Messing Village Hall, The Street, Messing, CO5 9TN
Monday 8am Hatha 1
Tuesday 10am Vinyasa Flow
Friday 5.45pm Yoga for Healing (based on the Pancamaya Kosha Model) - please see below for more details.
Messing Village Hall.
Old School House, The Street, Messing, Colchester CO5 9TR
Single class entry - £10
3 class pass - £25 (to be used within 1 month)
5 class pass - £40 (to be used within 2 months)
6 months unlimited class pass - £500
Exclusive tutelage in a warm and friendly space.
Some mats are available, but students are advised to bring their own mat, water, towel and personal needs for relaxation.
Limited spaces, booking is essential.
www.alystringeryoga.co.uk
07493 348248
alouise1967@hotmail.com
Tuesday 10am Vinyasa Flow
Friday 5.45pm Yoga for Healing (based on the Pancamaya Kosha Model) - please see below for more details.
Messing Village Hall.
Old School House, The Street, Messing, Colchester CO5 9TR
Single class entry - £10
3 class pass - £25 (to be used within 1 month)
5 class pass - £40 (to be used within 2 months)
6 months unlimited class pass - £500
Exclusive tutelage in a warm and friendly space.
Some mats are available, but students are advised to bring their own mat, water, towel and personal needs for relaxation.
Limited spaces, booking is essential.
www.alystringeryoga.co.uk
07493 348248
alouise1967@hotmail.com
Yoga for Healing - Pancamaya Kosha Model
According to yoga philosophy, we are not just our physical body or mind, we are holistic, multi-dimensional beings made up by many different, interactive levels. In the yoga framework, these levels are referred to as the five sheaths of our being, or the Five Koshas. To understand the Five Koshas and the role they play in yoga therapy, it's easiest to think of the koshas as a series of Russian dolls, each
embedded within the others. Starting from the outermost layer and moving towards the core, the Five Koshas proceed from outer to inner in greater and greater levels of subtlety:
Annamayakosha-The Physical body. This sheath represents the physical body, the "regular" gross expression of our body that we can see, touch and feel. The Sanskrit word Anna means food, and the word maya means appearance. This is the sheath of food, nourished by and created by our daily intake of food. As we practice yoga asanas, the physical body is the starting point of our experience.
Pranamayakosha-The Energy body. In yoga therapy traditions, this is the second layer of our being. Prana means energy, but not energy in the usual Western meaning of the word. Rather, prana is the life-force, the vital energy which flows through and enlivens all our physical systems. The breath is the most physical expression of prana, and prana is closely related to the breath. Breath awareness and breathing practices, called pranayama, increase and facilitate the flow of prana in the body and balance the flow of the life force to all the physical
systems.
Manamayakosha-The Mental-Emotional body. Manas means mind, and the Manamayakosha is the layer of our being expressed as mind, emotions, and feelings. These are the mental faculties with which we absorb, process, and interpret input from our life (presented through the senses of the physical body).
Vijnanamayakosha-The Wisdom body. The fourth kosha is considered part of the subtle body. Vijnana means knowing, and this sheath represents the higher mind, the faculty of wisdom, which lies underneath the processing, thinking, reactive mind. This is the level of our being, that has the higher wisdom to guide us through life and lead us to higher and higher levels of truth and integration. It represents the reflective aspects of our consciousness, which allow us to experience a deeper insight into ourselves and the world around us.
Anandamayakosha-The Bliss body. This is the fifth and final sheath of our being. Ananda means bliss, not bliss in the sense of emotions, such as happiness or pleasure, but an expanded, unbounded experience of reality. The ancients viewed the experience of the Bliss body as an experience of the deepest level of our being, an unbounded, blissful state of peace, joy, and love.
The Koshas are viewed as different, beautiful manifestations of our essential universal nature. According to yoga philosophy, this is known as Atman-the unbounded, universal Oneness of all that exists.
embedded within the others. Starting from the outermost layer and moving towards the core, the Five Koshas proceed from outer to inner in greater and greater levels of subtlety:
Annamayakosha-The Physical body. This sheath represents the physical body, the "regular" gross expression of our body that we can see, touch and feel. The Sanskrit word Anna means food, and the word maya means appearance. This is the sheath of food, nourished by and created by our daily intake of food. As we practice yoga asanas, the physical body is the starting point of our experience.
Pranamayakosha-The Energy body. In yoga therapy traditions, this is the second layer of our being. Prana means energy, but not energy in the usual Western meaning of the word. Rather, prana is the life-force, the vital energy which flows through and enlivens all our physical systems. The breath is the most physical expression of prana, and prana is closely related to the breath. Breath awareness and breathing practices, called pranayama, increase and facilitate the flow of prana in the body and balance the flow of the life force to all the physical
systems.
Manamayakosha-The Mental-Emotional body. Manas means mind, and the Manamayakosha is the layer of our being expressed as mind, emotions, and feelings. These are the mental faculties with which we absorb, process, and interpret input from our life (presented through the senses of the physical body).
Vijnanamayakosha-The Wisdom body. The fourth kosha is considered part of the subtle body. Vijnana means knowing, and this sheath represents the higher mind, the faculty of wisdom, which lies underneath the processing, thinking, reactive mind. This is the level of our being, that has the higher wisdom to guide us through life and lead us to higher and higher levels of truth and integration. It represents the reflective aspects of our consciousness, which allow us to experience a deeper insight into ourselves and the world around us.
Anandamayakosha-The Bliss body. This is the fifth and final sheath of our being. Ananda means bliss, not bliss in the sense of emotions, such as happiness or pleasure, but an expanded, unbounded experience of reality. The ancients viewed the experience of the Bliss body as an experience of the deepest level of our being, an unbounded, blissful state of peace, joy, and love.
The Koshas are viewed as different, beautiful manifestations of our essential universal nature. According to yoga philosophy, this is known as Atman-the unbounded, universal Oneness of all that exists.
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