YOGA

Yoga Class Format
ASANA is for body flexibility and strength. PRANAYAMA is for breath and life-force awareness. MEDITATION is to reduce distraction and increase clarity. A regular Yoga class of asana, pranayama and meditation will give you a better understanding of your weakness and strengths. Practicing Yoga to your comfortable maximum ability is the special effort required for balanced transformation.

Class level ?
The group class is suitable for all levels. We apply the appropriate application of Yoga for each student, within the context of a group class. A regular practice of asana, pranayama and meditation gives you a better understanding of your weakness and strengths. Practicing to your comfortable maximum ability is the special effort for balanced transformation.

What to bring ?
Wear comfortable clothing for Asana practices and a sweater to keep warm after class. Bring your sticky mat or purchase one from the studio. We provide floor rugs and blankets. Always have plenty of bottled water. Due to allergies and sensitivities that other students may have please do not use perfumes.

Yoga Online Home Practice
The purpose of doing a Yoga practice at home is to help you develop your Yoga sadhana (practice), which is a tapas (self discipline). It is something that you would like to start doing in your daily life and we need to develop the samskara (habit) of daily practice, like brushing your teeth.

Studio Yoga Privates
Come enjoy Yoga privates with Tedd Surman and Masumi at our Honolulu studio overlooking Diamond Head, Kapiolani Park and the Waikiki beaches. We also offer follow-up online Yoga Private sessions to support you at home.

Yoga Private level ?
Your teacher is certified by Yoga Awareness and the yoga privates are suitable for all levels. We apply the appropriate application of Yoga for each student, within the context of a private session. A regular practice of asana, pranayama and meditation gives you a better understanding of your weakness and strengths. Practicing to your comfortable maximum ability is the special effort for balanced transformation.

Raja Yoga Series level ?
The Raja Yoga 'Body and Mind' Series are exclusively for graduates from previous Yoga Awareness Self trainings and Teacher trainings. Tedd Surman reinforces the teachings of Patanjali from the Krishnamacharya-Desikachar lineage. This is an advanced series of workshops only for students who have previously completed the Yoga Trainings.

These small-group sessions are a great opportunity to reunite with your yoga sanga and to deepen your personal practice. Each 2-hour practice consist of asana to strengthen your body, pranayama to expand your life-force and meditation to purify your mind. This regular weekend practice (sadhana) is your personal commitment to yourself and becomes transformative over the entire 10 weekends.

Yoga Awareness offers yoga training in Hawaii, Japan and India. These trainings are ideal for students who are limited with time but are wanting to dive deeper in their self realization. You will gain a holistic understanding of caring for your body using the ancient and profound methods of Raja Yoga.

This is not Western style exercise aerobics, rather it is a meditation on 'Self' and how to best care and strengthen yourself using the time-proven teachings from the Veda-s. Yoga Awareness trainings are the authentic methods of teaching which focuses on asana (body), pranayama (breath) and dhyanam (mind). Each yoga training can be taken separately or together as consecutive trainings. On successful completion training hours can be credited to future Yoga Teacher trainings.