7-day workshop intensive with Chuck Miller

Sama Vinyasa: Breath, Roots and Core

We are thrilled to welcome Chuck Miller back to Yogayama in June 2018. Chuck Miller is one of the pioneering teachers of Astanga vinyasa yoga worldwide and you are guaranteed exciting days with practice, theory, movement, breathe and laughter.

Standing authentically. Using the practice of Samasthiti to find a more natural approach to all asana practices. This is how we start – how to stand. It is actually very profound and touches who and what we all are as humans. During the week we will use the essential core practices to find continuity throughout all levels and forms of practice. We will explore what yoga is, the ability to be present and find balance. We will use asana and breath control to access a deeper experience of more subtle qualities and motives. We gain more awareness of forces that have been covered over by the static, the distracting thoughts and results of unconscious actions. Clearing the mind the body follows.

Day by day we uncover what our current conditions are and we gain an ability to shift, to choose, to better take control of where we are going and who we want to become.

Workshop schedule June 25 – July 1, 10:30 – 16:30

10:30 Morning Practice

Lunch break (when appropriate)

Afternoon Clinic

We investigate what we have done in the morning and air out, ask questions, discuss theory and philosophy of practice. We have time to investigate our orientation and objectives, the “where are we trying to go, what are we trying to do” questions and possible answers.

About Chuck Miller

Chuck has been practicing yoga earnestly since 1971. He met Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in 1980 and studied intensively with him for over 18 years, including numerous extended and familial encounters in America and nearly two years spent in visits to Mysore in South India. Chuck continued studying intermittently with Jois until his death in May 2009 at the age of 94.

Chuck enjoys teaching with a focus on the holistic nature of Ashtanga yoga, presenting it as a philosophical system as well as a strong practical method. Chuck is known for his gentle but deliberate hands-on adjustments which are both reassuring and challenging.

A yoga teacher since 1988, Chuck is a former Director of Ashtanga Yoga and co-owned the original Yoga Works in Santa Monica, CA, for over 16 years. More on Chuck and his current travel and teaching schedule is available on his website, www.sama-ashtanga.org.