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Urdhva Upright

Prasarita Extended

Eka One

Pada Foot

Asana Pose

Chakra Manipura

Drishti Right or left side

Benefits Tones the leg muscles. Reduces fat around the hips. Brings balance to life.

THE SEQUENCE

INHALE, bring the right palm or fingertips 18 inches in front of the right foot, thumb in line with the pinky toe.

EXHALE, bring the left hand to the hips, open the left hipbone towards the ceiling.

INHALE, slowly bring the left hand up to the ceiling.

Lift the kneecap and activate the whole right leg, keeping it as straight as possible without hyperextending the knee .

Apply mula bandha and uddiyana bandha, focus on the balancing on the right hand and left leg by opening the left hipbone and chest bone towards the ceiling.

HOLD 3 TO 5 BREATHS

Intermediate variation

Keep hand on the floor. Work on strengthening and straightening the standing leg and bringing the upper chest towards the kness.

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Tantra Puja!

Wednesday, October 21, 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Atmananda Yoga Studio

Price: $16/pre-register $20/door

Charles Muir will be speaking about Tantra Yoga, an ancient spiritual system in which sexual love is considered a sacrament and the body a temple of  the   spirit. Of the hundreds of Yogic paths, it is the only one that gives an alternative to celibacy. It is a path for householders, where the two partners become one in an extended meditation wherein the entire body becomes an instrument of Love.

The goal of tantric practice is not better sex, it is about Union. It increases intimacy and connection, honoring the divine goddess in every woman, awakening and releasing female and male sexual energy to move up through you, not out of you. It is about aligning and awakening all of the chakras.

You will receive FREE, our CD “Intro to Tantra Practices and Principles”, a $16 gift! Plus, enter our drawing to win one of many educational Tantra products.

For more information about this Puja and our Beginner’s Weekend Seminar, Tantra: the Art of Conscious Loving, please contact Tully at:
917-749-2435

Email: newyork@sourcetantra.com

Seminar Info: http://www.sourcetantra.com/beg_sem.html

Puja Info: http://www.sourcetantra.com/events.html and http://www.atmananda.com/

Please join us for our Open House
September 30th
7:30pm -10pm

Atmananda Yoga Sequence- 212 6251511- 324 Lafayette 7th Fl, NYC – manager@atmananda.com

Find out what Atmananda is all about and the services we provide besides yoga classes:
Astrology
Holistic Health
Massage
Acupuncture
Nutrition
And more

Classes will be complimentary and healthy beverages and snacks will be served

Come and brings your friends and receive an additional 10% off any program or promotion offered at Atmananda

Come join us for a FREE Capoeira class celebrating Omulu Guanabara NYC’s new space. Get in shape and experience Afro-Brazilian culture with an evening of music, movement and Capoeira! Class is open to all levels, beginners welcome!

Friday October 2nd, 2009 from 7:30 – 9:30pm at Atmananda Studios
324 Lafayette Street, 7th Floor NYC.

Nadine Mundo (Instrutora Cotonete) has been training Capoeira for 15 years with Brazil’s legendary masters, Mestre Preguiça & Mestre Di Mola. She has taught youth and adult classes, choreographed numerous performances and directed annual graduation ceremonies. In 2001, Nadine directed, Art of Survival, a documentary short exploring how Capoeira has changed the lives of inner-city youth in San Francisco. Nadine founded the New York chapter of Omulu Guanabara Capoeira in 2002. In addition to high quality classes, her group performs and teaches workshops throughout the city. In 2006, The Guardian listed her class as the ‘Best Martial Arts/Dance Class in New York City’. Nadine teaches her students to do all sorts of things like kick, escape, flip, sing and clap. Her class is always fun, sometimes challenging, usually packed and never boring!

For more info, check out our website at www.omulu.org/nyc or email omulu_nyc@yahoo.com

*NEW CLASS SCHEDULE & LOCATIONS
Monday / Wednesday / Friday
7:30 – 9:30pm
324 Lafayette Street, 7th floor – NYC

Saturday
4 – 6pm
39 Eldridge Street, 4th floor – NYC

Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked. (The yoga sutras of Patanjali)

www.yogacitynyc.com/yoga_sleuth.php#594

UT- Intense
TAN- Stretch, extend, lengthen
ASANA- Pose

Also called PADAHASTANA

PADA- Foot
HASTA- Hand

CHAKRA- Swadhistana

DRISHTI- Tip of nose

BENEFITS- Soothes the spinal nerves and slows down the heartbeat. It has a cooling effect on the mind and also relieves abdominal pain during menstrual periods. Reduces excess weight in the abdominal region. Improves digestion and constipation. Makes the spinal supple.

THE SEQUENCE

EXHALE hinging at the hips, swan dive down, fold forward, hands flat on the floor.
Fold the chest onto the legs with straight legs if possible.
Rotate the pubic bone down and the tailbone up.
Attempt to bring forehead to the shins, keeping chin tucked in.

Beginners variation: Hands to ankles, shins, knees, or a block. Or, bend the knees until the chest is against the upper thighs, slowly straightening the legs.