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"Any reason for practicing yoga is a good reason. Enhancing flexibility and releasing stress are as noble a purpose for performing yoga as the awakening of spirituality. This is the great gift of yoga it serves and nourishes us at every level of our being and spontaneously contributes to greater well being in all domains of life. Yoga will help you discover gifts within yourself that have remained unopened since your childhood gifts of peace, harmony, laughter, and love."

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
by Drs. Deepak Chopra & David Simon

The Sanskrit word yoga means union - union of environment, the senses, body, mind, and soul. This union is described in an ancient text known as the Yoga Sutras, written by the sage Patanjali who explains that yoga is the progressive settling down of the mind in the field of pure silence, which is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.

Yoga for Every Body

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga integrates 5,000-year-old Vedic wisdom and the yogic interpretations of Drs. Chopra and Simon. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a consciousness-based hatha yoga program infused with teachings from Dr. Chopra's classic bestseller The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Hatha Yoga is the study of the asanas or postures based on Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga. Our program offers a balanced approach that can be taken more deeply or gently, depending on the needs of the individual. We guide students to experience body-centered restful awareness, which in turn helps each student find the perfect way to do the postures.

The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California, provides yoga instruction seven days a week and offers its world-renowned Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga teacher certification program twice each year. We also include morning and evening yoga instruction in all of our programs, seminars, workshops, and retreats.

THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOGA:

If you’re like millions of other people who practice yoga, you’re aware that it is a wonderful way to improve your flexibility, balance, muscle tone, and endurance. Most likely, you have experienced the feelings of tranquility and vitality that flow during a good yoga session and that stay with you throughout the day. These benefits are excellent reasons to practice yoga, yet they only hint at the extraordinary and transformative power of this ancient practice. At last, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga brings spirituality back to the practice of yoga today.

What is Yoga?

The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit word yuj, meaning union. More than an exercise routine, yoga is a complete science of balanced living and a path to higher knowledge and joyful abundance. When adhered to and practiced mindfully, the yoga principles and techniques of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga can be the keys to unlocking your full creative potential, your capacity for love and compassion, and your ability to find success in all areas of life.

What are The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga?

Since its release in 1994, Deepak Chopra’s book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success has improved the lives of millions around the world. Through seven easily understood principles, the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success teaches that harmony, happiness, and abundance are available to anyone willing to embrace a consciousness-based approach to life.

Chopra Center co-founders, Drs. Deepak Chopra and David Simon have designed a daily yoga practice to help you unite body, mind, and spirit, bringing you into alignment with the magnificent rhythms of the cosmos.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga infuses your practice with spirit while bringing the seven laws into action each day. Every class plays a crucial role in yoga’s path to enlightenment while providing you with a wealth of meditation techniques, mantras, breathing exercises, and yoga poses.

What are the benefits of yoga?

The remarkable benefits of a regular yoga practice, which include improved flexibility, balance, muscle tone, endurance, and vitality, only hint at the extraordinary power of this deeply spiritual practice.

physical benefits: Creates a toned, flexible, and stronger body. Improves respiration, energy, and vitality. Helps to maintain a balanced metabolism. Promotes cardiovascular and circulatory health. Relieves pain and strengthens posture. Improves your athletic performance.

mental benefits: Helps relieve stress. Helps achieve body-centered restful awareness. Encourages positive thoughts and develops self-acceptance.

spiritual benefits: Builds awareness of your body, your feelings, the world around you and the needs of others. Promotes a deeper connection between mind, body, and spirit. Helps you to experience a deeper connection to self and spirit on and off the mat.

Yoga is more than a system of physical fitness. It is a science of balanced living, a path for realizing full human potential.

How do I get started?

To take your next step toward learning the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, please feel free to call or email your local Chopra Center Certified Instructor.

Whether a newcomer to yoga or an experienced practitioner, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a pathway to yoga’s deeper spiritual dimension and a beautiful step to a happier, more harmonious, and more abundant life.

What Will I Learn in a Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Class?

In addition to exploring the depths of your soul, you will learn:

•              The spiritual law of the day

•              Pranayama breathing exercises

•              Strength, flexibility and balance postures

•              Sanskrit terms for poses/asanas

•              Meditation techniques

•              Energy opening postures

•              Infinite possibilities