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Online Programs via zoom
Online kirtan via zoom fortnightly in November and December next kirtans: Sundays 7-9pm UK time, November 8th and 22nd, December 6th and 20th Email james@jamesboagyoga.com to register Donations by paypal/bank transfer gratefully accepted. … Immersive online courses: October-November 2020 Tuesdays 7-9pm UK time: Yoga Foundations and Inquiry Course October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, 24 The intention of this course is to empower all participants with deepening understanding of principles to help us navigate our own authentic path of yoga in the reality of our lives today. There will be inquiry ‘homework assignments’ of exercises, practical research and journaling exercises. We will work with and explore these themes: 1. Tuesday 6th October: Yoga 1,2,3, considering teachings of oneness, of duality and balancing the pairs of opposites and of three - the magic number, and ‘the grey’ - the space of nuance and deepening, beyond black and white binary reductions, because we only see the rainbow in the grey. 2. 13th October: The Four Aims of Life, the Puruṣārthāḥ, Artha, Kāma, Dharma, Mokṣa. 3. 20th October: Śiva Nāṭarāja and the Five Acts of the Supreme. Dancing in the wheel of existence, cultivating rhythm in the whirling wonder of life. 4. 27th October: Yoga Darśana: On looking in ways that reach beyond our habitual ways of looking - including Tarka and how yoga relates to the other schools of the śaddarśanāḥ - the six schools of orthodox Indian philosophy 5. 3rd November: Constancy, Resilience and Artfulness: Discipline and Freedom, Preparation and Spontaneity, Diversity and Immunity 6. 10th November: Living the Eight Limbs Part One 7. 17th November: Living the Eight Limbs Part Two 8. 24th November: Navarasa - ‘aesthesia’, yogic learning, remembering, and living a beautiful life Course fees: GB£184 To register, email: james@jamesboagyoga.com Places will be limited to a maximum of 22 people per course. If course not full it may be possible to join once the course has begun, course fee will be adjusted accordingly ... December 2020 4 week course via zoom Tuesdays December 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 7-9pm UK time. These sessions will work with Christmas/Advent/Solstice related themes through a yogic lens, which will include: - Advent and the Purāṇa-s: Practising Yoga for the ever-new now, working with key motifs from the Devi Mahātmyam - In the beginning was the Word: Oṁ, mantra, Sanskṛt and Yoga - Jesus, Sovereignty and the Way of the Yogic Warrior: Considering some of the life and teachings of Jesus through universal yogic archetypes of lover, warrior, magician/sage/mystic and sovereign. - Whole Life Yoga, the Circle and the Cross: with teachings on Yoga and the Sun, the Solstices and working with the cycles of life. Course fee: standard fee will be £92. £82 for people who have already taken two courses with me this year. £72 for people who have taken 3 or more courses with me this year. To register, email: james@jamesboagyoga.com I will give scholarship places for each ten full-paid places, and if anybody would like to make additional donations for assisted/scholarship places, these will be very gratefully received. Jan/Feb 2021 courses via zoom 7-9pm UK time, dates tbc Tuesdays: Bhagavad Gītā Chapters 5 and 6 we will study from the original text, and the 2 hour session will be preceded by an optional 30 minute recitation practice in which we learn and practice reciting the Sanskṛt verses of the chapter we are studying. Thursdays: Purāṇa - The Perennial Practical Wisdom of Yoga, Symbol, Story and Song In this course we will use symbol and story from the Indian tradition to explore practical yoga philosophy. In each session, we will consider a mantra, a kirtan song or Sanskrit hymn and explore the rich teachings and stories evoked in its words. This course will also serve as a type of ‘guided tour of a kirtan’ as we dive deep into the rich teachings encoded in yogic archetypes and the words of songs and names of the Divine we often sing in kirtan. 1. The Gaṇeśa Stava - Gaṇeśa and representing that which is beyond representation 2. The Mahāmantra, Hare, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa 3. Skanda and Kumāra Sambhava 4. The River: Gaṅgā 5. Govinda Gopāla Radhā Kṛṣṇa 6. Namo’stu te, the Earth and Mother Divine 7. Śiva Śiva Śambho Śaṅkara 8. Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu In each session we will begin with a mantra or song, then ‘unpack’ it, sometimes with reference to Purāna-ic stories, and explore its practical depth. Course fee: GB£184 To register, email: james@jamesboagyoga.com Places will be limited to a maximum of 22 people per course. I hope to offer two scholarship places, one per 10 full paying participants on each course. If anyone would like to make an additional donation to support scholarship or assisted places, please let me know in your email. … 
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Audio/Video Resources
James Boag Yoga Youtube channel James Boag Yoga Soundcloud Listen to James singing kirtan with his sister Elizabeth on Soundcloud Hear James in conversation about practical yoga philosophy with his colleague Paul Millage Yoga Anytime Online Courses
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Recorded Februrary 2017. In-depth, practical exploration of Chapter One of this treasure text of the yoga tradition, with movement, meditation, and sound practices too. 
The Mythology Show
Recorded September 2015, exploring the practical riches of mythology in the yoga tradition, with episodes on Ganesa, Mother Divine and Hanuman. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 course 15+ hours of content, recorded June/July 2015, includes: introduction, series on recitation and series going through the practical teachings of Chapter Two, working from the original Sanskrit, with stories and songs along the way. Use code JAMESBOAG for 30 day free trial on yogaanytime.com 
Archive Videos on vimeo
Click on the link below to access a series of teaching and recitation videos of James made by Laura Lea Nalle in Mysore 2013 http://vimeo.com/channels/namaste Click here for recent blog article about James Contact email: james@jamesboagyoga.com |
James Boag Yoga
Yoga is balance, integration, skilfulness and efficiency. Yoga practice is about cultivating sustainable harmony.
Yoga is about the whole of our lives: everything we do, all we experience. It is about stretching our understanding of who we really are, strengthening our connection to the innate wisdom of our conscience and rehabilitating our broader human capacities while working respectfully with the realities of our individual natures and our diverse responsibilities.
Yoga practice is about training ourselves to be able to find joy in the everyday wonder of life and steadiness in the face of its inevitable challenges.
It is about meeting and refining our own patterns and habits and inviting ways of being that are conducive to sustainable, integrated health and wellbeing.
James works with a range of mutually complementary lenses to explore yoga principles in practical application, including: principle-based asana, natural movement, meditation, kirtan singing and chanting, storytelling and interpretation, satsang talks, discussion and inquiry, nourishing high quality food and time outdoors.
Yoga is about the whole of our lives: everything we do, all we experience. It is about stretching our understanding of who we really are, strengthening our connection to the innate wisdom of our conscience and rehabilitating our broader human capacities while working respectfully with the realities of our individual natures and our diverse responsibilities.
Yoga practice is about training ourselves to be able to find joy in the everyday wonder of life and steadiness in the face of its inevitable challenges.
It is about meeting and refining our own patterns and habits and inviting ways of being that are conducive to sustainable, integrated health and wellbeing.
James works with a range of mutually complementary lenses to explore yoga principles in practical application, including: principle-based asana, natural movement, meditation, kirtan singing and chanting, storytelling and interpretation, satsang talks, discussion and inquiry, nourishing high quality food and time outdoors.
