Spring Equinox Yoga Workshop

The Spring Equinox marks the shift in the season.  In the Northern Hemisphere it represents new light, life and beginnings and marks a point on the calendar when day and night are in perfect balance.  Throughout the world, at approximately 4:24 p.m. Central Daylight Time, on March 20th both hemispheres of the earth receive the light of the sun equally.  What a wonderful time to focus on balance as we align ourselves energetically with the budding energy of spring and come out from under the fog of winter!  First we will prepare the mind and body with nadi shodhana pranayama (translated as “subtle energy clearing breathing technique").  This cleansing breath, also called “alternate nostril breathing,” involves inhaling and exhaling through one nostril at a time. In addition to opening the flow of energy along the nadis (the energy channels within us), this practice calms, purifies, and strengthens the nervous system…