Namaste. I am Pashupa, a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher.
Pashupa is from the Sanskrit “Pashupati“. It means “protector of the animals.” No animals are harmed in my yoga classes, and human animals receive great benefits.
Jivamukti Yoga, co-founded by Sharon Gannon and David Life, is one of the nine recognized styles of hatha yoga. Jivamukti Yoga is a physical, ethical, and spiritual practice, combining a vigorous hatha yoga, vinyasa-based physical style with adherence to five central tenets:
- BHAKTI – Cultivation of devotion and humility
- DHYANA – Meditation, connecting to inner stillness
- AHIMSA – Causing the least harm possible to all other beings
- NADA YOGA – Deep listening, chanting, elevated music
- SHASTRA – Scripture, exploration of the traditional texts of yoga
Each Jivamukti class (except beginner classes) will contain these elements, along with the asana practice (yoga poses). Also important to Jivamukti is the sequencing of asana, and the breath-focused segments of class known as vinyasa krama.
Yoga is a practice to connect us with our divine self. My goal as a teacher is to see you as a holy being, and to help you find bliss in your body, mind, and spirit.
