Berkshire Yoga Festival 2024

The true purpose of asana is to begin the long process of training the mind in concentration in order to prepare the practitioner for meditation.  In other words, if you aren’t making an effort to pay attention in your asana classes, you aren’t practicing “yoga” and it isn’t abhyasa, or practice.  This master class, with renowned author and teacher, Beryl Bender, is an accessible, flowing balanced sequence of our most beloved yoga postures and all about paying attention and training the mind in concentration.  Experience deep focus on conscious breathing.  Link breath with movement from posture to posture, moment to moment, staying present as the practice unfolds. Distracted? Notice! Begin again.  Distracted? Notice! Begin again.  Gentle or vigorous - up to you.  Do what you can and be happy.