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Integral Hatha with Pranayam with Amelia K. Chapman

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The class focuses on intention. We will focus on the power of intention in movement and integrity within the asana and the self. We will begin with the breath and incorporate movement as meditation. We will then move into some accessible, but powerful asana and guided visualization, followed by music-assisted relaxation and gong meditation.

The style of the class is Integral Hatha with pranayam, meditation, low impact vinyasa flow focused on strength, integrity and intention. Sukh called it Kundalini/Hatha fusion

Teachers Bio: "I would come back to the asana in times of stress, whenever I needed to still my mind, or I was hoping to foster change. I really began to deepen my practice during my Music Therapy Internship- I found that asana helped to melt away the business of the day and still my whirring mind. The ability to be present to whatever was happening within body and breath became a space of sanctuary; an ongoing reminder to slow down, breathe deeply, and continue on. As I continued to journey, my practice evolved from an experience to an integral part of my day to day.

Amelia is a graduate of Seaside Yoga Sanctuary's Integral Awakening Teacher Training program, earning her Certificate in 2013. Amelia explored meditation, guided relaxation and breath work as part of her Bachelors from Duquesne Univeristy. She has also attended a 10 day Vipassana Meditation course in 2012, and has deepened her yoga studies with Gabriel Benjamin, Melina Mezza, and Christina Sell, Sukhmandir Sing Khalsa, Justin Bench, and many others.

Amelia approaches teaching Asana with a strong sense of alignment and anatomy; she offers modifications, tips and adjustments with sensitivity to the student\'s individual strengths and areas of growth. Amelia\'s background in Music Therapy and work in clinical settings comes through in a hands-on, person-centered approach. In addition to work in the community, Amelia has taught yoga in clinical settings, including forensic and hospital. Her classes often feature breath work, meditation, guided relaxation, chant and mantra work, live music and a creative approach to asana. Amelia currently teaches with Seaside Yoga Sanctuary, offering Hatha yoga, Restorative yoga, Partner Yoga, and a closed, 6 week Beginner Series.

Amelia studied Music Therapy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2008 with a BS in Music Therapy and a minor in Psycholgoy, then went on to complete a six month internship at Saint Elizabeths hospital in Washington, DC. Amelia obtained the MT-BC credential in 2010, and has been continuing her education and professional development as a Music Therapist, ever since. Amelia co-facilitates a monthly community drum circle with Cathy Rivera, MS, MM, MT-BC in Seaside, CA at Seaside Yoga Sanctuary.

"As a Music Therapist, I work closely with individuals and their treatment teams to develop music-based interventions that align with the goals, desired outcomes, musical preferences, background, and experience of each person. I especially enjoy encouraging clients to explore expression through creation- whether it is through song writing, composition, improvisation, learning an instrument or musical play. Always, we focus on the process of music making- the lessons learned, benefits gained, conversations along the way and personal growth that come are part of that process."

Members - The Level of Perfection is the Level of Balance

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It’s the little subtleties in life that affect us. They are cumulative, they add up. By working with the movements and the breath you change those subtleties back. You make this form again whole. You stretch all the different acupuncture points, the meridians, you bring them back aligned. This is how it works. Otherwise the subtleties of consciousness, the subtleties of holding yourself, a little cut you might get on your finger, even those small things affect the meridians and how the body gathers and collects the energy of life itself.

Members - The Journey Back to the Moment of Your Own Creation

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So this is the journey we take in consciousness. It’s always the same journey for everyone, back to the moment of your own creation. The idea is in mediation you quiet your mind, and you find that essence, the part of yourself that existed before you were born, that existed as a state of consciousness. It’s like that Zen Koan, what was your face before you were born. The idea that you have part of you, the essence of you, the inner light, that is internal, that has always been here, that’s always been conscious. Making that connection with that inner light, the consciousness that you really are is what yoga is all about.

The Level of Perfection is the Level of Balance

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It’s the little subtleties in life that affect us. They are cumulative, they add up. By working with the movements and the breath you change those subtleties back. You make this form again whole. You stretch all the different acupuncture points, the meridians, you bring them back aligned. This is how it works. Otherwise the subtleties of consciousness, the subtleties of holding yourself, a little cut you might get on your finger, even those small things affect the meridians and how the body gathers and collects the energy of life itself.

Members - Giving Yourself the Blessing of a Spiritual Path

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Real basic simple exercises are all you need. You can make yoga as complicated you as you wish, so many possible asanas and postures and thousands of kriyas. But in reality you need to establish a few that work for your body and do those regularly. Tune in to your body and do them when you need to do them, when you feel your body becoming out of tune with your spiritual self. When you make that connection with your inner lite it’s relatively easy to always go back to it, as long as you have that practice that you continually do.

The Journey Back to the Moment of Your Own Creation

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So this is the journey we take in consciousness. It’s always the same journey for everyone, back to the moment of your own creation. The idea is in mediation you quiet your mind, and you find that essence, the part of yourself that existed before you were born, that existed as a state of consciousness. It’s like that Zen Koan, what was your face before you were born. The idea that you have part of you, the essence of you, the inner light, that is internal, that has always been here, that’s always been conscious. Making that connection with that inner light, the consciousness that you really are is what yoga is all about.

Giving Yourself the Blessing of a Spiritual Path

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Real basic simple exercises are all you need. You can make yoga as complicated you as you wish, so many possible asanas and postures and thousands of kriyas. But in reality you need to establish a few that work for your body and do those regularly. Tune in to your body and do them when you need to do them, when you feel your body becoming out of tune with your spiritual self. When you make that connection with your inner lite it’s relatively easy to always go back to it, as long as you have that practice that you continually do.

Humility Creates Miracles with Nihal Kaur

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Acknowledge the reality of miracles as they flow out of one being into the beings around them.

Bringing prana into the heart, expanding it, we tap into that universal consciousness, the part of us that knows worlds beyond what our finite self knows. As we become crystal clear our heart is open, we're able to be all we can be. Expanding within our own infinite space.

Humility is being willing to acknowledge that we are not the most powerful thing in the universe. Humility is not weakness. It is being open to receiving guidance from something greater than ourselves, usually in the form of intuition. Being willing to listen, to go beyond our doubts, to accept a wisdom deeper than our own.

In order to receive inner guidance our heart center must be open, and we must have the willpower to follow it. We build this will to act by strengthening the navel point. We learn to welcome this guidance.

Members - Breathing and Consciousness

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By practicing yoga you’ll achieve all sorts of powers. Its just the natural progression of consciousness. Somehow you must be trained or train yourself not to be tempted by the powers, not to be tempted by the ego. Self-policing is the hardest thing to do, almost impossible. Therefore, we do as a group together. We act as checks and balances to each other. We see the light reflected in each other. When that light is distorted by ego its our duty and joy to call that distortion to the attention to the person. There’s no one who is greater than another. We’re the same breath the same light.

Breathing and Consciousness

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By practicing yoga you’ll achieve all sorts of powers. Its just the natural progression of consciousness. Somehow you must be trained or train yourself not to be tempted by the powers, not to be tempted by the ego. Self-policing is the hardest thing to do, almost impossible. Therefore, we do as a group together. We act as checks and balances to each other. We see the light reflected in each other. When that light is distorted by ego its our duty and joy to call that distortion to the attention to the person. There’s no one who is greater than another. We’re the same breath the same light.