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A teaching approach

Cyclic Yoga: practice as an integrated whole.

Within Yoga Payammehr’s documented teaching tradition, Cyclic Yoga brings different dimensions of yoga into relationship — movement, breath, attention, meditation and study rather than treating each as an isolated practice.

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What does “cyclic” mean?

Not a collection of techniques, but a relationship between them

In Yoga Payammehr’s historical teaching material, Cyclic Yoga is presented within a broad yogic framework in which physical practice, breath, concentration, meditation and philosophical study inform one another.

The word “cyclic” points toward this movement between different dimensions of practice: activity and observation, effort and release, outward attention and inward awareness.

Rather than reducing yoga to physical postures alone, the approach places asana within a wider field of practice and learning.

Dimensions of practice

Different practices, held within one field of attention

Historical curriculum material associated with Yoga Payammehr references a broad range of yogic disciplines. The areas below describe that educational breadth without implying that every element is currently taught as a separate course.

01

Asana

Movement and posture practised with greater attention to the body, steadiness, coordination and quality of experience.

02

Pranayama

Breath practices that develop sensitivity to breathing, rhythm, attention and the relationship between breath and awareness.

03

Mudra & Bandha

Traditional yogic techniques appearing within the school’s documented curriculum as part of a broader field of practice.

04

Meditation

Practices of observation, concentration and inward attention that move beyond the purely physical dimension of yoga.

05

Yama & Niyama

Ethical and reflective foundations that place personal practice within a wider relationship to conduct, awareness and daily life.

06

Yoga philosophy

Study that gives context to practice and connects technique with the larger philosophical traditions of yoga.

Integration

Practice can move through different states without becoming fragmented

Cyclic Yoga is better understood as a way of connecting dimensions of practice than as a rigid universal sequence. A session may move between several modes while maintaining a continuous field of attention.

  1. 1

    Arrive

    Attention begins by noticing the present state of body, breath and mind.

  2. 2

    Move

    Physical practice creates direct experience through posture, movement, balance and coordinated action.

  3. 3

    Breathe

    Breath becomes a bridge between physical activity, attention and internal awareness.

  4. 4

    Observe

    Moments of stillness and meditation allow experience to be noticed rather than immediately acted upon.

  5. 5

    Integrate

    Practice returns to daily life with greater sensitivity to how movement, breath, attention and conduct relate.

The character of the approach

Integrated, attentive and larger than physical form

  • Connection

    Different yogic practices are understood in relation to one another rather than as isolated techniques.

  • Awareness

    Attention to experience remains central whether the practice is active, quiet, physical or contemplative.

  • Continuity

    Learning develops gradually through repeated practice rather than through intensity alone.

  • Context

    Physical practice remains connected to breath, reflection, ethics and the wider traditions of yoga.

Part of a longer story

A methodology connected to Yoga Payammehr’s teaching heritage

Cyclic Yoga appears within the documented institutional and curriculum history of Yoga Payammehr. It is one part of a broader educational tradition that has developed through decades of practice and teacher education.

This page describes that heritage and methodology. It does not mean that a course titled “Cyclic Yoga” is currently open for registration.

For the wider history of the school, its teachers and alumni community, continue to Our Story.

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