Letting Go Method Essay

The Letting Go Method is primarily an adaptation of Tim Gallwey’s “inner game” coaching techniques to yoga practice. In this context, yoga practice should be understood as the practice of yoga asanas.



The Letting Go Method invites to:

- Learn how to practice yoga without interfering with the practice;

- Learn how to learn and teach yoga without interfering with the learning;

- Learn how to let experience be the teacher, being an observer and facilitator of spontaneous changes;

- Learn how to increase enjoyment and relaxation in the yoga practice by eliminating unnecessary effort, judgment and tension.



The key points of the Letting Go Method are:

- The power of pure observation in learning; observe silent demonstrations without analyzing them;

- The power of visualization and feeling, setting a clear goal;

- The power of letting it happen, allowing and trusting; instead of making it happen;

- The power of non-judgmental observation, increasing awareness of what is, enabling spontaneous changes;

- The power of surrender, inviting enjoyment and discovery of new possibilities that go beyond the limitations of the mind.



This essay provides both the step-by-step of the Letting Method and a sample showing how the method could be used to improve the performance of Uttanasana.



In addition, a series of yoga sequences with images and demonstration videos are provided to support the practice of the method. The asanas in the yoga sequences correspond to the Introductory I and II levels in the Iyengar Yoga methodology.



The demonstration videos that support this essay are part of the Yoga Asanas Observation Library from Espacio Oneness, which are available on Youtube. This library contains silent video demonstrations of asanas performed according to the Iyengar Yoga technique. The purpose of this library is to increase learning, serving as a tool for supporting the first step of the Letting Go Method, observation.



Finally, this essay provides an appendix with asanas master tips or key actions in questions format, covering the highlighted asanas from the yoga sequences. The master tips can be used as observation points during the exploration phase of the Letting Go Method.