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YOGINI teZa RYT
teZa's studies of various approaches to
hatha yoga began when she was just eighteen, after a childhood of suffering from
crippling scoliosis. Her yogic studies include: Iyengar, Ashtanga, Kundalini,
Anusara, Bikram and many other forms of yoga. Physical postures lead to a
meditation practice, which began in 1968 and in time, to the commitment of
living a yogic life. For the last twenty years teZa has been a student of
Siddha Yoga, through which she works closely with a meditation master. teZa is
an active participant of chanting and meditation events in the
Tampa-Sarasota-Orlando area. Regular weekly Siddha Yoga Satsangs were held
until recently at her Lakeland home. In daily life teZa is a studio artist, a
writer, a garden designer, and she practices "household yoga" with her husband
and two children. Weekly she volunteers a yoga class to incarcerated teenage
girls at Bowling Green Youth Academy, a correctional facility.
Teza Lord featured in the Lakeland Ledger!
Website:
www.tezalord.com
teZa
Lord’s All Levels at My Time Studio
633
Schoolhouse Rd, Lakeland – t: 709-TIME Monday 7-8:30p
NAMASTÉ - “I recognize the
Light within”
I am a
yogini (a dedicated female yoga practitioner, a male would be a yogi). I’ve been
practicing yoga since a teen and for the last twenty years I’ve immersed myself
in the more concentrated yogic practices of daily asanas, meditation, chanting,
and studying under the tutelage of Swami Chidvilasananda, of Siddha Yoga
Philosophy and Culture.
Hatha
yoga is the physical postures, asanas in Sanskrit, the no-longer spoken
language in which yogic scriptures of this thousands years-old philosophical
system, were written. In 21st Century Yoga we will be learning
many ancient techniques, combined with the East meets West modern attitude of
people desiring good health and Inner Peace.
My goal
as a teacher is for you to learn the hatha yoga routine I’m presenting (which
can be adapted to your own body’s needs) so that you will have an ongoing
practice wherever you are. Your body is your built-in teacher. You are
not dependent upon classes to have a yogic practice, once you learn a routine.
Of course the more classes one does the more one is able to go deeper into one’s
practice—but sometimes this simply is not practical.
Memorizing the poses will come naturally when you do the routine over and over.
Here are some other things we’ll learn in All Levels
body-mind-spirit connection.
breath: everything
starts with breath. Listen to it. Focus on it. Make a sound if you wish.
intention: each
practice session begins with setting an intention, sometimes shared by all
mantra: “sacred
sound”- We’ll chant a focusing mantra to begin our practice.
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Om Namah Shivaya:
“I honor my Higher Self” with English affirmations: perfectly offered,
perfectly received, my perfect dharma (“right action”).
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Om
is the ancient “seed mantra,” the sound from which all else manifests.
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Shanti shanti shanti
– “peace peace
peace”
ananda: “bliss”…
naturally arises doing yoga. The human system is being purified.
right
effort: “I can’t
do it!” is not yogic; “I’m doing the best that I can!” is yogic.
non-competitive:
keep the focus on your Self. Do not compare. You are unique.
patience: take the
pose only to the point YOUR BODY wants…then hold it. Each time you do yoga
is different. To go fully into a pose may (or may not) take time.
drishti: the
steady gaze of eyes and pleasant look on the face. No stress on a yogi’s face:
the smile is gentle, eyes are focused one-pointedly. Please, no grimaces or
talking during the poses. There is plenty of time for sharing. Be gentle with
your Self.
meditation:
Focusing on breath, gazing on one spot, a yogi(ni) is instantaneously in
meditation during the still-mindedness required of asana practice. We will
continue at the end of each class in quiet meditation with savasana, the
aware corpse pose, exploring focusing techniques such as mantra, chakras,
imagery, etc.
body-mind-spirit:
balancing these aspects is the goal of yoga.
sangham: coming
together as a spiritual community.
“Connect to
the power outside by connecting to the power inside yourself.” Gurumayi
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