This challenge is the first step in taking your physical practice to the next level.

This program is designed to target the fascia – the web-like connection throughout your entire body. The exercises assist in reawakening the fascia, supporting recovery and overall body maintenance.

We base our physical practices upon the Ashtanga techniques and sequencing. Ashtanga is a precise physical discipline that provides great results for strength and ease of both body and mind – when practiced correctly and under the guidance of experienced teachers.

Luckily at Phoenix we have Sanjay who has over 15 years experience.

If you would like to take your practice to the next level Ashtanga may be a good fit for you.

When you are ready to commit to a deeper experience in your practice:

• 5 days per week of physical yoga
• Daily meditation
• 3 x 1 day fast
• 2 x Private yoga session
• 3 x Ayurvedic massage
• 1 Vedic astrology reading

Pranayama is the expansion of your vital energy. It is essential for a physical yoga practice creating inner strength and correct body movement.

Pranayama is invaluable for meditative practices as it also develops great mental concentration and control.

Ayurveda focuses on all the physical aspects that support your practice from your nutrition, to the environment you live in and the lifestyle you follow. One of the most beneficial aspects is knowing how to re-balance your Ayurvedic dosha (elemental composition).

This challenge combines multiple parts of Ayurvedic discipline to help you understand how your body and mind work together to bring you optimum equilibrium.

If you want to get started sooner, you can also have a private Ayurvedic session with Sanjay (see Treatments).

This challenge has 3 components:

• Giving back to the community – generating compassion

• Cleansing the body

• Learning how to control the mind through letting go of attachment and desire

When you feel ready to combine physical and mind practice this challenge is a great opportunity – whilst raising money for a good cause!

Allowing yourself to move freely can be daunting. We have so many constraints placed on us in society and as a result we develop unnecessary boundaries preventing us from expressing our true identity.

Moving meditation is a way to break free of these constraints and voice our personality through free-form dance.

This is a vital step in the process of discovering your true nature. Join us on the last Friday of each month.

A few times per year we take time to study and discuss spiritual texts that have important teachings. Book club is recommended for continued personal mind development and is accessible to all levels.

The first step in learning how to meditate is developing Mindful Awareness of our body, speech and mind.

Once you are ready to start the process of turning inwards and connecting to a deeper place within, this is the course for you.

Mindful Thinking covers 9 topics in the Mahayana Buddhist Lam-Rim teachings. We learn how to direct our mind in a positive way and develop a deeper understanding of the nature of things and how they inter-relate.

The type of meditation we use here is called ‘analytical meditation.’ Our brain has a natural tendency to think. In this course we use that natural thinking habit and simply redirect it in a way that serves us better.

Most participants complete this course twice.

Mindful Existence is the completion of the Mahayana Buddhist Lam-Rim text. We cover more advanced teachings on reality and the nature of our personal existence (and the universe!).

Pre-requisite: Level 2 Meditation

Buddhist Tantric practice is only open to students who have completed up to Level 3 Meditation.

These practices cover the preliminary Mahayana Buddhist Tantric meditations. Some of these include:

• Medicine Buddha

• Vajrasattva

• Chenrezig

• Prostrations

• Other special prayers and meditations

We continue to refer back to the Lam-Rim text to help guide us through these practices.