Yoga Workshops are being held on Wednesdays, July 18 from 7-9 pm at the Rigby-Wilcox's near Pike Lake. Please bring your own mat and sense of adventure! Beautiful outdoor prairie setting, walking labyrinth on the premises and only minutes from Pike Lake Provincial Park!
Cost is $20 per person. All levels and all ages welcome!
Focus will be on Standing Poses and Forward Bends.
Contact Brandy at 230-1097 or email brandylynn@live.ca for more information and to register!
Directions from Delisle - take the Pike Lake Hwy - once you get to the turn, turn left and go about 3 miles. Turn right and it is the dark purple house on the left. Alternatively, you can email me and I have a map image that I can email to you!
From Saskatoon - You can go out of the city on 22nd St and take the hwy to Pike Lake and keep going until past Pipp's Place, an open field and then a hill and the purple house is on the left side.
From Vanscoy - take the road that goes out of Vanscoy to Pike Lake, once you get to the turn, turn right and keep going until past Pipp's, open field and a hill, the purple house is on the left side.
**There will be signs so you do not get lost!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Loreburn Yoga Classes
Tonight is our 7th class out of 10. We are finished on Sunday, June 24th for the summer. There will be a couple of workshops in July and August and hopefully some yoga in Elbow Park!
Monday, April 16, 2012
Intention
I mentioned Intention briefly last night in class. I found an article that I hope helps express more what it means to set an intention before practicing.
http://www.yogajournal.com/newsletter/myj_105.html#c
http://www.yogajournal.com/newsletter/myj_105.html#c
Ujjayi (oo-jy-yee) Breath
The breath we use for asana practice (asana means poses or postures) is called ujjayi breathing. The ujjayi breathing that we use has a soothing, rhythmic, oceanic quality. It is done by contracting the whispering muscles in your throat to create a long, hairline thin breath. You do not breathe all the way down into your abdomen, but rather into your chest, lungs and back. Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how to do it:
1. Bring your first or second finger to the soft spot between your collarbones.
2. With your mouth closed, breathe in through your nose, feeling the gentle retraction of those muscles beneath your fingers. It should feel as though you are whispering in reverse. You are closing the airways a little, so its kind of like breathing through a straw. Imagine the breath as a cleansing wind sweeping right in through that soft spot at the base of your throat.
3. For the exhalation, put your hand in front of your face as if its a mirror. Gently retract your belly, and with your mouth closed and the muscles of your throat still contracted, exhale through your nose as if you were going to fog up that mirror. The exhalation is exaggerated and extended. It is important to keep your mouth closed or you will lose energy on the exhalation.
*As taken from the book "Journey Into Power" by Baron Baptiste of Baptiste Power Yoga.
1. Bring your first or second finger to the soft spot between your collarbones.
2. With your mouth closed, breathe in through your nose, feeling the gentle retraction of those muscles beneath your fingers. It should feel as though you are whispering in reverse. You are closing the airways a little, so its kind of like breathing through a straw. Imagine the breath as a cleansing wind sweeping right in through that soft spot at the base of your throat.
3. For the exhalation, put your hand in front of your face as if its a mirror. Gently retract your belly, and with your mouth closed and the muscles of your throat still contracted, exhale through your nose as if you were going to fog up that mirror. The exhalation is exaggerated and extended. It is important to keep your mouth closed or you will lose energy on the exhalation.
*As taken from the book "Journey Into Power" by Baron Baptiste of Baptiste Power Yoga.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Class Update
Tonight, Thursday March 22 is our 2nd last class of our 10 week session.
Beginning, Sunday, April 15 is the start of our next 10 week session.
**Side Note: You do not have to have attended the first session to come to the second session. All classes start at beginner level so I can see my students level and then adjust accordingly!
These classes will be on Sundays now and at 7:30 pm instead.
Cost is $100 for 10 weeks or $15 per class drop in for adults.
Kids 12-16 (or younger as long as accompanied by parent) is $30 for 5 weeks or $60 for 10 weeks.
**Please let me know asap if you are in the 10 weeks - I must have 10 in attendance to run this program. Thank you!
Beginning, Sunday, April 15 is the start of our next 10 week session.
**Side Note: You do not have to have attended the first session to come to the second session. All classes start at beginner level so I can see my students level and then adjust accordingly!
These classes will be on Sundays now and at 7:30 pm instead.
Cost is $100 for 10 weeks or $15 per class drop in for adults.
Kids 12-16 (or younger as long as accompanied by parent) is $30 for 5 weeks or $60 for 10 weeks.
**Please let me know asap if you are in the 10 weeks - I must have 10 in attendance to run this program. Thank you!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Yoga on TV
On Bell Xpress Vu Channel 267 at 7:30 am is a show called Namaste - nice Yoga class for you to follow along with at home if you like!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Low Down
Quick reminder, bring a blanket to class for shoulderstand - you can go ALL IN if you want but we will also learn by using the wall today.
Drink lots of water!
Class is next wed and thursday....be there or don't :(
You should have received an email with pose diagrams...contact me if you didn't.
I didn't make it to town...so if you wanted mats, blocks, straps...they will be here next wed!
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Drink lots of water!
Class is next wed and thursday....be there or don't :(
You should have received an email with pose diagrams...contact me if you didn't.
I didn't make it to town...so if you wanted mats, blocks, straps...they will be here next wed!
Don't forget - LIKE us on Facebook and FOLLOW us here!
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