of the participants, for all of the wonderful laughter, moments of vulnerability, support, deep conversation and willingness. It makes my life so rich, and continually inspires me not only in teaching, but in my own life and practice as well! My general classes will be back in session during the interim between level I and II. Level II begins on May 14th. Please visit the bottom of this newsletter for schedule information.

Aloha nui,                       

Level I teacher training

Suryanamaskara Workshop with Aruna Peters
Saturday May 26th, 5-7 pm cost: $20

Aruna Peters

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During the teacher training May 14th - June 1st,
the Mon-Fri 7am, 8am & 4pm classes will be suspended.
If you are interested in auditing the training,
please call 808 826-9642 (YOGA)
or email us at yogahanalei@hotmail.com