Price – WHOLE WEEKEND – $335 for non-members / $285 for members
Price – INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS – $60 for non-members / $51 for members
Tim Feldmann founded Miami Life Center studio which he runs with his wife Kino MacGregor. He is certified directly by Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois to teach Ashtanga Yoga. We are so pleased to host him for an information-packed weekend of workshops. Read more about Tim below, and reserve your spot as soon as you can.
All workshops will be held at the BSP Dance Collective at 323 Wall St.
Schedule
Friday night: 6:30-8:30pm – Integrating Breath and Bandhas in Your Asana Practice In this first session with Tim you will locate your internal locks and drop into your breath to free your practice. You will establish yourself firmly in the foundations of breath with a clear physical understanding of the use of the inner body bandhas. You will learn simple breathing to help your body find deep support and true strength, for your mind to settle into one-pointed focus and to free your body. Experience how this ancient tradition holds many life lessons. All levels welcome.
SIGN UP FOR GUIDED PRIMARY SERIES
Saturday: 8:30-10:30 – Primary Series Guided Class“Just as music without proper pitch and rhythm will not give happiness, yogasana without the observance of vinyasas will not give health.” – Srivatsa Ramaswama
Join Tim for a fun 2 hours and learn how this challenging sequence can heal and help you in your body and your life. Pattabhi Jois artfully crafted the Primary Series to cleanse our body, purify our nervous system and burn away the delusions of the conditioned mind. The original Vinyasa method (also called ‘placing in a special way’), this thread of unbroken movements, mindful breathing and a defined gazing points, opens us up to experience the meditative mind while building a healthy, flexible and strong body. Discover how many lessons of hope, empowerment and surrender is at our fingertips. All levels welcome.
SIGN UP FOR JUMP-THROUGHS & JUMP-BACKS
1-3 – Flying Low – Five simple steps to jump-throughs & jump-backs. In this session you will learn how to apply strength to your practice. Understanding simple anatomical mechanics along with healthy pointers of alignment will allow you to take your practice to a new level in a fun and exciting way. You’ll leave this class with a refreshed perspective on your capacity, integrated jump through/back or clear steps to be doing it soon. All Levels Welcome.
SIGN UP FOR PAIN, INJURY & PREVENTION
3:30-5 – Pain, Injury & Prevention – A Yogic Perspective Ashtanga is one of the safest ways to get healthy and fit if approached intelligently. Yet, when we use our bodies with vigor we sometimes run into pain, strain and injury. Every physical system has its own set of potential problem spots and Ashtanga Yoga has such too. In this lecture/workshop we will walk through some the common areas of potential physical compromise yoga asana. You will learn how to approach select asanas safely and accurately, how to distinguish between potentially hurting yourself and Patanjali’s proposition of Purifying Pain. This workshop aims at giving you tools to pursue your practice with gusto and joy, understand how discomfort & pain can be a guide in your practice, while staying healthy and safe on your mat. All Levels Welcome.
SUNDAY
SIGN UP FOR DEMYSTIFYING SECOND SERIES
8:30-10:30 – Nadi Shodana – Demystifying the Intermediate SeriesIn this workshop Tim takes you through a detailed and fun exploration of how the Intermediate Series of Ashtanga Yoga unlocks the spine, hips and upper body, creates strength and develops a deep sense of calmness-in-action. Taking root in healthy anatomical patterns you will identify energetic pathways that lead to pain-free deep backbends, safe hip opening and a step-by-step method to master the arm balances. Also known as the Second Series, this group of postures challenges both flexibility and strength while teaching mastery of the nervous system. All Levels Welcome.
SIGN UP FOR INVERSIONS & ARM BALANCES
11:30-1:30 – Inversions, Headstands & Arm BalancesIn this workshop you will learn practical tools to turn upside down with stability, tranquility and grace. You will gain a thorough understanding of the anatomical patterns at play in your body while inverted. Detailing the shoulder mechanics helps you integrate your arms, spine, ribcage and hip to create a solid platform for accessible and pleasurable inversions whether on your head, hands or elbows. We will play with simple to advanced asanas. All levels welcome.
About Tim Feldmann
Tim is the founding and captain of the world-wide recognized Miami Life Center which he runs with his wife Kino MacGregor. He has practiced yoga since 1994 and Ashtanga Since 1999. Authorized to teach directly by K. Pattabhi Jois and Sharath Jois he explores core concepts and modern boundaries of Patanjali’s yoga teachings alike. A practitioner of Ashtanga Yoga’s Advanced A Series Tim is dedicated to Ashtanga’s traditional method. Drawing upon his past as an internationally successful dancer and acclaimed choreographer, anatomy, alignment and technique is his second nature. Tim has been pursuing in-depth studies of Patanjali, Sankhya and Vedanta over the past 7 years with Vidwan Nagaraja Rao, Jayashree & Narasimha and other exceptional scholars in India. Cherished worldwide for his fun, disciplined and detailed pursuit of authentic yoga and his compassionately effective touch, Tim travels to Yoga Shalas around the globe with the inclusive message of how study, steadiness and devotion is the means to powerful transformation both inside and outside of us.
When one thinks of speaking the truth, we naturally associate that with our communication with others. In a paper published in 2010 in Human Communication Research, psychologist found that the average number of lies people tell per day is 1.65 lies. Doing pretty good, people! We might think that it would be higher considering that in our present society, the modes of communication seem endless. We have face to face, phone, snail mail (what’s that?), email, text, social media, and we’d think that each allow for a little more bending of the truth than the next. However, according to research done at Cornell University, the use of technology keeps us more honest, realizing that there’s a “digital trail” (formerly known as a paper trail, remember that?). We actually end up lying more face to face or over the phone because there is no record of what was said. Hmmm, sounds like we might need to work on the correlation between our audial communication and our “little white lies.”
