Yoga For Those Who Fell Off The Mat
Orchard Valley Counselling Services Inc. now offers an ultra-beginner hatha yoga class designed for those who used to do yoga and for whatever reason fell out of their practice. It is also the perfect introduction to yoga for beginners or first timers to yoga.
This class will provide a break from normal daily routine, increase your flexibility, and is intended to help you reconnect with your body; with the ultimate aim of mind, body, and spirit in union.
This one hour class includes:
- A ground breaking and centering practice
- Breath work (pranayama)
- Yoga stretching
- Basic yoga postures
- Modified flow (as we advance)
- Resting meditation (shavasana)
When: Tuesday, January 14th at 7pm till 8pm. Every Tuesday evening. Closed all statutory holidays.
Where: 2nd Floor, Central Okanagan Massage & Supply,
106-3535 Old Okanagan Hwy, West Kelowna
Offering: Drop-In $15.00. 5 session card includes 5 classes for $60.00 or 10 session classes for $110 (GST incl.).
Don’t forget to remember to recite a mantra before or after you step on the mat can enhance your practice. A mantra can be used any time or any where, and not just while you’re on your mat. This tool can be helpful in calming your mind at anytime or anywhere. No longer want to feel stressed, anxious, lonely? Identify a word, a phrase, or chant that you can use in a way that works for you: loudly, softly, or even internally.
To enhance the benefits of your mantra use a short mantra that can be chanted or repeated 108 times. This is where a set of mala beads can be useful. The longer mantras can be repeated several times but no more than three. Take time for yourself by spending a few minutes to focus your time and attention on a sound to calm your mind and body.
I’m Ready To Heal
What’s Your Mantra?
About the Instructor
Lori Pinnell MA., B. Mgt., BA, Cert. Life Coach, RYT200
Lori is a registered 200 hr yoga instructor of the Kripalu lineage with completed modules in the RYT500. She has been teaching yoga since 2005, having operated her own studio, which she taught for Trinity Yoga Centre for several years, at local elementary and high schools, corporate trainings and for the Stroke Recovery group. Lori not only has extensive knowledge of yoga but has her MA in Transpersonal Psychology and is a Certified Life Coach, with a BA Mgt., BA.
Her studio practice ended with a sudden head injury symptomatic of a concussion…a different type of yoga practice showed up in her world to support her. She now desires to bring back the physical practice into her life and share that process and journey with others.
