All of our classes are based on the Ashtanga Yoga tradition as taught by Sri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore India. We teach both the Primary series and the Intermediate series to students of any ability. We encourage our students to work at their own level and our teachers create an open and friendly atmosphere.
"… do your practice and all is coming" - Sri Pattabhi Jois.

Postures For Life!
The Ashtanga Yoga practice, because of it's specified sequencing of postures, often begins to parallel the everyday battles in life. A Beginner frequently struggles with Sun Salutes for many weeks (or months), but then comes to a point when he/she can fly through 10 to 15 with almost no real effort (aside from the breath of course!). After one is in a regular practice for a while, all sorts of wonderful, 'openings' start to occur…. Hamstrings are lengthening, lotus postures are binding, etc. AHHHH. What a joy to have such improvement and satisfaction everyday and every week. But then …..WHAM! Just as if you never practiced before, you feel like you can barely get into postures that used to be absolutely glorious! Even your shoulders are starting to nag at you during Sun Salutes.

What is going on here? "I used to be able to do this #@#@%$ posture !!" As someone who has struggled, grunted, and groaned through every "opening" I have gotten, I know first-hand how discouraging it can be to loose the ability to get into a posture you have worked so long on. IT HAPPENS!!! At first, I used to joke and say it is to make sure you don't get too much ego in your practice. (There is nothing worse or potentially as dangerous as a big fat ego when doing an Ashtanga practice). I threw out the ego idea because there were too many students with no ego that were going through the same problems. Then I decided it was that practice is just like life, with ups, downs, and lessons to be learned. Practice is teaching you discipline, focus, and allowing you to keep your mind clear. You can't dissect apart your postures or you're not doing YOGA; You are not keeping your attention on your breath and your mind steady… So perhaps the frustration of postures gone bad can bring you to a higher level. If you can work through what you consider "getting worse," you will emerge with a stronger practice and more powerful Prana. No one should be doing Yoga because he/she is GOOD at it.

Believe me, I will still grunt and groan through postures some days, as I am sure everyone does at some point, but will also just keep breathing and be thankful to have this great practice to prepare me for the rest of my day. Namaste!! Danicia.