Yoga Fundamentals Series – Get Grounded with Samasthiti

SAVY Yoga has been serving the city of London and surrounding areas since 2011. To serve the people London in a better way, instead of serving some run-of-the-mill pseudo-yoga routines, we offer some very useful, true Yoga/ Pranayama routines, ranging from gentle to very challenging routines, for a beginner to an advanced student alike. Here, we bring to you a new series of classes on Yoga Fundamentals which introduce you and clarify to you the benefits of authentic traditional ashtanga Yoga.

Through demonstration, discussion and experiential movement, you will gain key understanding of proper posture and how to keep your body safe. As common sense dictates, one can function properly only if one is disease-free and is in a healthy state of body, mind and spirit. So, for us, your health and disease-free state comes first of all. Yoga is much more than mere gymnastics and sauna!

London Yoga Classes at SAVY bring you the taste, values and expertise of the true traditional Ashtanga and Vinyasa Yoga from India. Inspired adherence to eight pillars or steps of yoga bestow one with a calm mind and fit body and lead one towards attaining moksha or liberation for an emancipated life. In more physical or materialistic  terms, Yoga is more than capable of keeping one physically and mentally fit and disease-free. It has become the new hot and favored way to sweat it out. Yoga Fundamentals is a step in that direction.

Get Grounded with Samasthiti  (Mountain Pose)

 

Samasthiti is from सम sama meaning “equal”, level”, or “balanced”; स्थिति sthiti, “stand”. The other name for this pose is Tadasana. Tāḍāsana is from the Sanskrit words ताड tāḍa, “mountain” and आसन āsana meaning “posture” or “seat”. It is a basic standing asana in most forms of yoga with feet together and hands at the sides of the body.

Samasthiti, or Tadasana, the command to stand in balance, is the easiest and the most difficult pose in Yoga – easy if it is just ‘Upright Standing’, difficult, if it is experiencing poise in every kosha. It is the prime posture to feel the inherent poise of properly performed Asana – the feeling of presence and awareness in every part of our being –  the bones, muscles, viscera, the breath – everything moves towards this stasis.

We’ll learn more about this posture and all the benefits this has for your physical health, mental health, metabolism, immunity etc.

For the curious, here is some introduction to the pose, though we’ll be exploring this pose in much greater detail in the workshop.

How To Do

The posture is entered by standing with the feet together, grounding evenly through the feet and lifting up through the crown of the head. The thighs are lifted, the waist is lifted, and the spine is elongated. Breathing is relaxed. Although this is a basic asana, it is the basis for many standing asanas. As such, it is important as it allows the body and consciousness to integrate the experience of the preceding āsana and to prepare for the next.

Benefits

• Teaches balance
• Improves posture
• Strengthens thighs, knees, and ankles
• Increases awareness
• Steadies breathing
• Increases strength, power, and mobility in the feet, legs, and hips
• Firms abdomen and buttocks
• Relieves sciatica
• Reduces flat feet
• Develops strength and flexibility simultaneously, especially in the spine
• Relieves tension, aches, and pains throughout the body
• Improves blood circulation
• Encourages healthy digestion and elimination
• Leaves you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated
• Expels dullness and depression
• Harmonizes the body and mind
• Increases energy and enthusiasm

Listen to your body, pay attention to the depth, and follow the instructions for savoring more and more health benefits of Samasthiti.

We’ll be discussing Samasthiti in much more detail in the workshop.

You are most welcome to  learn this and stay healthy.

Details of the workshop:

• • Location:
    • Physical Location : SAVY International Old South London Studio at 190 Wortley Road, Suite LL-2 (Lower Level 2) London ON N6C 4Y7
  • Format: 3-Hour Workshop
  • When:
    • Group Session: Saturday, November 7, 2020, from 11 AM – 2 PM
  • Cost:
    • Group Session: $150 (+HST) 
  • Components of Workshop:
    • All about Samasthiti

Explore all this with one of the most qualified faculty in the world! 

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