WaalayYoga & Wellness Center

If you are looking for a nice stretching of the body as well as stillness and calmness of the mind after a long day, this is the class for you. Improve your flexibility and strength and indulge yourself in the moment as you flow and relax with the soft light of the candles.

If you enjoy feeling free and unpredictable and like to move, come to this class.This is a 90 minute moderate paced vinyasa class where we practice a more fluid and complete yoga. We start the practice with gratitude and inward awareness, by opening with a 15 minute meditation on body and breath awareness. Slowly we move from easy poses to more challenging ones in a gentle and respectful way. Pranayama- breathing techniques- and relaxation are practiced the last 20 minute with a closing on gratitude and love.

Enjoy the beauty of the sunrise, ocean and nature around you and start the day uplifting your spirit in a healthy way. One hour and fifteen minutes of yoga for those wanting to feel grateful and connected with nature. Gathering at the Beach Park every Thursday at 7.00am.

Sivananda Yoga consists of a beautiful sequence of Hatha Yoga: Opening and closing mantras, pranayama (breathing techniques), sun salutations, 12 fundamental asanas (postures) practiced in an intelligent order respectful of the chakra system (energy centers), appropriate rest between postures, and relaxation at the opening and at the end of the session. The basics of the class involve holding each pose in a calmed and quiet mental state guiding the practitioner into the attainment of the control of prana (control of the mind).

This truly traditional style of Yoga was brought to the west by one of the most prolific Yoga teachers of all time, Swami Vishnu Devananda. Such were the orders of his teacher Swami Sivananda, an enlightened spiritual Guru author of more than 200 books, and a medical doctor dedicated to the spreading of Yoga and Vedanta.

Sivananda Yoga ranges from gentle to physically challenging classes. Whether you are new to Yoga or an advanced practitioner, you will leave each session feeling physically and spiritually reenergized, with increased mental focus as you enjoy the amazing sensation as if “walking in the clouds!”

Applying the playfulness of the Yoga Ed System, and the discipline of Sivananda Yoga, the class is structured with a short discussion on Yoga, a series of invigorating poses, noncompetitive games, guided visualizations, deep relaxation, and introduction to meditation; all proven to build physical, mental and emotional sense of well being. Become roaring lions, slithering snakes, bouncing frogs, and balancing trees. Get ready to have lots and lots of fun!

This class is for students, teachers and athletes who have a serious desire to improve their practice at all levels.

The emphasis is on the alignment and correction of posture, with discussion of the relationship that exists between each movement and the personality of each individual.

The intensity of the class depends on the effort each student puts into it, not in the speed of the class. On the contrary, it is a slow class in order to utilize each and every muscle of the body.

It is not necessary to have any previous experience to take this class, but it is necessary to have an open mind in order to change movements that are previously established.

We are not looking for a spectacular or difficult pose, but, instead, for feeling and working each and every sensation of the body through the most tangible tool: the human body.

This is a multilevel class designed for those seeking physical challenges. This class builds a strong foundation to advance in balancing, back-bending, twisting and inversions. Students will be encouraged to pursue poses at their own pace.

Anusara yoga is a school of hatha yoga which unifies a life-affirming Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment™. Through the use of these principles we learn to line up the way nature intended us to and from this optimal blueprint we find stability and freedom.

For more information on Anusara yoga visit www.anusara.com