What is Vinyasa Yoga?

Vinyasa yoga is the primary method/school of yoga that I teach. You can do it easily and effortlessly at your own pace to create more flexibility, strength and endurance. Vinyasa is a term that covers a broad range of yoga classes. The word Vinyasa means "breath-synchronized movement." In other words, you will be instructed to move from one pose to the next on an inhale or an exhale. This technique is sometimes also called Vinyasa Flow, or just Flow because of the smooth way that the poses run together and become a dance. If you have been sedentary, begin with Level I classes. If you have been active choose Level I and/or Levels I & II classes.  If you have been good to your body and are in tip-top shape choose Level I, Level II or Level I & II classes.  

Class Descriptions...

Flow Yoga: Level 1

This class is open to everyone but is designed with the beginner in mind.  An immersion approach helps you quickly feel the benefits of your practice and build a momentum for ongoing participation.  You will learn basic poses to assist you in becoming more flexible, creating strength and increasing endurance!  You will begin to let go of tension and relax through breathing techniques and basic meditation.  

Flow Yoga: Levels 1 & 2

This class takes you into deeper levels of intensity, including moon and sun salutations, inversions and longer meditations.

Yoga Energetics: Levels 1 & 2

Yoga Energetics is a series of movement and breathing exercises that awaken every muscle group in the body.  Taking only 30 minutes to perform, these exercises give you lots of extra energy and awareness.  Each exercise has a precise movement and breathing pattern that promotes anti-aging, vital energy into all your organs, glands and tissues and keeps you happy and alert!  Perfect when you are so busy you are unable to do a full hour of yoga.  Designed by Breathe to fit your lunchtime schedule.

Tibetan Five Rites Yoga: Levels 1 & 2

Tibetan Rites is the name given to a series of 5 exercises that originated in the Himalayas. These simple, yet powerful exercises, increase one's energy levels, help calm the mind and reduce stress, increase flexibility and enhance one's overall health and well-being. These exercises will dramatically increase physical strength, muscle tone, bone mass, create tighter abs and suppleness as well as mental acuity.  It has a liberating effect on the innate energetic power of the human body and mind.  Regular practice of these exercises relieves muscular tension and nervous stress, improves respiration and digestion, benefits the cardiovascular system and leads to deep relaxation and well-being. The Five Tibetan Rites can be a powerful vehicle not only for enlivening the senses but also for generating and harnessing vital energy for self-transformation.  We shall end the session in meditation.  

Reiki Circle:  Continuing education and practice for Reiki therapists.

Gnostic Meditation:  All Levels

We offer meditation instruction and classes on practical spirituality for all those who yearn to know themselves, and life itself, more profoundly.

There are no prerequisites to study and experience gnosis.  All are welcome, regardless of background or belief, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

This class is based on the teachings of the Vancouver Gnostic Center, which teaches the "Doctrine of the Synthesis", the essential core of many major religions and spiritual traditions.  This knowledge, or gnosis in Greek, is an understanding of oneself as consciousness, beyond the ego and personality.

It can be practiced freely by anyone, any time, any place, without conflict due to race, community or religion, and it will prove equally beneficial to one and all.

Topics include:
-Meditation and Self-Awareness Practices
-What is the Ego and the Consciousness
-The Organization of the Psyche
-The Universal Religion