About this Event
Find Home in your Body
ashtanga and pranayama
This is an invitation to experience how the regular practice of yoga asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing) can support your life and help you find a sense of calm within. A great way to start or enhance your Ashtanga Yoga practice.
PRANAYAMA ONLY:
If you want to join the Breathing portion only look into our Pranayama option (available online).
Whether you are new to yoga, transitioning from other discipline or have been introduced to the Ashtanga method, this series is a great option.
In a small group you will:
- Learn the foundational aspects of the practice,
- Follow an adapted and modified Ashtanga Led class,
- Learn a safe and simple breathing sequence to support your nervous system.
- Experience the calming and strengtheing effects of Ashtanga Yoga.
You will finish the series with a taste of the benefits that the practice has to offer, and with the curiosity and motivation to welcome it into your own routine.
No experience needed. Come as you are. We have mats!
ABOUT THE CLASS
Every class will start with an adapted version of the Half Ashtanga Primary Series, followed by a safe and simple breathing sequence, and will finish with a short guided meditation practice.
You can choose to do the series (4 classes) or to join per class.
The series is designed for you to start learning and practcing part of the Ashtanga series, and a simple and effective breathing sequence that can help regulate your nervous system, generating more peace & calmness, both of which you can keep practicing at home or in the shala.
The class is in person at the shala, with an option to join Online for Pranayama only.
ABOUT PRANAYAMA
Pranayama, a foundational practice of Yoga, is the art of paying attention to our breath; of lengthening, expanding, or directing it, in order to still our minds and reach deeper levels of peace.
The way we breathe, has a direct effect in the way we think and feel. And viceversa. Paying attention to our breath is the most powerful and accessible tool to regulate our nervous system and generate a sense of peace.
Some benefits of Pranayama practice include:
- Increased cardiovascular health
- Increased respiratory health
- Decreased stress levels
- A calm mind
- A balanced nervous system
- Deeper inner awareness
- A way to prepare for meditation
- Improved digestion and elimination
- Mastery over the mind and emotions
- Increased energy levels
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Yoga Circle Collective Healing Lab, 2515 Burrard Street, Vancouver, Canada
CAD 38.61
