"Yoga changed my life. It calmed me. It centered me. It opened me up and brought flexibility into my life in more ways than one! When I practiced Yoga I was happy. When I didn't, my body and my spirit yearned for it. When yoga became part of my life, I was able to finally come home to myself."
Hatha yoga is like a "wish-fulfilling tree" of health benefits. 15 million people in the US couldn't be wrong! Whether you're looking to increase strength and stamina, de-stress from a long day, lose a few pounds, or just relax and "be" in a beautiful place, our classes are gentle but inspiring. Just as important, yoga postures can improve sitting posture and still the mind, in preparation for the inwardly focused practices that bring us into Krishna's spiritual realm. We teach yoga as an aspect of bhakti or devotion to God, but that doesn't stop it from being a great workout!
On Monday through Thursday evenings, come for special Integrated Yoga Nights, when we flow from one form of devotional yoga to another. An inner journey into the spiritual world unfolds naturally. These sessions begin at 6pm with an offering of love and devotion to God.
6:00 Bhakti, or devotional Yoga
6:15 Jnana Yoga, or yoga of Knowledge
6:45 Hatha yoga - postures/breathing
7:30 Kirtan yoga - call-and-response singing
7:45 Japa yoga - quiet mantra repetition
8:00 Finish
** Hanuman (see below) also teaches Integrated Yoga on Saturdays at 12:30 pm. Don't miss this customized, fun class with one of the area's top yoga and martial arts instructors (and kirtan leaders). Get ready to serenely enter Krishna's realm with a potent blend of Kundalini, Hatha, and Shakti (power) Yoga, as well as Thi Chi and other traditional martial arts exercises. We begin with the noon offering and Hanuman takes it from there.
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Sri Hanuman Das (Tues. and Thurs. evenings and Saturday at 12:30pm):
Sri Hanuman Das draws from 38 years of multi-faceted yoga and martial arts experience. As a member of the 1980 US Olympic Training team, he taught yoga to Olympic team athletes along with sports psychology, nutrition, and sports therapy. He has had extensive training and teaching engagements in many countries, teaching yoga, meditation, and other techniques to athletes and martial artists. He has also specialized for many years, teaching yoga and meditation to troubled youth around the word as a means of coping with addiction, violence, abuse, depression, ADHD, and many other issues.
Hanuman is also an initiated disciple in the Brahma Madhava Vaishnava lineage, where he received advanced yoga training from adept yogis while serving his guru in many countries. His Integrated Yoga classes are a relaxing yet invigorating blend of classical Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, meditation, philosophy, and chanting.
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Gwen Nitya Eby (Wed. evenings):
Nitya attended Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors, a 1000-hour training specializing in the Iyengar Yoga method. Her teachers at SIYI were John Charping and Betty Larson (long term student of B.K.S. Iyengar). She also studied with Ramanan Patel, another senior Iyengar teacher and life student of B.K.S. Iyengar. From there, she expanded into Ayurveda (India's vast science of holistic medicine) by graduating from California College of Ayurveda in 2007 as a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Pancha Karma Specialist. Her teachers at CCA were Dr. Marc Halpern, Debra Riordan, Ragaia Belovarac, and Amanda Lyon. From 2007 to 2008 Gwen joined an Ayurveda Gurukula and studied with Ayurveda Acharya Pratichi Mathur of Vedika Global. Currently Nitya is the director of Wisdom Ways Ayurveda and owner of VedaOcean.com, a registered teacher through Yoga Alliance. She also teaches yoga and sees ayurveda clients in the Provo Valley area of Utah County.
Celia Hemingway (Mon. Evenings)
"Yoga changed my life. It calmed me. It centered me. It opened me up and brought flexibility into my life in more ways than one! When I practiced Yoga I was happy. When I didn't, my body and my spirit yearned for it. When yoga became part of my life, I was able to finally come home to myself."
** Donations for the yoga teacher are always appreciated, but the Integrated Yoga is otherwise free. Everyone is invited, and you are welcome to come for any part or all of the program, as you choose. These classes, like the Sunday Feast, are a time for us to come together as a community and strengthen our spiritual practices.
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