Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga
Inner Alchemy Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga
WORKSHOPS
Inner Alchemy Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga
Inner Alchemy Yoga
Inner Alchemy Yoga
Inner Alchemy Yoga
Classes
Ashtanga Yoga
Mysore Practice
This is an open practice space where the teacher will be present to assist both seasoned as well as beginner Ashtanga students.
The teacher will add poses onto your practice one at a time. You will repeat the movements in order to get better at them, gaining strength and flexibility slowly over time. You will be taught to memorize the sequence, giving you the ability to take your practice anywhere. You will be guided on an individual basis in a group setting, completely tailored to your speed and need.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Half Led Primary Series
The Primary series is called Yoga Chikitsa, designed to detoxify and purify the body, mind, and spirit. It is a challenging and dynamic practice that focuses on building strength, flexibility, and stamina over time which is part of why repeating the same postures is important. This is taught to be accessible to all levels.
Ashtanga Vinyasa Half Led Second Series
The Ashtanga Intermediate Series or second series, is known as Nadi Shodhana – meaning Nerve Cleansing. This series works more towards opening up the heart, through deeper backbends, hip opening and strengthening through the arms. This series is an important counterpart to the forward bending of the primary series. This is taught to be accessible to all levels.
Inner Alchemy
Yoga is so much more than a physical practice. Through a combination of Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Pranayama & Energy work, we will work on the more subtle areas of the body. This class is gentle on the body and is a doorway into the inner, deeper parts of ourselves that want to be alchemised into something more expansive.
Yoga Workshops
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga 4 Week Series
Join Jenifer Krause for a 4 week introductory course to Ashtanga Yoga. This course will leave you with a good foundation to be able to continue the mysore ashtanga practice on your own or with us at the studio. What you will learn:
- The fundamentals of what Ashtanga Yoga is
- The opening & closing chant
- Mysore Style & Led Classes
- Alignment
- Breath, bandhas & dristi
- Learn how to do & memorize sun salutations and the standing sequence
- Resources to go deeper
Ashtanga yoga is a set series of postures designed to build strength and flexibility. The Primary series is designed to cleanse the body of impurities and improve overall health throughout the body, mind and spirit.
Hands on Assists & Adjusting
Are you a yoga teacher looking for a refresher or more practice to increase confidence in hands on adjustments or a yoga student looking to learn more? In this workshop you will learn how to provide hands-on assists to your students (or yourself!) as well as how to adjust in a safe and effective way. We will focus on some common problems seen in common yoga postures and how to correct them. Trying to help students or yourself twist or backbend safely? How to read the student body and tell what they need and so much more.
Hosted by Jenifer Krause, a Master Reiki healer, intuitive massage therapist, hypnotherapist and Ashtanga yoga teacher for over a decade, she knows how important these things are to create confidence as a teacher, to aid in repetitive motion in order to safely use joints, and increase strength & flexibility.
Back bending
If there is anything we all need, it is more backbends. In our society, we are constantly leaning over and bending forward. Our spines want movement and generally we are not doing it enough. No matter your level of experience, you will get a chance to dive deeper into the world of back bending. Learn to create a strong foundation and explore the opening of your heart.
What you will learn in this 3 hour workshop:
~Anatomy of the spine and yogic philosophy surrounding it.
~Why back bending is so important.
~Emotional aspects that may arise and how to work through blockages.
~Back bending drills to work step by step into progressing through deeper backbends in a safe and stable way.
The Other Limbs: Workshops
Yamas & Niyamas
HOW CAN WE BE KINDER TO OURSELVES AND INVITE HARMONY INTO OUR LIVES? HOW CAN WE FIND GREATER CONTENTMENT, TRUST, GRATITUDE, HUMILITY, AND JOY?
The yamas and niyamas—the ethical restraints and observances outlined in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra—can help us address these common human questions. Exploring these concepts in depth can lead to a more fulfilling life and a deeper understanding of what it means to practice yoga.
In this 10 week course:
Join Jenifer Krause as we dive deeper and learn or sharpen your understanding of how to implement the yamas and niyamas into your practice. Along the way, Jenifer shares how real life practitioners, herself included, have used these concepts to transform their lives. Each week we will work with one concept, defining what it means and how to bring it into practice and integrate it in this modern day age.
This course is both relatable and inspiring. It's the perfect chance to re-ignite your practice motivations on and off the mat, and awaken a more balanced relationship to yourself and the world in which you are a part.
Currently in progress, for the next series click below
Pranayama: Breath Work
Pranayama is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In Sanskrit, prana means "vital life force", and yama means to gain control. In yoga, breath is associated with the prana, thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the prana shakti, or life energies.
In this breathe work class you will learn different types of breathing to gain control of your breath and increase oxygen into your system.