AUGUST 2024

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Breathe in the fresh air and find your flow during Stretch then Salad, our new yoga in the park series in partnership with The Good Salad! Join us on our first session on Saturday, August 10 led by Lindsay Damiano. The rejuvenating practice will start at 11:00 am and after our yoga session, enjoy fresh, delicious salads by the Good Salad! This is a wonderful opportunity to mingle with fellow participants!

Confidently express yourself and let your dance be your moving meditation. Feel your movement from the inside out and make space for your authentic movement to express freely through you with Alyse Romano’s Embodied Dance: Authentic Movement workshop on August 3, 2024 at 1:00 pm. This session will focus on authentic movement: your natural movement that occurs when the mind takes a back seat and lets the body flow freely.

We’re inviting you all to join Alyse Romano as she leads the Vocal Activation Circle workshop on August 30, 7:45 pm. We will practice vocal exercises to clear and activate the energy of the throat and use our sound vibration to co-create a living prayer. This will be an evening of exercising the throat chakra with vocal warm ups, clearings, activations including Sanskrit mantra and medicine song.

Johnny was wonderful! I’ve done many of the poses in my practice and I like his style. His add-ons to the basic poses were excellent and so I got a great workout for my core.” A great review for a wonderful teacher! Practice Vinyasa with Johnny Gonsoulin every Monday and Friday at 9:30am, Tuesday at 6:00 pm, and Saturday at 8:30 am!

Experience the serenity of flowing movement! Let Dina Melnychuk guide you through a practice filled with graceful postures combined with physical challenge and intensity. Practice Vinyasa with Dina every Friday at 6:00 pm, where you can expect pranayama (breathwork), meditation, and dynamic yoga asanas (postures).

We’re excited to invite you all to Amy Hsiao‘s new class: Power Yoga Fundamentals every Tuesday morning, 9:30 am. Each class will contain a short workshop on a peak pose (Headstand, Arm Balance, Forearm stand, handstand, etc.) with detailed cues and explanations so that you can learn how to safely progress to the next level. The class will comprise of conditioning exercises and stretching to prepare the body for the peak pose. All levels are welcome!

Note: Class schedules are subject to change. For a more updated class schedule with your favorite teachers, please visit https://yogasource.com/schedule/

Our Summer 100 is heating up and we thank you to all the participants who have been participating and keeping the studio vibrant! We have 1 more month left until the end of the challenge and we are already seeing winners! Prizes will be announced soon!

We believe in the power of community and collaboration. We have now launched our Community Partners page to celebrate the wonderful neighboring businesses that share our commitment to health, wellness, and vibrant living. For partnerships and/or event posts, please don’t hesitate to email us at info@yogasource.com.

Tips for Beginners on Restorative Yoga

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Restorative yoga is a gentle, calming practice that focuses on relaxation and rejuvenation. It’s an excellent way to unwind, reduce stress, and promote healing. If you’re new to restorative yoga, these tips shared by Jennifer Jones Schroeder will help you get started and make the most of your practice.

  • Restorative Yoga is a practice to quiet the mind and relax the body. It is not a competition, even with oneself.
  • Restorative Yoga is a practice of being in the moment and letting everything be as it is.
  • When thoughts move through your field of awareness, notice them and let them pass in. No judgement for having thoughts, the practice is to refrain from hooking in to the process of thinking.
  • Embody the moment. Let the asana (reclining yoga pose) become your body, instead of forcing the body to submit.
  • Pain of any kind is counterproductive to the healing benefits of Restorative Yoga. No pain, no pressure, no stress.
  • Have plenty of props for support: bolster, blocks, blanket, eye pillow and perhaps essential oils

The fascinating and continuous spiraling of life brings this Mississippi native to the mat through a lifetime of yogic adventures. A former dancer and an international businesswoman, Jennifer interprets yoga in its many manifestations as prayer in the flesh. 

Practice Restorative Yoga with Jennifer every Sunday at 6:00 pm.

JULY 2024

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Dear YogaSource family,

Explore transformative practices designed to enrich your mind, body, and spirit. Discover techniques to enhance your inner peace, physical health, and creative expression.

We are overjoyed to announce that we have been voted the Best Yoga Studio in Palo Alto in two publications – Palo Alto Weekly and The Almanac! This incredible honor, awarded by our wonderful community, fills us with immense gratitude.

Thank you for being an essential part of our community. We are excited to continue this journey together and look forward to seeing everyone in our daily classes at the studio.

On July 13, 20224 at 1:30 pm, join Shivani Patel in the “Meditation and Journaling: Creating Possibilities” where you will be immersed in a Yoga Nidra meditation practice. Here, Shivani will be guiding you inward for deep relaxation and insight, then you will have time to journal, reflect, and practice self-discovery. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to blend mindfulness with personal expression, unlocking new possibilities within yourself.

Have you ever wondered how small, precise movements can lead to significant breakthroughs in your overall physical health? Join Kiersten Jakobsen for the “Interstitium & Fascia: The Space Between Micro Movement and Whole Body Breakthrough” workshop on July 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm to discover the answer. In this unique session, we’ll guide you through dynamic movements using conventional asanas like Crescent Pose and low lunge. Come and discover how can we build greater strength, mobility, healing, and recovery through fascial conditioning.

Just like physical movement is natural medicine for our bodies, so is our own sound vibration. Come and join Alyse Romano as she brings back Vocal Activation Circle! On August 2, 2024 at 7:45 pm, let’s exercise the throat which helps us connect with our expression, creative power, and highest truth. Alyse will guide you through vocal warm ups, Mantra (sanskrit), Medicine Music Sharing and vocal exploration. Together we will exercise our voices to increase the transmutation, creation, and expression power of our throat chakras.

Confidently express yourself and let your dance be your moving meditation. Feel your movement from the inside out and make space for your authentic movement to express freely through you with Alyse Romano’s Embodied Dance: Authentic Movement workshop on August 3, 2024 at 1:00 pm. This session will focus on authentic movement: your natural movement that occurs when the mind takes a back seat and lets the body flow freely.

Take the break you deserve and join us for a transformative yoga retreat designed to refresh your body, mind, and spirit. Join Hillary Acer from Oct 2 – 6, 2024, for Serenity in Sedona, a 5-day immersion in the Arizona desert, and enjoy daily yoga classes that weave together breathwork, meditation, and movement. Whether you’re seeking a peaceful retreat to disconnect from the hustle of city life, looking to deepen your yoga practice, or simply in need of a nature-filled escape, this Yoga and Hiking Retreat offers it all.

Get ready to sweat and build your cardiovascular endurance, stamina and strength! Practice Core + Strength with Denise Henry every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00 am. The exercises are constantly varied but focus on core, upper body and lower body combinations. This class will build cardiovascular endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, coordination, balance and will enhance your performance and fitness for any activity or sport.

We invite you to Natalie Javid’s Restorative Yin Yoga class, designed to help you find deep relaxation and inner harmony. Join her every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm for Restorative Yin, where students will be guided through a period of meditation, intention setting, and a gentle warm-up practice that flows and slows down into a deeply healing Restorative practice.

We’re ecstatic to have Kristine Tom back in the studio! Join her and practice Power on July 17, 2024 at 9:30 am as she subs for Nadia. Kristine’s teaching style integrates the fields of Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomechanics, Physical Therapy, and Mindfulness Meditation – which is perfect for the class! Power is an energetic style of Yoga that synchronizes breath with movement. It emphasizes strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Note: Class schedules are subject to change. For a more updated class schedule with your favorite teachers, please visit https://yogasource.com/schedule/

We’re thrilled to announce that the YogaSource Spiritual Book club will be starting on a new read! Join Shivani Patel as we reflect and dive into Boyd Varty’s acclaimed work, “The Lion Tracker’s Guide To Life”. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life. Join us in our first meeting on July 23 at 7:45 pm!