Student Experiences

The course significantly deeepened my understanding of the philosophy of yoga. Gave me a great chance to bounce some of my ideas and questions about yoga off someone!

Gave me a structure throughout the year to my practice and the motivation to practice more. Really got me hooked on the meditation side of things and deepened every aspect of yoga that I'm familiar with - asana, philosophy, meditation, pranayama, yoga nidra, chanting etc.

I really miss not having the weekend coming up in so many ways! I think it would be great if the heart of yoga was an ongoing thing!

It is strange in a way because it is a yoga intensive for one year - and then the intensive stops - and it’s just up to you. I still do everything I was doing last year – I read as much, I try to sit, I practice (but never enough), I try to stay in the present (but never enough) etc etc

But there isn't the intensive weekend coming up anymore to keep it going. This is the hardest part of having finished the course. I love the insight we got into the Sutras. That was really invaluable.

I love the insight that I got into the Gita. It feels less impenetrable now. I went on to read "Living the Bhagavad Gita" by Ram Dass ... I would've love to have discussed this book in the class! It's about taking the Gita and applying it to regular situations in every day life.

The only things that it didn't do for me were things that I didn't do for myself. It was a great framework and support structure for getting thru a year of yoga. But you can't come out to our house and make us practice or meditate or breathe!

I think in the philosophy of yoga it would've been nice to have done more of the history of yoga and how it developed and the different movements - who were the key figures, how did it overlap with hinduism, what was the timeline, what were the different branches of yoga and how do they all overlap etc ... but thats probably just me.

Frank Brooks