Wow, after much delay...it appears that Spring has Sprung!!!
Time to get on the mat to bend, breathe, and be at your best each day.
New session dates: Advent United Methodist Church, Eagan: New session starts April 23 and runs through June 4 (no class on Memorial Day May 28). Class cost is $50
Tuesday's class is underway at Glendale United Methodist Church in Savage, but it's not to late to join us! The class meets from 4:30-5:30pm and runs through May 22. You can certainly come and "pay as you go" for $10/per class.
Thursday's class at All Saints Lutheran Church will begin a new session next week on May 3rd and run through June 21. The 8 class session cost is $65.
Contact me if you have questions or feedback about class! I love being your yoga teacher and appreciate your thoughts and ideas about how to make the practice meaningful and beneficial to you!
Have a great day everyone!
Monday, April 23, 2018
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
New Session Dates!
Hello all!
I have new session dates that follow our current yoga session.
Monday's class at Advent United Methodist Church in Eagan meets from 4:30pm-5:30pm. The current session ends on February 19th (our make-up date for the 'snow cancellation' in January!).
New session dates:
February 26-April 16 (skip March 5 and March 12). Cost $50
Thursday's class at All Saints Lutheran Church in Eagan meets from 7-8pm. The current session ends on February 15th. We skip a week on February 22.
New Session dates:
March 1-April 19 (skip March 8 and March 29). Cost $50.
As always, if you are new and want to come and try out a class, you are welcome! Please feel free to drop in....and pay a rate of $10 per class. Call me or connect with me via email at karenyogam@gmail.com (or my contact page on the website) if you have questions about class. We welcome beginners and always have room for more!
See you all on the mat!
I have new session dates that follow our current yoga session.
Monday's class at Advent United Methodist Church in Eagan meets from 4:30pm-5:30pm. The current session ends on February 19th (our make-up date for the 'snow cancellation' in January!).
New session dates:
February 26-April 16 (skip March 5 and March 12). Cost $50
Thursday's class at All Saints Lutheran Church in Eagan meets from 7-8pm. The current session ends on February 15th. We skip a week on February 22.
New Session dates:
March 1-April 19 (skip March 8 and March 29). Cost $50.
As always, if you are new and want to come and try out a class, you are welcome! Please feel free to drop in....and pay a rate of $10 per class. Call me or connect with me via email at karenyogam@gmail.com (or my contact page on the website) if you have questions about class. We welcome beginners and always have room for more!
See you all on the mat!
Monday, January 29, 2018
Finding the Good
As many of you know, I try to prompt my yoga students to consider a moment or two for a gratitude practice at the end of class during final relaxation. Hopefully you find this to be helpful and find that it is something that helps you leave class on a more positive note.
Our brains are wired to think and to solve problems. As a result, if something negative happens to us, our brain uses that as an opportunity for thinking and learning, and hopefully the result of that thinking is making new choices in the future to avoid more negative experiences. Unfortunately, if this process is left on its own, our brains tend to keep reviewing and thinking about negative experiences long after it is of any help to us. Worry, anxiety, and endless fretting then become the order of the day.
In 2005, a psychologist name Martin Seligman led a research project on depression. His research found that one factor that promoted happiness and decreased depressive symptoms was a practice of having research participants write down 3 things or positive events from each day. This gratitude practice gets the brain to stop pursuing negative events and shifts the focus to what is going right and what has been positive for us. It interrupts our persistent negative thinking that can lead to stress and feeling overwhelmed.
As a practice, yoga allows us to slow down a bit, to examine our thinking, and to be in touch with our bodies. The next time you are on the mat, notice if your mind begins to list and catalog all of your faults, weaknesses, lack of flexibility, whatever it is. See if you can switch up your thinking by considering what is positive in each moment and posture. You'll begin to see new strength, added endurance, better balance, and an overall appreciation for everything that your body is capable of.
Pause, breathe, and consider 3 things that were awesome about your yoga practice. Find the good!
Our brains are wired to think and to solve problems. As a result, if something negative happens to us, our brain uses that as an opportunity for thinking and learning, and hopefully the result of that thinking is making new choices in the future to avoid more negative experiences. Unfortunately, if this process is left on its own, our brains tend to keep reviewing and thinking about negative experiences long after it is of any help to us. Worry, anxiety, and endless fretting then become the order of the day.
In 2005, a psychologist name Martin Seligman led a research project on depression. His research found that one factor that promoted happiness and decreased depressive symptoms was a practice of having research participants write down 3 things or positive events from each day. This gratitude practice gets the brain to stop pursuing negative events and shifts the focus to what is going right and what has been positive for us. It interrupts our persistent negative thinking that can lead to stress and feeling overwhelmed.
As a practice, yoga allows us to slow down a bit, to examine our thinking, and to be in touch with our bodies. The next time you are on the mat, notice if your mind begins to list and catalog all of your faults, weaknesses, lack of flexibility, whatever it is. See if you can switch up your thinking by considering what is positive in each moment and posture. You'll begin to see new strength, added endurance, better balance, and an overall appreciation for everything that your body is capable of.
Pause, breathe, and consider 3 things that were awesome about your yoga practice. Find the good!
Monday, January 22, 2018
NO YOGA CLASS TODAY!
It should be pretty obvious at this point, but we DO NOT have yoga today due to weather conditions! Stay home and off the roads! Peace
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Welcome to 2018
May this be your best year yet! I am looking forward to getting new yoga sessions started next week after some time off to celebrate the holidays. I love the parties and gatherings of Christmas and New Years Eve, but I've gotta say, I am really ready to get back to a routine and to see you all enjoying yoga again!
Here's the schedule for classes:
Monday: Advent United Methodist Church Eagan. 4:30-5:30pm 6 class session cost is $50. Dates: January 8-February 12.
Tuesday: Glendale United Methodist Church Savage. 4:30-5:30pm 6 class session cost is $50. Dates: January 9- February 13.
Thursday: All Saints Lutheran Church Eagan. 7-8pm 6 class session cost is $50 Dates: January 11-February 15.
Please bring your payments (cash/check) with you to the first class and bring your punch card if you have one!
Invite your friends and neighbors. As a reminder, if new folks want to try out some yoga, you can attend for a $10 drop in fee. If you will miss a class, you are welcome to attend class at another site to complete a make-up class.
See you on the mat!!
Peace
Here's the schedule for classes:
Monday: Advent United Methodist Church Eagan. 4:30-5:30pm 6 class session cost is $50. Dates: January 8-February 12.
Tuesday: Glendale United Methodist Church Savage. 4:30-5:30pm 6 class session cost is $50. Dates: January 9- February 13.
Thursday: All Saints Lutheran Church Eagan. 7-8pm 6 class session cost is $50 Dates: January 11-February 15.
Please bring your payments (cash/check) with you to the first class and bring your punch card if you have one!
Invite your friends and neighbors. As a reminder, if new folks want to try out some yoga, you can attend for a $10 drop in fee. If you will miss a class, you are welcome to attend class at another site to complete a make-up class.
See you on the mat!!
Peace
Saturday, December 30, 2017
A Year End Love Note!
For those of you who follow Yoga Moodra on Facebook, you know that I recently posted that Yoga Moodra has now been in business for 10 years. TEN YEARS!! In my typical less than detail oriented style, I actually had to find this out through another social media site, Indeed. Last week I received a couple of messages from Indeed contacts congratulating me on 10 years in the business! Without those messages, the milestone of 10 years would have simply passed by unnoticed. I don't think when I first started teaching I really had any awareness that my journey as a yoga teacher would last for 10 years. I just took things as they came along and with the exception of a few workshops and developing the Yoga Moodra website, I didn't plan for much. I just kinda went with the flow. As a result, I didn't spend a great deal of time (ok, absolutely zero time) tracking data like how many students I started with in those first classes, or how many of my students have been with me for 5+ years (LOTS OF YOU!) or even all 10.
What began as a tentative toe in the water to see if I could drum up some interest and share my joy of yoga with my students, has persisted and grown and I am now teaching 5 classes a week to about 50 students each week. I have no big dreams or aspirations to be a big player in the world of yoga. I am so pleased and content with the sizes of my classes and to know that I can call each of you by name. It warms my heart to see yoga take hold of each of you and to see your strength and perceptions change and develop over time. I really love it when I overhear students quoting something I say in class, not because I think it says anything special about me, but rather, it tells me that certain yoga themes and ideas are resonating with you and becoming a part of how you think about things.
In case I have not mentioned it recently, I LOVE being your yoga teacher. Nothing really compares to seeing your shining and relaxed faces at the end of final relaxation. Nothing is better than hearing that yoga has helped you in your own life, whether that's facing an illness, weathering a divorce or loss, or simply enjoying your time on the mat to reflect and get in touch with all that you have to offer our world.
Thanks for being a part of my yoga journey and for joining me "on the mat" each week.
I love you and appreciate each one of you more than I could ever say.
May peace and good health and LOVE be yours in 2018!!
What began as a tentative toe in the water to see if I could drum up some interest and share my joy of yoga with my students, has persisted and grown and I am now teaching 5 classes a week to about 50 students each week. I have no big dreams or aspirations to be a big player in the world of yoga. I am so pleased and content with the sizes of my classes and to know that I can call each of you by name. It warms my heart to see yoga take hold of each of you and to see your strength and perceptions change and develop over time. I really love it when I overhear students quoting something I say in class, not because I think it says anything special about me, but rather, it tells me that certain yoga themes and ideas are resonating with you and becoming a part of how you think about things.
In case I have not mentioned it recently, I LOVE being your yoga teacher. Nothing really compares to seeing your shining and relaxed faces at the end of final relaxation. Nothing is better than hearing that yoga has helped you in your own life, whether that's facing an illness, weathering a divorce or loss, or simply enjoying your time on the mat to reflect and get in touch with all that you have to offer our world.
Thanks for being a part of my yoga journey and for joining me "on the mat" each week.
I love you and appreciate each one of you more than I could ever say.
May peace and good health and LOVE be yours in 2018!!
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Breathe
Hopefully this December finds you healthy and enjoying the holiday season. If you are starting to feel a bit stressed or stretched when you consider your "to-do" list, take a few moments to breathe. Obvious, yes, but when we turn our attention to the breath, we really can affect our nervous system and find our way to a sense of calm and focus.
So, if you find yourself stuck in traffic, waiting in line, or feeling frustrated by something, breathe. Notice your breath as it flows in and out. Choose a word or 2 or a phrase to repeat to yourself as you breathe. Perhaps choosing Peace on the inhale, and Quiet on the exhale, or Calm on the breath in and Steady on the breath out. Use any words that feel soothing or grounding for you. Try it out. We practice this on the mat in yoga class, but the breath is always with us and can be a wonderful tool at our disposal during the course of a stressful and hectic day.
Breathe deep and enjoy your December!
So, if you find yourself stuck in traffic, waiting in line, or feeling frustrated by something, breathe. Notice your breath as it flows in and out. Choose a word or 2 or a phrase to repeat to yourself as you breathe. Perhaps choosing Peace on the inhale, and Quiet on the exhale, or Calm on the breath in and Steady on the breath out. Use any words that feel soothing or grounding for you. Try it out. We practice this on the mat in yoga class, but the breath is always with us and can be a wonderful tool at our disposal during the course of a stressful and hectic day.
Breathe deep and enjoy your December!
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