New Skool Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
This offering honors the genius of Primary Series Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga - its intelligent sequencing, rhythmic vinyasa, and breath-centered movement - while releasing outdated rigidity, hierarchy, and performance-based expectations. The postures are practiced as a living sequence, not a ladder to climb. Ujjayi breath anchors movement, and mindful adaptions and additions are encouraged to support energetic awareness and integration.
Poses are not earned. Bodies are not corrected into ideals. Perfectionism is recognized as a creativity-killer, not a virtue. The practice is approached as an evolving experience - one that prioritizes curiosity, self-inquiry, and love over striving or comparison. This practice is devotional without dogma. Disciplined without punishment. Structured without control.
All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost. Please wear comfortable, layered clothing. Bring any practice supports you enjoy - mat, blocks, straps, bolsters, or blankets. Community props are available, and you are encouraged to use them freely. Bring water to hydrate after practice.
The Evolution Of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga emerged in the early 20th century through the teaching lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, drawing from what he learned during his studies with Rama Mohan Brahmachari. One of Krishnamacharya’s students, K. Pattabhi Jois, began sharing a set sequence of postures taught in led, breath-synchronized group classes. He used the term Ashtanga Yoga to describe this method of postural practice.
As the practice spread globally through the work of Jois’ early students - including David Swenson and Richard Freeman - it became a foundation for many modern movement traditions. Vinyasa flow, power yoga, and countless contemporary yoga styles trace their roots back to this evolving system.
Ashtanga has never been static. Like all living practices, it has changed through culture, bodies, teachers, and time. What is often presented as fixed or ancient is, in reality, a modern lineage shaped by interpretation, adaptation, and experimentation. Today’s Ashtanga exists not as a singular authority, but as a spectrum of practices - each reflecting the values, creativity, and love of the people practicing it.
This Practice is Not Sold
This practice is not sold - its shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - not as payment, not as exchange, but as a living expression of community. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.
Giving is part of the practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, we interrupt the old stories of scarcity, separation, and self-importance. We loosen the grip of perfectionism and ownership. We remember that nothing here belongs to one person, one teacher, or one body. We belong to each other.
There is no “right” way to give.
No minimum. No expectation. No pressure.
When we give, the tight circle of “me and mine” loosens. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into what has always been true: there is no real separation here. What moves through one of us moves through all of us. If we belong to anything - it is to each other another.
Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two.
we are all invited to give according to our means, intuition, and capacity in this moment. Money is one expression. Time, skill, care, and shared resources are others. All are welcome. None are required.
This is how the practice continues- through open hands, open hearts, and the quiet courage to trust in each other.
You’re invited to give according to your means, your capacity, and your intuition—through money, time, skills, care, or shared resources. All forms of generosity are welcome. None are required.
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