Start the Year Right With Yoga!

Starting January 29, 2019

Beginners Yoga Course

Yoga is truly wonderful—it helps rejuvenate our body, mind, and spirit. It also helps us discover the greatest version of ourselves possible!

In yoga for beginners, we will explore the fundamentals of yoga. Although this course is mostly geared towards the yoga novice, still, this course can also benefit someone who feel they need a refresher on the basics in yoga. The fundamentals are important and set a strong foundation in the yoga practice for a yoga novice. A brief of history of yoga will be introduced. This course will put a strong emphasis on yoga breathing. You will learn ujjayi breath and how to synchronize this yoga breathing method with the yoga movements; when you move into a pose, while you hold the pose, and when you move out of the pose; this is called vinyasa. Vinyasa links one pose to the next, and without the correct breathing method, it virtually impossible to practice vinyasa, or any yoga for that matter.

A beginners’ course or an open class, which one is right for you? It depends on where you are at in your practice.

As a yoga instructor and a yoga practitioner, myself, I have seen over the years, how vital information is lost in the instructions from the yoga teacher who is calling out the asanas during a yoga class. This is not because the yoga teachers were unskilled in teaching yoga, quite the contradictory, the instructor was knowledgeable and gave an excellent class, but due to a large number of mixed level students, and the duration of the yoga class, there is not much time to communicate the theory of yoga and its philosophy. More importantly, it is not much time to teach or mention the importance of yoga breathing and without it, a yoga asana practice is pretty much lost. 

Although there are recommended textbooks for this course; you will receive handouts that contain plenty of information.

Recommended textbooks for this course are (most of the text is available online):

“The Sivananda Companion to Yoga: A Complete Guide to the Physical Postures, Breathing Exercises, Diet, Relaxation, and Meditation Techniques of Yoga”

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice Revised Edition by T. K. V. Desikachar

Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual by David Swenson

What you will learn:

A brief history of yoga.

Basic yoga poses and their benefits.

The importance of mindfulness, especially in a yoga practice.

How to create your own yoga practice.

We will also cover the principles and the significance of:

Ujjayi breathing.

Kapalbhati (cleansing breath).

Anuloma pranayama also known as alternate nostril breathing.

Vinyāsa; which is a flowing sequence of movements synchronizing yogic breathing method (Ujjayi breathing) that links one pose to the next, and more!

We promise you that you will feel more confident attending a regular yoga class with confidence after you have completed our course “Yoga for Beginners.”

Book your next yoga class, course, and workshop here with our safe online registration website.

The course will go on for five (5) weeks.

The cost will be $350.00 per person.

Early bird (2 weeks prior to start date) $300.00 (you can even contact me now to secure your place and to receive the early bird price).

The start date is January 20th and ends February 20th.

The class begins at 6:00 and lasts until 7:30 pm.

We will meet twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.