Rajiv Chanchani Online

A special course culminating in Hanuman Jayanti in April 2021

Hanuman is often referred to as “The Yogi Par Excellence” and BKS Iyengar had a particular devotion to Hanuman (visitors to RIMYI will have seen the murti on the roof). Rajiv will explore, through illustrations and chants and with help from Mr Santosh Gokale, the particular relevance that Hanuman has for yoga practitioners. We will look particularly at the chapter in the Ramayana that celebrates the many achievements and powers of Lord Hanuman.

A 90 minute asana/pranayama class will be followed by a lecture/discussion/chanting.

Classes will be held on all Sundays in April, and the final class will be on Tuesday 27th April, which is Hanuman Jayanti. All classes start at 8.00am UK - British Summer Time.

Rajiv Chanchani is a long-time student of B.K.S. Iyengar, and founder (with his wife Swati) of the Yog-Ganga Centre in northern India. Rajiv has been leading weekly classes of asana, pranayama, and yogic philosophy online since April 2020. Steeped in the rich culture that accompanies yoga techniques, Rajiv shares his deep understanding both of the physical postures and of the history and ethical implications of the practice of yoga. Many of Rajiv’s long term students were booked to travel to Rajpur for a special course entitled “The Breath of Hanuman”. With the onset of the pandemic this course was cancelled and now, a year later, we are delighted that some of the material that would have been covered then will be available online over Zoom.

DATES:

Sunday 4th April
Sunday 11th April
Sunday 18th April
Sunday 25th April
Tuesday 27th April: Hanuman Jayanti

All classes will start at 8.00am UK (British Summer Time).
All classes will be recorded and the recording will be available for 2 weeks.

There will be pre course reading which we encourage you to do. We’ll also be learning to chant the Hanuman Chalisa so we will send out some information before to help with pronounciation.

Eligibility is that participants should:

(a) have a minimum of 3 years experience in Iyengar Yoga
(b) have a full set of props (sufficient to do salamba sarvangasana) - if you don’t have a chair you'll need to be able to set up for cross bolsters
(c) know the names of the asanas and not need instruction in how to perform them
(d) know how to make adaptations to take care of any physical issues that you have (although those with major health concerns should not join - please email Zoë if you’re in any doubt about this and we can discuss with Rajiv)

COSTS:

Nobody should be excluded for financial reasons. Rajiv asks that you make a financial contribution that you are comfortable with.

A range of options are given in the range of £40-£100.

We’re grateful to all those who pay full price, but nobody should feel obliged to do so.

Please pay what you can rather than what you think you should.

You’ll receive the Zoom Code after you submit your payment. Make sure you don’t opt out of marketing emails because that’s the mechanism for sending the Zoom Code out.

You’ll get two emails from Old School Yoga - one with a receipt confirming your order, the second with the zoom code so look out for them!

Once you’re registered we will send out a pack with reading materials and a guide to pronounciation.

Do get in touch if there are any problems: zoereason@icloud.com