NIH Yoga Week: Alan Finger: On The Purpose of Hatha Yoga (1/7)

iHanuman humbly presents this week's featured offering. This recording is part of a week iHanuman spent covering the first Annual National Institutes of Health Yoga Week. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

Dr. Rachel Permuth Levine and her colleagues at NIH put on quite a show with live yoga demonstrations, yoga for the office classes, and incredible speakers each day. The event was free and open to the public and Rachel has just informed us that the 2nd Annual NIH Yoga Week is in the works for September 2009, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, please enjoy listening to the meditative wisdom of Yogiraj Alan Finger as he describes to you the system of yoga he developed called ISHTA YOGA, an acronym for the Integrated Sciences of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda. It is also a beautiful sanskrit word meaning that which resonates with an individual's spirit.

Yogiraj Alan Finger, was a wonderful opening speaker with his 47 years of yoga experience to share within 45 minutes. His presence is peaceful, his intelligence bright and he resonates with the essence of yoga. We hope this comes across in the recorded selections.

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• Alan
• Finger
• ISHTA
• Hatha
• Tantra
• Ayurveda

[okeokeok]

Please create a video for adrenal exhaustion ! You are the best Alan !!

[phishprincess]

I concur...please Alan, more Videos with you commentating and describing each pose. I had the early one in VHS, then had to get them in DVD. They are the clearest, easiest, most full rounded workouts.

[chocolate650]

Namaste,

I am a big fan, Alan.

I used your videos ten years ago when I first embarked on my yoga journey. They were/are amazing.

Please offer more CDs and DVDs, especially for more seasoned students.

Blessings,

Nicole

[Horsemanray]

I wanna get up in them guts.

[panamayogadivina]

Alan was my Guru at BeYoga in NYC. He is a great teacher. Thank you for this .

[donnarie101291]

I apologize profusely...I went to give you a thumbs up but I accidently hit the thumbs down. I am trying hard to fix it. I am hoping my 20 year old nephew knows how to do this. Sorry :-(

[fletchpa]

more videos . . puleez!

[fletchpa]

Yes . . . please Alan, I couldn't agree more than with the previous comment . . . please, please put out more yoga videos -- nothing beats your early ones. I use your early tapes day after day. They are the best. More please.

[donnarie101291]

Alan..if you are reading this..please put out more yoga videos!!