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Tapas of Compassion with Gwi-Seok Hong
March 29 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday, March 29 from 1 – 5 pm in person
A special workshop with Gwi-Seok Hong
encorporating asana, pranayana and yoga philosophy
in-person and online
Tapas of Compassion: Asana and pranayamas as paths to right action, with both tapas (vigor), and karuna (compassion)
Yoga helps us to be more fully present in all aspects of our lives. As we become more aware of ourselves, we also become more sensitized to those around us, human and more than human, local and global.
How do we keep caring when oppression, genocide, and catastrophe are ongoing, escalating, and relentless? How do we keep the inner fire of tapas stoked, without burnout? What is the relationship between karuna and tapas?
We will explore āsana both physically and physiologically, considering the nervous system, immune system, and endocrine system, through all categories of poses, including inversions, arm balances, and backbends.
1-3:30pm Asana
3:45-5pm Pranayama
May yoga be a practice that guides us always and courageously toward right action, with both the vigor of tapas, and the softess of karuna.
Who is this program for? Iyengar Yoga practitioners with at least 1 year of study, especially interested in practical application of yoga philosophy.
In-Person at Adeline Yoga: This workshop will be held in-person at our studio in Berkeley. You may also register for the zoom option. All participants will receive the recording.
Tuition: Sliding scale $30-120
Suggested donation: $80
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Proceeds from this workshop will go to the Yoga Blessings Scholarship Fund to support yoga students in their studies. Donate for yourself or for others to attend.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Gwi-Seok Hong lives on the island of O`ahu in the occupied Hawaiian Kingdom. She embraces yoga as a practice of embodied ethics, and has been practicing since 1996 and teaching since 2001.
Gwi-Seok is a Level 3 CIYT currently teaching at Iyengar Yoga Silent Dance Center in Honolulu, as well as for Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective, and the Iyengar Yoga community in Korea. She is a mother, grandmother, dancer, music-maker, poet, and social justice activist and organizer.