Album Notes

Rudy Peirce, MA, a certified yoga teacher since 1982, is a perennial student of the yoga of life. He is devoted to approaching the practice of yoga as an exploration. Dedicated to making yoga accessible to those who would like to feel flexible, strong, whole and worthy. He offers Gentle Yoga programs regularly at Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA and yoga vacations to Costa Rica and Tuscany. A faculty member of the Kripalu School of Yoga, he has been a yoga teacher trainer since 1988. Fanning the Fire is the first CD of the INVIGORATION Series, the Intermediate yoga practices born of The Gentle Series yoga CDs. These are clearly detailed, guided yoga experiences designed to help students explore challenges beyond the beginning practices of yoga and discover new sources of flexibility, strength and vitality. This sequence includes: 1. postures that create deep openings in the hips, shoulders, spine, back and legs. 2. the pranayama practices of kapala bhati, bhastrika and nadi shodhana. This series also includes abdominal pumping, a powerful technique that tones abdominal muscles, revitalizes the organs of digestion and elimination, and stimulates the heart, liver, kidneys, adrenal glands, diaphragm, solar plexus and lungs. This is an 80 minute sequence which concludes with pranayama and meditation practice.