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Zo’s Classes – 2012

Saturday - Vanderbilt Dayani Center

11:30 – 12:30 – gentle yoga for members and general public

1 – 1:45 – therapeutic/restorative yoga for people living with cancer

Sundays

12 South Studio B – restorative class, 10 a.m. – 11:45 – through February 19

South 11th Yoga, Yoga Phil, 1:30 – 4:30

Session 4 of Yoga Phil 101 will meet monthly from January - May:

January 1/22 - Yoga Sutra, begin Pada 3

Feb. 2/19 - Yoga Sutra, finish Pada 3 - more about sanskaras; begin 5 kosha discussion

March 3/18 - Taittirya Upanishad, continue/complete 5 kosha discussion

April 4/22 - TBA - sanskaras

May 5/20 - TBA

All sessions meet on Sunday afternoon, 1:30-3:30, immediately following Beth Nelson's Level I asana class, at South 11th. Come early, exercise your body, then stay and expand your mind! Suggested donation for philosophy: $10-15; rates for asana class are as posted on 12 South's website. Philosophy sessions are led by me, Zo Newell, Ph.D., CYT. You are totally welcome to come and join the discussion whether or not you have actually read the material in advance.

We begin 2012 by considering the little-discussed chapter III of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, Vibhuti Pada. This chapter explores the finer points of yoga’s last three limbs – dharana, dhyana, samadhi – and offers perspective on some of the "magical" side effects of a meditation practice. Suggested translation: B.K.S. Iyengar.

Recommended additional reading: T.K.V. Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga, chapter 12 and his translation of Vibhuti Pada (in the same volume); Meher Baba's Discourses, sections on sanskaras (http://discoursesbymeherbaba.org/); and, for the seriously academic, Edwin Bryant’s The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

We will move on to the Taittirya Upanishad’s second chapter, which presents the "five kosha" model. In this model, the human body is understood as a complex of five interpenetrating dimensions, the physical, intellectual, emotional, breath, and "bliss" levels. Suggested translation: Eknath Easwaran, The Upanishads – however, this is abridged, so feel free to consult other translations. Recommended additional reading: B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life, chapter 1.

Monday - Vanderbilt Dayani Center

6 a.m. – 7 a.m. – moderately paced hatha yoga class, open to public

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Private sessions, by appointment, in Berry Hill

Wednesdays – beginning February 22 – 5:30 – 6:45 – restorative/therapeutic class
@ 12 South Studio B

 

 

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