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It is not necessary to be strong or flexible to do yoga. it is not even necessary to sit on the floor. In yoga we start where we are. The complete beginner receives as much benefit from a yoga class as the most experienced student. All that is needed is some level of attention or focus on the part of the student. This is the body/mind connection. To truly practice yoga, your mind must be present with what your body is doing. Yoga emphasizes individual development and is a self-paced activity. Everyone works at his or her own level within the same class. Yoga poses, or asana, can be adapted to meet the needs of all students. In the non-competitive environment of a yoga class, students are encouraged to value their own experience, to discover that the feeling of a pose is more important than what it looks like. Although yoga developed as many as 5,000 years ago in ancient India, there are over 15 million practitioners of yoga in the United Sates today. When practiced regularly, yoga brings health and vitality to the body and calmness and clarity to the mind. As well, it can bring a sense of harmony and balance to one's life. Yoga offers numerous physical and mental benefits. Yoga has an increasingly well documented ability to help with various conditions, including arthritis, fibromyalgia, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, hormonal imbalances and insomnia to name a few. As well, yoga can reduce stress, boost the immune system, improve cardiovascular health, increase bone density; and lead to greater strength, better posture, increased range of motion, and more energy and mental focus. Perhaps yoga's greatest gift is how it develops in us the ability to be more present in each moment, and more present for our lives. |
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Jenny Tumas Since her first yoga class as a high school student in California, Jenny has had a strong interest in yoga. After college and work as an editor, years spent raising three children while living in rural northern California, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado left little opportunity for the practice of yoga. But a move with her family in 1996 to Wisconsin brought yoga back into her life when she took a yoga class in Ripon with David Brittain. She began a committed study of yoga with Kathleen Kelly-Hoffman of Bay Area Yoga in Green Bay, and since then has done extensive teacher trainings with some of today's leading yoga teachers, including Tracey Rich, Ganga White, Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, Judith Lasater, and Jill Satterfield. Jenny is a certified yoga teacher and a 200 hour e-RYT with the Yoga Alliance, which means she has taught over 1000 hours of yoga. She is also a certified Relax & Renew trainer, specializing in Restorative Yoga, and in 2007 completed Cyndi Lee's OM Yoga teacher training. She believes that the many benefits of yoga should be made available to people of all ages and physical conditions. Her classes integrate breath and movement with attention to form and alignment. Her teaching style draws from the various yoga traditions of her training, including Ashtanga-based Vinyasa, Iyengar, Yin, and also the practice of Chi Gung. Her experience as a Reiki master informs her teaching as well. She has been teaching yoga since 2001. In addition to her passion for yoga, Jenny enjoys writing poetry, which she has found to be similar to sequencing the yoga poses which make up a yoga class. Guest Instructors: Jennifer Dutch Jennifer Dutch is a certified 200-hour level RYT yoga teacher and a Reiki Practitioner. Combining over 14 years of professional experience in Sales, Training and Project Management with her personal yoga practice of 11 years, she now manages Mindful Integration LLC in the U.S., coordinating retreats, workshops and training programs in the U.S. and internationally. Most recently she assisted Michael Watson with a 225-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program and completed a 40-hour Restorative Yoga Intensive with Darren Main. [back to top] |
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