Yogic Wisdom Demystified

• Break down complex concepts from key yogic texts, including the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita, into clear, understandable lessons.
• Highlight the connections between these texts to provide a comprehensive and cohesive understanding of yogic wisdom.
• Offer practical applications of yogic principles that you can integrate into your daily life immediately, enhancing your personal growth and well-being.

• Simplified Teachings: Learn the core ideas and philosophies in a way that is accessible and easy to grasp, without losing the depth and authenticity of the original texts.
• Practical Application: Discover how to apply yogic wisdom to everyday challenges and opportunities, making ancient teachings relevant to your modern life.
• Integrated Approach: See the big picture as we link various yogic texts, showing how they complement and enhance each other.
• Respectful and Authentic: Gain insights that honor the cultural and spiritual origins of yoga, presented in a respectful and thoughtful manner.

• Individuals who are new to yoga philosophy and find traditional texts challenging to understand.
• Yoga practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge and integrate philosophy into their practice.
• Anyone interested in applying the wisdom of yoga to improve their daily life, reduce stress, and find greater balance and clarity.

Every month, we'll explore a new theme from popular yogic texts like the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Vedas, and Devi Mahatmya.

 Each month includes 4 on-demand philosophy lessons, 1 on-demand asana class, and 4 live weekly Yoga Wisdom classes.

On Demand Classes: These classes will be a set theme announced a month before.

Weekly Wisdom and Q & A: A  live weekly class based with yogic wisdom topics based on current events or information Shanna recieves during meditation/contemplation. 

This is also a time to ask questions about the theme. Send questions in advance or ask during class. 

 Held every Tuesday at 11AMEST on Zoom. Recorded.

Monthly Asana: This class will be an accessible yoga asana class based on the theme for the month.

Non-attachment (vairāgya) is often misunderstood as emotional disconnection, passivity, or the need to renounce worldly life. However, the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita reveal a more profound truth: Non-attachment is not about withdrawing from life but about engaging more fully, with clarity, purpose, and freedom.

This program dismantles misconceptions about non-attachment, showing that it is not about living in isolation or suppressing emotions. Instead, it is a practice that allows householders—those deeply woven into relationships, work, and responsibilities—to live with greater presence, resilience, and joy. True non-attachment does not mean abandoning duties but approaching them without clinging to outcomes, fears, or ego-driven desires.

Through philosophy, discussion, and practical application, we explore:

• The Yoga Sutras’ teaching on vairāgya: Letting go of false identification and attachments that create suffering.
• The Bhagavad Gita’s wisdom on action (karma yoga): How detachment from results leads to deeper involvement and service.
• The paradox of engagement: How non-attachment allows for more profound love, connection, and responsibility.
• Practical tools: Meditation, breathwork, and reflection exercises to cultivate non-attachment in daily life.
• ) is often misunderstood as emotional disconnection, passivity, or the need to renounce worldly life. However, the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita reveal a more profound truth—non-attachment is not about withdrawing from life, but about engaging more fully, with clarity, purpose, and freedom.

Open Hands, Open Heart is an invitation to step into life with full presence—embracing love, work, and relationships gracefully, while releasing the need for control. When we let go of attachment, we don’t lose connection—we find true freedom.