Yoga Intensive with Mark Whitwell
Ojai, CA Aug 3 - 6
Weekend Retreat with Mark Whitwell,
Ojai, CA Aug 7-9
Weekend Retreat with Mark Whitwell, Ojai, CA Sept 4-6
Yoga Intensive with Mark Whitwell Ojai, CA Sept 7-10
The Heart of Yoga Association

The Heart of Yoga Association has been formed to help communicate the principles of yoga practice to a wider audience. Yoga is not an alternative to an existing lifestyle, but can add value and clarity to a person's life as it is. No one is restricted from yoga. Anyone who wants to can enjoy a yoga that is right for them. The premise of this yoga is that there is an appropriate yoga of body and breath for every person according to age, health, body type, and lifestyle. If the principles of yoga are applied taking into account the present situation of the person, anyone can enjoy the many benefits of yoga immediately.

The Middle East Project is a program to promote world peace..

Heart of Yoga is a non-profit 501(c)3. Contributions and inquiries to mark@heartofyoga.com.

*Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who lived to be over 100 years old, was one of the greatest yogis of the modern era. Elements of Krishnamacharya's teaching have become well known around the world through the work of B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Indra Devi, who studied with Krishnamacharya in their early years. Krishnamacharya's son T.K.V. Desikachar lived and studied with his father all of his life and now teaches the full spectrum of Krishnamacharya's yoga. Desikachar has based his method on Krishnamacharya's fundamental principle: the practices must be continually adapted to the individual's changing needs in order to achieve the maximum therapeutic value. This is viniyoga-- yoga adapted to the needs of the individual.

* Excerpted from The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar, published by Inner Traditions International, Rochester, VT 05767. Copyright © 1995 by T.K.V. Desikachar. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.

The Board of Directors

Heart of Yoga President: Mark Whitwell

Mark has a life long relationship with Krishnamacharya “the teacher of the teachers,” Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois and Desikachar. Mark edited Desikachar’s book
The Heart of Yoga.

Mark’s most recent book is Yoga of Heart, published by Lantern Books. He teaches
globally and at the Heart of Yoga Studio in Los Angeles. Mark established the Heart of
Yoga Association in 1998 as a Non-profit to provide yoga education worldwide.



Heart of Yoga Association
340 North Lucerne Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: 323.646.3858
mark@heartofyoga.com
www.heartofyoga.com

Yoga is your direct participation
absorption in the given wonder
the extreme intelligence of life
that is of course in every person
every creature
you can do this
it's not a search
it's not to use the mind
it's not to use the body to try to get somewhere
as if you are not "Somewhere"
as if you are not the full blown wonder of life
dependent on a vast process
for your own existence
so there is a right yoga for you
you learn to do that yoga
and then you too can enjoy this direct absorption
participation in the nurturing force that is life already given to you
you are completely loved
completely loved
you are completely cared for
everybody is completely loved
completely cared for
even if the social conditions are suggesting otherwise
even if your mind doesn't recognize it
by doing your yoga practice on a daily basis
actually and naturally
not obsessively
you too can enjoy this direct absorption
in the wonder that is this life
in all conditions of life including the unseen source
which is responsible for all this appearance here
please enjoy your yoga
YOU ARE HERE NOW


This is a simple argument.
It is easier than easy.
So simple, we seldom speak of it and do not grasp it.
But once seen, it is obvious
and we feel the stark reality of our life,
unmediated by the mind of doubt.

The idea of human imperfection
that is deeply ingrained in the social mind,
in old scientific and religious thinking
blinds us to the perfection that is already in us,
as us, as Life itself, as Nature "her"self.

We are not separate;
we cannot be separate from Nature,
which sustains us in a vast interdependence with everything.

The universe comes perfectly
and is awesome in its integration and infinite existence.
It is our natural state.

Our mission and passion
is to provide the spiritual
and healing powers of yoga
to all who recognize the ancient wisdom
and the wisdom of your own body and mind.

Mark's Hridaya Yoga Sutra
describes the spirit of
Yoga of Heart: the Healing Power of Intimate Connection