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Being Lightness Yoga
Current Group Yoga Class Offerings
Tuesdays: 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm; Multilevel Yoga; EMU Fitness Center, Harrisonburg
Tuesdays: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm; Intro to Ashtanga; EMU Fitness Center, Harrisonburg
Wednesdays: 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm; Intro to Ashtanga; Shanti Yoga, Staunton
Thursdays: 10:00 am to 11:10 am; East West Yoga; East West Yoga, Harrisonburg
Thursdays: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm; Restorative Yoga; East West Yoga, H-burg
Thursdays: 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm; Multilevel Yoga; EMU Fitness Center, H-burg
*Hopefully coming soon: Weekly class at Urban Exchange in Harrisonburg, VA. Contact Kristine if you’re interested in attending and have a time preference.
**Kristine subs various classes in Harrisonburg and Staunton. To find out about those, keep an eye on this website or on Facebook.
Current Private Class Offering: Yoga Your Way
The yoga practice that best suits you, in your space, during the time you choose, with anyone else you invite.
Kristine can help you learn, and possibly adapt, basic poses. Or, she can help you design and develop your own sequence that you can practice on your own. Or, she can lead you and your friends/family/coworkers in a private class based on your needs.
The cost is $35 for a 60-minute class, or $40 for a 90-minute class, when you provide the space. If the class is for a group, the cost can be divided among all those who participate. Your job is to find a space that can reasonably accommodate everyone. Living rooms or basements are fine for a few participants — and can sometimes hold more, depending on the size of the room and the mobility of furniture!
Kristine can arrange for a space in some areas, but the rental cost will be added to the cost of the class.
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga : Classes offered in Harrisonburg and Staunton
Traditional Ashtanga yoga is a dynamic and fairly athletic form of yoga that emphasizes linking your movements with your breath in a specific sequence of poses. Often, it is energizing and simultaneously relaxing. It is based on the yoga system first documented by Patanjali in roughly 200 B.C and has provided a foundation for most other forms of yoga practiced in the United States. In this intro class, we will work on a specific sequence termed the “Ashtanga Primary Series” – and will experiment with ways to adapt it when helpful.
Ashtanga yoga is especially useful for people who wish to commit a balanced sequence of yoga poses to memory. Knowing it, or even parts of it, allows individuals to practice on their own when necessary. They can roll out their own mat, in their own space, perhaps with their own music, and flow seamlessly and serenely through the practice, adapting and tweaking as necessary: with the focus on the inner symphony of their own breath, without the distraction of trying to think of what to do next. Those who know the Ashtanga sequence also have the ability to pick and choose from the various poses in order to create their own unique practice on any given day – according to their mood, physical condition, time and energy level.
The sequence, and the specific poses, can be adapted as necessary – for safety and ease-of-movement. If you have concerns about the wisdom or feasibility of any aspects of the sequence for you, please talk with Kristine about adaptations that will allow you to fully enjoy your practice!
Being Lightness (brief) Philosophy of Yoga:
Yoga is about quieting the mind – in part, through focused and intentional movement. It’s a way to use the body and the breath to facilitate greater physical, mental, emotional, relational and spiritual health. It’s a tool. It’s a spiritual practice and discipline, but not a religion. It synchronizes beautifully with the teachings and traditions of all religious orientations that profess love, connection, healing, hope, faith, peace, purity, reverence, grace; that facilitate reaching out to God, self and others. Yoga is about learning to dwell in silence and stillness – amidst the movement of the body, the life, the world.