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15-Hour CET Programme
ELEVATE
Mastering Arm Balances
with Samrat Dasgupta
Oct - Dec | SUN 2pm- 5pm

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

This immersion covers A-Z you need to know about arm balances. You will learn the anatomy behind these poses and how to engage the correct muscle groups effectively.

 

This program is designed for anyone with a stable foundation and positive intention to learn. Join us for a transformative experience in building your arm balance skills!

  • Learn the anatomy behind arm balancing poses and how to engage the correct muscle groups.

  • Understand the do's and don'ts of hand positioning, finger activation, scapula positioning, and wrist alignments and so on.

Fundamentals:

Progression:

  • Break down each pose into simple steps with options for beginners, intermediates, and advanced students. Discuss how to progress to next level with variations on the poses.

  • Fundamentals of arm balances and application of proper muscle groups

  • Systematic and gradual progressions to load wrists, shoulders and upper arm muscles for the period of 6 weeks

  • Learning to isolate muscular engagements in various poses

  • Understanding straight and bend arm strengths and their applications

  • Core strength and understanding it’s role in arm balances

  • To find balance through understanding the centre of mass and proprioception with body awareness

  • Explore how changing the base of support affects scapula mechanics (e.g., funky arms and fingertip balancing) and other modification of arm dimensions

  • Methods to improve body awareness and control while balancing on hands

  • Role of flexibility needed in specific arm balances

  • Challenging the breakthroughs by building confidence with safe approach and overcoming fear and build resilience

  • Bent Arm Clan: Kakasana,Bala Kakasana (Baby Crow), Eka Pada Kakasana, Ashtavakrasana, etc.

  • Straight Arm Clan: Titivasana, Bakasana, Kukutasana, Lolasana, Tolasana, etc.

  • Horizontal & Diagonal Clan: Koundinyasana 1 & 2, Mayurasana, Visvamitrasana, Eka Pada Galavasana, etc.

  • The Unconventional Clan (with easier options): Funky Arms, fingertips modified versions, and other non-classical hand positions.

SYLLABUS

KEY COMPONENTS

DETAILED FOCUS

SYLLABUS OF POSES

Anatomy & Engagement:

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

Sundays |  2pm - 5pm

Dates:

OCT    27

NOV    3, 17, 24

DEC    1

15-Hour CET Programme

TEACHING LOCATION

Prana Yoga

3/F, Chinachem Johnston Plaza,
178-186 Johnston Road, Wan Chai

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TUITION

Full Workshop (15 hours)

1-Day Drop-In

Early-Bird Price (Till Oct 7th)

HK$4,890 ($326/hr) 

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Regular Price (From Oct 8th)
         HK$6,000 ($400/hr) 

Early-Bird Price (Till Oct 7th)

HK$1,200

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Regular Price (From Oct 8th)

HK$ 1,500

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

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SAMRAT DASGUPTA

 

Samrat is one of the leading faculty in Asia with over hundreds of his students working as successful yoga teachers globally.

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In 2023 he founded Prana Yoga with an intention to bring like minded individuals aspiring for higher physical and spiritual evolution under one roof and cater to the needs of yoga students of all levels, experience and discipline.

 

Samrat's practice began at the age of 7. After his second year of practice, Yoga drove him to continue his inculcation with higher motivational spirit. Samrat holds prestigious yoga titles like Yoga Jyoti, Yoga Saundarya, Yoga King, Yoga Shree, and eventually the acclaimed "Champion of Champions" award in the All-India Yoga Asana competitions in 1999. 

 

With years of practice, Samrat gradually realised that yoga is not merely limited to sport or an exercise to strengthen and lengthen– its greatest benefits are cultivating self-discovery and acceptance through its spiritual embrace. It's a science of healing oneself and attaining a state of mindfulness that eventually leads to positive actions and a person’s growth in the ocean of universal energy. Teaching yoga for him is an honour of being able to share the gift of this holistic science with the world.

 

Samrat started his teaching career in Hong Kong in 2004. He has encountered many other teachers (Mas Vidal, Ganesh Mohan, Paul Grilley, Srinivas Kamal, Prabir Karmakar to name a few) who have ushered him into his role of life with clarity and exposed him to the next level of spiritual development through practice. Samrat conducts teacher trainings, workshops, yoga conferences and retreats globally.

 

Samrat has devoted his life to the subject of yoga and is best known for his clear, precise and methodical teaching style that fuses the body’s biomechanics with a balance of asana, pranayama and meditation. His tangible knowledge, curiosity and ability to transmit with openness ushers the integration of deeper consciousness to his students. Samrat paves the way for practitioners to nourish their physical and spiritual well-being, which has allowed them to evolve into successful yoga teachers working globally.

 

Samratʼs teaching style is based on functional anatomical alignment and breathe awareness. His belief is a complete practice that constitutes a still mind with clarity and consciousness in actions both inside and outside the yoga studio. His classes are accessible to practitioners of all shapes, ages and interests. Students can expect to explore their strengths, work on focus, and learn to find the hidden bliss that is the true nature of every being.

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