I strip Yoga of its cultural baggage and reinterpret its timeless truths for the modern Western mind. The rituals and culture that sometimes come with a yoga practice can be helpful, but to some they become priority over the practice itself. And this I feel is where yoga both loses its integrity and turns a large group away. Mostly men!
What is left when all dogma is gone? The Heart of it! The process of exposing physical limitation through stretching and strengthening the body while using breath to dissolve the discomfort and pain, thus creating more room in our bodies for ease, while pushing out the disease.
What is it that we are cleaning out exactly? What is this dis-ease? All the baggage that we collect throughout our lives, the attachments, all the clinging to things and people for worthiness or pre-occupation, all the conditions we put on our hearts in order to open it, all the beliefs and opinions we hold onto that keep our minds closed. Not to mention all the poisonous toxins in the body. When we clean out we are not only clearing space for physical ease, but for mental and emotional as well. Within this space that I speak of is where we are clear, it's where our hearts and minds open, where contentment and peace reside. We're closer to God, Allah, Buddha, harmony, Oneness.This process is called Yoga/Union. Union with all of that space we're creating.
The refining of this process is what I teach. Those of you that have been in my class recently know what I'm talking about. I make sure everyone in class is practicing yoga.
So that being said, This process works really well for rehabilitation on any level. From substance addiction to depression to physical rehab. That's why I'm focusing more on these avenues and less on public classes for now. However, I am available for private work. And I prefer to work with an immersion format. 2-4 weeks, 5 days a week, 2 hours a day works best. The cost is $75 per hour.
nick manci