Ateeka has developed SYSTEMIC YOGA based on the fact that all living systems are connected. Our bodies have cycles of growth, decay and regrowth. In the stress of our modern society, it can be easy to fall out of balance and lose contact with our body’s natural cyclical rhythms. In Systemic Yoga, living cycles and movements of life are honored and explored.
SYSTEMIC YOGA combines ancient traditions with modern relevance and includes fluid asana, expansive pranayama, active and silent meditations, work with sound, YogaCONTACT (bodywork) all within the context of the collective archetypal energy patterns and symbology of the Vedic and Hindu pantheon.
Systemic Yoga explores asana with curiosity, openness and creativity. Rooted in evolving practice and personal experience, levels of alignment are approached as an intuitive and intelligent individual choice rather than an imposed demand for a perfect standardized form.
We work with the concept of “islands” (asana) and “oceans” (organic movement). We access traditional asanas in new ways to create a relevance for the body as a systemic whole. Movement is global, aware and open to the flow of life.
Above all, Systemic Yoga practices are intelligent and stimulate the practitioner to embrace individual awareness of movement inspired by the rhythm of the breath and water currents of the body.
SYSTEMIC YOGA is an “evolutionary yoga.” It’s practices respond to each moment’s needs. The science of Yoga has traditionally been taught by men to young men, in preparation for going inward in meditation and isolation.
Current statistics tell us that over 16.5 million Americans practice yoga and 76.9% of these practitioners are women. 42% of these women are aged from 35 – 54. The science of yoga must evolve to respond to the needs of women and men and our planet. Yoga is no longer just a training practice for young Indian men destined to become sadhus and Brahmin. Yoga has become our great inheritance, a tool for reclaiming balance and present moment JOY in our lives here in the West.
SYSTEMIC YOGA invites the fluid, changeable, responsive nature of water and flow into the practice. It is in this evolution that we will restore our balance personally and collectively. SYSTEMIC YOGA is for the modern practitioner, lifting the veil of our cultural conditioning and tradition to see clearly what is vitally needed for today. . . RESPONSIVE, FLOWING, LOVING CONNECTION with each other.
TESTIMONIALS - EXPERIENCES OF FRIENDS
FROM SHARONA IN TAIWAN:
I feel the sky bluer, the air fresher and the town more serene. I am enjoying and appreciate my life here more. This must be an outcome of practicing with Ateeka and Fabrizio. I wrote the below article in my BLOG in English and I hope you enjoy reading it.
http://blog.roodo.com/lyoga/archives/2695091.html
FROM CRYSTAL IN TAIWAN:
Today I rode a deep tide in Saratva (Systemic Yoga). It happened after the open attention and my body resonated in a bodily flow of energy. It was amazing and really made ripples in the water that's within me and on my skin. A beautiful and delicate experience. Free and uninhibited. It is overwhelming how powerful the inner energy can be when it comes together in sound and breathe. How it activates the cells,tissue,muscle,blood,water,all. There I was, completely present in my being. Feeling every breathe,the tissues in the back of the spine opening up and spreading out. The current flows smoothly. The space between cells expand. I can't quite explain that peace and joy. The ultimate comfort that just makes one smile. I smiled like a content baby with my eyes closed. How our body heals us. And my body too,has that innate power. It's such a bliss to be in touch with it. Even now,hours later,I can feel the after effects. The flow once activated,flows...and the movement continues. When I came out of the tide I was in a state of deep relaxation. I can sense the water in me flow freely all over all the way up to my fingertips. There 's no blockage. No contradiction. No holding back. It resonates in streams of spiralling current. One interesting founding was I came across twitches of the nerve at different points of my body,and all these points are like switches to open up the passage. I ride in this journey,this path letting go of ego and just feel and sense and appreciate my being,my breathe. It is lovely. And in it I feel the lineage yes,that I am one of nature's mammal. Purely enjoying being alive. I can understand the concept of evolution,how we evlove from the single amoeba to our bodies of human form. And yes, there is a dolphin in every one of us. One of bio intelligence. In 33 years of my life,for the first time,I am fully aware of the 70-80 percent water me,and I feel lighter in spirit. Lighter in heart...and soft.
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