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             This style of yoga promotes the awakening various parts of the body via felt-sense postures, breath-work, neurogenic release, pran-ayama, awareness of embryonic and felt-sense insight

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     Whole body felt-sense postures

(attention based body opening by being aware of body posture, emotional states and body sensations)

The postures included in our classes are specific body positions which help to evoke an inner sense of wholeness and relaxation

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  Breath-regulation 

(prana-nigraha - "breath-doing")

Breath regulation exercises (breathwork) are methods of regulating the breath to help increase focus of the present moment and open to the awareness of embodiment and sensitivity. Relevant breath regulation exercises, tailored to an individuals physiologic and psychologic traits/tendencies, is often a vital component to help regulate the autonomic nature of the body, which then helps to release restrictive patterns of experience held in the body.

 

Neurogenic release exercises

(autonomic (non-doing) nervous system release practice)

These exercises encourage an automatic 'waking up' of the body. This awakening of the body helps to expand upon the breath regulation practice by facilitating an involuntary physiologic expression/release of subconscious reactive tendencies (this is mostly a gentle simmering release of sub-conscious tension and rarely overtly cathartic. When overt catharsis needs to be expressed it is generally a calm and palatable de-pressurisation of emotional tension). ​

 

Pran-ayama 

(non-doing breath pattern insight)

Pran-ayama, is the awareness of the natural breath (i.e. without intentional control) and the body's subtler expressions as they gently unearth and express themselves. The awareness of these subtler expressions include tissue temperature, muscle tone, fluid space, potency space, vitality based stillness and subtle tangibility of breath and blood dynamics.

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  Embryonic intelligence

(non-doing formative development insight)

This is the subtle inner body awareness, now relatively free from protective/restrictive patterns of experience. This, if it is experienced, is a transition part of the process whereby the blueprint of an individuals physiologic formation reveals itself and provides the body with a greater sense of potency and empowerment. Potency, is this context, a difficult word to interpret and convey. Just to say it is like the calm stillness when all mental objects are no longer distracting from their essential nature. Yet this is not a stagnant/disembodied stillness, rather it is a dynamic stillness, which can seem paradoxical to the intellect whilst nourishing to the body intelligence.

 

​Embodied awareness

(felt-sense insight)

Embodied awareness is the realisation that the 'original body' is a very subtle expression, often overshadowed by tendencies, impressions, memories (past) and expectations (future). When this is realised another way of relating to circumstance unfolds. This is a flow of connection beyond the constraints of fear and fragmentation. In other words it is an antidote to any limitations we have been coerced into believing, both consciously and subconsciously.

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No lasting antidote will be found to help balance a fragmented system by incorporating extremes and opposites. For instance by gravitating to something we like in favour to that we do not like, which may be useful from a practical point of view, does not alleviate the long-term yearning to feel whole and in balance. In other words by suppressing the negative in favour of the positive we merely bury its subconscious shadow. Whereas whole body felt-sense insight (not born from the duality of opposites) shines a light (non-preferential awareness) which leaves no shadow of dis-satisfactoriness in its wake.  

 

So, this style of yoga begins with intention (desire to change something), it then transitions to focus attention on a present moment phenomenon, and develops to awareness without trying to change memory/circumstance or needing attention to be focused on a physical and/or mental object. Some call this last phase embodied non-doing…the ‘END’ (which is far from a psychologic conclusion) where potency is then able to express itself.  

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