SCIENCE OF YOGA | KRIYA YOGA | DAOGANDANTRA
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What is a typical Daogandantra Yoga class all about?

Ancient yogis and sages recognized through meditation, that our natural state is peace and joy. That the various fluctuations and agitations of the mind cause us to become dislodged from that natural state of being. They recognized that these agitations, these tensions, manifest physically in our bodies. If I’m really stressed, I’m holding onto all this tension in my neck and shoulders. If I’m very sad, my shoulders round forward as the muscles around my ribs and pecs tighten. And so on. So they developed poses, asanas, to access this tension. Ways of motion and posture to address various specific emotional tensions in the body that manifest physically in our connective tissue and muscles. By moving ourselves into these poses, we are directly practicing softening and relaxing those tensions. So it is through the body, through relaxing the physical, that we are practicing relaxing the mental and emotional.

While a typical DGDA Yoga class is so much transcending the physical, a great emphasis is given to propery body alignment. I believe strongly that we should not be injuring our causing harm to our bodies in our asana practice, as such, proper alignment and foundations are key to maintain an injury free practice and are covered heavily in every class.

Poses are often held for longer periods of time than in many western styled yoga classes, giving each being the time to truly settle into each pose to find the subtle nuances of the pose, and individual differences and tensions that each person holds.