Stillwater Yoga Studio

Good afternoon, Please see below from Kathleen’s email she sent out on Friday. If you do not receive her emails, please reach out to her [email protected]. See links below to Kathleen’s Zoom classes starting tonight at 6pm. She would be so happy to see her students!...Continue reading

Good afternoon! Kathleen will be posting her yoga sessions soon. She is missing everyone and wanted to reach out as we get her through the techno learning curve. I am hoping we can support her best we can during this time. Also hope you’re taking good care!... Namaste, Lynn Brandli

Hi. this is kathleen I'm working out how to get some online classes going. And, thank you Lynn for helping me navigate these type of things! Will post soon! Kquvien Stephanie hi, I can’t find any other teachers on fb.

In Kquvien’s Sunday morning class, we chanted Sutra 1.28 tajjapa tadarthabhvanam, which BKS Iyengar translates as The mantra OM is to be repeated constantly, with feeling, realizing its full significance. In "Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali", BKS Iyengar explains that no words can be vocalized without the three syllables that make the sound AUM. It is considered to be the seed of all words and represents the union of the individual soul with the universal soul. Th...e Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is considered a yoga darsana, vision of the soul, or mirror, because yoga has the effect of enabling practitioners to observe the reflection of their thoughts and actions making corrections that guide them toward deeper observation of the inner self. It is no wonder why BKS Iyengar is so often quoted as saying asana are my prayers After the chanting, we prepped and practiced experiencing deeper and deeper levels of opportuntities to awaken our pelvic floor and lower abdomen. We observed and reflected on our self talk, judgements, and actions. Kquvien said it's important to know we are getting stronger, even if we can not find the pose in our body that our mind wants to make happen (Lolasana where are you?), we have to learn to practice and let go --Abhyasa and vairagya, practice and detachment. I found the lesson on Sutra 1.28 came in handy here. To detach from any judgement or disappointment simply repeat the word AUM again and again with reverence. Thanks so much Kquvien what a treat to practice with my yoga family again.

Move over ballet barre. Want to learn how to articulate your hips and thighs come to Kquvien’s Sunday morning class. Her morning sequence made my back side fully aware of where it was falling short. She took simple standing poses like Utthita Trikonasana and Utthita Parsvokonasana to places that help us all remember how much of our body hasn’t been recognized and honored. That’s all thanks to BKS Iyengar who made it his life’s ambition to honor the more than 300 trillion cells in his body one millisecond at a time. Wonderful class Kquvien. Thanks Stillwater, you are Still it.

We hope you will join us on July 30th at 7:30pm. Please click on the link to see the movie trailer and reserve your tickets soon! https://gathr.us/screening/28360

We salute Geeta Iyengar this international women’s day. Why tender legs? In Iyengar Yoga, we give great importance to tender the legs, putting back the kneecaps... and the quads. Why? In most postures, legs are the foundation of asana. They are used to make "assemble" energy from the foundation - the feet - to the hips and the base of the spine, in order to create its extension. In other words, legs act like an "energy channel". In postures with tight legs, and in particular standing postures, the most effective channel is a straight line: it is therefore logical that the legs are absolutely tense. Feet pressed in the ground and energy is channeled from the plant of the foot through the bones of the leg to the hips to help feed the extension of the spine. This complete leg stretching work can take time. At the beginning, we get "temporary tremors" of commitment interspersed with long periods of non-Reactivity. The work and concentration required for such ephemeral results may seem arid... however, it is important to persist and, with time, the results are coming, and the effort necessary to create these results becomes less. " without stable foundations, a building can't stand up. Also, without the firmness and stability of the legs, we cannot find the correct alignment of the spine - and therefore the balance of the skull and the brain." (Geeta Iyengar) #internationalwomensday #yoganusasanam

You will recognize many beloved teachers in this photograph, surrounding Geeta-ji and Guru-ji.

"The practitioner must be courageous to find out what happens inside. Truthfulness is within you. See if you are truthful. See if there is SATYA." ~ Geeta Iyen...gar @Iyengar Yoga Odyssey 2001in Pasadena, CA #Iyengar #satya #truthfulness #Geetaji #yamas

Sunday! Time to think about yoga - not just performing it but genuinely understanding it. My column : https://www.mid-day.com/artic/connecting-with-yoga/20461163

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