i'm now offering this program on a donation-basis while we are all doing our part to stay home!
with love,
sandy,
march 27, 2020
Online Yoga Practice & Study
with Sandy Naimou
Through Yoga practice & study, you can guide and enrich your life in every way
Sign-up for physical practice, online yoga study, or both. Elements of yogic principles, meditation, breathwork, and relaxation are woven into each offering for a more complete and holistic program.
This online practice will help you develop, refine, deepen, integrate, and advance a
new or existing yoga practice into your daily life.
The objective of this online program is to build a Yogic foundation that you can integrate into your life. Yoga is an art and a science. It is the art of integration and the science of the soul. The living principles of Yoga that you learn through study, application and experience, will help guide and enrich your life in deep and meaningful ways.
If you find that you are struggling to "squeeze in time" for Yoga (physical practice, study, meditation, application) and yet it's important to you, a simple shift of focus will help. Focus on the practice first and the busi-ness of life will not determine if you get to your practice. The first step to true integration is integrating the practice itself into every day existence. This is why I offer this program; to help you integrate the practice so that it can truly work on you.
When we allow Yoga practice to become the center of our focus, all the others areas of our life become clearer and more vibrant, lining up aspects of our lives with our practice itself. In other words, our practice guides our life. Yes, some shifts will need to occur, no doubt, but that is real growth.
Click HERE to go my blog post about Yoga as a practical path to realize your human potential.
My approach is meant to help you turn inwardly, in the middle of a world filled with distractions. Whether holding a yoga posture or busy at work, I hope this inward approach to life saturates your life with love and wisdom.
Abhyāsa
"Practice"
Why choose Yoga as a path?
Yoga has intrigued you in some way: why? Is it the way you feel during or after physical practice? Are you sensing the principles underlying the practice? What do they say to you? Is it the experience of an energetic shift or a different state of mind that the practice brings you? Let's build on that awareness, because Yoga may be your path.
If Yoga practice speaks to you, listen more closely. There is so much more to hear.
This program helps you incorporate the essential guidelines of living a Yogic inspired life.
BUT ... it will take PRACTICE.
Practice is KEY, and it is most powerful when it is
rhythmic, consistent, & focused.
PROGRAMS
Choose from one of three options
option 1
physical practice
hatha yoga
$15/month for one year
or
$150/year (2 free months: $30 savings)
Physical yoga practice is a part of the sacred practice of Yoga. It is one aspect and not the entire practice itself, but part of the whole. It is important to keep the body healthy, energized, and free from sensation that distracts the mind (i.e. pain and discomfort!).
Let's honor the experience in our physical bodies and take care of them!
But how can we work with the body without principles upholding our efforts. We must know how to care appropriately.
According to his students, the father of the modern physical yoga movement himself, Krishnamacharya, stated that "Asana-s do not become yoga unless when done with yama-s and niyama-s." Yama/Niyama provide a guide and direction for our thoughts and actions. This means, unless our thoughts and actions are based in yogic philosophy during our physical practice, we are not practicing physical yoga, we are just exercising.
Right thinking & action: For this reason, if you choose to sign-up for the physical program alone, you will still hear about yama and niyama, emphasizing the applications of these principles to your practice.
My style: My physical practice style is mostly rooted in Hatha Yoga, each session being unique from the next. For an energetic shift, sometimes I'll incorporate flavors of Hatha yoga such as Ashtanga, Vinyasa or Kundilini.
Video production: The videos I post are simple. I want the practice to be about the practice and not about me, but about you. I hope the simplicity of the videos help you focus and keep them in some way fresh and new so you can reuse them. I'm focused on minimizing distractions for you so I do my best to keep my personality out of these physical practice videos. The videos in the study program are where I share with you my own experiences, a lot of heart, and a few laughs.
Signing up for the Physical Practice will give you access to:
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Past archives of recorded sessions
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3-4 full length physical practices, various levels and styles, posted each month. See sample below.
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Monthly technique video
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Explains details of a posture posted monthly providing modifications and details on alignment
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You can make requests for these techniques and I'll most likely post in response to your request
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Breathwork, meditation, mantra, and yama/niyama are built into this practice to some degree
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E-mail correspondence with me to check-in, share your thoughts, ask me questions, or just say hello
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Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
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Bonus sessions that I occasionally post on meditation, chanting in Sanskrit, discussion on challenges in maintaining a practice, guided yoga nidra, and relaxation techniques.
free sample
Feel free to practice with this video to get a sense of what some of these videos are like.
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Three-segment format gives you options to create your own practice.
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Segment 1 is helpful for integrating short sessions into the day.
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The full practice includes a gentle warm-up, a more challenging standing sequence, and a closing sequence to target strength and flexibility.
option 3
option 3
PHYSICAL PRACTICE + study & philosophy
$25/month for one year
or
$225/year ($75 savings - 3 free months)
This is a limited time offer.
Signing up for both practices will give you access to:
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Archives of recorded sessions
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Three to four recorded book study sessions per month.
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Three to four full length physical practices posted monthly, offered in segments that range from 5-75 minutes. Videos are flexible in time and intensity so you can create your own combination if you choose.
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One technique video per month explaining details of a posture, including modifications and alignment
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Breathwork, meditation, mantra, and yama/niyama are built into both programs
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Discussion of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and commentary
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E-mail correspondence with me to check-in, share your thoughts, ask me questions, or just say hello
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Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
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Bonus sessions that I occasionally post on meditation, chanting in Sanskrit, discussion on challenges in maintaining a practice, guided yoga nidra, and relaxation techniques
option 2
Study, Philosophy and application are those aspects of Yoga that will help you understand Yogic principles. As you apply these principles to your life, they live in you as experience, and that is the seat of wisdom.
Let's honor the experience of living principles!
While the physical practice helps purify the body, study helps us purify the mind. Study opens us up to the underpinnings of Yoga, the rich philosophy that is not what we know as "philosophy" where one reasons their way to a certain line of thinking. Yogic philosophy is based on experience and most often, realizations achieved through meditation. Sages of ages before us have, through meditation, reached similar, if not the same, living philosophy through meditation and practice.
This program revolves around a book study. We move slowly through the book in order to digest it. In the videos I'll sometimes recommend exercises to you. I'll also suggest ways of applying the principles to your life and will draw on my experiences as well as other commentaries.
The Yoga Sutras (Yoga Aphorisoms) by Patanjali are central to this study.
Signing up for the Study & Application Practice will give you access to:
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Past archives of recorded sessions
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3-4 recorded book study sessions per month.
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In-depth study of Yama & Niyama and suggestions about application to daily life
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Breathwork, meditation, mantra, are built into this practice
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Discussion of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and commentary
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E-mail correspondence with me to check-in, share your thoughts, ask me questions, or just say hello
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Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
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Bonus sessions that I occasionally post on meditation, chanting in Sanskrit, discussion on challenges in maintaining a practice, guided yoga nidra, and relaxation techniques.
free sample
Ahimsa - Part 1 - From "The Yamasa & Niyamas" by Deborah Adele
study, philosophy & Application
$10/month for one year
or
$100/year ($20 savings - 2 free months)
There are various forms of Yogic techniques and practices, but they share the same philosophical foundation and ultimate goals.
Nonetheless, they exist because we are individuals with varying dispositions and temperaments.
I honor your practice, which is as unique as you. Practicing with me online is meant to help you establish a strong Yogic foundation that you'll integrate into every part of your life in your own unique way.
I have suggestions that worked for me, as do all of us in the support community, but in the end, each one of us must learn our way.
Daily practice directs mental and physical energy towards the way you want to be in the world.
ONLINE Yoga Practice & Study
with Sandy Naimou
Choose the one-year plan below that suits you best.
If you are ever unsatisfied, you can cancel before the year is up. Contact me through e-mail, let me know you're unsatisfied, and I'll prorate your refund if you paid in full. If you have a monthly subscription, just cancel the subscription via paypal & remember to e-mail me. No harm done! Thank you!
physical
$15/month
$150/year (2 free months)
Access to archives
3-4 practice videos per month
1-technique video per month
Make requests for technique videos
Addressing yogic principles
Meditation, breathwork, mantra
Connect with me for questions
Bonus meditation, relaxation, etc.
Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
study
$10/month
$100/year (2 free months)
Access to archives
3-4 study videos per month
In-depth study of yogic principles
Focus on understanding and applying yogic principles
Meditation, breathwork, mantra
Connect with me for questions
Bonus meditation, relaxation, etc.
Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
physical & study
$25/month
$225/year (3 free months/ limited time)
Access to all archives
3-4 study videos per month
3-4 practice videos per month
1-technique video per month
Make requests for technique video
In-depth study of yogic principles
Focus on applying principles in physical practice and study
Meditation, breathwork, mantra
Connect with me for questions
Bonus meditation, relaxation, etc.
Access to the member group app to inform you of new posts
(Basically, both the Physical & Study practices combined)
One initial payment for the year will give you more savings. If you love the program, you can renew yearly.
Set up a recurring monthly payment and you'll be set up for the year for a total of 12 payments. You can renew yearly.
Explore the depths of your practice and you explore the depths of your soul.
Sink in.
When you are taking care of body and mind as a service to your spirit, all is aligned.
Take care.
Transform a casual practice into a devotional one.
Make it sacred.
I am here to support you and your desire to incorporate the ancient yet living tradition of Yoga into your life. Practicing since 1997, teaching since 2011, and constant study and dedication to the principles underlying this practice, I am here to support you and show some of the guideposts as best as I can. I hope to see you soon.
With Love,
Sandy Naimou
