Asana river

Classes

Yoga Explorations
Saturdays   •   Jan 30, Feb 13 & 27   •   10:00- 12:00 noon
Go on a journey with invigorating physical postures, restorative relaxation and meditation.
Students of all levels are welcome-  including brand-new beginners.

$15 per class.   Please email (shanaherron@hotmail.com) or call ahead (859-243-8852) to secure your space.

Ashtanga Yoga
Mondays   •   Ongoing   •   7:00- 8:30pm   •   No Class Jan 18
A traditional form of hatha yoga, Ashtanga is quite challenging, but fun too. Ashtanga is based on flowing "vinyasa," or moving in synchronicity with the breath, and teaches you how to tame your mind through steadying your posture, breath and gaze.
This is a led class through half of the primary series of Ashtanga. Appropriate for students with some prior yoga study and in good physical condition.

$10 for 1 class; $50 for 6 classes (good for 2 months)

See ashtangalexington.com for more Ashtanga Class information.

Where

All classes are at Artemesia Community Acupuncture and Wellness Center, 296 Southland Drive at Eastway Drive, near CVS and the railway overpass.

Questions

What is the difference between Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga?
Hatha yoga is an umbrella term for the physical postures of yoga, so all the specific styles of yoga- like ashtanga, iyengar, or anusara- are types of hatha yoga.
I call my Saturday classes "hatha" because I draw from my studies in the 3 traditions I listed above in teaching them. In these Saturday classes you will find that we use props to help learn and understand postures, and while we practice the foundational poses of all these traditions, the sequence that we practice changes from week to week, depending on the class focus.
Ashtanga yoga is a flowing, vigorous style of yoga where we learn a set series of postures progressively. This means that each posture informs the ones that come later and that we should learn the series over time, not try to learn all the postures at once or quickly.

I have never really practiced yoga before. Can I come to the Monday night Ashtanga Class?
I recommend coming to a series of Saturday classes first to familiarize yourself with yoga postures, before coming to the ashtanga class, which is pretty fast-paced.
That said, if Mondays just work better for you or you really want to try ashtanga, and if you are in at least pretty good physical condition, you are welcome to come try it. If you come, take it easy on yourself, just try to get a feel for the practice, and do not try to do everything in your first class.

Do I need to bring my own mat?
If you have a mat, please bring one. If you do not have a mat, I have a few that are free for the borrowing.