Class Rules

Each of us has standards of excellence or ways we like to run our energy, whether those energies be mental/psychic, physical, or whatever.

In class, oddly enough, the rules of the game are as much about who you are as a person and how golden you can become as it is how high your can get your leg up in the air in standing splits.

I like to say that the students who dig on Power Yoga are people who resonate with the idea that a great mental attitude, and great beingness, and working on it, can work wonders on and off the yoga mat. I like to think that I adjust as many heads, possibly even hearts, during a Power Yoga class as I do body parts...

It is in this way that this particular class, which is like a mindful, challenging Vinyasa Flow, is not to be used as an escape from everyday life, though it may be that, but as training ground to be happier and wiser.

The rules, or work ethic, in Power Yoga class are as such:

-You are present and challenge yourself according to your circumstances and innate wisdom
-You come to class with a good attitude, wanting to practice, loving your practice, and going home, sweaty or not, in a blissed out, worked out state that lifts you higher, and seriously affects your mood, life, and person in an enriching way
-You listen to your breath, even more so than to the words being spoken, and engage your bhandas (energy locks) from beginning 'til we hit svasana
-You love your practice (again)(because you've chosen it)
-Stilo matters: Look sharp, come fresh and clear
-You expect to dance rhapsody with your spirit
-You use wisdom that adds beauty to the class
-You are yourself and are into learning more of your truest potentials
-You smile while amidst difficult situations
-You work on how you move as much as the poses we do
-There is no point in being afraid. Just use your wisdom.

After having said all of that, I'll say that this is a peace movement. Like training ground for spiritual warriors of a variety of backgrounds and genetic make-ups. And it is in that rich diversity that we literally change society from the inside out, perhaps even turning it on its head (in a good way--like handstand without using the wall)!