|  Homage
to the Source–
A Yoga Intensive
Richard Rosen
“All together there are as many asanas as there are
species of living beings. Shiva has taught 8,400,000. Of these,
eighty-four are preeminent, of which thirty-two are useful
in the world of mortals.”
—Excerpt from Gheranda-Samhita
(Gheranda’s Compendium)
Homage to the Source is based on the 32 yoga asanas or postures
outlined in one of Hatha Yoga’s classic instructional
manuals, the 350-year-old Gheranda-Samhita (Gheranda’s
Compendium), with a little bit of help from its contemporary,
Shiva-Samhita (Shiva’s Compendium), and the older Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika
(Light on Hatha Yoga) by the sage Svatmarama.
Berkeley-based yoga teacher Richard Rosen has arranged these
asanas, along with a mix of traditional mudra (“body
seals”) and bandha (“bonds”), into an Iyengar
Yoga-inspired sequence that promises to give participants
a taste of what a traditional yoga practice is like. In the
workshop he’ll also explore the “secret life”
of Hatha Yoga—its distant origins, arcane practices,
and desired goals—and end with a session of pranayama
or conscious breathing and relaxation.
| Richard
Rosen is a contributing editor at Yoga
Journal whose writing has appeared in Yoga International,
Ascent, and Shambhala Sun. He is the author of
The Yoga of Breath and the instruction manual
Yoga for 50+. Richard is currently working on
a book for the University of California Press
on the history of yoga in the United States. He
began his study of yoga in 1980 and has been teaching
since 1987. He is a core faculty member of the
Advanced Studies Program at the Piedmont Yoga
Studio in Oakland, California. |
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