Inner Power Vinyasa
Our Philosophy
Inner Power Vinyasa is the use of all the experience that we gain from life as a guide in this inward journey of yoga philosophy and practice. It is the method of “Exploring Within” and listening to our own instinctive, intuitive, and intellectual bodies to find our own inner teacher or guru.
We follow the Vinyasa tradition of T. Krishnamacharya, which is a method of practice that is individualized to each of our own personal experience and circumstances. Vinyasa means “to put things in a special way”.
Goals in Life
As humans, our lives are designed to help us achieve full self-realization. We strive to reach four specific goals:
Our modern life as a tool
Modern life is not our ultimate reality; it is an illusion. It is not a good or a bad thing per se, as yoga philosophy is non-dualistic. Instead, we see it as a tool that can help us reach our goals in this lifetime.
Barriers to progress
Modern life has encouraged the development of kleshas or afflictions within us, which are barriers to achieving our goals. These are:
Yoga as practice
As it is, our life is designed to help us unravel our truths and free us from barriers to our progress. But if we practice yoga, it can help us reach our goals in life faster.
Our work as teachers
A teacher’s work is not to preach dogma but to be a guide and a peer in practice. As a teacher, you should be able to help fellow practitioners validate their experiences and accompany them in their quest for the answers to their own questions. This is the core of our training philosophy.
Inner Power Vinyasa is the use of all the experience that we gain from life as a guide in this inward journey of yoga philosophy and practice. It is the method of “Exploring Within” and listening to our own instinctive, intuitive, and intellectual bodies to find our own inner teacher or guru.
We follow the Vinyasa tradition of T. Krishnamacharya, which is a method of practice that is individualized to each of our own personal experience and circumstances. Vinyasa means “to put things in a special way”.
Goals in Life
As humans, our lives are designed to help us achieve full self-realization. We strive to reach four specific goals:
- Abundance and prosperity for material comfort (not excess or luxury)
- Emotional wellbeing through meaningful, loving relationships
- Sense of purpose through meaningful work
- Spiritual enlightenment
Our modern life as a tool
Modern life is not our ultimate reality; it is an illusion. It is not a good or a bad thing per se, as yoga philosophy is non-dualistic. Instead, we see it as a tool that can help us reach our goals in this lifetime.
Barriers to progress
Modern life has encouraged the development of kleshas or afflictions within us, which are barriers to achieving our goals. These are:
- Ignorance of our true nature
- False identification of the self with the ego
- Addiction to pleasurable experiences
- Aversion to experiences that bring discomfort, pain, or suffering
- Mortal fear of death, clinging to life, and lack of desire to know what’s beyond death
Yoga as practice
As it is, our life is designed to help us unravel our truths and free us from barriers to our progress. But if we practice yoga, it can help us reach our goals in life faster.
Our work as teachers
A teacher’s work is not to preach dogma but to be a guide and a peer in practice. As a teacher, you should be able to help fellow practitioners validate their experiences and accompany them in their quest for the answers to their own questions. This is the core of our training philosophy.
