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Wherever you are in the world, I wish you a warm welcome to your yoga practice. I am a Jivamukti Yoga teacher with a great love for yoga. Friends and students have asked me to share my yoga classes, and hence these podcasts. Easy-to-follow podcasts present tried and perfected practices of the ancient yogis. I hope you enjoy the classes and find them helpful. Namaste New to this podcast? - Start with classes that resonate, grow from there. You will find:- Jivamukti, Vinyasa, Flow, Beginner, O ...
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Did you enjoy podcast #118 ?? Take your twisting skills to the next level with this vinyasa class emphasizing twists. When you are caught up and agitated with life, twists help settle you, give a gentle energetic boost, allowing the mind to unwind the "knots of life." The physical benefits of twisting poses:- boosting your digestive system, massagi…
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Twisting poses - to facilitate a healthy organ detox and to mobilize your spine. This is the 5th class of a series of shorter Yoga Flow classes - if you have limited time available but need your yoga. (Alternative 45min classes:~ #92, #99, #108, #118) Class Guidelines:- 1. set your intent. 2. practice with a steady rhythmic ujjai breath. 3. focused…
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If you love Vinyasa Yoga - this class is for you. Vinyasa Yoga - meaning the yoga of consciously placing mind, breath and body consciously together - as one - in space-time. "The yoga of being" ... The idea behind the practice is simple, but it does take practice to "perfect". 1. Set an elevated intent to direct you "beyond mind" 2. Dristhi - focus…
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Simple and slower. And if you have been following these podcasts you will know that this means that you have the opportunity to practice with a deeper focus. This class is for all levels of yoga. I hope you enjoy this class. Namaste. PS: I taught this class, and it was as if yogis entered a dream state, hence the name. Happy dreaming. --- Send in a…
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A full-core yoga practice in 60 minutes. If you would like steadiness in your life, you need to work at promoting all aspects of your being that create steadiness of body, breath and a steady mind. A steady core addresses your physical steadiness, which in-turn facilitates energetic steadiness through steady breath, which supports mental steadiness…
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Emphasizing - Forward Bends and Hip Opening poses - to facilitate a release of emotional tension. This is the 4th class of a series of shorter Yoga Flow classes - if you have limited time available but need your yoga. (Alternative 45min classes, try #92, #99, #108) Class Guidelines:- 1. set your intent. 2. practice with a steady rhythmic ujjai brea…
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Yoga of Action requires us to act consciously so as to grow spiritually. - No action is not an option, as there can be no growth. - Acting in a way that causes dis-ease, or dis-harmony causes regression. - Acting with equanimity or balanced "ease-iness" (as I sometimes call it) sows the seeds for steady spiritual growth. From the Bhagavad Gita (cha…
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"Our greatest obstacles to practicing yoga are our prejudices based on our preferences." ~ from Sri Bramhananda Saraswati's commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. If we can learn to be open and accepting to changes and differences around us, as experienced within us, we open ourselves up to non-attachment, a delicate balance of life which leads us …
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A Vinyasa Flow that is perfect for a day where you feel the need for a little nurturing and a little self love, yet still need to access the deepness of your being. Such a day was on a rainy day for me, hence the name of this class. Enjoy! Namaste. (all yoga levels) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bruceyogi/mess…
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Power up your practice with intent, a focused mind, steady and firm breath, focusing your awareness on the smoothness of transitions between poses, and steadiness while holding the poses. A strong combo of poses for yogis wanting a sweat. Class Guidelines:- 1. set your sankalpa, or intent. 2. practice with a steady rhythmic ujjai breath. 3. focused…
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A Shorter Vinyasa Yoga Flow class - if you have limited time available but need your yoga. Emphasizing - standing poses and balancing. (Alternative 45min classes, try #92, #99) Class Guidelines:- 1. set your intent. 2. practice with a steady rhythmic ujjai breath. 3. focused awareness to movement and breath. Then rest or meditate after the class. Y…
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This is a shortened (perhaps easier) version of the 90 minute Jivamukti Yoga classic, Class 7 – BackBending. This compact 60 min class leads you through opening postures that prepare your body to safely experience back-bending, so you can proceed to the deeper back-bends and open your heart with enthusiasm and confidence. It is a simplified version…
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A gentle yoga class to help release tightness in your back muscles. - mobilize - lower, middle, upper back and shoulders so that you will feel free. Have a yoga-block handy for this class ! It is accessible to all levels of yogi. As safe as this class is, please take care, and always consult a medical professional, especially if issues persist. Nam…
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A dedicated yogi who practices with non-attachment will attain self-mastery of mind afflictions – and freedom from delusion. This advice can be found in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 1:12: abhyasa vairagyabhyam tan nirodah (practice with non-attachment brings mastery of mind modifications). This is the task you will face in this challenging Jivamukti Yog…
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Practice a series of poses from the Ashtanga Primary and Intermediate Series in a way that is more accessible for the average yogi. Ashtanga Yoga is a form of yoga as made popular by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, as taught to him by his yoga teacher Sri T. Krishnamacharya. It is a strict vinyasa yoga practiced in a fixed sequence of poses, where movement, …
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This is a shortened (perhaps easier) version of the 90 minute Jivamukti Yoga classic, Class 6 – Balancing. - where you get to root back to Earth, and re-establish your connection to Mother Earth. Through this connection you feel more stable, more balanced, and more confident to “LET GO” and release your tensions worries and concerns, opening up to …
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An invigorating back-bending yoga class! Whether you enjoy back-bending classes or avoid them, this yoga class will help you deepen your practice. Backward bending poses open us to the future by helping us release tension stored in thighs, hips, belly, our chest and our shoulders, which "hold us back" in the past. Once free from these restrictive t…
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Life needs a gentle balanced approach (see podcast #97). But sometimes life throws us into a twist and a turn. Be prepared! - take life on, confidently and openly with a balanced center, skillfully negotiating whatever twists and turns come your way - This yoga class is like a mirror for your life... giving you the opportunity to prepare... get you…
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A "Win-Win" accessible yoga flow with two heads-up sides to the coin. Give the coin a flip . . . - Heads - focus on slimming your waistline and building your core strength. - Tails - stimulate your metabolism, burn fat, detox and stimulate your excretory functions. Heads you win & Tails you win. You should practice this class at least 2x weekly to …
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Shorter and Easier Vinyasa Yoga Flow class - if you have limited time available and need gentle yoga. (If you prefer a traditional 45min vinyasa yoga practice, try #92 Fourty-5 Minute Yoga). Class Guidelines:- 1. set your intent. 2. practice with a steady rhythmic breath. 3. focused awareness to movement and breath. Then rest or meditate after the …
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A gentle vinyasa flow yoga class for easing tight hips - helping you to release emotional tension that is stored in the hips, buttocks, and hamstrings. Hips that are tension-free and mobile help us let go of our emotional baggage, giving us a feeling of lightness of being, and better able to cope with the external stress of life. Namaste. (a class …
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Get your year on, with a Yoga Balance. What does balance mean to you? Think... left & right, up & down, front & back, inner world & outer world, male & female, hot & cold, energizing & nurturing, emotions & intellect ... ? All of the above! Make a resolve this year to live your life with a gentle balance. Balance is key to progressing in yoga... an…
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This is a gentle Jivamukti Yoga flow class emphasizing hip-openers. The peak pose is Tarasana - or Star Pose - a gentle hip opener to release tension in hips, buttocks and lower back. It is a simple and accessible class, open to all levels of yogi. Namaste. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bruceyogi/message…
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A Strong Yoga Core helps create core stability. Once you program core stability into your "mind-body system", you will experience a profound steadiness in your life - physical steadiness, as well as energetic and mental steadiness, leading to balance and clarity. A strong and stable core consists of all those muscles that support and stabilize the …
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A Complete Yoga Core Work-Out to create core stability. Once you program core stability into your "mind-body system", you will experience a profound steadiness in your life - physical steadiness, as well as energetic and mental steadiness, leading to balance and clarity. A strong and stable core consists of all those muscles that support and stabil…
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A Jivamukti Yoga class with emphasis on working your core gently. Once a stable core is "programmed into mind-body" system", the yogi will experience a profound steadiness in their lives - physical steadiness, as well as energetic and mental steadiness, i.e. balance and clarity. The core can mean many things to different people. Some believe a "6-p…
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A shortened Jivamukti Yoga class for when you have limited time available for your yoga practice. Alternatively, you can practice this class before you practice pranayama and meditation - - -> for a steady-easier meditation. - set your intent. - practice with Ujjayi Pranayama (victorious breath) and use Bandha (locks), together with Dristhi (steady…
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Vinyasa is a Sanskrit word meaning conscious joining / linking / placing your actions. If this is done unconsciously, the end result will be arbitrary. Through conscious intent, the Yogi can choose to undertake a series of actions for a desired effect. Thus it is your INTENTION, that consciously links the postures and breath, in a series of conscio…
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At last an "easier" class, this time, a gentle and easy vinyasa flow. "Feel easy, and feel free." Take your time, ease your way into the sequence, try practicing with super-awareness... allowing a deeper practice if you have it in you. Repeat this class again, and again, that way you can get to be a little more confident with the flow. This is a cl…
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This is a shortened (more accessible) version of the full 90 minute Astanga Vinyasa Primary Series. This sequence of poses, linked with ujjayi breath, movement, gaze and intent, originated with Sri Pattabhi Jois of Mysore in India. It is a strong vinyasa yoga sequence which is ideal for yogis who wish to have a strong 60 mins of yoga, or for those …
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Vinyasa Yoga flow taking you into Candle Pose - or Sarvangasana in Sanskrit. In this class you can progress to Candle - or unsupported shoulder stand. This is an open class, which means that all students can practice. BUT, always practice with full consideration for your own well-being, what you can do, what you cannot do. Additionally - don't prac…
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A firm weekend class of Vinyasa Yoga - conscious placement with intentional effort. Focus on steadiness in each pose:- a steady body, a steady rhythmic breath and a steady focused mind. Focus on easiness of transitions:- letting go, releasing, then placing body, breath and mind. This requires effort and easiness. From effort, steadiness arises, whi…
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Lokah samastah sukino bhavantu - "May all beings be happy and free." Vinyasa Yoga practiced with this intent releases us from bondage and leads us steadily in the direction of freedom. Compassion for all is a higher practice that frees us from egoic self-centered-ness, and expands our consciousness into peace. Repeating the sanskrit mantra "Lokah s…
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Perfect "SUNDAY MORNING YOGA." This is a strong class for the "purists", but give it a try even if you are newish to yoga! Yes it is 90 minutes, but it will seem as though time stands still. It is "chilled", but requires active participation and focus, your reward will be a super relaxed day. Namaste. (take care of your-self, and always practice to…
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A practice including Wide Leg poses promotes access to many therapeutic benefits. - e.g. Muscular, skeletal, abdominal, as well as their digestive, reproductive, circulatory, energetic, and mental concentration benefits. Prasarita Padottanasana (standing wide leg forward bend) and Upavishta Konasana (seated wide leg forward bend). Although these po…
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Re-lease and Re-balance so that you Re-charge, Re-store and Recover. If you ever feel the need to recharge and restore, then give this recovery yoga class a try. Try it on a weekly basis....... every Friday afternoon after work (for example), or at any other time you feel. This class is gentle restorative yoga, from me to you. Namaste. (a class for…
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60 mins of "feel-good" vinyasa yoga. This is a Jivamukti Yoga Class I created when I first started teaching yoga. I have kept in my "back-pocket" to teach every now and again because it really does make you feel good!!!! It is a strong-ish class that should be accessible for all levels of yogi, give it a try. Namaste. --- Send in a voice message: h…
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A Jivamukti Yoga class - focusing on classic Vinyasa Yoga practice. If you would like to expand your understanding of Vinyasa Yoga, give this class a try. Vinyasa - "Conscious Placement" - placing our whole being in space and time with awareness and direction. 1) Intent - Sankalpa - or willpower, directing our spiritual being. 2) Gaze - Drishti - s…
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Contentment (or Santosha in Sanskrit), is a quality that essential required for realizing states of higher consciousness - to experience Yoga. The experience of fullness or completeness (Samadhi) can only manifest through inner contentment - this is because the mind is at peace no matter what ! There is no preference (pulling towards), no prejudice…
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Backward-bending poses helps us move forward into our future with grace and freedom by relieving related fears and other negative emotions. These mental blockages are held in our physical body as tightness in the thighs, abdomen, chest, throat and face, Relieving this tightness by opening up the front of our body (i.e bending backwards), we can sta…
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Spinal health is a requirement for vitality - and vitality is LIFE. The ancient yogis realized this, and modern medicine confirms this. I sequenced this class for a student who had minor spinal issues, so that he could keep his spine mobile and supported. As with all classes I teach, the poses will encourage flexibility through a release of tension…
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Yoga is a systematic practice, that evolved and was perfected over millennia. Follow the steps, to find peace. Moving through the steps, or "yoga limbs" the student can deconstruct the "parts", but ultimately re-integrate them into a liberated whole, that vibrates in harmony with the universal whole. In this vinyasa class, we will use the sides of …
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Restorative Yoga Part 2:- A Gentle Restorative Jivamukti Yoga Class. This class is Part 2 of a Restorative Yoga practice, using asana, or poses, to restore your natural balance. (see Podcast #74 for a firm Vinyasa restorative yoga class, if you would like a stronger class). All yoga practices lead the yogi from disharmony back to harmony - internal…
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Restorative Yoga 1:- A Firm Vinyasa Yoga Class. All yoga practices lead the yogi from disharmony back to harmony - internally and externally - a natural way of harmony. All yoga practices should be restorative - restoring you back to your natural state of BEING. I refer to this class as a Restorative Vinyasa Yoga practice. This is a Firm Steady Cla…
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Modern life imprints daily stress and tension on your shoulders. Shoulder 'tightness' affects your health - mental health and also physical health. Open and strong shoulders will give you the ability to more easily 'shrug-off' this daily stress, like water off a ducks back. Resulting in a happier more positive YOU!!! Give it a try. Namaste. (a clas…
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The Yoga Birds: Heron + Crow + Feathered Peacock + 1/2 Pigeon - Krounchasana + Bakasana + Pincha Mayurasana + Eka Pada Kapotasana This time its an "stronger" class taking you through the Yoga Birds. Difficult, challenging and fun, if it proves to much, then look for the easier version - podcast #70. Have fun, and stay safe. Namaste. --- Send in a v…
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The Yoga Birds:~ Heron + Crow + Feathered Peacock + 1/2 Pigeon - Krounchasana + Bakasana + Pincha Mayurasana + Eka Pada Kapotasana This is an "easier" and more accessible class introducing you to the Yoga Birds. The difficult and challenging version will come next week. Have fun, and stay safe. Namaste. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaste…
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