The workshops include yoga and breathing, lectures, posturing techniques and meditations.
These workshops will teach you how to scientifically perform yoga exercises, how to reduce stress, have a healthy body and a wholesome spirit. There will be demonstrations on practical yoga techniques to help improve ones posture. Great attention will be given to detail, with special emphasis on inner movements while in the posture. The students will be taught how to make internal changes without compromising on the posture.


Swami Kripananda has studied yoga in India under the direct tutelage of Mr. BKS Iyengar of “Iyengar Yoga”. His classes stretch across 5 continents around the globe. He presently resides in Ojai, California and still travels extensively teaching the art of yoga to people in different walks of life. He also holds a degree in Wellness and Fitness from State University of New York.

 

COST OF COURSES
The cost of these workshops is determined by the number of attendees and the distance traveled by the instructor. It varies from $45 to $75 per student.
 

REQUIREMENTS
Students may need to bring along a Yoga Mat. Some studios and yoga centers provide the mats and props that are required for the practice. They should bring a good-sized towel with them and wear loose comfortable clothing.
 

VENUES

There are retreat centers in New York, California, Toronto, and several other places in the US and abroad where details can be worked out for groups of participants interested in traveling to special places for workshops / weekend yoga retreats.

The general benefits of all retreats are as follows:

1) Stress reduction and general release from physical discomfort caused by improper posturing.
2) Improvement in breathing and emotional discomfort
3) An increased sense of well being
4) Improved spinal flexibility
5) An increase in the range of motion of the joints in the body
6) Enhanced self-esteem
7) Overall clarity of the mind.

During the retreat, Swami Kripananda will explain how to perform the asana’ and accelerate your growth in body mind and spirit.