Traditionally, yoga consists of 8 ingredients: posture (asana), breathwork (pranayama), meditation (dhyana), concentration (dharana), flow-state/hyperfocus (pratyahara), how we treat ourselves (niyama), how we treat others (yama), and peace (samadhi). (QuietMinds helps clients through the first 6 listed here.)
In Sanskrit, “yoga” means to “yoke” to one’s soul or spirit.
Things you will learn:
how your lungs work
how the way you breathe modulates how you feel
where oxygen goes after you inhale
how to breathe to lower anxiety
how to breathe to improve mental clarity
how cellulr metabolism and repair works
how your posture modulates how you feel
how you can rebuild your nervous system
how your spine formed when you were a child
how to rehabilitate scoliosis
how to breathe using your entire core
how strong you are