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What happens when we practice the same sequence but change the character who is practicing it?

In this experiential workshop, we’ll draw from the foundational Sūrya Namaskāra A + B sequence of the Mysore Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga tradition as both a physical practice and a laboratory for exploring identity.

Just as an actor can inhabit the same scene differently through changes in intention, posture, rhythm, and breath, we’ll move through the same sequence as different “characters” and observe how dramatically our experience of the mind-body can change.

Beneath the stories we bring to practice—I’m flexible, I’m stiff, I’m advanced, I’m getting older, I’m strong, I’m not good at this—what is actually happening?

We’ll slow Sūrya Namaskāra down to explore its alignment, physiology, breath, gaze, strength, mobility, and nervous-system effects, learning to distinguish direct sensation from the interpretations we add to it.

This brings us to one of Yoga’s central inquiries: Who are we when we are not completely identified with the movements of the mind? Through movement, acting exercises, writing, observation, and meditation, we’ll explore the possibility of meeting ourselves—if only for a moment—free from story.

Live Online • Open to All Levels

Founder of Aquamarine Yoga, Sandi Higgins is an authorized Mysore Ashtanga Yoga teacher, filmmaker, writer, and actress whose work brings together movement, storytelling, performance, music, and Indian philosophy. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she began her professional creative life working in Hollywood and independent documentary cinema. Most recently, Sandi acted in the upcoming Sandalwood (Kannada) feature film Daiji. She is the author of the poetry book, Unholy, Holy, Whole, and is currently writing her next book, a memoir about her experience as a camera production assistant on Academy Award winning director Sydney Pollack’s last feature film.

Sandi turned to Yoga to heal from trauma and burnout in the entertainment industry, and has spent more than a dozen years studying and teaching, including extensive practice and training at the fountainhead of the Ashtanga Yoga lineage in Mysuru, India. Today, she draws from the tools of the actor, filmmaker, writer, and yoga practitioner to help others attain greater freedom, healing, and creative intentionality.

• Learn and refine Sūrya Namaskāra A + B

• Explore its alignment, physiology, and functional benefits

• Notice how breath, gaze, rhythm, muscular engagement, and attention change movement

• Practice the same sequence through different characters, observing how identity affects the body

• Experiment with moving from direct sensation rather than narrative

• Explore Patañjali’s distinction between the movements of mind and the awareness that observes them

• Use acting, writing, and meditation to investigate character, identity, and self-perception

No acting experience or advanced yoga practice is required. Open to yoga practitioners, actors, writers, artists, and anyone curious about the relationship between body-mind, character development, story and witness.

International Rate — $60 USD
For participants living and working in the USA, Europe, and comparable economies.

India Rate — ₹3,000
For participants living and working in India.

We offer location-based pricing to make these workshops more accessible across different economies. If you live elsewhere, or somewhere between these pricing contexts, please choose the rate that most closely reflects the economy where you live and work.

• 2 Live Online Classes (Total 4 Hours) with personalized attention from the teacher

• Digital Handouts (Chanting Verses in Sanskrit and English, Philosophy, and Anatomy)

• Recordings of Live Classes