Mindful Yoga

Mindful Yoga on Thursday am in Cochrane

Mindful yoga is a practice that integrates mindfulness meditation and hatha yoga.  It is more than just an athletic practice – there is ongoing emphasis on participants’ mindful awareness throughout the class which promotes an awakening of the breath, the body, and the mind.  Mental and physical effort at the same time!  This also includes the time moving in and out of poses, which is often missed as a time to maintain awareness and continue to “Be in Yoga”.

Mindful yoga is best practiced with a spirit of adventure where participants explore their edges of practice from an inner place of calm and stillness.  Through mindful awareness, participants learn about the self and how they become “out of balance” by observing physical sensations, thoughts and emotions. For example, we can start to see how we “tense up”, “hold on”, generate self critical thoughts or become emotional.   Recognizing this “out of balance” sets the stage for looking deeply into the patterns, which are usually habitual and as a result of conditions.  Letting go begins by understanding these forces.  We learn to release ourselves from conditioned reactivity and to transform ourselves to a more balanced and deeply relaxed self.

The practice of mindful yoga involves developing compassion and kindness.  Seeing yourself clearly and facilitating change and transformation calls for a gentle caring from both the mind and heart.

Location:  Flowing Yogi Studio, 126 2nd Ave. W. Cochrane

Time:  9:15 am to 10:30 am

7 classes -  from April 26 to June 7, 2012 on Thursday mornings 

Dates include: April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2012

Investment:  Each class series is $88 (includes GST) or you can drop in at $15 per class; 50 plus discount – 20 %

Register: Call Doug at 403-998-7213 or contact us