yoga is nature

Today Westerners are often practicing Yoga techniques (especially postures) detached from their traditional sacred background. Although Yoga postures are very effective for maintaining and restoring one’s physical health, the true power of Yoga lies in its capacity to lasting happiness and inner freedom.

This is what can differentiate the slow flow, breath-centered approach we take in my classes. In our practice we are making the body strong and flexible but we go about it in a way that also encourages useful patterns of thought and behavior. No struggling. No straining. No striving. Just strong and calm, even and measured work. 

The term Yoga is from the ancient Sanskrit language, and has many meanings, dating 4,000 B.C. Sanskrit, which belongs to the Indo-European language group, is the language in which most traditional Yoga texts are written. In regards to the yogic tradition, two meanings are particularly relevant: union and discipline. Yoga is a spiritual unitive discipline tradition within the great cultures of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism native to India.