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Chase Bossart is a
student of T.K.V. Desikachar
and a Krishnamacharya
Healing & Yoga Foundation
Yoga Teacher trainer. He
is a senior teacher at
the not-for-profit Healing
Yoga Foundation in San
Francisco, where he sees
clients for private yoga
therapy, conducts small
group classes and teacher
trainings, and teaches yoga
philosophy.
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Instructor: T.K.V. Desikachar with Chase Bossart
Tuesday, September 22
2:30pm - 5:30pm: Healing Through Yoga: Session 3b
Code: T3BDES
Breathing is one of the most important and fundamental processes of our human system: Our breathing is both a reflection of what is happening within us and a way for us to influence our feelings. We'll explore how, when used in the right way, the breath can have a profound therapeutic effect. Lecture and practice.
Instructor: T.K.V. Desikachar with Menaka Desikachar and Chase Bossart
Thursday, September 24
9:00am - 4:30pm: Thursday All-Day Intensive
Code: ALDESI
mixed levels, therapeutic
There are no prescriptions in yoga, and this can be effective with chronic conditions as well as lifethreatening ones. Through discussion and practice, we'll discover the basic concepts of yoga therapy, including how to customize your approach, empower the individual, and apply the holistic concept called the pancamaya model, which is at the foundation of yoga therapeutics. Discussion and practice.
Instructor: Chase Bossart
Friday, September 25
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Main Conference: Session 3
Code: M3BOSS
mixed levels, contemplative
Yoga's holistic approach takes into consideration body, breath, mind, personality, emotions, and spirit. Using the pancamaya model from the Upanishads, we'll discuss the overlapping nature of these dimensions and explore how yoga's tools can create an individualized practice, the foundational principle for the therapeutic application of yoga. Lecture and practice.
Instructor: Chase Bossart
Saturday, September 26
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Main Conference: Session 6
Code: M6BOSS
mixed levels, therapeutic, contemplative
One of the definitions of yoga is "meditation," in that yoga's primary focus is moving the mind in a particular chosen direction. When we use meditation to facilitate and deepen a link to a concept or object, that is yoga. Explore this definition through discussion and practice. Asana and meditation.
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