We invite you to lie down for a ten minute Savasana: a divine relaxation where we allow our body to find complete rest and our mind complete presence. Savasana is typically taken at the end of practice, but for those practicing in the middle of the day or in the evening, I truly recommend taking Savasana both before and after practice. Or at any time during the day when you need a pause to relax and renew your body and mind.

This sound recording was done using binaural technology that allows for a multidimensional listening - best experienced with headphones. It was captured right after practice in the desert without any editing. This is our interpretation of silence today.

With love & devotion

x Kia & Yotam

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This practice sound scape is a virtual sound-journey into Kia´s Mysore Shala in Paris and is meant for you to play during practice to give a sense of actually being in The Shala.
We begin by taking our seat in togetherness, aligning body, breath and mind before counting 12 Ujjayi breaths together. Then we come to standing in the sacred midline of our body, Samastitihi. We chant the Ashtanga Yoga Opening Mantra before we dive into self-practice... For one and a half hour we are soaked in Yotam´s gentle Soundscapes that holds and carries us through. Sometimes they help bring us back to the present moment.
We immerse in sounds recorded in the shala: breaths, bodies moving, quiet conversations between teacher and student, and some surprises too...
For those paying attention all the way to the end - you can even hear the buzzer from the old shala on Rue Eugene Varlin in Paris!
Now take practice.

With love & devotion
x Kia & Yotam

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This is a recording from Kia´s last Pranayama class before the confinement held in Glasgow in February 2020. Kia teaches in the lineage of Kaivalyadham and is one of the first few in the world to receive Kaivalyadham´s highest teaching certification in advanced Pranayama and Kriyas. Here she offers a practice specifically designed to support and balance our immune-, respiratory and nervous system. She is sharing detailed yet poetic insights into these practices, their techniques, effects and the yogic texts from which they are derived. The entire session is held in Yotam´s gentle Soundscapes, helping to focus the mind and relax into the body and breath. When practiced according to the instructions, staying fully within ones own capacity, these Pranayamas can be practiced by everyone and continued at home. Having said that, Pranayama should always be learned directly from a qualified Pranayama teacher within the lineage of Kaivalyadham in order to deepen your practice.

In this session you will learn:
- Focused vision vs peripheral vision and their effect on the nervous system.
- Brahma Mudra technique and practice
- How to cultivate an effortless posture for sitting and Pranayama, and its effect on the heart rate, metabolism and nervous system.
- Extending the exhale, CO2 and its effect on the nervous system.
- Cultivating a 1: 2 breath ratio suitable for Pranayama.
- Vishnu Mudra: Playing the nose - how to manipulate our nostrils for Pranayama.
- Anulom Vilom / Nadi Shodhana technique, practice and effect.
- Textural references from Hatha Pradipika
- What is Unmani?
- Ujjayi Pranayama technique, practice and textural reference.
- Om recitation
- We finish with a beautiful quote by Lama Gendun Rinpoche that Kia chose for her beloved friend Rosina Bonsu (1955-2020)

With love & devotion

x Kia & Yotam

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We invite you to take a seat with us for a sacred pause - a short guided meditation by Kia Naddermier held in gentle Soundscapes by Yotam Agam. We anchor ourselves in presence by fully inhabiting our body. Taking a moment to appreciate this miracle that is our life breath moving in and out of our body. When we practice we are not closing down. We are not controlling our mind. We are fully awake. Fully alive. Fully here.

With love & devotion 
x Kia & Yotam

This meditation was recorded at Kia´s Pranayama session in Glasgow, February 2020.

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Kia Naddermier gives a talk on Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1:1 - The Teachings of Yoga is Now. How to move through uncertain times of pain and loss with an awake heart, giving room for not knowing. She talks about  how to cultivate a truly inclusive practice that doesn´t resist or avoid experience but one that allows us to drop into the present moment as it is.
Includes Sahana Vavatu - Shanti Mantra from the Upanishad with interpretation (2:00)

This talk was recorded during Kia´s Pranayama session 15th of February 2020, at the Remembrance Weekend for Rosina Bonsu in Glasgow.

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In light of the rapid changing developments with the Corona Virus, Mysore Yoga Paris Shala is closing its physical space for the time being. But this sacred space lives in all of us. This is what our practice has prepared us for: with compassion, mindfulness and generosity we remain connected to each other and the world around us.
Although we may have to keep physical distance at this moment, in our hearts we move closer together than ever before.  

This message from Kia Naddermier to the yoga community was recorded 15th of February 2020, at the Remembrance Weekend for Rosina Bonsu in Glasgow.

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