We practice in a heated room in order to warm up the muscles and prevent injury. Be prepared to sweat.

• New students arrive 15 min. early.
• Be on time.
• Women wear leotards, bathing suit or shorts and sport top.
• Men wear a bathing suit or shorts.
• Bring a towel, a mat and water. Towels and mats are available for rent.
• Please come on an empty stomach (no food 3 hours prior to taking class).
• New students arrive at least 15 minutes early.

Why does the room have to be so hot?

• Keeps body from overheating (contrary to popular belief).
• Protects muscles to allow for deeper stretching
• Detoxifies the body (opens pores to let toxins out).
• Thins blood to clear circulatory system.
• Melts fat by reorganizing lipids in muscular structure.
• Increases heart rate for better cardiovascular workout.
• Improves strength by keeping muscle tissue in optimal state for reorganization.
• Prohibits cholesterol from sticking to protein.

How does yoga work?

• By a tourniquet effect, stretching, balancing (using gravity) and creating pressure all at the same time. The blood supply in arteries and veins is being cut off, creating pressure. When released, a locked gate effect is created, causing blood to rush through the veins and arteries and flushing them out. Also, pressure is applied to the heart by its relative position to the rest of the body.

What is happening to my body?

• Muscles contracted and stretched on a cellular, biochemical level.
• Lipids and proteins reorganized optimally in stretching, allowing for better circulation.
• Nerves stimulated by compression & extension, supplying fresh blood, oxygen and nutrients to the body.
• Wastes pumped out.
• Blood and calcium brought to the bones.
• Bones strengthened with additional weight and stress on them.
• Brain stimulated by improved circulation and by varying blood pressure.
• Improved communication to nervous system.
• Lymph nodes massaged.
• Lymph pumped into body, helping lymphatic system work more efficiently.
• White blood cells sent out to body.
• Organs of immune system boosted (red marrow in bone).
• Thymus, spleen, appendix and intestines compressed and extended.
• Lungs stretched, flushed out by increased blood circulation.
• Toxins flushed out and waste excreted.
• Endocrine glands encouraged to secrete appropriate hormones.
• Communication of hormones among various glands and systems of body perfected.
• Fat eliminated and tissue reorganized into most efficient state.
• Joints greased and range of motion increased.
• Strength built by use of gravity.
• Muscles, joints and energies of the body balanced.

Higher Goals of Yoga

• Deep breathing, the key to longer life.
• Union of mind, body and spirit.
• Still thought waves of the mind.
• Relief from suffering of all kinds.
• Liberation.

*Yoga therapy is an alternative medicine. It is a medical science, withdrawing symptoms of disease! The 26 postures make a whole medicine and cannot be done in part. Maximum benefit is achieved through holding the poses.