100 hr Intensive WEEK 6

February 10-15, 2025

DAY 21 : Monday, February 10

• Practice Mantra Meditation with Chrissy

  • JOURNAL PROMPT: The 6th Limb: Dharana = one-pointed-focus, or concentration. Try Lakhita Japa (or written repetition) of any mantra you like. Write for expample “om tat sat. om tat sat. om tat sat.” over and over for at least 5 mins. *DON”T TYPE, hand write on paper ONLY. Writing is another technique for the practice and repetition of mantra, as well as Dharana!

  • 1 hr, YTT1.

• Practice the Ashtanga Standing Sequence WITH modifications led by Mindy Pistacchio. Ask questions, share favorites and try new variations. 1 hr, YTT1.

DAY 22 : Tuesday, February 11

• WATCH + COMMENT - Book Club: Myths of the Asanas, CLICK HERE for the reading: Story of MATSYASANA/MATSYENDRASANA. 1 hr, YTT3.

• PRACTICE Chandra Yoga, RESTORATIVE/Full Moon Edition. 1 hr, YTT1.

  • HOMEWORK: WATCH: The 8 Limbs and our family/philosophy tree with Chrissy. Lineage Part 1. CREATE: a visual representation of your own being, feel free to include important places and philosophies or values (like the 8 limb tree on p 52) as well people like the lineage chart (p 50) and/or any other strong influences on your sense of self… Upload a photo of this to Google media album! 1.5 hrs, YTT4.

DAY 23: Thursday, February 13 -

• Watch, take notes + comment - Intro to Dharana: The 6th limb: concentration/one-pointed focus

  • Copy of PDF I shared: CLICK HERE

  • 1 hr, YTT3.

• PRACTICE F L O W Down with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT1.

  • HOMEWORK: READ The intro section to Buddha’s Brain written by medical doctors who also practice meditation. Consider this interesting cross section of knowledge we bring to our practice, the experience of un-learning that sometimes occurs to make space for learning and how we might be able to facilitate both as teachers… JOURNAL. up to 1 hour, YTT4.

  • XTRA CREDIT HOURS // MORE INFO ABOUT THE BRAIN/MIND + Yoga: Click Here to Visit our Yoga Brain YTT2 Anatomy Section. Explore, learn and track hours at-your-own-pace, YTT2.

DAY 24: Saturday, February 15

• Practice Pranayama Meditation with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT1.

• Practice Vinyasa with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT1.

• HOMEWORK:

  • READ: Curves of the Spine and consider how to apply what you learned to your own practice… As a student? As a teacher? What can we learn from ancient human history (physically, mentallly, etc)?

  • WATCH: Anatomy of the Neck, Diaphragm and Accessory Breathing Muscles and Respiratory System with Mindy. PRACTICE TEACH: GUIDE a beginner yogi through an intro to yogic breathing.  What did you notice in your ability to breathe fully as a beginner?  How did/does it feel to learn this? Record your teaching and share to the media album for additional feedback. 2.5 hrs, YTT2.