This introductory workshop is for anyone who has ever rolled out their mat and wondered ‘how did we get here?’
As Ashtangis, our daily physical practice is a form of haṭhayoga.
Haṭha, which uses physical techniques like posture āsana, prāṇāyāma, mudrā, and bandha, was first systematised around 1400 CE.
Developing from the turn of the millennium, the intervening centuries were a time of extraordinary innovation and experimentation by yogic sages who, in their search of liberation, used their own bodies as their primary tool.
In this workshop we get back in touch with haṭhayoga’s earliest beginnings.
We’ll encounter both the strange and the familiar; techniques which have been abandoned to history, and those that are still around today.
Drawing on Tibetan and Indian sources from the 10th – 14th century, you can expect an hour of rich textual study alongside embodied practise - a chance to physically inhabit ancient methods in the present day.
This one-hour workshop follows on from our monthly Led Primary Series class at Two Three Four Studio in Peckham. You can sign up for both the class and the workshop, or the workshop separately, here.
Schedule:
Led Class 8am-9:30am
Chai break
Workshop 10am-11am