This month we devote our monthly series to the power of the spine. By taking the spine in multiple directions we generate flexibility, lightness and flow to all 26 bones of the spine.
Led by Tias & Surya.
Join us for a focused weekend of practice to restore balance, refine perception, and settle into the body. Through SATYA somatic movement, breath, and meditation, we explore how to release unnecessary effort, awaken internal support, and cultivate a steady, quiet mind. A chance to reconnect with practice in a simple and direct way.
In these classes we celebrate the time honored practice of drinking tea in order to enhance meditative focus and evoke a flavor of the sublime. Each enrolled student begins class preparing tea at home then at the start of the Zoom session we drink tea together to the accompaniment of selected verses from the Taoist and Chan Buddhist practices of the Tang dynasty. We spend time in reflection, contemplation and meditation prior to a 45 minute practice session of SATYA and asana.
Once you have felt the power of SATYA you will want to continue to soak in further. In SATYA 2, you will learn more complex sequencing, more nuanced variations of movement, and more about the physiological benefits. For those wishing to integrate SATYA into their teaching, SATYA 2 and 3 are a must. In this course, you will learn how to design SATYA sequences and assist movements to facilitate greater myofascial release.
In-depth Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement (SATYA)Â practices compliment asana practice while deeply restoring the body. They open the joint spaces, build sensory-motor awareness, re-educate the neural-muscular system and help develop bi-lateral symmetry.
In this second part of the training, we cover the shoulder girdle in detail. We have a section on SATYA and the cranial-sacral rhythm, SATYA and lymphatic drainage, and SATYA for pranayama. This training lays out the essentials for how to sequence the SATYA movements and how to combine them with asana. We learn how to practice and teach the movements beginning with the simplest forms and leading to greater complexity. Following completion of this training, you will be able to begin using the movements in your own classroom.
Since the earliest records of yoga practice, the sun has been a symbol for the light of consciousness.
On this day of the mid-summer solstice, when the earth tilts closest to the sun and the sun reaches its zenith, we celebrate the luminosity of the sun as cultures have done for hundreds of years. In this practice, we align with the solstice by bringing light and space to the body’s midline, the central axis of the spine.
This immersion furthers the practice and study of SATYA, helping graduates of the program deepen their practice, teaching, and study of the work. In this week we build on the foundational forms and explore ways to combine movements into longer sequences of flow. We go further into SATYA as spatial medicine, to help change the tension in the connective tissue and open up the pathway of nadis. We cover the practice of nerve flossing, detailing the neuromuscular bundles that pass through the joint spaces, particularly in the hips and shoulders. We cover how to integrate props into the SATYA practice. This includes using the wall for resistance, using small physio balls to apply pressure point therapy, straps for the limbs and doing SATYA in the chair for people who cannot go to the floor. In this training we explore new ways to help stretch and pump the fascia via facilitated manual release. Throughout the week we will address questions and concerns that have arisen in the practice and teaching of SATYA since the conclusion of SATYA 3. This week provides a unique opportunity to be in a sangha of like-minded practitioners in order to share, learn and further evolve the SATYA work.
On Cape Cod, the rhythms of the ocean remind us that the body itself is fluid and tidal. Just as the sea moves through cycles of ebb and flow, the human body depends on circulation, hydration and rhythmic movement to sustain vitality. In this summer immersion, we explore the body as a living current—awakening the deep intelligence of the hips, belly and inner legs through spiral movement, breath and somatic awareness. These practices replenish the body’s waters, kindle the inner fire of the core and restore lightness, circulation and joy.
The late summer season is an ideal time to evolve your practice to the next level. The three sessions of this immersion will focus on Hips & Pelvis, Shoulders & Arm Balances, and Backbends & Twists. Join us for a weekend of wholehearted and fearless practice.
In-depth Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement (SATYA) practices compliment asana practice while deeply restoring the body. They open the joint spaces, build sensory-motor awareness, re-educate the neural-muscular system and help develop bi-lateral symmetry.
SATYA is so very therapeutic. The non-weight bearing movements are a perfect complement to weight-bearing in asana.
SATYA 3 investigates the therapeutic benefits of SATYA on the nervous system, endocrine system, digestion, and circulation in order to heal the subtle body. We specifically review SATYA’s effects on the autonomic nervous system and how SATYA can heal trauma in the body. Much focus is given to working with the neck, cranium, eyes, and inner ear. Students will learn how to utilize SATYA therapeutically with individual clients.
At the conclusion of SATYA 3, students who wish to complete the SATYA Certification design and fulfill a final practicum, using SATYA as a therapeutic modality.