Kripalu Yoga
Why We Offer YOGA to Athlete’s:
Yoga develops and strengthens the mind and body. Training includes physical postures, breathing exercises, meditation, visualization and relaxation techniques. Yoga increases balance, flexibility, focus, power and strength. It will also teach students how to relax, become centered and balanced. Yoga is excellent for all types of athletes. The myriad health benefits of yoga are well documented by scientists and doctors.
While stretching the students will learn specific breathing techniques that help them focus, concentrate and relax. For a person to be successful in sports he will need to learn how to focus his attention on the present moment. Yoga helps an athlete bring his mind and body into the here and now. This greater level of concentration is imperative for optimal success in any sport.
Yoga is an ancient holistic system of personal development and stress management. Regular yoga practice enhances physical health, strengthens the immune system and creates a sense of harmony and well-being.
ach Yoga class integrates the practices of asana, pranayama and meditation. The Kripalu approach to alignment combines the science of anatomy, physiology and kinesiology with yoga’s energetic system of prana to empower the individual to make body-intelligent choices from within. Practices are led as a creative inquiry with an emphasis upon personal experience being the authentic teacher.
Ongoing practice of the Kripalu approach to yoga awakens the prana (lifeforce) within. This awakened prana profoundly transforms, heals and enlivens the body, self and experience of life.
Class includes:
- Coming into the present moment by centering the body, mind and breath
- Warm ups (pratapana) – conditioning exercises that synchronize breath with movement, as means of inducing concentration and preparing the body for more in depth asana
- Creative asana sequences that are precisely designed to stretch, strenghten and balance the body including: standing and balancing, forward and back bending, spinal twists, lateral bends and inversions
- Classes often include time for unguided exploration and expression or mediation-in-motion
- Classes close with integration through relaxation and meditation
- Classes range from gentle to vigorous
Class Intention:
- Restore the body to its natural state of alignment and balance by increasing body awareness
- Promote deep concentrated awareness
- Awaken the prana (lifeforce) in the body
- Experience meditation-in-motion
Classes will allow you to discover your own yoga!
Private Yoga Sessions
Customize a yoga session for your needs and well-being. Perfect for those with a specific injury, chronic illness, require specific times or would like some extra attention prior to beginning a class.
Creative Yoga and Movement for Kids
Children of all ages can explore hatha yoga, movement, play games, and connect, mind, body and heart. Breathing, stretching, strengthening, and relaxation are explored in each class. The benefits of yoga are well documented and far reaching. Let’s share the magic of yoga with our children and offer them more tools for their “toolkit of life.”
Classes are offered to:
- Pre Schools
- Elementary Schools
- Middle Schools
- High Schools
Kindergarteners Feedback:
“Yoga helps you grow and get stronger.
Yoga helps you stretch.
Yoga helps you calm down.
Yoga helps you feel peaceful.
Yoga helps you get better for sports.
Yoga helps your body get better at reaching stuff you couldn’t reach before.
Yoga helps you feel relaxed.
Yoga lets you have a lot of fun.”