Colleen's Classic Yoga

11/03/2021

Naturally acquired immunity is at the center of a political fight over President Biden’s vaccine mandates.

04/09/2020

Our studio is closed temporarily until it is safe to meet again together. We will be continuing our classes on Zoom very soon. Happy Passover! Happy Easter! Please practice social distancing, we are all in this together. Peace.

04/09/2020

Some beautiful quotes from one of my long time teachers of yoga and life, Yogi Amrit Desai. He did a meditation on Zoom this afternoon. Use some of this time at home to meditate....

"All we need to know is revealed to us moment to moment. Accept yourself exactly the way you are now. When you change the whole world changes with you. Energy follows attention. (focus on your palms, do they start to feel heavy, are they pulsing) Lead us from Time-bound consciousness to the Time-less state of being." (get out of your past and come into the present; you may need to practice yoga /meditation to help w/ this, start w/ the most simplest way; like focus on your In Breath and Out Breaths.)

Namaste and Be well

10/23/2019

Freedom Style Yoga by Erich Schiffmann
As we begin, please understand that the various postures are designed to open and release the various tight areas of your body gradually. It may take you a while before you can do them all with ease. Be patient. Take your time. Enjoy the process. Keep in mind that the poses are not the destinations, nor are they strange contortions to force yourself into for some esoteric purpose. They are a part of an ongoing process of self-exploration and self-healing. Each individual pose is a map into a specific area of your self and where you are in the pose is the pose for you. Immersing yourself in the process is the important thing. That's what's interesting, not the achievement of elaborate postures. "Involvement" in the process will yield the results you desire.

10/17/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I29sbeBMpwM

Practice of this meditation can help you get past any blockage. It allows you to release attachments of the mind so that you are free from the impact of past...

10/17/2019

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/yoga-may-be-good-for-the-brain/

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a study of older adults with memory problems.

10/10/2019

10/10/2019

It's a Beautiful Day - Remember to take a moment and enjoy the day,

10/09/2019

"The lotus rising from the mud is the timeless yoga symbol of peace that is not dependent on cloudy or clear water, or external circumstances, but a deep connection to eternal essence within." - Shiva Rea

10/09/2019

Kundalini Yoga is a five-thousand-year-old authentic system of yoga that was kept secret. It was passed down from guru to chosen disciple until 1969 when Yogi Bhajan introduced it to the U.S. Kundalini Yoga consists of hundreds of Kriyas (exercise sets that create a certain effect), breath work, meditations, and mantras (sound) that promote health and happiness. Kundalini Yoga helps to strengthen and balance the nervous, glandular, and circulatory systems, regulate moods, process emotion, and develop concentration. The exercises bring the body and mind to a state where deep meditation is quickly and easily achieved; one leaves class feeling energized and blissful. Appropriate for all levels. It is fun and has great music!

10/09/2019

Hatha Yoga combines traditional, sequenced classic yoga postures and pranayama (breathing) with inner focus and meditative awareness. The intention is to bring body, mind, and soul into its natural state of integration or harmony. We study and practice the Kripalu Yoga and Amrit Yoga styles of Hatha yoga, which deals with the balance of opposites: Ha=Sun, and Tha=Moon. Each class is a balance of movement and stationary poses. The posture sequences are designed to create a balanced yoga experience by exercising the spine and body; forward and back bends, twists, inversions, and standing poses that develop balance as well. Leave class feeling strong, limber, centered and calm.