Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation

Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation Practice 1

Samkalpa Offer your dedication at the beginning of the week that is connected to your heart center. Prana Flow Sadhana  Foundation Lunar Visvamitrasana Sequence introduces Rhythmic Vinyasa A, Dancing Warrior One and focuses on grounding hip openers and forward bends leading to the seated visvamitrasana variation and meditation. Mantra Meditation Om hrim Hrim Klim Glaum Gam Ganapataye Swaha Stage One - Prepare your embodied seat of meditation, chant om, and prepare heart for mantra japa, nadi shodhana pranayama balances your nervous system for practice. Stage Two - Bring your awareness to your heart center. Offer Mantra Japa with or without a mala; Offer "Om Hrim or Om Shrim Hrim Klim" as introduced in meditation. Stage Three - Rest in meditation with awareness in your heart center without technique and in total presence. Sacred Rhythm Monday (connected to the moon) - Lunar Sadhana Suggestions for Practice - practice each sequence once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the lunar practice? The elemental influence. - practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both - listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you. - lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Sacred Space/Altar Honoring the Earth Element is grounding, building and stabilizing~connecting to the mother of all elements.   

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Bhumi-Earth) filmed in Santorini and Costa Rica

Practices lunar Bhumi Namaskar with Malasana, Ardha Hanumanasana, Anahatasana, prostrations, backbends, and Om, emphasizing slow, steady earth-element movement.

Prana Vinyasa Foundation Movement Alchemy

Slow Prana Vinyasa sequences combine Chaturanga, Warrior One, Malasana, hip-opening asanas, Nadi Shodhana pranayama, mantra, meditation, and Savasana.

Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation Practice 2

Samkalpa Offer your dedication at the beginning of the week that is connected to your regeneration. Prana Flow Sadhana Foundation Lunar - Eka Pada Rajkapotasana Series Sequence introduces Rhythmic Vinyasa A, Dancing Warrior Side-Waist Opening cultivating hip opening and backbending from pranaflow floor work leading to the pidgeon variation of Eka Pada Rajkapotasana. Mantra Meditation Om Shrim Stage One - Prepare your embodied seat of meditation, chant om, and prepare heart for mantra japa, nadi shodhana pranayama balances your nervous system for practice. Stage Two - Offer Mantra Japa with or without a mala; each week a different part of the mantra will be introduced. For the foundation week begin with: Om Shrim as introduced in meditation. Stage Three - Rest in meditation without technique and in total presence. Sacred Rhythm Monday (connected to the moon) - Lunar Sadhana Suggestions for Practice - practice each sequence once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the lunar practice? The elemental influence. - practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both - listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you. - lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Sacred Space/Altar - Honor the Water Element Honoring the water element is a call for the nourishing, regenerative capacity of one's life. Symbols of the water-element can include beautiful bowls, containers, pots of water with flowers, floating candles that is kept fresh EVERYDAY so as to not be stagnant unless as a vase for flowers. Images of sacred bodies of water, deities connected to water or sensual love such as Aprhodite, Yemanja or Shiva-Shakti, Radha-Krishna, shells and juicy fruit. Color: Blues for water element.  

Lunar Water Dancing Warrior Vinyasa

Lunar vinyasa flows through dancing warrior variations, downward dog, cobra, and Ujjayi pranayama, exploring fluid movement and the water element.

Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation Practice 3

SamkalpaOffer your dedication at the beginning of the week that is connected to your regeneration.  Prana Flow Sadhana Foundation Lunar - Bakasana Prep Series Sequence introduces Rhythmic Vinyasa A, Dancing Warrior Hip Opening cultivating hip opening for bakasana and parva bakasana prep; includes from pranaflow supta virasana floor work leading to the krounchasana variations Mantra Meditation Om Glaum Gam Ganapataye Stage One - Prepare your embodied seat of meditation, chant om, and prepare heart for mantra japa, nadi shodhana pranayama balances your nervous system for practice. Stage Two - Offer Mantra Japa with or without a mala; each week a different part of the mantra will be introduced. For the foundation week begin with: Om Glaum Gam Ganapataye as introduced in meditation Stage Three - Rest in meditation without technique and in total presence. Sacred Rhythm Monday (connected to the moon) - Lunar Sadhana Suggestions for Practice - practice each sequence once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the lunar practice? The elemental influence. - practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both - listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you. - lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Sacred Space/Altar - Honor the Fire Element Honoring the fire element is a call for the activating and transforming capacity of one's life. Symbols of the fire element can include all forms of living flames from candles to sage/incense bowl to an aarati lamp from India; fire images such as pictures of lava, sacred places where lanterns or prayer candles are lit, flaming hearts. Color: Red-orange for fire element.  

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Agni-Fire)

Agni Namaskar uses slow, sustained breath, mudras, prostration pranams, and repeated Om Namashivaya mantra within a lunar fire practice.

Lunar Fire Dancing Vinyasa

Lunar fire vinyasa combines Ujjayi breath, dancing warriors, Chaturanga, cobra, downward dog, and Navasana with steady awareness of the spine.

Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation Practice 4

Samkalpa Offer your dedication and the beginning of the new cycle. Prana Flow Sadhana Foundation Lunar - Ustrasana Series Sequence introduces Rhythmic Vinyasa A, Dancing Warrior backbending variation, cultivating a flowing sequence leading to the more lunar backbend ustrasana. Mantra Meditation Om Hrim or Om Shrim Hrim Klim Stage One - Prepare your embodied seat of meditation, chant om, and prepare heart for mantra japa, nadi shodhana pranayama balances your nervous system for practice. Stage Two - Bring your awareness to your heart center. Offer Mantra Japa with or without a mala; Offer "Om Hrim or Om Shrim Hrim Klim" as introduced in meditation. Stage Three - Rest in meditation with awareness in your heart center without technique and in total presence. Sacred Rhythm Monday (connected to the moon) - Lunar Sadhana Suggestions for Practice - practice each sequence once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the lunar practice? The elemental influence. - practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both - listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you. - lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Sacred Space/Altar - Honor the Air Element / Breath of the Heart Honoring the air element is a call for life-giving prana, the breath of the heart, our life-force and source of love. Symbols of the air element: Sage/incense bowl or you can infuse your altar with heart-centered images of love that inspire you. Altar colors can include earth tones, earthy red, gold, natural materials, woven textiles. Color: Green for air element; red for heart center.

Elemental Prana Vinyasa (Lunar Vayu-Breath of the Heart)

Practice lunar Prana Vinyasa with Hridaya Namaskar, Uttanasana, Anahata Asana, cobra, upward dog, downward dog, and backbends, focusing on heart consciousness and air-element breath.

Lunar Foundation Vinyasa

Lunar Prana Vinyasa combines Adhata Mudra, Om chanting, cat’s breath, backbends, crescent lunges, dancing warrior, and slow shoulder-opening poses.

Lunar Prana Vinyasa ~ Foundation Practice 5

SamkalpaOffer your dedication at the beginning of the week that is connected to your heart center. Prana Flow Sadhana Foundation Lunar Integration Sequence brings all of the dancing warrior namaskars together after a meditative Rhythmic Vinyasa A with a long lunar forward bends to enter into a meditative space and the offering of meditation with a full mala of the Ganesh Mantra Foundation Solar Integration Sequence integrates Rhythmic B, and all of the Dancing Warrior namaskars standing balance asanas to center and become more open to the space around you. Mantra Meditation Om hrim Hrim Klim Glaum Gam Ganapataye Swaha Stage One - Prepare your embodied seat of meditation, chant om, and prepare heart for mantra japa, nadi shodhana pranayama balances your nervous system for practice. Stage Two - Bring your awareness to your heart center. Offer Mantra Japa with or without a mala; Offer "Om Hrim or Om Shrim Hrim Klim" as introduced in meditation. Stage Three - Rest in meditation with awareness in your heart center without technique and in total presence. Sacred Rhythm Monday (connected to the moon) - Lunar Sadhana Suggestions for Practice - practice each sequence once or twice during the week integrated with your regular practice; notice the effect of the movement alchemy on the flow of your daily life. How do you feel with the lunar practice? The elemental influence. - practice meditation (suggestion of in front of your home altar) every day being consistent with morning or evening or both - listen to the natural rhythms of your body and life; the natural waning (lunar) of life provides a way of attuning. Listen to allow yourself to move into harmony with whatever may be arising within you. - lunar Practice is best on Monday and most evenings and anytime you are feeling low-energy, ungrounded or needing to regenerate your energy Sacred Space/Altar - Honor the Space Element / Integration Allow your altar to bring all of the elements together.

Lunar Dancing Warrior Vinyasa

Slow lunar Vinyasa moves through dancing warrior variations, Virabhadrasana I and II, Ujjayi breathing, pranava Om, and preparation for meditation.

Classical Chandra Namaskar

Practise Chandra Namaskar with Ujjayi breathing, crescent backbends, downward dog, cobra, Om, and closing meditation or Savasana.

Pranam-Prostration - Origin of Namaskar

Prana flow pranams cycle through Vajrasana, forward bows, backbends, upward dog, and full prostrations, offering the body and prayer.

CT Timeline Namaskara over 1000 years

A timeline video tracing Namaskara across more than 1000 years.

Namaskara Timeline

Namaskara Timeline presents the sequence and progression of Namaskara practice.

Yogavidhi First Half

Practise tantric Hatha Yoga through Surya Namaskara, Gayatri mantras, breath pauses, and teachings on Kundalini, Shiva, and the goddess.

Yogavidhi Second Half

Explores Surya Namaskara’s ancient roots through its 12-pose sequence, Ashtanga Namaskara, and classic solar seed mantras.

Session 1 with Chris Tompkins

Session 2 with Chris Tompkins

Session 3 with Chris Tompkins

Session 3.2 with Chris Tompkins

Session 4 with Chris Tompkins