CLASSES

Im teaching open vinyasa class in Iwona Yoga studio in Ridgewood
475 Onderdonk Avenue
Ridgewood, Queens, NY 11385
(646) 418-6252
Every Sunday at 11am
$15 a class.

I have another class every wendesday at 8:45pm and

on every saturday at 12 noon                                                                   
in a Taekwondo Studio on 758 Seneca Ave,
between Madison and Woodbine st in Ridgewood.

This class is only $10.


Im also giving individual classes starting from $50, there different packeges available.
There is a possibility for me to come to your house or the classes can be done at Atmananda Yoga Stidio on Bleecker and Houston.

http://www.atmananda.com/photo.php.                   

Please call me for more info

(718)406 79 12

or email at

Pchelka69@hotmail.com

Namaste

 

 

 

Special credits for Andrew Harris for all the beateful photographs.

Dream Big by Manish Wilson

You are never given a wish
without also being given the power to make it come true.

The achievement of your goal is assured
the moment you commit yourself to it.
If you have the desire, you have the power to attain it.

You can have anything you want in life
if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
Your dreams can come true if you pursue them.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

What is yoga?

In practice, yoga is an applied science of the mind and body. It comes from the Hindu vedas (scriptures). Practice and study of it help to bring about a natural balance of body and mind in which the state of health can manifest itself. Yoga itself does not create health; rather, it creates an internal environment that allows the individual to come to his own state of dynamic balance, or health. Basically, yoga teaches that a healthy person is a harmoniously integrated unit of body, mind and spirit. Therefore, good health requires a simple, natural diet, exercise in fresh air, a serene and untroubled mind and the awareness that main's deepest and highest self is identical with the spirit of God. As a result, to many devotees, yoga becomes a philosophy that offers instruction and insight into every aspect of life: the spiritual, the mental and the physical.

The Yoga System

One basic assumption of the Yoga Sutras is that the body and the mind are part of one continuum of existence, the mind being more subtle than the body. This is the foundation of the yogic view of health. The interaction of body and mind is the central concern of the entire science. It is believed that as the body and mind are brought into balance and health, the individual will be able to perceive his true nature; this will allow life to be lived through him more freely and spontaneously.

Yoga first attempts to reach the mind, where health begins, for mental choices strongly affect the health of the body. Choices of food, types of exercise, which thoughts to think, etc. all affect the body. As practiced traditionally in India, yoga includes a set of ethical imperatives and moral precepts, including diet, exercise, and meditative aspects. In the West, yoga focuses primarily on postures (gentle stretching exercises), breathing exercises, and meditation. Yoga is frequently used in Western medicine to enhance health and treat chronic disease as well as stress.

Asanas (postures): Postures are gentle stretching movements designed to help balance the mind and body. The yoga postures are designed to rejuvenate the brain, spine, glands and internal organs. They work by increasing the blood and prana supply to these areas and by stimulating them with a gentle squeezing action

The asanas were designed with economy of time and effort in mind. Most of them work on more than one aspect of the body at the same time. For example, the twist asana benefits the spine, adrenal glands, liver, pancreas and kidneys.

The yoga asanas produce their beneficial effect on the organs and glands in three ways.:
bullet The position of the asana causes an increase in blood circulation to the specific target organ or gland.
bullet The position of the asana often produces a slight squeezing of the organ or gland. This has the effect of massaging the organ or gland and stimulating it.
bullet Deep breathing and visualizing the target area sends an extra supply of prana to the area.

Pranayama: Pranayamas are specially developed breathing techniques. Yoga breathing produces a huge storage of energy in the solar plexus area. This will cause the body to radiate vitality and, if any sickness is developing, the body can call upon some of this energy reserve to combat the disease.

Yoga breathing also improves brain function (intelligence and memory), as well as increasing the elimination of toxins from the system.

The total effect of yoga asanas and breathing is to produce a state of high vitality and rejuvenation.


There is a great link to a website that has all the info that necessary to get to know yoga and much more

http://www.holisticonline.com/yoga/hol_yoga_home.htm