Ashtanga Yoga Naples

“Love is a fistful of time you can never get back”

-Trent Dalton

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So let us pick up the stones over which we stumble, friends, and build altars. Let us listen to the sound of breath in our bodies. Let us listen to the sounds of our own voices, of our own names, of our own fears. Let’s claw ourselves out from the graves we’ve dug. Let’s lick the earth from our fingers. Let us look up and out and around. The world is big and wide and wild and wonderful and wicked, and our lives are murky, magnificent, malleable, and full of meaning.

-Pádraig Ó Tuama

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end”

December 26-31

Monday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

sva vishaya asamprayoge chittasya svarupe anukarah iva indriyanam pratyaharah • When the mental sense organs, which imitate the appearance in the mental realm, dissolve back into the mind, this is pratyahara.

sva = of Self, one’s own
vishaya = topic, subject, objects
asamprayog = not allowing union with/connection
chittasya = of the mental
svarupe = appearance, looks, similar form or shape
anukarah = imitating, resembling
iva = nearly, exactly
indriyanam = mental organs, sense organs
pratyaharah = withdrawl of senses

December 12-17

Monday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

tata kshiyate prakasha avaranam • Thus the covering of brightness is removed.

tata = such, thus
kshiyate = decay (decayed)
prakasha = illumination, light
avaranam = covering

December 5-10

Monday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm
Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

bahya abhyantara vishaya akshepi chaturthah • The fourth (pranayama) surpasses beyond all realms, both internal and external.

bahya = external
abhyantara = internal
vishaya = reach, faculty, realm
akshepi = surpassing
chaturthah = the fourth

November 28 - December 3rd

Monday: Ashtanga Vinyasa 5:30-6:30 pm with

Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Wednesday: Intro to Ashtanga 5:30-6:30 pm
with Addy

Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am

Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

bahya abhyantara stambha vritti desha kala sankhyabhih paridrishtah dirga sukshma • There are 3 (types of pranayama) external, internal and suspension. By observing space, time and count; breath becomes long and subtle.

bahya = external
abhyantara = internal
stambha = supports
vritti = activity, fluctuation, character
desha = spot, part, place, point
kala = time, period of time
sankhyabhih = count, by the (Sankhya) order
paridrishtah = to be seen
dirga = long, prolonged
suksema = great peace (subtle)

November 7-12

Monday: Ashtanga Vinyasa 5:30-6:30 pm with

Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Wednesday: Intro to Ashtanga 5:30-6:30 pm
with Addy

Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am

Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

tatah dvandva anabhigata • Thus the dilemma of opposites is understood and disappears

tatah = in that manner, thus, then
dvandva = the dilemma, the pair (of opposites), the quarrel
anabhi =
gata = understood, ends, has meaning, disappears

October 31-November 5

Tuesday & Thursday
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

prayatna shaithilya ananta samapattibhyam • Posture is when active effort relaxes and merging with the infinite occurs.

prayatna = active effort, persevering effort
shaithilya = relaxation, laxity, ease
ananta = infinite
samapatti = coming together, merging
bhyam= exterior, outer

October 24-29

Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
No Evening Practice — Asana Clinic 5-7 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

sthira sukham asanam • The posture for yoga meditation should be steady, stable, and comfortable.

Tension is tethered to memory 🤍

October 17-22

Tuesday & Thursday
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday:
Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am

No Saturday Led Primary this week.

samadhi siddhi ishvarapranidhana • Devotion to the Supreme Being leads to attainment of the deepest meditative state, samadhi

samadhi = deepest meditative state
siddhi = attainment
ishvarapranidhana = devotion, surrender, awareness of Ishvara = God, Supreme Being, Divine, a Deity, Goddess, all names

October 10-15

Tuesday & Thursday
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

svadhyaya ishta samprayogah • From self-study of sacred text (svadhyaya) one attains communion with the Divine.

svadhyaya = self-study, recitation, study of sacred text and/or ancient wisdoms
ishta = worshipped with sacrifices, beloved, cherished
samprayogah = union, contact

September 26-October 1

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

svadhyaya ishta samprayogah • From self-study of sacred text (svadhyaya) one attains communion with the Divine

svadhyaya = self-study, recitation, study of sacred text and/or ancient wisdoms
ishta = worshipped with sacrifices, beloved, cherished
samprayogah = union, contact

September 19-24

Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Asana Clinic 5-7 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

kaya indriya siddhi ashuddhi ksayat tapas • Austerity (tapas) destroys impurities, perfects the body and masters sense organs

kaya = of the physical body
indriya = sense organs
siddhi = attainment, mastery
ashuddhi = impurities
ksayati = possess, be master of
tapas = austerity

September 12-17

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

saṃtoṣādanuttamasukhalābhaḥ • From contentment unsurpassed happiness is gained.

santosha = contentment
anuttamah = extreme, ultimate
sukha = pleasure, happiness
labha = gained, benefit

September 5-10

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

sattvaśuddhisaumanasyaikāgryendriyajayātmadarśana-yogyatvāni ca • Purification of mind, pleasantness of feeling, one-pointedness, and subjugation of the senses and ability of self realization are acquired.

sattva = pure subtle essence
shuddhi = purification, cleanliness, purity
saumanasya= cheerfulness, joy, right understanding,
ekagra = one-pointedness
indriya-jaya = mastery of senses (jaya=conquer, master)
atma = Self
darshana = experience, seeing
yogatvani = to be fit for, qualified for (relating to yogic study/path)
cha = and

The Art of Nonviolent Practice 🤍

August 29-September 3

Tuesday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Asana Clinic 5-7 pm

Thursday:
Morning Practice: 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

śaucāt svāṅgajugupsā parairasaṃsargaḥ • From cleanliness of Self and body arises dissociation with others and the unclean.

saucha = cleanliness
sva-anga = of Self-of body
jugupsa = dislike, aversion
parai = around
asamsarg = non-association, avoiding, non-contact

August 15-20

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

brahmacaryapratiṣṭhāyāṃ vīryalābhaḥ • By the establishment of continence energy is gained.

brahmacharya = Divine purity, continence/abstinence, chastity, sexual restraint, constant presence w Divine
pratisthayam = (sthaa= install) firmly install/establish
virya = vitality, energy, vigour
labha = benefit, gain, conquest

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August 8-13

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

asteya pratisthayam sarva ratna upasthanam • When firmly established in non-stealing (asteya), all is jewels.

asteya = non-stealing
pratisthayam = (sthaa= install) firmly install/establish
sarva = all
ratna = jewels, treasure, gems
upasthanam = come into the presence of

August 1-6

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

satya pratisthayam kriya phala ashrayatvam • Firm establishment in truthfulness results in fruition of (truthful) action.

satya = truthfulness, honesty
pranisthayam = firmly installed/established
kriya = action
phala = fruition
ashrayatvam = resulting in

July 25-July 30

Tuesday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Thursday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Asana Clinic 5-7 pm (Evening Practice Canceled)

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

ahimsā-pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tat-sannidhau vaira-tyāgaḥ • Firmly establishing non-violence ceases hostilities.

ahimsa = non-violence
pratisthayam = (sthaa= install) firmly install/establish
tat = that
vaira-tyaga = renunciate hostility

July 18-July 23

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice: 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

vitarkā hiṁsādayaḥ kr̥takāritānumoditā lobhakrodhamohapūrvakā mr̥dumadhyādhimātrā duḥkhājñānānantaphalā iti pratipakṣabhāvanam • Producing thoughts along with intention of violence, to Self and others, approving, causing or committing action is caused by greed, anger or delusion. Initial thoughts whether weak, moderate or excessive, unknowingly manifests infinite fruition.

vitarka himsadayah = along with intentions of violence to Self and others
krita karita = committed or caused to be done
anumoditah lobha = agreed or accepted; by greed, confusion or desire
krodha moha = anger or passion, delusion
purvakah mrdu madhya = previous, weak or gentle, center
adhimatra dukha = excessive, misery
ajnana ananta phala = unknowledgeable, infinite fruit
iti pratipaksha = thus opposing
bhavanam = producing thoughts, manifesting

July 11-16

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice: 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

vitarka bādhane pratipakṣa bhāvanam • When negative thoughts present themselves cultivate and think the opposite thoughts with feeling

vitarka = uncertainty, doubt, questionable
badhane = opposing, removal, suspended, annulment
pratipaksha = opposition, opposite, adversary
bhavanam = thought, manifesting, producing, imagining

June 20-23

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

No Class June 24-July 8

Sauca Samtosa Tapah Svadhyayesvarapranidhanani Niyamah • The internal restraints are purity, contentment, burning away impurities, spiritual study, and surrender to the inner Master.

saucha = cleanliness, purity
santosha = contentment
tapah = austerity
svadhyaya = self-study of sacred texts, scripture, ancient wisdoms
ishvara = Divine, God, Supreme Being
pranidhana = surrender, devotion, fixation
niyama = restrictions (inner)

The skill to master anything 🤍

June 13-June 18

Tuesday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Asana Clinic 5-7 pm

Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am

Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7-8:30 am

jātideśakālasamayānavacchinnāḥ sārvabhaumā mahāvratam • The great vow of restraint is universal to all earthly objects unbound by the conditions of time, place, birth lineage or family.

jati = family, birth, lineage
desha (deza) = country, place, origin, kingdom
kala = season, time, era
samaya = conditions
anavachchhinnah = minute division, undiscriminated
sarva-bhauma = universal-earthly/made of earth
maha-vratam =great-vow

Why we practice in the generosity of silence

June 6-11

Tuesday & Thursday
Morning Practice 5:30 - 8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Practice 5:30-8:30 am

Saturday: Guided Primary Series 7:00-8:30 am

ahimsa satya asteya brahmacharya aparigraha yama • The restraints (yamas) are; non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, sacred study and acceptance of the Divine and non-attachment.

ahimsa = non-violence
satya = truthfulness, honesty
asteya = non-stealing
brahmacharya = brahma-Divine, God, Sacred charya = chastity, continence, fidelity, practices, conduct
aparigraha = non-attachment
yama = restraints

Embodiment is a radical act of courage 🤍

May 30 - June 4

Tuesday & Thursday:
Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

Friday: Community Class 5:30-8:30 am

Saturday: Guided Primary 7-8:30 am

yama-niyama-asana-pranayama-pratyahara-
dharana-dhyana-samadhayahastauangani
• The eight limbs are outward observances, inward observances, physical practice, breath regulation,focusing the senses, concentration, meditation, and assimilation.

Yama - restraints, respect for others
niyama - observances, respect for yourself
asana - posture
pranayama - breath control, energy
pratyhara - withdrawal from the pull of the senses
dharana - concentration
dhyana - meditation
samadhayo – absorption, enlighten
mentasta - eight
angani - limbs

“The times are urgent, let us go slowly down into sanctuary. The times are urgent, let us be slowed down by the beings that exceed us. The times are urgent, let us be defeated by things that we cannot understand. The times are urgent, let us defract our ways of knowing. The times are urgent, let us be released from the traps of the things we already know.”

May 23-27

Tuesday: Morning Practice 5:30-8:30 am
Evening Practice 4-6 pm

No Class May 25-27

yogāṅgānuṣṭhānādaśuddhikṣaye jñānadīptirā vivekakhyāteḥ • By the practice of the different parts of Yogas the impurities being destroyed, knowledge becomes effulgent up to discrimination

yoga-anga = means of attaining the limbs of yoga
anusthanad = practice, actions, doing
ashuddhi = impurities
ksaya = removal, destruction
jnana = higher knowledge, wisdom, awareness
dipti-a = stimulated light, exposed to the sun/light, brightness/illuminated
viveka khyatih = discriminative knowledge, true knowledge