Respira & Architecture of the Breath: Shaping the Breath, Shaping the Mind with Luke Karamol
Channel: The Alembic
Date: 2024-02-28

In this five-week drop-in class we will explore movement, breath, and meditation based on the Respira Method, a modern approach and distillation of Yantra yoga, a Tibetan form of movement that originates from the 8th century.

Breath is the one of the “three gates” and is said to be the bridge between the body and mind. In the Tibetan tradition, it is said that the mind rides the wind of the breath. Unfortunately, for many of us, we are governed by our emotions, tensions, and thoughts leaving our breath fragmented and unconscious. What if the breath were a source of rejuvenation connecting us to vitality, energy, and well-being?

This will be a fun, enlivening, and interoceptive (feeling/sensation) based approach to experiencing simple exercises and postures, and helps us connect us to breathe in a more complete and natural way. Classes can be experienced standalone and also build upon one another. Folks who attend will come away with a deeper appreciation and understanding of the breath and yoga practice, regardless of tradition

Luke Karamol has been studying and practicing yoga for over 25 years and teaches Tibetan Yantra yoga, Hatha yoga, and breathwork in Oakland, California. Luke’s inspiration and arrival to the path of yoga was and is the breath. His classes have a meditative focus and are rooted in the interconnectedness of body, breath, and mind. A passionate learner, Luke’s classes are informed by his studies of yoga as well as his understanding in the somatic and manual therapy traditions. Luke has assisted programs at Kripalu, Shang Shung Insitute, Yoga Tree-SF and presented at San Francisco State and Stanford Universities. Luke also has a private practice as an Ayurveda practitioner (NAMA-AD) clinical massage therapist in Oakland, You can find out more at www.thewisdombody.com.