First. What to wear? Wear your old baggy sweats and a favorite comfy T. Wear what suits you, but as long as you wash it often.
Second. I can’t bend, should I do yoga? Absolutely, that is why the postures have been developed in hopes that we have a steady practice and become more aligned or come back to our “Vital force”.
Third.Do you Have Hot Yoga? We certainly do, but a different hot yoga. A traditional approach. As Buddha says,”Seek within not with out.” Our Asana classes allow the heat to build within your body and giving you the great release of toxins without unnecessary dehydration of the major organs which happens when we exert our energy when in a hot space or environment.
Remember to stay open and find what appeals to you regardless of others opinions. This is your destination, not anyone else can decide for you how to live it.
Namaste
Mama t
So you think you can’t bend. Everything in life requires work. If you are interested in getting bent and would love to build your confidence, join Yoga Source in the new year January 2011 for a amazing journey of yoga especially designed for the fabulous teens of today. Call for more details and stay tuned in for the next two weeks how you can get involved with our new 2011 Teen Program.
Heck why not. YOGA is the sure way to whole body wellness. Yoga Source is not a trend spot, it is an educational yoga studio with seasoned teachers who have much to offer to our community and to you. Next time you decide to get healthier…. ‘get bent’, at Yoga Source. I would love to hear about your experience.
Ladies Join us here at Yoga Source for a in depth yoga program designed for today’s women. Mary Foran will educate you on hot topics about the women’s role and changes of life through yoga. So Ladies drop the vacuum or the household, ‘to do list’ and do this special program as a gift to yourself for just being a woman. See you Saturday October 23rd at 1pm to 4pm. Namaste T
Yoga Source wants to welcome the newest Yoga Studios to our community.
Simplicity Yoga & Fitness Studio, Moksha Aurora and Zen Bones Yoga!
The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
My light to your Light! Well done owners of new studios, Jenn, Belinda, Linda and Brie.
Namaste! MamaT.
Yoga Source’s Teachers’ Training is one of the region’s newest and most prominent courses, recognized for its non-dogmatic approach and spirited method. This unique teacher training programme draws on a range of teachings and yogic traditions to encourage students and aspiring teachers to find their own voice and inspiration in this evolving practice.
In this course, students explore a practical and theoretical syllabus that covers not only asanas but meditation, anatomy, nutrition, philosophy, ethics, and various teaching methods and techniques. The teachers’ training is structured to give prospective yoga teachers a solid grounding in the various postures and practices of hatha yoga as well as basic insight into some of the major eastern sources of yoga knowledge and their modern significance. Students will develop basic insight into the anatomy, physiology and movement potential of the human body and as students are expected to teach and be students simultaneously, strength and insight is developed throughout the programme.
Yoga Source’s Teacher Training is a comprehensive training programme for students who have been practising yoga for at least 2 years and who wish to become teachers. This course is also open for students who simply wish to deepen their practice and learn more about themselves as yogis or yoginis. Each weekend is a progressive, integrating practice over the course of eight months to a year. The training is an ongoing conversation and students develop lasting relationships within the yoga community and are able to take advantage of a small and consistent teaching staff.
This course was introduced in 2008 and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. Fees are kept as low as possible but do remain consistent with being able to offer teaching from the region’s best specialists in their respective fields.
We are proud of our graduates, and many have gone on to teach or open their own studios.
Meditation
Meditation is being credited with having many benefits – reducing stress and anxiety, increasing concentration and creativity, improving self-regulation, achieving enlightenment…
Meditating with a group helps us deepen our personal practices, whatever our reason for meditating may be.Suitable for beginners. Non-denominational. Chairs and bolsters available.
Starts: Sunday, September 12 from 9-9:45am
Payment by donation to various local charities.
Want to "Relax" like a cat.
“I came to Yoga Source to heal a chronic pain condition that no other medical treatment had successfully corrected. 40 days and 800 downward dogs later, I’m thrilled to say that the pain has subsided – and my life has changed for the better. Yoga is the ultimate tune-up for your body. My thanks to the fabulous Yoga Source instructors and Theresa Gagnon for helping me achieve my goals and find my balance. The universe provides!”
Before starting to take yoga classes, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with some of the things a regular practice can do for you. You’ll hear lots of claims from lots of people: from those who just feel better physically, mentally and/or emotionally when they do yoga, to those who say they’ve been cured of specific problems from back pain to cancer. But what can you expect?
At its most basic level, hatha yoga is a physical practice that concentrates on maintaining and deepening the breath while flexing, extending and rotating the musculoskeletal system through a series of mindful exercises. These exercises are recognized as a safe and effective means of:
1) Increasing flexibility and ease of motion
Although a student may feel that a particular asana or yoga pose works on just one or two joints and/or muscle groups, the practice involves the entire body and its benefits are eventually felt throughout.
2) Improving cardiac and respiratory function
Yoga creates an awareness of breath and breathing and allows the student to deepen the breath and gradually increase lung capacity without straining. A regular practice can increase circulation, reduce the resting heart rate and improve aerobic capacity (VO2 Max).
3) Reducing stress and physical tension
Yoga is a recognized means of invoking the so-called relaxation response, “ a physical state of deep rest that changes the physical and emotional responses to stress… and the opposite of the fight or flight response.” A regular practice calms the nervous system and creates an awareness of the build-up of tension and an ability to consciously release it.
4) Promoting health
There are a lot of scientific studies whose results show that practicing yoga can lead to improvements in key indicators of health including body weight, coordination, reaction time, memory, blood pressure and levels of chemicals in the body such as blood sugar, cortisol, adrenaline and serotonin.
5) Detoxifying
By gently stretching and twisting the musculoskeletal system yoga massages all the internal organs thus increasing the circulation of blood and lymph and helping to flush toxins from the body.
Yoga students report that practicing regularly has helped them in a lot of other ways too including:
• More restful sleep
• Improved balance
• Increased self-esteem
• A sharper mind
• A reduced need for prescription and over-the-counter drugs
• Generally improved quality of life
• A new spiritual awareness
Third.Do you Have Hot Yoga? We certainly do, but a different hot yoga. A traditional approach. As Buddha says,”Seek within not with out.” Our Asana classes allow the heat to build within your body and giving you the great release of toxins without unnecessary dehydration of the major organs which happens when we exert our energy when in a hot space or environment.
