YOGA FLOW TASTER: A Sampling of Tapas, A Core-Building Dedicated Practice

ARE YOU READY TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE in 2020? Of course you are! And we are here to support you work on every level of you being.

This luscious Yoga Taster session is a SUPER DEAL to kick-start an incredible upcoming WINTER Term 2020! $16 Early Bird ( $20 at the door); this is a $9 SAVINGS on the usual rate for single Casual Class sessions of Tapas, so don't miss out. (OR, if you are interested in FOUR Yoga Tasters on January 4, 10, and 11, for JUST $30--a truly amazing opportunity!--be sure to sign up for THIS $30 TASTER PASS here.)

Have you been looking for a little bit of a CHALLENGE for your Yoga Practice?

Are you ready to fire up dedicated effort to BURN OFF those less than helpful thoughts, and increase your capacity for focus, release, and confidence?

Yes, indeed!  Then this special one-afternoon-only event is the thing for you.

YOGA FLOW TASTER is a wonderful doorway to my special course, TAPAS: A Core-Building Yoga Sequence for Dedicated Practice.   This is a special ONE-AFTERNOON ONLY 60-minute session so you can sample one of my two most popular 8-week courses at AHA Yoga, Tapas. This hour is a good taster to let you experience the work and deep opening and release created by a VINYASA FLOW type of yoga session, while trying out the specific Core-Building sequence of TAPAS, a course created to intensify your overall commitment and internal mental intensity required for lasting change.  Find out how this sequence feels for YOU.

You'll be introduced to diaphragmatic breathing & preparing the mind for practice, why it is essential for regulating the nervous system and helps you get deeper into stretches safely and happily.   Then we'll slip into some warm-ups for the upper body, hips, and abdominal muscles.

Then we'll start our first "VINYASA FLOW," as it is known in the yoga world.  "Vinyasa" means "precise placement" and refers in this context to the flowing nature of this yoga sequence, as students move from one pose to the next, coordinated with the breath.  This particular sequence is meant to intensify "Tapas," or the inner heat of transformation that arises as a result of intense and heartfelt practice.

Some yoga experience helpful, though not required.  You do need basic mobility and the capacity to get up and down from the floor easily. 

Tapas can be a challenging, endurance-building vinyasa sequence that includes upper-body strengthening, moving balances, longer holds for the quadriceps and hamstrings, and dynamic core work synced with the breath. 

We'll do some classic poses that are sure to hit some of yoga pose favorites, such as High Lunge, Cat-Cow, Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose), Utkatasana (Fierce/Chair Pose), Balancing Cat, Planks & lots of variations of side planks, Virabhadrasna (Warrior) 3 with Movement, and Navasana (Upward Facing Boat), and Twists. But we will also add some playful transitions, variations, and long holds, to build our vitality and concentration!

This workshop is a great chance to learn safe and fun variations (at least FIVE ways!) to execute popular postures such as Vasisthasana, or Side Plank; using variations is a great way to build strength, concentration, and also enhance your yogic toolkit so you can choose wisely what fits for you at a SPECIFIC moment.

The most important part of yoga practice is learning how to clear, guide, and refine the mind. "Tapas" means "to heat," but this is not about the material body; it is about using yoga practice to purify obstructions to clear-headedness and thus build wise discernment. 

In this evening workshop, you 'll work the body to remove the obstructions of muscular tension as well as mental gripping, sluggishness, and dispersal.  In their place, you'll cultivate inner spaciousness as well as one-pointed mental absorption.  Thus, it is as important to practice discipline of your thoughts--what you say, do, and consume--and this course fosters that rich and significant process.

We'll then wrap up and slow down with gentle cool-down practice, including slower hip-openers of Kapotasana (Pigeon Pose) in either the backbend or forward bend version, and also add a deeper twist and shoulder release variation to the classic version.  We'll gently move through a dynamic upper body version of Virasana (Hero's Pose) to get into the shoulders, refine alignment of the lower ribs, and release fatigue or strain int he feet and shins.  Of course, this session then settles us down for a long and luscious guided systematic relaxation (the best part!).  You'll definitely go deeper in relaxation--perhaps even to a more meditative state!--after the building heat and release of the yoga flow of TAPAS.

Come experience a TASTER session during this one-day only offer: Note that this special Single Session is offered for $16, a $9 SAVINGS on the usual single Casual Class rate ($25) for Tapas.

Note YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN YOGA MAT. If you use a studio mat, mat rental is $2 and you are responsible for sanitizing it after use. All other props--bolsters, blocks, straps, eye pillows, sandbags, and more--are included at the studio for your use.

 

This is a chance to check out the new AHA Yoga studio space--right on the tranquil Lake DeSoto!--and see if this is the community and practice just for you.

If you are new to AHA Yoga, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY; YOU MUST COMPLETE a Waiver and Terms & Conditions prior to class and be set-up and ready before the session beings. All registration paperwork and payment must be completed prior to class.

Payments are Final; all reservations are non-refundable, non-transferable to a different or future class, and there are no make-up sessions.

Purchase of the tuition pass below for "YOGA FLOW TASTER: A Sampling of Tapas, A Core-Building Dedicated Practice" confirms your agreement to the following Terms & Conditions of Registration & Attendance, as well as the Waiver and Release:

Thank you for your interest in the life-affirming practices of yoga! These policies allow me to serve this community and continue offering the best yoga and meditation teachings possible.

In service,

Virginia Hill, AHA Yoga Teacher

Want to learn more about me, Virginia Hill, your teacher? You can check out more here.

Looking for the full Winter Term 2020 schedule and other offerings? Find many delightful options here.

Looking forward to connecting and practicing with you!