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WELCOME TO YOGA WITH GWEN

Yoga is an ancient art form that is designed to bring into “union” a persons body, mind and spirit. Through various challenging asana, yoga provides many physical benefits, including flexibility, balance, strength, endurance and improved respiration. Mental benefits include confidence, concentration, discipline, patience, clarity, and overall peace of mind.

At the core of yoga is the role of one’s breath. The nature of your breathing patterns is essential to the quality of your state of mind, your concentration, and ultimately the quality of your performance. The consistency of your breath is a major player in the stability of your health, by removing stress and toxins, increasing your level of energy and improving your respiration.

Yoga enables you to develop and maintain your connection between your physical and mental well being. It is through this connection that internal trust and confidence can be developed in all areas of life.

My goal is to teach an art form that combines the physical benefits of flexibility, balance, strength, and the mental benefits of clarity, discipline and relaxed concentration.

There are several principles I feel are necessary to guide you safely through your yoga practice.

Mental Preparation - Commit to where you are, be on the mat, in the moment.
Pace Yourself - Never over extend. Always use your intuition to guide your practice.
Check Your Ego at the Door - Be satisfied with your own accomplishments.
Move Through Soft Space - Try to surrender, not struggle.
Respect the Process - Yoga is not goal oriented, practice will sow the seeds of success.

Yoga will give you an opportunity to identify and understand the strengths and weaknesses of your body and mind. You will experience a higher level of concentration, that in turn will increase your level of awareness, focus and determination.


I hope you will join me.