One Hour of Prana Kriya

These dynamic breathing practices are accompanied with the application of bandhas and visualizations to purify the energy body systematically from the pelvic floor to the crown of the head. The experience brings one more easily into an elevated state of consciousness with a feeling of joy, clear perception, and a tremendous feeling of being alive.

Do not eat or drink before, especially no tea or coffee. After these exercises, you will not need caffeine for the rest of the day.

75 Minutes of Yoga Asanas

After a short pause, we'll follow with a basic Sivananda sequence that rebalances the chakra system systematically.

45 Minutes of Nidra Yoga

After energizing and rebalancing our energy system (the pranamaya kosha), we'll balance even deeper with Nidrā Yoga.

In daily life, when one is deeply relaxed, one is often absent. When one is intensely concentrated, one is often tense. Nidrā develops the ability to be both deeply relaxed and intensely concentrated to the point where, all of a sudden, time, space and the ego all dissolve, and there is nothing left but the experience of oneness. It is very psychologically purifying.

There are two sets of practices in Nidrā classes:

1. the relaxation practice – Sithalikarana - which involves lying on the floor, consciously relaxing the muscles, organs, bones, sense organs (eyes, ears...), and faculties of the five senses (vision, hearing...). Then, one continues to release mental tensions with a structured sequence of visualization exercises.
2. the concentration practice – Dharana – which involves sitting on the floor, very much as in meditation, the difference being that the mind focuses on selected objects to hone one’s degree of concentration.

Depending on time, we may finish the program with some mantra chanting and/or meditation.