This moment is a doorway to liberation. We can access the doorway in a multitude of ways: our bodies, breath, meditation, through our work and doing service, through chanting, making art, gardening, cooking, teaching, woodworking, through study and philosophy.
The practice of yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation helps us to cultivate the capacity to do the yoga of everyday living with our families, in our work, and in our communities. We practice using our bodies and breath as a doorway to non-dual awareness. In the process transformation happens! Our backs feel more easeful, maybe our hips become more flexible, our sleep might improve. Our relationships and our minds transform. It’s miraculous.
A yoga kula is a community of practitioners.
When we commit to practicing together in tuning the instruments of our bodies we clarify and fortify our commitment to sing the song of liberation to everyone we meet.
The practice of yoga originated in India. Hatha yoga is the practice of yoga asana to become an instrument in spreading our light and realizing the truth of —- (this is getting really Buddhist, Viv feel free to insert and edit). There are countless yogas, yogas of Tibetan Buddhism, Kashmiri Shaivism, Taoist practices for following one’s path in line with the Tao, [insert Christian, Jewish, Muslim, other allusions that I cannot write so eloquently].
We are a kula of teachers committed to coming together to practice and cultivate our capacity to be in this world just as it is, and shine brightly.
Love, Vivian, Jessica and Laura
This enso, Miracles of Each Moment, was created by Kazuaki Tanahasi. You can purchase his work at brushmind.net. The enso is a symbol from the Japanese Zen Buddhist tradition.
Open Circle YogaSaturdays 9-10:30am All-Levels10:45-noon Gentle traditional yoga for all
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Vivian Campagna
Viv’s Bio
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Jessica Klaitman
Jessica’s Bio
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Laura Sicari
Laura completed the Sivananda yoga teacher training in 2008, and the Menla Mountain Refuge Vajra Yoga training in 2022. She has been practicing Chinese medicine for more than twelve years and studying Buddhism since 2013.
Schedule
November 1: Laura
November 8: Jessica
November 15: Vivian
November 22: Laura
November 29: Jessica
We offer traditional hatha yoga from 9 to 10:30am and gentle yoga from 10:45am to noon on Saturdays. Please use the sign-up link below to let us know whether to expect you, or to cancel if necessary. This is a courtesy for our own planning purposes. You are welcome to drop it if you haven’t been able to sign up in advance!
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Class is located at
St. David’s Church
4700 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210
Entrance on the side of the building, on Oakdale Road. Ample parking available.