EMBODYOGA® 
is a wise and thorough approach to the ancient Science of Yoga

Embodyoga® is a whole-person experiential investigation into and enlivening of the intelligence, creativity and awake awareness that is foundational to who we are.

There is so much to experience about what it is to be alive. So often we get caught on the surface and forget our true nature. Embodyoga® offers real tools for learning to differentiate what is actually core to life, from what is extraneous and confusing. We learn to separate the heart-of-the-matter from the more superficial swirling of thoughts and emotions.

Bringing a somatic lens to yoga’s wisdom, Embodyoga® enlists a clear methodology for delving within. Our Embodied-Inquiry practices introduce techniques for exploring every aspect of the awake and alive consciousness of which we are made. We dive within. We explore our densest most structural selves, continuing all the way to the most subtle and radiant layers of our existence.

Knowledge breeds
self-acceptance and love.

Then, insight and inspiration flow spontaneously from within.

Embodyoga® embraces a Tantric philosophical view
of our embodiment in form.

We study our personal body-mind system as a microcosm of the Universal Whole. We explore our body’s structures and consciousness through embodied asana, pranayama, and meditation. We investigate the personal as well as the Universal using the tools of radical self-acceptance and discriminative mind. 

CELLULAR AWAKENING

Inviting insight into our true nature we begin to notice that we are awake and alive at every level of our being. Cellular awakening alters our perception of self, the world, and our place in it. We spontaneously recognize that as we are, so is everything else. The embodied recognition of Unity provides profound inner comfort and nurtures trust in the natural order of things. Our relationships become based on commitment, respect, and love.

Embodyoga® begins with the premise that our entire personal self— body, heart, and mind— is a sea of Pure Vibrating Creative Awareness. We recognize that each aspect of our physical, subtle, and energetic form is an expression of this Pure Awareness manifesting through individual qualities and traits. We experience these aspects as gradations of Pure Awareness, all made of the same “stuff”, all having equal value and importance, and all interwoven to form a system that is perfectly equipped and primed for Self-Realization. 

Through the process of inquiry, which guides the journey into our unique body-mind system, we harness the powerful forces of curiosity and desire to guide our exploration. Experience has shown us that whatever route this journey takes, it leads to the revelation of the Unity that underlies all form. Embodyoga® is supported by three pillars: Embodied-Inquiry™, Santosha, and Viveka.

EMBODIED-INQUIRY™

Embodied-Inquiry™ is an intimate exploration of all layers of our form and consciousness, through the body’s systems to the cellular, sub-cellular and pranic levels.

SANTOSHA

Santosha is the wholehearted acceptance of and contentment with What Is - without inferring non-action. True self-acceptance lays the groundwork for personal evolution by freeing us up to make choices about how we perceive ourselves and our place in the world.

VIVEKA

Viveka is the penetrating practice of discrimination. It hones and refines our consciousness, protecting us from the perils of self-deceit.

Cellular Breathing

Cellular Breathing is the foundation for all pranayama techniques in Embodyoga®. The subtlest movement of prana within our bodies, we consider cellular respiration to be our primary breath. Consciously practicing Cellular Breathing enlivens the subtle energy within and around the cells, a process that can be witnessed, felt, and enjoyed. By beginning with cellular breathing, we learn to stay soft and receptive in practicing the traditional pranayama techniques.

Whole Body Ujjayi Pranayama

Whole Body Ujjayi Pranayama is a soft and resonant ujjayi practiced from the perspective of the cells themselves. The cells call for the prana of the breath and the ujjayi washes the breath to and through the cells. This unifies the lung breath with cellular respiration, and it integrates and supports the whole body in asana practice.

Naval-flooding breath

Naval-Flooding Breath is a foundational technique for organizing movements to and from our core. It increases prana flow in the navel center, stabilizes the navel, and integrates our limbs through our solar plexus, and into our deep belly core.

Embryonic Breathing

Embryonic Breathing, as taught by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, is a method for sipping prana into our deep core. It expands the finest aspects of life force and refreshes prana flow in the deep body structures, including the organs and bone marrow.