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UPCOMING
WORKSHOP
May 10-11.
More Health, More Peace, More Vitality

WELCOME to Yoga of the Heart
Yoga of the Heart is taught in the Svaroopa ® style, one of the many styles of Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga is one of many types of Yoga. There is, for example, Bhakti Yoga (devotion), Raja Yoga (meditation), Karma Yoga (action/service), Hatha Yoga (body awareness) etc. Each one is a different path to the same goal. The goal of each type of Yoga is awareness, consciousness, our state of being. The wonderful vehicle of Hatha Yoga is the body and breath awareness. Through the practice of Yoga we can come into a greater awareness of our bodies, our state of being, our Essential Nature. Gradually, we can drop the patterns that bind and contract our body, our heart and mind; and move more into the joyful, peaceful space of the heart. All levels of fitness are welcome. No prior experience is necessary.

Adeline Alex, RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) CSYT (Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Teacher) and Senior Teacher began her study of yoga and meditation in 1972. She received so much “inner fullness” from her practice of yoga that she was inspired to share it with others.

Adeline Alex
In 1976 she began teaching and has continued to offer her love of yoga in the Metrowest area for over 25 years. She met Rama Berch (founder of Svaroopa Yoga) in 1997 and began her studies in 1998. Addie has mentored beginning teachers through Svaroopa Yoga’s DTS mentoring program and she continues her studies in the Advanced Teacher Training Program. She also enjoys facilitating the inner journey that yoga has to offer. By opening up your body, you clear the density from your heart and mind, so that you may have what yoga promises 
–Rama Birch

ABOUT SVAROOPA YOGA
Svaroopa yoga is one of the primary styles of hatha yoga in America. It is known for its compassionate approach to profoundly transformative work with the body, mind and emotions. It is widely recognized as a powerful tool for promoting healing and transformation, as well as opening the inner levels of transcendent experience.

In Svaroopa yoga the emphasis is on releasing the tensions at the core of the body along the spine beginning at the tailbone and progressing through each spinal area. The poses are carefully chosen to provide this opening.

A key principle of Svaroopa yoga is support equals release. Through the support of props (blankets, blocks, chairs) the muscles relax allowing tensions and compression to be released without exertion. There is an unwinding of core tensions which has a beneficial effect into all the systems of the body- nervous, digestive, respiratory, circulatory etc.

Svaroopa yoga specializes in the inner opening. As soon as you experience this physical opening, you realize that something has opened all the way through your whole being. An inner state of being at ease becomes accessible. The changes are profound and reliable.

Svaroopa yoga classes offer you the opportunity to feel uplifted and more joyful; deeply relaxed and calm; to have greater clarity and more energy; to release stress and anxiety; to feel well from the inside out; and MORE!

 

 
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