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Yoga

Yoga at Transformations offers an electric mix of flowing Hatha yoga style with influences from various teaching philosophies. Intuitively instructed to suit your needs and awaken your conscious mind to the present moment. Experience the integration of breathing & mindfulness. Awaken your conscious mind to the present moment & reconnect to your spiritual well being.

Our teaching emphasizes the integration of breath & movement, alignment & internal awareness, facilitated through individual attention, precise verbal cuing & hands-on adjustments. Most of all we encourage all to honour where the body is in that moment.

New to Yoga or beginning again? You can start practicing yoga at any stage of life of level of physical health and fitness. Transformations invites anyone seeking a healthy, integrated approach to struggles with self-acceptance, body image, over/underweight , chronic dieting, anxiety or depression.

Make peace from the inside out.

Hatha / Vinyasa Yoga

Hatha is the foundation of all yoga asana (Postures). Our Hatha/ Vinyasa yoga is eclectic & free allowing you to focus on classical yoga postures, rhythmic breathing and deep relaxation with the opportunity for you to extend and challenge yourself more fully. Increase your energy flow, relieve stress, tension and enhance flexibility and overall health.

Vinyasa Yoga Flow

Vinyasa Yoga Flow is a combination of relaxing and vigorous yoga postures, moderately paced ,connecting to the rhythm of your breath. The practice of Vinyasa creates a balance of heat and calm in the body, drawing on postures that are challenging, yet accessible to a wide range of students. Let your breath flow, find your energy become aware of your strength, flexibility & balance. Finishing with relaxation allowing for deeper observation &contemplation.

Gentle Hatha Yoga

Relax and renew through the practice of gentle yoga postures & breathing techniques to quiet the mind & energize the body. Develop understanding & solidify the foundations of posture. Working at a slower pace to aid in building awareness of breath & body. Our gentle postures & guided relaxation will leave you feeling balanced

Ashtanga Yoga - Level 1 (Power Yoga)

A vigorous flowing yoga practice that consists of a series of well defined movements. Practicing Surya Namaskara A & B (Sun-Salutations) combined with Uujjayi breathing, creates a rhythm helping to focus the mind as well as create heat in the body. The heat created leads to purification of the bodies muscles & organs through increased circulation & sweating. It also improves flexibility, strength & body mind awareness, which allows the student to practice advanced asanas without risk of injury. We will practice from your present condition while on your yoga mat and while off the mat in daily life.

Chakra Yoga

Become more aware of your subtle energy body relating to the seven power centres in your body, chakras. Each Chakra governs a different portion of the body, & the psyche, & so creates the physical body itself. The state of each chakra reflects the health of a particular area of your body. It also reflects your psychological, emotional & spiritual well-being. ( Lecture & Practice)

Through Yoga Asanas (postures) & guided meditation we will explore your power centres and see how they reflect what's happening in your body, in your life. Unplug from negative thoughts & perceptions & live as a healthier, more empowered person.

Chandra Namaskra Yoga (Hatha / Vinyasa Yoga) Although not as common as Suyra Namaskara, Chandra Namaskara is an integral part of any balanced yoga practice. Moon Salutations, are a variation of the classic Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) and are designed to be relaxing and restorative for the body and mind. The Moon is of particular importance in Hatha Yoga as "ha" means sun and "tha" means moon. Hatha Yoga then is meant to bring unity and balance between these two opposites. While the sun it warming and invigorating, the moon is cooling and calming in contrast, the Moon Salutations cools and calms the nervous system, and includes several of the most beneficial postures for menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. Men of course enjoy practicing Moon Salutation because it is such a powerful psychological and spiritual counterbalance to the Sun Salutation. While the Sun Salutation enacts the hero's journey-stepping forward to face life's challenges--the Moon Salutation enacts the journey of descent--sinking into the depths to discover one's creativity, the process of literal or metaphoric birth.

This amazing class is great for any time of day, but is especially beneficial when performed in the evening as the series of poses is designed to calm the mind and relax every muscle in the body.

Explore the movements of Chandra Namaskara and give yourself the tools and confidence to explore your Being.

Five Tibetans

The Five Tibetans is a yoga practice for both newcomers & those who wish to expand their practice. You learn the sequencing of 5 postures along with breathing exercises that rejuvenate, reverse aging & re-charge the energy centres of the body. These asanas (postures) are great core strengtheners. You will take from these sessions a 10 -15 minute yoga practice that can be done everyday.

Yogalates

Yogalates is the fusion of the ancient discipline of yoga with modern Pilates techniques, Yoga with spirit, from the core. Objectives of the session stress development of core strength, muscle toning, increased flexibility, body awareness . We will focus on accessing & strengthening the core, finding your alignment & stretching from the inside of the body to the outside, using the breath. You will leave this class feeling like you have worked toward becoming physically& mentally balanced inside & out.