FREE YOGA - The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner
The Evolution of Ashtanga with Kristin Varner
Primary series ashtanga vinyasa poses, sequencing, and breathing with emphasis on the joy, creativity, and love that’s cultivated in an atmosphere of infinite possibilities.
The Evolution of Ashtanga honors the genius of primary series ashtanga vinyasa yoga - its intelligent sequencing, rhythmic vinyasa, and breath-centered movement - without outdated rigidity, hierarchy, and performance-based expectations. Ujjayi breath anchors movement, and mindful postural adaptions are encouraged to support energetic awareness, balance, and integration.
Poses are not earned. Bodies are not corrected into ideals. Perfectionism is recognized as a killer of creativity and love. The practice is approached as an evolving experience - one that emphasizes curiosity and self-inquiry over striving and comparison.
Everyone is Welcome Here
All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost.
What to Bring
Please consider wearing comfortable, layered clothing and bringing any practice supports you enjoy - mat, blocks, straps, bolsters, or blankets. Community practice supports are available, and you’re encouraged to use them freely. Bringing water to hydrate after practice is also a good idea.
This Practice is Not Sold
This practice is not sold. It’s shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - as a living expression of the community we are. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.
Giving is part of yoga practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, the grip of “me and mine” loosens. The patterns of separation and self-importance are disrupted. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into the truth of interconnectedness. Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two. This is how the practice continues - through open hands and open hearts.