Men's Yoga Workshop
The goal of this workshop is to provide the user with a yoga practice that will begin to manifest the perfection of his body-mind.

Yoga is a means of manifesting and joining the perfection of the universe The Perfection to the practitioner's body-mind.
The Perfection is both theory and technique.
The theory is The Perfection asserts that the universe was created by a perfect deity and is therefore perfect. Everything that we judge as wrong and bad are simply part of the larger perfection of the universe that we do not understand. We are part of it. I am perfect and so are you just the way we are. We are all stardust.
The technique is the practice of finding and joining The Perfection, which creates it. Our job on this earth is to find our way home, to find a way to embrace, love and not judge all parts of the universe. We need to simply accept The Perfection. It is all right just the way it is.
The Perfection is a principle that seems to be impossible to prove or disprove through the lens of science or radical materialism. Proof is not needed when a leap of faith to that belief, will manifest The Perfection in your life. Faith and fear cannot be measured or weighed and remain outside the domain of science.
The perfection can work as an article of faith without proof, and practicing it can yield health, happiness and harmony. This faith provides the opportunity to give one's self fully to every endeavor, enhancing the entire life experience.
The Perfection is manifested as love, universal love - loving as the universe does (as seen in nature), embracing and enfolding everything. Every process, event or circumstance is to be joined and embraced completely. The practice of the perfection of the universe allows one to see every situation as part of The Perfection.
Peace is the outcome of joining The Perfection. No matter what you are doing, you are doing it as part of the one. You cannot do otherwise. The awareness of this provides comfort, connection and love. Forgetting this connection leads to separation, fear and discomfort. Even the learning process of the denial of the perfection is part of it. If the universe is perfect so is everything and every moment. So the approach is to value and cherish every activity, every second of existence, to join with the moment, to completely absorb it and be completely absorbed by it.
The Perfection of the universe manifests most completely in the now. If I bleed fully into every moment the perfection manifests, there are no regrets.
Your body manifests the perfection of your life as you have lived it until now. To change what you have manifested in your body you need to become aware of your repetitive activities that have shaped it. If you don't like something that you have manifested, you can change how you live your life and set your priorities.
Today's Men's Yoga Workshop will provide you with a practice I have evolved over the 40 plus years of yoga practice and six years of yoga teaching.
This yoga practice seeks to overcome the imbalances in the body caused by repetitive stress (over-use) and atrophy (under-use). Modern sedentary lifestyles lead to major body imbalances. Yoga cross-trains the body to restore it to healthier defaults.
I use the shaman approach to yoga, how it feels on my body, following where my path leads, setting my priorities. I recommend you do the same for yourself, if something does not feel right don't do it.
Yoga is part of a whole Mind-Body System
- Asanas are the physical postures of yoga.
- Pranayama is life force closely linked to breathing
- Concentration is thinking one thought
- Meditation is deep relaxation, the no thought state
Men need:
- Core strength asanas
- abdominal asanas
- hip flexibility asanas
- back asanas
- spine flexibility & strength
- More progressions in flexibility training
- Shorter holds for less stress
- Improved postural habits
Yoga Warmups (excel spreadsheet)
Charlie Jai Harrington
ERYT 500 Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher - Yoga Alliance
Certified Advanced Yoga Teacher - Satchidanda Ashram, Buckingham VA
LMT Licensed Massage Therapist - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NeuroSoma Practitioner
Certified Personal Trainer
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Charlie@charlieyoga.com