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Unlocking Bandhas Workshop

Unlocking Bandhas Workshop with Julie and Karan Saturday, November 11th, 1:15-3:15pm $25/$20 SGY Diamond Members Bandhas are “energy seals” in the body that channel the flow of energy and pressure, allowing for more functional support and sense of ease in many yoga practices. Join Julie and Karan for an experiential workshop where you will work with the physical access of bandhas and relate that to our understanding of these practices energetically in the subtle body. Read more

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An Introduction to Yoga Nidra

“You don’t have to try to be aware, as in classic meditation. You are resting as awareness itself.” We’re thrilled to welcome Aricha P to the Sweaty Ganesh team. She brings a wealth of expertise in the Amrit Method practice of Yoga Nidra, or Yogic Sleep. This class is something we’ve never offered before, so here’s a brief overview of what Yoga Nidra is and how it provides an essential benefit to our modern American Read more

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Free Your Hips and the Rest Will Follow

Beyond our posture of the month, we’re offering even more opportunity to get hip. Join us for a hip opening exploration like no other. We’ll combine meditation, pranayama, and asana tools from vinyasa, yin and restorative yoga to increase mobility in the hip joints, legs and lower back. This workshop will be paired with essential oils designed to awaken and rebalance all your chakras from root to crown, focusing specifically on the lower chakras as Read more

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Lizard Pose (October Posture of the Month)

One of the hippest asanas around, Lizard Pose gets into the strong ligaments and muscles of the hips and pelvis. The hips are the hub of the body, connecting the upper body and the legs. Ancient yogis name this location in our bodies as the resting place of kundalini-shakti energy. When our hips are strong, balanced and flexible, they are the foundation for a yoga practice and a life that hold those same qualities. The Read more

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Introducing: Wild Light Yoga Center

First…we are absolutely bursting at the seams to unveil our new name. After months of hearing your suggestions, talking with trademark attorneys, and having long conversations about who we are as a studio community, we are thrilled to announce that we will become Wild Light Yoga Center. Wild? Yes wild…we are each unique and multifaceted, and wild connotes a sense of freedom, expression, and inner fire that comes from removing the obstacles in the way Read more

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Bookshelf: Fierce Medicine by Ana T. Forrest

“When you shift your perception of life from victim mode—Everything bad happens to me—or judging mode—This is great, this sucks—and shift to a curiosity and a desire to more fully discern the truth, then you are walking with Beauty.” As the creator of Forrest Yoga, Ana T. Forrest has been transforming people’s lives throughout the world for more than thirty-five years. Her unique blend of physical practice, Eastern wisdom, and profound Native American ceremony takes Read more

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BRING RE:think Certified

The gift and challenge of running a yoga studio is weaving yoga into the very way we exist as a business. That means cultivating mindfulness, kindness and compassion in everything we do. For that reason, sustainability is a huge priority for us. We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been officially certified as a sustainable business through BRING’s RE:think Business program! To attain certification, SGY worked one-on- one with a sustainability expert to assess opportunities and make Read more

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Awkward Pose (September Posture of the Month)

You left behind your teenage years thinking you’d never have to feel the uncomfortable angst of awkwardness again. Until you walked into a Core26 class. And now you’re willingly entering three stages of Awkward at least a few times a week. It’s our September Posture of the Month and a beloved stop on the Core26 standing series express. The Sanskrit is Utkatasana, where ‘Utkat’ literally translates to “powerful or fierce.” Will you enter into and Read more

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Why We Practice Asana

“And the asana is really not the yoga. It is the residue the asana leaves in our minds and bodies and hearts that is the yoga.” – Judith Hanson Lasater Asana is a word you’ll hear at nearly every yoga studio on the planet. The suffix of most Sanskrit names for poses, it’s often hidden within a much longer and complicated instruction. Savasana, Uttanasana, Bhujangasana. See it now? In today’s yoga culture, we use asana Read more

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Posture of the Month: Bakasana / Kakasana

The two names for the asana come from the Sanskrit words baka (“crane”) or kak (“crow”) and asana meaning “posture” or “seat”. While different yoga lineages use one name or another for the asana, Kakasana is cited as being with arms bent (like the shorter legs of a crow) and Bakasana with arms straight (like the longer legs of a crane). Bakasana is the foundation for a larger family of postures that include Parsva Bakasana Read more

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