Hatha Yoga Classes
Yoga is a vehicle for deepening the experience of unity between body, mind and Soul and serves as a resource for personal growth and healing.
- Gain balance, flexibility and strength in body and mind
- Relieve stress
- Cleanse & expand your lungs
- Discover inner Peace & Joy
Bring a thick blanket and a sticky mat.
Beginners are welcome.
Mondays: 5:30pm-6:45pm
Begins Monday, March 1, 2010
Location:
Izaak Walton Clubhouse
18 S. Sunset
Longmont, CO
Phone: 303-651-8404 or 303-774-4800
Save money by signing up for the month.
Drop-in fee: $9 Longmont resident/$11 non-resident
Monthly fee: $28 Longmont resident/$35 non-resident (Based upon four weeks in a month)
or pre-pay at the St. Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak, Longmont
or at the Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont.
Thank you.
Classes are offered through the Recreation Services, City of Longmont, CO.
The practice of yoga is an art and science dedicated to creating union between body, mind and soul. Its objective is to assist the practitioner in using the body, mind and breath to foster an awareness of ourselves as individualized beings intimately connected to the unified whole of creation.
In short it is about making balance and creating equanimity so as to live in peace, good health and harmony with the greater whole. This art of right living was perfected and practiced in India thousands of years ago and the foundations of yoga philosophy were written down in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, approximately 200 AD. This sacred text describes the inner workings of the mind and provides an eight-step blueprint for controlling its restlessness so as to enjoying lasting peace.
The core of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra is an eight-limbed path that forms the structural framework for yoga practice. Upon practicing all eight limbs of the path it becomes self-evident that no one element is elevated over another in a hierarchical order. Each is part of a holistic focus which eventually brings completeness to the individual as they find their connectivity to the divine.
Because we are all uniquely individual a person can emphasize one branch and then move on to another as they round out their understanding.
In brief the eight limbs, or steps to yoga, are as follows: 
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Yama: Universal morality
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Niyama: Personal observances
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Asanas: Body postures
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Pranayama: Breathing exercises (control of prana)
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Pratyahara: Control of the senses
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Dharana: Concentration and cultivating inner perceptual awareness
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Dhyana: Devotion (meditation on the Divine)
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Samadhi: Union with the Divine
