Yippeeee!!! We are now able to open June 12 Friday, as per Gov Mills’ Rural Reopening Strategy. Check Schedule for full timings.
YOGA COVID GUIDELINES - A SAFE WAY TO PRACTICE
•If you are feeling unwell – fever, headache, cough, lack of breath, body aches - stay home, get checked, or reach out to Natasha Sidhu for support.
•We’ll have sanitized mats and towels available too for rent as usual. You can bring your own mat/ towel if you like.
•STUDIO wellbeing:
–Our ventilation system brings in outside air into the studio and circulates air through a UV filter. The heat system uses fresh air from the outside in and is in constant circulation for renewal.
–The studio is cleaned with extra UVC light, and mopped, cleaned after each class.
–All mats are sanitized with an alcohol spray combination after usage and cleaned further with a UV wand.
•If you are coming into the café or into the yoga lounge, do wear a mask. There are fresh disposable masks at the café foyer in case you don’t have one. Entry for yoga sign up if you haven’t signed up earlier is through the side exit door, not the front café door. You will not wear a mask during practice.
•Do practice social distancing space between people in any confined space like the lounge area. Except for noon classes, you may use the indoor cafe space to spread yourselves out before heading up to class to reduce any extra crowding in the lounge area. The cafe is closed during to outsiders and open for space for yoga students.
•Showers are only available for morning classes or small classes where we are able to bleach clean each shower before use.
•Wash your hands before practice. It’s extra protection especially if you touch your face during practice. Feel free to use the restroom at any time.
•Allow yourself, and your fellow practitioners the space to practice—let go, be in your mind/body while staying aware of these new processes that will allow us to continue.
•Please reach out to the teacher or Natasha at any time if you feel unsafe or unsure. We’re here to listen, adapt and ensure everyone is comfortable and at ease to practice. Much love and strength to each and everyone of you here.
Meditation, Pranayama, Tibetan Rite Practices
Bridging Heaven & Earth through ourselves - Meditation by Steve Curtin D.O.
THE TIBETAN RITES - TO RENEW YOUR BODY POWERFULLY
I’ve been wanting to share with you the 5 Tibetan Rites. I practiced it when I had no will-power, or ability to do my go-to Bikram, was alone and found it hard to continue past 10 minutes into the practice.
I want to share it with you because I’ve seen how it really activates all our energy centers which improves the efficiency and vitality of the physical body, it’s organs, the whole endocrine system and your digestive fire. 27 days of this – and you will feel the difference in your vitality, strength and sharpness. This was/is called the Fountain of Youth.
I stand by it and believe in it. I hope you get to experience it.
Set aside just 10-15 minutes a day. Do it in the morning. 5 movements with repetition. Build up in repetitions as you continue each day. Try it at least for the first 5 days and then see it for yourself. Anyone can do it. You don’t have to be a yogi to reap it’s benefits.
Set aside just 10-15 minutes a day. Do it in the morning. 5 movements with repetition. Build up in repetitions as you continue each day. Try it at least for the first 5 days and then see it for yourself. Anyone can do it. You don’t have to be a yogi to reap it’s benefits.
Introducing Nya Riddle and Deep Asana - a practice you can do after the 5 Tibetans warm up or to get into a deeper zone with your limbs.
This mini version of Deep Asana is a full-body stretching and an experience to slowly learn to find your edge each time and reach new levels of flexibility not just in muscle groups but in joint rotations. The focus that you will naturally fall into as a result of the depth of such postures will clear your mind and set the stage for a more awakened and conscious state.
Unique and pointed stretching postures will connect you to your mind to ensure deep meditation at the end of your practice, and will support your body in recovery/injury prevention as well. You will leave conscious of yourself on multiple layers.
Key Things to do for your wellbeing and building your health now:
Work on Grounding and Calmness - a calm nervous system STRENGTHENS the immune system. Feeling fearful of uncertainty or being uncomfortable with ‘not doing’, does not help. Treat this as a time of wonderment - to be able to just sit with no pressure or responsibility except for yourself and your family. Do small things that you find pleasure in.
Pranayama to start the day- Pranayama 1 & 2 for starting the day. Pranayama 2 to ground before sleeping at night if you have difficulty sleeping.
Keep your digestive fire strong. Your immune system’s health depends on your digestive system. Keep it healthy by being conscious of the food you eat, in reasonable amounts. Hot/ Warm water as much as possible ( Think of your stomach as a stewing pot that needs to digest all the food it receives) Ensure elimination is good and complete. Ginger & Tumeric, other digestive spices - Coriander, Cardamom, Cumin are good. Exercise to move the body and create it’s own heat.
Sleep well.
Steamy Buddha is concocting Immune Herbs and will be ready 25th march. For anyone who is interested, please contact me below.
Love and good health to all!
Sharing from my own ‘sadhana’/ daily practice to ground and center myself. A pranayama taught by Dr. Lad to open up the 3 main chakras of the body - Root, Solar Plexus and Throat, activating and aligning us for the day ahead. Takes 10mins in this 1st video with detailed explanations but you’ll get the hang of it and be able to do it in 4 mins in your own practice.
Pranayama 2 to open up both channels of the body that increase clarity, clear mindedness and soothing calm. This is powerful after Pranayama 1 that grounds you. This video is 9mins long. Once you’ve gone through both videos, you can set 10 mins a day for both Pranayamas.
