LOCATIONS
Whitefish
Second Floor
Teaching Schedule:
Mysore Ashtanga Yoga
Fridays
Doors @6:30AM-8:30AM
Some Saturdays: Check Shanti schedule for dates
$30 drop in / $108 Monthly
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga
4 Week Beginner Workshop Series
Saturdays Starting January 2025
9:00AM- 10:30AM
$150
Ashtanga Led Classes
Invite only or email for pre-approval. Must have prior experience.
Private Yoga:
Inquire @ energychannelinghealing@gmail.com
Inner Alchemy
Yoga is so much more than a physical practice. Through a combination of Yin, 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.
@Shanti Yoga once a month: check schedule
Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga 6 Week Series
@Shanti Yoga, Whitefish
Join Jenifer Krause for a 6 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.
*Next one coming January 2025 $150
Saturdays 9-10:30am
About Jenifer
Ashtanga Yoga
Yoga integrates with holistic medicine as it has been found treat the whole person. Yoga therapy increases flexibility and stamina, improves pain and anxiety and enhances the immune system. Yoga therapy focuses not only on physical health, but wellness of the mind and emotions.
Certifications & Trainings:
~200 hr. Teacher Training Lotus Life, New York
~Primary Series Teacher Training David Swenson
~Second Series Training Manju Jois
~Yoga Therapy Manju Jois
~Mentorship & Teacher Training Taylor Hunt,
Columbus Ohio (1 year)
~Ashtanga for Addiction Certification, Trini Foundation
~Mentorship Meghan Kirk, Philadelphia (2.5 years)
For over the past decade Jenifer has studied and practiced with some of the Master teachers of Ashtanga yoga all over the country. She has taught and assisted classes at Ashtanga Yoga Columbus & Mysore Philadelphia and Missoula, MT. Between moves she opened her own yoga studio in Syracuse, NY.
Jenifer has a passion for teaching and practicing yoga because it has helped her cultivate self disciple and completely changed her life for the better. It has improved her overall health and wellness to such extremes that she tries to spread the yogic word to all that will listen and want to learn more about themselves.
What is Ashtanga Yoga?!
Ashtanga Yoga is a set sequence of postures that focuses on linking breath with movement popularized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. There are 6 total series in Ashtanga yoga and the Primary series is just the first.
The Primary series is 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.
The word Ashtanga is composed of two Sanskrit words. “Ashta” refers to the number eight, while “Anga” means limb. Therefore, Ashtanga is the union of the eight limbs of yoga, into one complete, holistic system. The eight-limbs of yoga represent the various branches of the philosophy of the yoga sutras that form the foundation of Ashtanga.
What is the difference between a led class & mysore practice?
A led class is what most people in America are familiar with. There is a teacher at the front of the room guiding every student to do the same thing at the same time. You start and finish class together.
Mysore practice 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 and memorize them. Over time you are gaining strength and flexibility and adding on to the sequence. 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.
With dedication and practice you may eventually learn the entire Primary series which usually takes around 90 min. to complete once learned and memorized. After that you start to learn the intermediate series. There is typically a long period of time the studio is "open" for however, you want to come into the space with enough time to allow to finish your personal mysore practice.
Another great thing about this practice... you can go to ANY Ashtanga Mysore program in the world, and they are all practicing this same exact way! What a community!
What if I have injuries or am older?
This is why I love the practice. We do not make the student do the yoga. We fit the yoga to the student. There are always modifications for postures and modifications for a set sequence, especially as we age.
As far as age goes, we really want less asana practice and more meditative or therapeutic postures and this also is why Ashtanga yoga is great. We have 8 limbs to practice, only 1 of them is physical.