Inner Garden Yoga, Atlanta

Anusara (Ah-nuh-sa-ra)                                                                 is the beautiful Sanscrit word chosen from a Tantric text by John Friend in 1997 to name the essence of his method of yoga.  

Anusara means. . .    

flowing with grace; stepping into the currents of the heart

Stepping In means. . .              Attitude

       The winds of grace are blowing all the time;                                all we have to do is set our sails.     -- Rama Krishna

        To "set our sails," is our choice, our Intention to open up to our deepest longing to fulfill our true Purpose, to offer our own gifts.  Saying YES to Life, we choose partnership with the benevolent Universe.

Stepping In means. . .                   Alignment

    Steering toward what is life-enhancing, we line up with that which opens the flow of Life energy moving through us.  The practice of Anusara yoga unfolds from Principles that we practice in every pose.  From these same Principles we safely map our way through any complexities by tracking what supports our vitality and well-being.

Stepping In means. . .                     Action

     We enact intentional alignment in the ground of practice.  Showing up for practice, over and over tilling up the ground of our being, planting seeds of intelligent and balanced action that take us toward the radiant flowering of our unique full self-expression.

Anusara Invocation

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave 

I offer myself to the goodness within my heart, the eternal teacher

Satchidananda Murtaye         

Whose nature is Supreme Consciousness and pulsates with great joy

Nishprapanchaya Shantaya 

Who is always present and full of peace                            

Niralambaya Tejase  

Whose essense is completely free from limitation and sparkles with divine luminosity 

John Friend with Anne Wissler and Inner Garden Yoga students all lit up in John's Atlanta workshop