Courses offered at Transformation Yoga Center

Ayurvedic Yoga

Ayurvedic Yoga combines Hatha yoga postures, with the fundamental principles of Ayurveda. This class is excellent for individuals who would like to learn how yoga can be utilised to create a practice consistent with their individual characteristics based upon ayurvedic principles. This practice brings to the practitioner a greater sense of balance and harmony, with themselves and the environment.

Ayurvedic yoga uses postures as a therapeutic tools along with pranayama technique (breathing excercises), meditation, mantra yoga to bring balance in all levels of our being physical, mental (psycho emotional) & energetic bodies. The postures & breathing techniques is also modified according to seasonal changes & individual needs!

Stress Reduction Yoga

This class is designed for the individual who would like to release some of the stress of our busy life. Using meditation, pranayama, gentle Hatha yoga poses and relaxation technique, it bring us to a calm & serene place of just being present! It is based upon fundamental principles of mindfulness.

Hatha Yoga

This course is open to all levels. The emphasis is placed upon the foundation of classical Hatha yoga, using breathing exercises and asana (posture) to achieve the physical & mental well being for all!

Hatha Yoga Anusara inspired

This course combines the classical Hatha style with therapeutic alignment principles of Anusara yoga; an approach that focuses on the inner attitude of the posture. This technique incorporated precise biomechanical alignment that permits a safe and accessible experience for all students. It is a gentle yoga which includes the use of props and modification, in order to stabilize the core while increasing flexibility.

Yoga for strength and flexibility

This class is designed for those students who have a previous yoga practice and are physically well. In this approach we focus on more challenging postures, alignment, strength, flexibility using proper yoga breathing. Yoga for strength and flexibility is based on upon the Vinyasa flow of Ashtanga yoga.

Prenatal yoga

This is a class to create a calm sanctuary where the mothers to be can experience a peaceful, loving union with her baby. Yoga’s primary gift is to provide a nurturing and peaceful environment and decrease tension which is perfectly compatible with the needs of a pregnant woman.

In this course we use postures to open and relax the pelvic area, strengthen muscle tone, release back tension through breathing techniques, and a relaxed focused to deepen your experience of the life growing within you.

Children’s Yoga (ages 8-12):

The children will learn Yoga postures and work on their strength, flexibility and concentration. It is based upon an Ashtanga yoga practice, a more physically demanding form of Yoga. This Yoga helps promote strength, agility, flexibility, concentration, and aerobic fitness.

Kids yoga (5-8 years old)

During this class kids will learn yoga poses through story telling and games. The goal is to develop their motor skills, balance, flexibility, strength, breathing and concentration. This course is playful and entertaining for the children.