"The cultivation of contentment (santosa) is to make the mind a fit instrument for meditation as contentment is the seed of the meditative state." ~ BKS Iyengar

Join Lori Ritland, Iyengar Yoga teacher, for a weekend workshop to practice outward harmony with standing asanas, balanced harmony with a focus on hips and twists, pranayama, and transformation through inversions, backbends, and restoratives. This weekend is for students who have experience in Iyengar Yoga. 

In Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, a root text of classical yoga, he lists tapas as one of the niyamas, or personal observances. The word tapas comes from ‘tap’ in Sanskrit which means to blaze or burn.  It is a burning, self-disciplined effort to purify the body and mind. Through intense effort, we can let go of obstacles and make way for compassion and forgiveness. Each session of this  this special weekend workshop with Iyengar Yoga teacher Lori Ritland will incorporate aspects of tapas, and students will come away inspired and energized.