Yoga

The main goal of Level 1 is to get you to be able to move up and down off of the floor without pain. The ability to move as you wish without pain will grant you freedom.
Before embarking on any journey, you must be grounded and stable. This course will teach you the fundamental skills to build up your stability.
You will practice daily at a level that is available to you. Practicing daily will help your body build the muscle memory it needs to start to make a change. Practicing daily will build discipline and that discipine will give you confidence. With patience, you will be confident enough to join a group yoga class in a studio, if that is a goal of yours!

Level 2 is where you will notice the changes you are making in your life. There is no more chair practice in Level 2. You will develop a growth mindset as you continuously surpass old barriers and continuously expand your capabilities.
Growth does not come easily, you will be under constant tension throughout this process. You will be guided in and out of many new poses and each transition will be done with great effort. It is this effort that you help you make the transition from your old pain filled self to your new strong self.
The truth is that yoga is all about balance and harmony. You will only be able to use effort to change your life because you also created enough space to relax. You will learn to blend effort and ease and develop an intuitive understanding of your yoga practice.

Having advanced this far in your yoga practice, you must already have a considerable amount of strength. You will continuet build upon this strength as you encounter more balancing postures, arm balances and inversions.
Flexibility is the reward you get for continuous effort. This lengthening of your muscles comes at a cost though, it will require you to build up your strength to balance you out. Your flexibility will be challenged here in new advanced poses.
Balance is the core of Level 3. You will gain balance as a by product of first building your strength and earning your flexibility. Balance is the natural harmonization of this process.

Yin Yoga

In stillness, you will be able to feel a bit deeper. Yin yoga puts you into the depth of a pose. When you become still, you find harmony with the energy that pose creates
The edge of your comfort zone is where you aim to stay during Yin yoga class. As you start to figure where you are comfortable and where you are not, you more clearly define where your limitations are. The purpose of ths is to practce regulating your nervous system at the edge of your comfort zone.
Your breath helps you to override the stress your body is experiencing in the depth of a pose. If your body is telling your mind that you are uncomfortable, but the breath is calm and smooth, the mind will respond to the breath, not the body. Practicing this skill helps you to gain autonomy from your body and teaches you to communicate with your mind.

One of the biggest obstacles to overcome in establishing a meditation practice, is finding comfort in your body. Once the body is comfortable, you can begin working with the mind.
You will learn to increase your level of inner awareness by heightening the sensations of the body. This sensitization process will connect you with your heart, your breath and the present moment.
Learning to regulate your nervous system is quite possibly the most valuable skill that yoga enhances. In this process, you will learn to differentiate between pain, discomfort, tension and resistance. When you learn to control your reaction to your environment, whether internal or external, you become the master of the present moment.

It is a common experience in meditation that people fear the experience of being separated from their bodies. Meditation seeks to bring balance to the body and mind for the purpose of focusing on your energy. Learning to ground yourself in your body helps you to stay connected to your body.
Exploring your mind and all of its different facets is a fascinating process and an extremely valuable side effect of meditation. In this process, you will become aware of the deepest darkest corners of your mind. This is often the place where people confront the parts of themselves they refuse to accept. Integratng your whole self is an essential step in the meditative process.
Clarity is often misunderstood to be associated with the mind. In reality, it is more about getting beyond the mind and connecting with your energy, or spirit. Understand this as the sun shining on to your skin. The mind perceives and understands the warmth but is not the source of it.