YOGA IS A LIFESTYLE
Yoga is a lifestyle, a science that lends us a blueprint to a life in balance.
Please find descriptions and previews of the styles of yoga classes we love to teach and the restorative therapies and services we offer online.
HATHA
Learn and practice the gentle movements that will improve your range of motion, circulation and sleep while decreasing stress. Through a combination of breath work, mindful movements, focus and rest you will build a strong foundation for a healthy lifestyle.
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FLOW
A flowing sequence of asanas coordinated with the movements of the breath. These movements will enhance flexibility, and build overall strength. You will create internal body heat by moving through Sun Salutations, standing, balancing, seated and supine poses. The result is improved balance, resilience and endurance.
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RESTORATIVE YOGA
Focus on the present moment. Restorative yoga is all about slowing down and supporting yourself. Restorative yoga is therapeutic and designed to rest the nervous system and help release deeply held tensions from the body. Restorative yoga is a form on deep relaxation.
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YIN YOGA
Warm Yin yoga is a slow, therapeutic and meditative style of yoga where poses are held for a long periods of time. Yin Yoga helps to release deep tissue tension and fascia while supporting ligament and joint health. The benefits of this practice include increased metabolism, detoxification, safe and easy opening of musculoskeletal structures, improved spinal integrity and nervous system function, rapid healing from injury and disease, and increased mental focus and discipline.
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MEDITATION
Meditation and Yoga Nidra are immensely powerful mindfulness
techniques and one of the easiest yoga practices to develop and maintain. While the practitioner rests comfortably seated or in savasana (corpse pose), you will be guided through breathing practices or visualizations to experience a cleanse of thoughts leaving you with a sense of wholeness, connectedness and relaxation.
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TWEEN | TEEN YOGA (AGES 10-15)
Our yoga program for older Yogis & Yoginis incorporates body and breath awareness with mindfulness and meditation. We learn to move through the postures and refine them as the teens gain more control over their bodies and confidence in their practice. This is a learning and leadership based program with a curriculum that highlights yoga philosophy and asana with an option for serious participants to work towards fulfilling the prerequisites for Yoga Teacher Training, available to children age 15 plus.
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PRENATAL YOGA
Working with your changing body, rental yoga will help you recognize and alleviate some common pregnancy ailments and prepare your body for labour, delivery and life after your little bundle arrives. Prenatal yoga is suitable for beginners experiencing a low-risk pregnancy as we focus upon small, important moments that encourage proper alignment as well as breathing and visual techniques plus rest and meditation.
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POSTNATAL YOGA
Yoga can allow postnatal students to focus on movements and breathing specifically tailored to a body after delivery. Special attention is placed on developing core strength and stability – involving a particular emphasis on strengthening the back, abdomen and pelvic floor, as well as relieving tension in areas such as the neck and shoulders
Previous yoga experience is not necessary to fully benefit, and women who have practiced yoga before will find these classes are a great way to transition back to their pre-pregnancy practice.
You are welcome to involve your baby in the movements or have them close by on a blanket. Sometimes babies sleep all class, other times they may want to be fed and other times they are happy to see and hear the other babies around them. Fussing and crying is also totally normal, the babies are welcomed just as they are.
It is a good idea to wait for about 4 – 6 weeks after delivery before participating in postnatal yoga and 10 - 12 weeks if you have had a caesarian delivery (belly birth).
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CRYSTAL REIKI TREATMENT
A 60 minute relaxing and stress relieving session. Reiki Therapy promotes healing by using hands on techniques to improve energy levels and remove blockages in all systems of the body particularly our endocrine and lymphatic systems. We are energetic beings, let us help you move stale or stuck energy that is clogging your meridians and chakras, all leading to lack of optimal organ function and prone flow.