Class starts at 4 minutes

Down dog at 6 Minutes. 

Yoga Bootcamp 2

 

HEADS up This is not a yoga class, but the first discussion from the Day Long Yoga Bootcamp I taught in September at ALL That Matters, the largest holistic health center in New England.  This discussion follows the class posted called Bootcamp 1.  You are going to get the entire bootcamp- pretty close.

 

This discussion is about Intuition and what blocks it.  We first discuss the idea a flow from the book Beyond Boredom and Anxiety.  It defines Flow, what we call presence, as the space in-between boredom and anxiety.   His study included athletes, but applied to all of us.  We want to increase our experience of flow or presence because we get a large hit of intuition, and that always feels great.

 

At about 11.5 minutes we begin to draw a map of what blocks us from our intuition- this is pretty fun. The map we draw is called the “red donutâ€? “almost famousâ€? from my Podcast, “A Crash Course in Miracles.â€?  This is pretty fun discussion and expands pretty far.  I hope you enjoy it.  Please look in the iTunes window- a picture of a red Donut in included with this post.   If you are looking for more yoga, it’s coming in the next few posts- there may be one more discussion first- maybe not.  Then I have a backlog of classes to post.  Thanks.

Please note: This is Part 1 of a day-long "Yoga Bootcamp" I taught in September at All That Matters, the largest holistic health center in New England.  You might want to do this with a friend.  It's 2:41:00 in total or you could take parts.  It begins with a talk on Intuition into a Short meditation (7 minutes) which begins at 19:00 and flows into the Baptiste Vinyasa Yoga Class at 26:00. 

00:00 Intro talk about Intuition (19 min)
19:00 Meditation (7 min)
26:00 Baptiste Vinyasa Yoga Class  (2 hrs, 15 Min)

I may post the other 2 parts of this bootcamp next, then I have a backlog of regular classes to post. 

Some Listeners had asked for information on me.  Here it is:

Philip Urso has studied A Course in Miracles for 12 years and publishes 2 popular podcasts on The Course on iTunes. He regularly leads workshops/intensives on The Course, often with Course themed Vinyasa yoga. 

 

He is certified to teach Baptiste yoga by Baron Baptiste and has assisted Baron at over a dozen 8-day teacher trainings nationally and internationally.  He teaches at his studio, Salt Pond Yoga and also at the largest holistic health center in New England, All That Matters.  Both studios are in Rhode Island.  He can be reached at philip@saltpondyoga.com.

 

Caution: EXPLICIT (a few swear words) otherwise a fun class at SPY (SaltPondYoga.com) and interesting observations on Yogi Gump

90 minutes at salt pond yoga.  Also see podcasts: Quotes from a Course in Miracles and A Crash Course in Miracles

Teaching A Crash Course in Miracles  at Midwest Power Yoga they let me teach a little Yoga, too.  Awesome studio and community!

it's kinda like going into a yoga party

Some discussion and demonstration of Half-Moon Pose and class starts in Down Dog at 4 minutes.  Good jokes during Frog near the end.  Two premises during class:  1) From your birth up to this instant does not exist, and, 2) the world and all information you receive from your senses is meaningless until you give it meaning. 

Live gong near end of class

how to prepare your mind for laughing

Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga is amazing.  I rave about it here.  I am Certified by Baron Baptiste.

1. You need to be an experienced beginner.  You will need to know basic yoga poses and safe allignment.
2. Helpful to have a block and strap (or tie is a good substitute). 
3. Heat the room.  Ideally, 90 degrees F and 60% humidity (use a humidifier if possible). 
4. You will sweat alot.  Have water and towels nearby.
5. If you get tired, dizzy, or find your breath has come apart and you are panting, take child pose, regain Ujayii breath, and rejoin the class.
6. As with all exercise programs, you do so at your own risk.
7. To download class, see classes below and right click where it says "pod." Click on "Save Target as."  Put the file where you can find it.

The ultimate book on the practice is Journey into Power, by Baron Baptiste.  This is one of the best selling yoga books ever. This will show every pose and explain safe alignment, the sequence and the philosophy.

For more info...see SaltPondYoga.com

Thanks philip@urso.com  (The picture is Lisa overlooking the Great Barrier Reef.)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License and  licenses from ASCAP and BMI.

Took a fun, should i say wild, class from the summer and  as a treat added music, mostly moby

Slow-building vinyasa

What is presence?  Trying out my 15 year old daughter as announcer!

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Challenging, fun, vinyasa with standing splits, seated splits.  Resolution:  I am responsible for my thoughts -the responsibility and the power of what that means.

Intense.  The power of Presence.  The power of decision. What is hard and what is easy?   Ends with 20 minute Yoga Nidra at 1:10. Nidra is said to provide 4 times the resting power of sleep. I pulled the Nidra from the book Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

I had been away assisting Baron at an 8-day yoga bootcamp in Costa Rica.  When I got back we were all ready to go!

Friday afternoon smooth flowing fun class-  active vs passive spirituality

In this class I was substituting for another vinyasa teacher- it's an hour long "hour of power."  When the class saw me come in, they were, well, a little afraid.  So I was a little, well, nice, and maybe a little, um, easier than usual. 

 

A little crazy conversation, down dog alignment detail, and at 3:20 begin in child.