Yoga to Fire Up Your Metabolism - Awaken to Joy! Discover the deeper currents within
Yoga to Fire Up Your Metabolism - Awaken to Joy! Discover the deeper currents within
January 3 (Saturday)
at 10:00 am
Class length
90 minutes
Location
305 East Duval Street, Suite 101, Lake City, FL 32055
Discover the deeper currents within, in this special ONE-DAY EVENT focused on
FIRING UP YOUR METABOLISM!
Join us for a potent blend of twists, dynamic balances, & attuned energy work to increase your vital life force — jātavedas agni.
Purchase of tuition confirms your agreement to the full Waiver & Release and Terms & Conditions; you must complete this form online here. You understand that this form must be completed online PRIOR to attendance, and that there are no refunds. Great news is you only need to complete this form once!
January’s session is the remedy you need to clear stagnation and get your inner fire churning, so you fuel a life you love and greet each moment with openness and gratitude…
This month’s Awaken to Joy dives into the master practice of agni sāra — your inner essence of the fire of life.
Strengthen & stabilize through graceful postures like Vīrabhadrāsana (Warrior 3), Ardha Candrāsana (Half Moon), and Natarājāsana (King of the Dance), all woven into flowing sequences that energize without strain.
We begin with gentle, floor-based warmups to activate pelvic and abdominal connection — the foundation for balance that’s not rigid, but stable, supple, and alive.
Next, we’ll work simple supine twists and leg lifts, to loosen up and strengthen the spine, while also waking up four layers of abdominals. This ignites the maṇipūra, or “city of gems,” the energy center connected to the solar plexus, which activates discernment, motivation, and aspirations.
Gentle yet invigorating, this practice builds power, coordination, and vitality while revealing broader dimensions of awareness. You’ll leave feeling joyful, refreshed, and ready to savor this precious life — with the clarity to trust your inner voice, and the courage to finally follow it, whether that means speaking the truth in a hard conversation, or saying no to something that’s quietly drained you for years. THIS is what it means to practice yoga to awaken YOUR life force, your divine birthright!
Plus, you’ll explore lesser-known gems like Capāsana (Sugarcane Bow Pose), Nṛtta Gaṇapati (Dancing Boy Ganesha), and a standing version of Agni-stambhāsana (Firelog). These rare postures add delight, dimension, and deeper inner access — helping you break habitual energetic patterns.
You’ll move and grow through standing yoga flows that incorporate tons of twists to speed digestion and boost assimilation of the inner nourishment you need so you feel energized. As agni builds and coalesces, it incinerates inner obstacles and increases your access to awakened prāṇa. Your efforts gather momentum instead of dispersing, and the body begins to circulate energy in a way that encourages stamina and a more intentional way of moving through the new year.
This physical focus becomes a gateway toward expanded perception — inner and outer —while also highlighting apperception, the thought patterns that often quietly drive us.
You’ll develop subtle sensitivity to the state of your inner fire — the quiet fluctuations that determine whether energy is available or leaking away. Instead of letting that flame dull into lethargy or scatter into restlessness, you’ll learn to track its changes, raise its intensity, and direct its power.
Most importantly, we’ll learn the master practice of agni sāra. Both a prāṇāyāma (breath extension) and kriyā (cleansing action), it teaches you how to kindle the fire at the navel center and engage the deep abdominal muscles that govern energetic metabolism. This practice burns away the sluggishness that accumulates from stress, overeating, or emotional heaviness. Agni sāra fortifies the system from the inside out, helping you to feel renewed aliveness that fuels one-pointed attention, now harnessed toward meaningful – and joyful! – action.
Having gotten the fire in the belly vigorously moving, we’ll then shift into gentler breathing techniques that gather and circulate your refined fuel. You’ll practice traditional nāḍī shodhana to build JOY, alongside lesser-known tantric techniques to clear away subtle congestion of the energetic body. Your focus will be guided inward to support nervous system balance and enhance your access to subtle pulsations. You’ll explore profound yoga philosophy through the light of three nāḍīs — rivers of life force inherent within your being, now even more illuminated with the radiant fire of your inner intelligence .
Merging practice and philosophy helps you better understand and embolden latent energy pathways of your mind and potentials for peace. You’ll move toward an inner recalibration that makes it easier to stop absorbing everyone else’s stress, get through the day without crashing, and follow through on the things you’ve been putting off.
There is a healing capacity within you; this helps fuel it!
Combining body, breath, and prāṇic (energy) awareness harmonizes your inner battles and gathers your scattered life force — so you access your truest wisdom and feel inspired.
This refined intention empowers you to stay calm when things get hectic and respond rather than react, so over time you refuse to let haters or habits hijack your highest intentions.
Now THAT is yoga to awaken you to joy –
Metabolize the vast array of all you’ve taken in, to make the MOST of this one wild and precious life.
Together we’ll close with guided systematic relaxation to integrate your physical effort into mental freedom. As your breath slows and your body softens, peace of mind unfurls naturally — like petals in the morning sun. You’ll know from direct experience you are here to blossom, letting every aspect of your being bring beauty into this hungry and harried world.
From this place of deep relaxation, meditation arises — not as effort, but as a return to your natural state of freedom. You find the quiet, nourishing pools of consciousness and joy that have always been within you, just waiting to be accessed.
From here, everything shifts: you return to your precious life able to be present rather than reactive. You start hearing your own intuitive voice again. You feel steady enough to organize your day around what truly matters, and bring more of your real self into your relationships, your work, and your everyday choices — like taking time for forest walks, reaching out to a friend you’ve been missing, or finally getting started on that creative idea you scribbled in your notebook three months ago.
If you’re ready to stop pouring from an empty cup and finally feel like yourself again — this experience was made for you. Come discover the deeper currents within that AWAKEN WITH JOY:
Spend a morning fueling wholesome energy and allowing more joy!
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BONUSES:
COMPLIMENTARY ENERGY ATTUNEMENT -
DOORS OPEN AN HOUR EARLY FOR INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS! Prior to the group instruction, each student receives a one-on-one energetic check-in with your teacher, Virginia. This individualized attention gives you time and support to ground, get really present, and see and be seen. This is called a "Gating Ceremony," and it helps you focus your mind, leave behind burdensome thoughts and tension, and, instead, gather your energies to focus on & nurture your well-being. It is a rare opportunity to really connect with an empathic person highly trained in holding space; in a hectic world that is often structured for disconnection, this is often a remedy. Plus, it makes the rest of our collective time together more potent!
OPENING OF SACRED CIRCLE -
To honor the vast lineage that transmits and intensifies our practice, every group session opens with a sacred Sanskrit mantra to foster togetherness and hone our attention. You'll be provided the English translation, so your heart and mind understand how we mark time and place to honor, refine, and collectively amplify our efforts, and welcome peaceful, shared, and rich practice.
For those with restricted mobility OR those healing from illness or injuries, modified postures will also be provided in a chair, if needed.
Gentle reminder to BRING A YOGA MAT: Yoga mats are REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE SESSIONS. Chairs, blankets, pillows, bolsters, hand weights, and other props will be provided.
Looking forward to seeing you. I am so blessed and delighted to be able to bring yoga meditation to our little neck of the beautiful woods; it could not happen without you, so thank you from my innermost heart.
In service,
Virginia Hill
AHA Yoga Meditation Teacher,
Awakening Magic Mentor;
Transformational Coach
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