Yoga Quotes and Playlist From Classes: Week of August 27th

Classes this week all centered on being in the flow; focusing on our heart beat and our breath to stay connected to ourselves through our practice. Sequences consisted of twists, standing poses and binds to build heat, strength and to understand the power of using our breath and awareness to overcome the mental and physical challenges that present themselves on and off our mat.

Yoga quotes used in classes:

“Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed. To a yogi, freedom implies not being battered by the dualities of life, its ups and downs, its pleasures and its suffering. It implies equanimity and ultimately that there is an inner serene core of one’s being that is never out of touch with the unchanging, eternal infinite.” 

-Iyengar, Light on Life

“Yoga, as it was understood but its sages is designed to satisfy all these human needs in a comprehensive, seamless whole. Its goal is nothing less than to attain the integrity of one-ness—oneness with ourselves and as a consequence one less with all that lies beyond ourselves. We become the harmonious microcosm in the universal macrocosm. Oneness, what I often call integration, is the foundation for wholeness, inner peace, and ultimate freedom.”

-Iyengar, Light on Life

Thursday, 1:50 p.m., 125 Summer Street FitCorp

Peak pose: Half bound half moon pose

Playlist:

1. Angeli, Sasha Lazard

2. In the Sun, Donna De Lory

3. Smash into You, Beyonce

4. Om Tara Tuttare, Deva Premal and Miten

5. Ganapati, Girish

6. Temple of Light, MC Yogi

7. Long Time Sun, Snatam Kaur

8. Diamonds in the Sun, Girish

9. Stellla Maris, Moby

Thursday, 5:45 p.m., Down Under Yoga

Peak pose: Birds of paradise

Playlist:

1. Angeli, Sasha Lazard

2. In the Sun, Donna De Lory

3. Smash into You, Beyonce

4. Om Tara Tuttare, Deva Premal and Miten

5. Ganapati, Girish

6. Temple of Light, MC Yogi

7. Peponi, The Piano Guys

8. Give Love, MC Yogi

9. Narayana/For Your Love, Krishna Das

10. Halo, Beyonce

11. Sita Ram, Girish

12. Without You, The Piano Guys

13. Bathe in These Waters, Donna De Lory

14. A Thousand Years, The Piano Guys

15. Sanctuary, Donna De Lory

16. Long Time Sun, Snatam Kaur

17. Diamonds in the Sun, Girish

18. Stellla Maris, Moby

Friday, 1:15 p.m., 125 Summer Street FitCorp

Peak pose: Twisted half moon

Playlist:

1. Halo, Beyonce

2. Sita Ram, Girish

3. Without You, The Piano Guys

4. Bathe in These Waters, Donna De Lory

5. A Thousand Years, The Piano Guys

6. Sanctuary, Donna De Lory

7. Long Time Sun, Snatam Kaur

8. Diamonds in the Sun, Girish

9. Stellla Maris, Moby