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kripalu yoga classes, workshops, and teacher trainings with kelly mcgrath
step out of your routine
and into much needed personal time and space.
These flexible and affordable classes, take the stress out of your day, your body and your mind. With self-care programs of yoga classes, specialty workshops, and teacher trainings, you can do as much or as little as you like. Come dive deeper into your self, and return home energized and inspired.
kelly's winter teaching theme
Living in Quebec, winter represents cold temperatures, crisp air and short day light hours. This makes it a natural time of hibernation. During this season, yoga teaches us to take extra care to make sure we’re feeling balanced. This can be explored with an energizing practice of standing poses to keep us warm and grounded, and forward bends to encourage and inward journey of mindfulness and contemplation for those days of hibernation. And of coarse, shoulder openers, to prevent them from sneaking up to the ears on cold days.
If you’re not getting enough sunlight, it’s important to do your best to avoid the winter blues (SAAD). A great way to beat this is with inversions. These are yoga poses that turn you upside down. They range from physically challenging headstands to calming restorative poses like lying on your back with your legs up against a wall; depending on what’s right for you. There are many benefits to inversions: they boost the immune system to beat colds and flu, balance the hormonal system, which soothes emotions. They can be uplifting, energizing, or deeply relaxing, and are like taking a natural anti-depressant.
Meditation & Contemplation themes this winter will include:
The Yamas, by Patanjali
Inspired from Buddhism:
Calm Abiding Meditation
Metta / Loving-Kindness Meditation
click here for kelly's winter teaching schedule
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restorative and yoga nidra
renewing and recharging from within
with kelly mcgrath
sunday, february 5th, 2012
1:00-4:00
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partner yoga for couples
a valentines celebration
with kelly mcgrath
saturday, february 11th
7pm-9pm
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DAILY 2 Min. OFFICE YOGA VIDEOS
with Kelly Mcgrath and the Montreal Gazette
Stuck in your cubicle with a looming deadline and no time for a workout? Don't fret. We've got you covered. Go to montrealgazette.com/officeyoga and take a couple of minutes to get the kinks out. Starting Feb. 3, and updated every weekday at noon, The Gazette will feature a new short video clip of yoga exercises you can do at your desk.
Before you worry that you'll be tying yourself up in knots in front of your colleagues, relax. The clips offer exercise, meditation and breathing tips, so you can choose whether you want to work off stress physically or mentally.
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