Cape Men's Yoga

Yoga brothers, This month we'll be offering nude men's yoga and meditation classes most Sundays at our regular venue in central Cape Town. There are however some specific variations to note. 08 March 2015 - class is at 10.00 until noon as per usual, but it is the Cape Argus Cycle Race and hence you need to check road closures and adjust both your route and your timing accordingly .   Please check  http:// www.cycletour.co.za/ wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ Appendic-9-2_Road-Closures_ Table_2015_-2-December-201 4.pdf for road closures.  15 March 2015 - This is a regular class at the regular time. Please make sure you are at class before 10 am which is when we lock the door.  22 March 2015 -  NO CLASS THIS WEEKEND. This is the SpiritFest yoga weekend out in Paarl. http://www.spiritfest.co.za/ Many of the guys will be out doing a full weekend of yoga. Come a and join us, just remember your shorts.  29 March 2015 -  We are looking at do...

In our Sunday mini-retreat, we took some time to read an excerpt from one of the most famous of the Upanishads - holy scriptures of the Vedic tradition. In this tale, Nachiketa is cursed by his father and as a response he travels to see Yama, Lord of Death. Yama is away and Nachiketa must wait for him to return. Yama is mortified that a guest has been made to wait. He offers Nachiketa any gift he wants. Nachiketa wants to know about the mysteries of death. Yama is reluctant but the boy has the right to ask. In this excerpt Yama explains how we apply our minds to understand the truth of the Self and in so doing, we understand our mortality and immortality. Behind this is a story about the fear of our Ego, the fear of death, of annihilation, of being set aside so that the true mind may pursue the holy life. In yoga, do not have fear, trust the path, trust your intuition, learn to put down the outer fussing mind and find the inner sanctum of stillness... Katha Upanishad Transl...