“Upa-Yoga lubricates the joints, exercises the muscles, and activates your energy nodules. You will feel a higher level of alertness,” explains Sadhguru.
His Isha Foundation offers regular virtual classes in this particular form of Yoga, open to beginners to the more adept. Among the many benefits of Upa-Yoga:
Relieving physical stress and tiredness
Exercising the joints and muscles
Rejuvenating the body after a period of inactivity
Negating the effect of jet lag and long travel
This particular form of Yoga is a simple yet powerful set of 10 practices that activate the joints, muscles and energy system, bringing ease to the whole system. It is a good starting point for those who are new to Yoga and can be used as a preparation for other Yoga practices. It is based on a sophisticated understanding of the body’s mechanics.
It forms part of Sadhguru’s wide range of “Yoga for Beginners” offerings to help everyone take a step towards wellbeing.
The world-renowned Yogi and spiritualist notes: “Yoga is a way to produce a chemistry of blissfulness. Once you are blissful by your own nature, you can deal with outside situations effortlessly.
“If you learn to use this body as an instrument, it is the most fantastic and powerful instrument on the planet. Yoga is towards realising this.”
For the more advanced Yoga practitioners, there are a range of advanced programs as well, including Bhava Spandana, Shoonya Intensive, and Samyama Sadhana – all of which allow an individual to experience life beyond the limitations of the body and mind.
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Bhava Spandana
The word Bhava literally means “sensation.” Spandana can be loosely translated as “resonance.” Through powerful processes and meditations, the Bhava Spandana Program creates an intensely energetic situation, where individuality and the limitations of the five sense organs can be transcended, creating an experience of oneness and resonance with the rest of existence. It offers an exuberant experience of unbounded love and joy.
Shoonya Intensive
An advanced meditation program combining the dynamic Shakti Chalana Kriya and Shoonya Meditation. Shakti Chalana Kriya is a set of powerful, purifying practices that enhance the flow of one’s vital energy. Shoonya Meditation is an effortless process of conscious non-doing. Together, these practices stimulate the release of physical, mental and emotional blocks and lead to a deep sense of inner wellbeing.
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Samyama Sadhana
It provides the possibility for individuals to free themselves from the bonds of karma and purify the system, opening them up to subtler realms of experience. The program presents the potential for participants to reach heightened levels of consciousness and experience explosive states of meditativeness.
*Info: Upa-Yoga; Advanced Programs