NEW YOGA PRICES!  
SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION!

In general, Yoga is a practice or discipline that helps unite body, mind, and heart through a sequence of postures or "asanas".  The asanas are held for a period of time and coordinated with the breath.  Each yoga class addresses each part of the body and incorporates pranayama (breath control), relaxation and meditation.  Yoga is a direct experience of the vast interrelatedness of all life and of all things. You will feel at peace at the end of a yoga class because there is a natural realignment of your body which leads to a natural realignment of your perception of life and of who you are.

Yoga is much more than the study and practice of physical alignments and breath.  If you stay with yoga long enough, you will find out that who you are, is not just your body, and not just the conversations in your mind. Through steady practice, you will appreciate the interconnectedness of all beings leading to more tolerance and compassion toward others and yourself.  Yoga is about the experience of transformation. It will take you beyond the mundane survival level and into a whole new appreciation of life.

Genuine yoga will change your life, your habits, your body, your health, your mind, your breathing patterns, your attitudes, your outlook. Yoga is about learning from direct experience and developing wisdom of how your body works most efficiently. You will learn how your conscious and unconsious mind can either support or harm you, and then later, naturally, a deeper wisdom gets revealed. 

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2010 Great Bay Yoga Schedule

ALL LEVELS

TUESDAY 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Hatha Yoga Jennifer Kump
THURSDAY 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Hatha Yoga Tara LaPointe
SUNDAY 10:00 - 11:00 p.m.	Combined Yoga Sapna Pathak

Yoga Pricing Options:

* Great Bay now offers the Yoga Monthly Club!  For $50.00 per month, students will have access to unlimited yoga classes. In addition, Yoga Club members will be entitled to one free Tai Chi class per week.  Try one class for free.

* 5-class pass for $50.00

*Drop-ins: $12.00

*There is no registration fee for Yoga students.

* Share the gift of good health with a Great Bay gift certificate  (available in  $50, $90 and $100).
 

YOGA CLASSES

Hatha Yoga         

Hatha Yoga is the foundation for all yoga styles. It is easy to learn: incorporating postures, breathing, meditation, movement and energy. Guided mindful breathing techniques, grounded full-bodied movement, affirming mantra, prayer and meditation skill-building all cultivate a substantial sense of well-being over time. The slow motion, awareness-focused approach builds strength and awakens innate grace.  Class movements are sequenced into classic routines which include postures synchronized to the breathing along with energetic body-centered awareness. Students' commitment to an ongoing routine is an ideal way to practice stress reducing physical exercise while revitalizing and calming the body, mind and spirit.

Patanjali Yoga 

This is a gentle, well-rounded class which addresses the physical, mental and spiritual energies. It features the study of asanas, transforming the physical into mental energy. The practice of Pranayam (control/regulation of the breath/life force) is also an integral part of this study. The class offers yogic practices that are tailored to the development of the physical, mental and spiritual components of the students. This includes loosening & stretching exercises called Sithilikarana Vyayama which function to make the body supple and flexible. The Sun Salutation sequence is taught along with asanas that are designed to conserve the physical energies and transform them to forms of mental energy. The Asanas also provide a means to develop an inner awareness, thus aiding in calming the mind. Pranayam provides a positive health benefit at the physical, mental, emotional, and social levels. This class is appropriate for all levels, including beginners.

Combined Yoga

Sapna teaches an infusion of various types of Hatha yoga, which is simply the Sanskrit term to mean physical yoga. She blends her background as a life-long athlete and dancer with the traditional postures of Eastern yoga. Sapna combines Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Iyengar and various types of yoga in her classes to allow the development of strength and flexibility of mind and body. Her classes are gentle, yet challenging, and meant for practitioners of all levels.