What You'll Gain

Participants can anticipate:

• Improved strength, mobility, and confidence in challenging poses

• Intelligent pathways into headstand, arm balances, and Hanumanasana

• Deeper understanding of Yoga philosophy and mythology

• Tools to integrate effort and devotion in both practice and life

• Greater awareness of habit patterns and self-limiting beliefs

• A more sustainable, thoughtful relationship with advanced asana

A weekend of strength, philosophy, and embodied practice.

This immersive weekend at bodyRIOT explores how yoga’s deeper teachings come alive through movement, devotion, and inquiry. Blending traditional philosophy, mythic storytelling, and physically challenging asana, this immersion invites practitioners to explore strength, courage, discernment, and devotion both on and off the mat.

This workshop is designed for dedicated yoga practitioners and teachers who enjoy exploring arm balances, inversions, and more advanced postures—and who want to approach those practices with intelligence, meaning, and sustainability rather than force or performance.

Throughout the weekend, we will explore the processes that lead toward challenging postures like arm balances, headstand, and Hanumanasana. Rather than focusing on “achieving” shapes, the practices emphasize progressive sequencing, mobility work, and alignment-based exploration to help students build strength, confidence, and trust in their bodies.

Philosophy, mantra, and myth will serve as guiding threads throughout the weekend, offering a deeper context for why we practice and how these teachings can support us both physically and energetically.

What You’ll Explore

Participants can expect to develop:

• Greater strength, mobility, and confidence in challenging postures
• Intelligent pathways into arm balances, inversions, and deeper expressions of asana
• A richer understanding of Yoga philosophy and mythic storytelling
• Tools to integrate effort and devotion in both practice and daily life
• Practices that support resilience, focus, and self-inquiry

This immersion bridges the physical and philosophical aspects of yoga, helping practitioners move beyond performance and toward sustainable, meaningful practice.

Weekend Flow

Friday Evening – Devotion & Intention - We begin by setting the container for the weekend through practices of connection, reflection, and devotion. Together we’ll explore what it means to truly live your yoga and how the philosophical roots of the practice can guide our relationship to effort, surrender, and discipline.

SATURDAY: Mantra, Myth & Movement - Saturday centers around the story of Hanuman, a symbol of devotion, courage, and humility. Through mantra, storytelling, and dynamic asana practice, we will explore arm balances, headstand, and playful expressions of strength that invite both power and lightness into the body.

Expect a blend of:

• Progressive strength work

• Mobility exploration

• Skill-building for inversions and arm balances

• Mythic storytelling and mantra

SUNDAY: Integration & Asana Lab - The final day integrates the weekend’s work through an asana lab, intelligent sequencing, meditation, and deep rest.

Students will have space to explore questions, refine techniques, and connect the physical and philosophical threads of the weekend before closing with restorative practices that allow the body and nervous system to fully absorb the work.

Who This Is For

This immersion is ideal for:

• Yoga practitioners who enjoy arm balances, inversions, and challenging postures
• Teachers who want to deepen their philosophical and practical understanding
• Students interested in connecting movement with yoga’s deeper teachings

Participants should have an established yoga practice and a curiosity for exploration.
What to Bring

What to Bring

• A yoga mat

• A notebook or journal

• Curiosity and an open mind

• A willingness to explore both effort and surrender

Yoga is more than shapes—it’s a lifelong path of exploration, inquiry, and devotion.

This weekend is an invitation to practice deeply, move courageously, and reconnect with the deeper meaning behind the practice.