Intermediate Level Yoga Class - 90 min

Yoga for busy people? Well, yes. I am delighted to bring you, for the first time ever, the shortest version of the classical Sivananda Yoga Class. Times have changed – the original version was 90 minutes. It was another era altogether. We had some time for ourselves. When we started the Gurgaon Sivananda centres way back in 2004, I realized people needed a shorter version – people were in a rush, and could not spend 90 minutes in a class, without compromising their other responsibilities. So we designed and presented the 60 minutes class. In the last decade, the times have changed even more dramatically. What has not changed however, over these many, many years of my own practice, and my teaching students, is the love and enjoyment of and the commitment to doing the Sivananda class. Therefore, without hampering the content, or the flow, or the basic underlying intention of providing a beautiful, soothing, relaxing, yet physically and mentally strong yoga class, we recently recorded the 30 minutes version. This is the next step in the evolution of yoga in modern times. We at the Sivananda Yoga Centre, Gurgaon, all hope you like it. Do practice and let us know. With much love and yoga wishes, Arun Pandala Acharya and Director Sivananda Yoga Centre, Gurgaon

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Yoga Nidra for anxiety and stress relief.   Fear and uncertainty can cause disease, and can kill you faster than a disease; allow yourself deep, purposeful rest, let things be, enjoy a long savasana; lie down!  Talk on how to keep body and mind in peak condition at this critical time. This 30 min Yog Nidra practice is followed by an hour-long talk on how to let yourself relax, handle stress and anxiety. Please share it with your family and friends so that it may help them too. 

The practise of pranayama is an act of generating and cultivating energy.  If we understand energy, we also know then that sickness is nothing but depletion of the body’s energy to a level where it cannot fight viruses, bacteria, and the millions of other attackers.   Breathing techniques infuse a tremendous amount of life force into the body and mind. Starting with Naadi Shodhana (cleaning of the energy channels, corresponding to the nervous system at the level of physiology) to the energy seals (Bandhas), Pranayama is the PhD of yoga. It is a systematic and highly efficient ladder (you can even call it a super-speed elevator!) to top up the energy tank and thereby counter any disease.   There are many different kinds of Pranayama, and there are many different levels, and all of them have specific and long-lasting benefits.   Pranayama reduces pain, induces deep sleep, elevates the mood, clears up the skin, improves the digestive power (called metabolism), reduces catabolism and increases anabolism, strengthens the nervous system, stimulates the functioning of the autonomic system, improves the working of lungs, heart, diaphragm, abdomen, intestines, kidneys and pancreas, all body organs gets more oxygen, toxins are removed from the body, and therefore the onset of various diseases is prevented. And the best part – it requires very little effort or space or time or will power to practice.   To stay updated about our online courses and other updates, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here: https://bit.ly/SYCG-signup  If you wish to donate to support this free live streaming of daily yoga classes, please use the following links:  From India - https://www.instamojo.com/@Sycgurgaon/  Outside India - https://www.instamojo.com/@SYCG/  Paypal - [email protected]

Complete 90 min practice of Sivananda Yoga - with variations for intermediate level practitioners. If any instruction is new to you, then please follow this link to watch the video of this class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_gnQ7BxzTQ It's recommended to practice this class only when you have completed your beginner's course. Practice only up to the level you are comfortable. 

​ @Sivananda Yoga Centre, Gurgaon    Sivananda Yoga Advanced Holding class  This is a live audio recording of the Sivananda Yoga Advanced Holding class recorded in Gurgaon in November 2019.  Needless to say, only regular practitioners of yoga, preferably someone who has done the Sivananda Advanced class and practised yoga for many months daily should attempt advanced classes.  It is best practised under supervision.   The Holding class is meditative, therapeutic, challenging, yet soothing and balancing. In these very difficult times, the Sivananda Holding class makes the practitioner stronger, more able and agile, more flexible and more calm. It builds a person from deep within, making it possible to withstand the challenges of daily life better.  Go ahead, try it, and then try it frequently!

This is a special 40 minutes recording of a practice which focuses on pranayama.  During this difficult time, we can take advantage of time-tested pranayama's ability to improve our immunity, and also develop balance and calmness.  Practice this once a day according to your convenience, or even twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. It will help to make you feel better.

What better way to find peace and harmony than the classical and time-tested way of meditation. Just 20 minutes of sitting quietly, once or twice a day, can have immense therapeutic benefits.  From curing anxiety and stress, to breathing disorders, insomnia, and digestive issues, we all know the power of meditation.  Enough has been documented over time. To practice this video, please put your notifications on silent for the complete duration of this video.  Do comment & share your feedback in the end.   To get details of our courses conducted online - subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here: https://bit.ly/SYCG-signup

The practice of Savasana, or guided and progressive relaxation helps to calm the nervous system and reduce confused, impulsive, uncontrolled behaviour.  Deep physical relaxation gives the human body the time, the way and the ability to repair and rejuvenate itself, and turn on the powers of healing and health.  Savasana is both recuperative, removing tiredness and tension, as well as preventive, improving the body’s innate capacity to withstand unwanted invasions. Savasana triggers better immunity by reducing and eliminating stress.