yoga places?

[Veni*C]

anyone know of any good yoga places? im looking for somewhere central downtown that offers kundalini yoga classes.....

[MC Hammered]

www.yaletownyoga.com @ Richards & Davie.

It doesn't offer the type of yoga you are asking for but it's one of the nicest studios downtown.

[lou_belle]

The way I got into yoga I took private one on one sessions..for about month. It allows the instructor to really massage the muscle groups your stretching and give you a real understanding of what each stretch is supposed to feel like, and it feels SO good to get a body rubdown after an intense class. But then, cuz it's far too expensive for me, I just do it at home and whenever I want I just go in for a one day class to get that YOGA feeling back :)

[veN]

I've only taken yoga (Iyngar, Hatha, etc) in Ladner, N.Delta and Richmond so I can't really help you with a d/t facility. A girlfriend of mine does Bikram yoga in Vancouver (d/t somewhere I believe) but I'm not sure where. Wow... I'm not much help at all! I am currently in serach of a good class or video/dvd because I was really disappointed with my last class and haven't found anything decent that works for me right now :(

ANYONE HAVE ANY GOOD DVDS/VIDEOS TO RECOMMEND? I'm pretty experienced but still taking beginners classes (that might be my problem), and starting doing yoga 1.5 yrs ago, 2-3 times a week. HELP!

[MissBehavior]

^I think there's a Bikrams yoga place on Commercial between Venables and Kitchener...

[crookedking]

in the hit movie "mad max" there was a character named "kundalini".

and he wants his hand back.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by MissBehavior

^I think there's a Bikrams yoga place on Commercial between Venables and Kitchener...

There is also another right on Cambie a block up from West Broadway.

I just did a quick Google search:
- http://www.yogawest.ca/outclass.html
- http://www.yogawest.ca/links.htm

[veN]

^ Im pretty sure thats the one my gf goes to. She loves it. Not too long ago she did the 60-day bikram yoga program. 60 straight days of bikram yoga. Omg!

[miss.myra]

There's also a Bikram's yoga right downtown on Alberni St!

[Varney Rae]

I dont know of any places downtown but I do kundalini at Yoga West on 4th and Trafalgar. I really recomend it because there are different types (more breathing excercises or more pilates type thing), the studio is really nice and the instructers are great!

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by Kraig

There is also another right on Cambie a block up from West Broadway.

I just did a quick Google search:
- http://www.yogawest.ca/outclass.html
- http://www.yogawest.ca/links.htm

thanx kraigy :) good links :y:

[stringbeans]

who does yoga anyways, like seriously

[Veni*C]

hey u..... how about you shuuuuuuuuuuuaaat upppp... :P

go eat your quiche.. ok thanx bye.

[Kraig]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

who does yoga anyways, like seriously

Naaa dude... trust me when I say it's a good thing when the chickies do Yoga.

Yoga = flexibility and endurance.

[Chewy]

power yoga is where its at

[diva]

I did a 90 minute bikram's yoga class last night.

I felt so great that I bought a 20 class package.

[mikey]

I did a 75 minute hot yoga class one time...

Holy fuck, thats some next level shit. NEVER AGAIN !!!!!!

[Veni*C]

im not really interested in hot yoga.. isnt that to lose weight?... i wanna do it more for the meditation and stretching....
:)

[dr0pdeadfred]

here is a link to a party coming up where the first hour is a yoga session, which then goes into djs and dancing all night

i will probably be at this!

[Chewy]

Originally Posted by ~Veni_C~

im not really interested in hot yoga.. isnt that to lose weight?... i wanna do it more for the meditation and stretching....
:)

at my gym we call it power yoga....... i dunno if thats what it is actually called but.... we do streching.. meditation near the end of the class... i say most of the moves we do developes your core strenght and tones the body... somtimes you work up a sweat but its nothing to crazy. the class is about 90 mins..... i try to go every monday and wednesday.... ill figure out the actual program name and let you know what it is

[veN]

Originally Posted by ~Veni_C~

im not really interested in hot yoga.. isnt that to lose weight?... i wanna do it more for the meditation and stretching....
:)

I'm not keen on "hot yoga" either. I only like to get hot playing sports or having sex. And even then, it's optimal NOT to sweat. Lol. Girlie, I know. Bikram yoga isn't just about losing weight. When you get that hot, your muscles are more limber and stretch farther, easier.

I value yoga for the way it centers me (and I'm not talking that "I am a rock, I am a tree" BS), limbers me (great for avoiding injury in all other activities you do, including but not limited to sports), and teaches me way to manipulate my body to work out kinks/knots myself.

I have only done Iyngar and Hatha yoga. From what my many instructors have told me, I understand Iyngar to be about disciplined poses/form, and hatha is more about flow and breathing.

Venita, what is is the principle of Kundalini? Anyone? I'm very curious!

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by ch0dab0y

here is a link to a party coming up where the first hour is a yoga session, which then goes into djs and dancing all night

i will probably be at this!

thats really fucking cool.... thanks for the link! :)

oh wait.. is that in calgary??

[Veni*C]

Originally Posted by Nev

Venita, what is is the principle of Kundalini? Anyone? I'm very curious!

kundalini is mainly about meditation..your chakras.. energy and stuff
so pretty much 'hippy yoga'.... :)

learn more here.....
http://www.vethathiri.org/English/sky.htm

[Jeaninah]

you know whats better than your "hippy yoga"? RAVING.. throw on some funky disco house and rip it up in your living room. soon your butt will be toit. toit like a tiger!

[Ree Fresh]

I reckon its all about the power yoga with wine philates fussion