Return to the Heart of Classical Yoga

Do you remember what yoga felt like when it first changed your life?

For most of us, it wasn’t one practice. It was the whole of it: the posture, the breath, the deep rest, the simple food, the quiet moments. Somewhere between busy schedules and a field rich with new approaches, it’s easy to lose touch with the wisdom that brought us to this path in the first place.

Many of you studied with me years ago. I’m returning to these teachings with fresh eyes, and I’d love to share them with you again.

The Sivananda tradition gives us five points: proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet, and positive thinking and meditation. They are so familiar that they’re easy to overlook. Practiced together, they form one complete system that reaches every layer of who we are and serves the original aim of yoga: to reduce suffering.

Whether you’re…