Yoga is not about touching one's toes or doing acrobatic poses. Classical Ashtanga Yoga (NOT Power Yoga) is about finding a deep sense of peace and contentment within using poses, breathing, and meditation techniques. Classical Ashtanga Yoga brings one in touch with one's purpose and inner-peace, cultivating physical and mental well-being. Consequently, one's relationships improve, enabling us to alleviate many seemingly insurmountable local and global issues.
Classes are suitable for all levels of Yoga experience and ability as the practice is adaptable to all. Postures, Breathwork, Chanting, Meditation and Mental Attitudes of Compassion and Peace are the basis of these classes.
If you would like a class at a particular time and day please let us know. We are also going to be offering a 40-day Yoga Challenge from 7 - 8 am for 40 consecutive days starting in early January 2010. Email us to sign-up. If you need to start and finish on a different day please let us know. If you have a group of 6 people and wish an earlier class for The 40 Day Challenge please also let us know.
Drop-in for $15 or take out a ten class pass for $100. For current students there is a new special: Have a friend sign-up for a ten class pass and you will get one-free class added to your pass and 10% off of retreats and 15% off of workshops. Your friend would get the same discounts! Lets continue to build a community of peace and compassion by practicing together. Pass is good for six months and all of the classes. If you are a new student and sign-up independently and take out a pass, you will also receive 10% off retreats and 15% off workshops.
$100 for Ten Yoga Classes
$100 for Ten Yoga Classes or $300 for 40 Yoga Classes - RSVP required
Daily 7 to 8 am; Monday 9 - 11 am & 7 - 8:30 pm; Wednesday 9 - 10:30 am & 4 - 5:15 pm; Thursday 9 - 10:30 am.
40-Straight Days of Yoga Challenge
Monday, January 4 to Friday, February 12, 7 - 8 am, only $300.00; after class breakfast is also available as an option. If you need to start or finish on different dates, please let us know.
1-Day Silent Retreats -January 10 & 24, 8:30 am to 8:00 pm
Enjoy a tranquil day of Yoga, Meditation and Self-Reflection in silence, with two delicious meals. Only $60.
If you would like a class at a particular time and day please let us know as we are in the process of expanding our schedule. We are also able to add other styles such as Yin, Restorative, Flow...let us know what you would like.
Ashtanga means Eight Limbs: Yamas (Restraints), Niyamas (Observances), Asana (Postures), Pranayam (Breath Work), Pratyahara (Withdrawal of the senses), Dharana, Dhyana and Samadi are all forms of Meditation. Classical Ashtanga Yoga is grounded in the first step in the first limb Yama, which is Ahimsa, non-violence, as practiced by Mahatma Gandhi. The practice of non-violence to oneself in body, mind and spirit is the essential basis of our lives. As Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. stated,"Peace is not a distant goal but a means to that goal." Baba Hari Dass states that the accomplishment of Ahimsa is full liberation. We use the Yoga Asana practice to cultivate the sense of non-violence from within so we can share it with all those beings around us.
I am also teaching Yoga:
Tuesdays at 9:30 at Yogacara on Trafalgar and Broadway by the DQ. Beautiful studio - http://yogacara.ca/
Fridays Nights at 6:30 and Restorative Yoga Saturdays at 3:30 both at Unity Yoga on 10th at Commercial http://www.unityyoga.ca/
Thursdays at 12:30 at the Carnegie Centre (Free)
Tuesdays at 6 pm at ProActivePilates in Kits http://www.proactivepilates.
