Ottawa’s Kalyana Yoga Shala offers the following classes. To view our online teaching schedule, please click HERE.  To print our schedule, please click Printer-Friendly Schedule.

Core Flow
Build core strength, balance and flexibility in this dynamic flow class. Work your body from the inside out in fluid, flowing sequences that integrate strengthening, lengthening and toning of your core muscles. The class ends with a deep relaxation.

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Breathe & Stretch
A class that focuses on connecting the breath with movements of the body with the goal of finding steadiness and comfort in each pose while gently increasing flexibility and strength. All levels welcome!

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Gentle Hatha
Gentle Hatha is a mindful and meditative approach to opening the body with softness.
It is practiced with a focus on the basics of alignment and the evolution of strength and balance. This class is complete with opportunities for self-care bringing forth surrender and release with nurturance and ease. The class will emphasize breath, relaxation, balance, strength and stretch. This class is designed to accommodate each student in his/her pose through modification or the use of props. 

This class is suitable for all levels of experience.

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Good Night Yoga
Tired of the tossing and turning? Try Good Night Yoga. It is the perfect way to end your day. Unwind in long, luxurious stretches in a warm room (80 degrees F). Discover the gifts of breath (pranayama) that invite the ease of body and mind. This is a gentle practice that readies us for a good night’s sleep.

This class is appropriate for experienced and novice students alike.

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Hatha All Levels
Hatha All Levels focuses on yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), and helps to bring balance to the body. This class will help you to increase your flexibility and strength, improve your balance and deal with stress in a positive manner. Meditation, guided imagery and relaxation will be incorporated to support deep relaxation and help you feel rejuvenated. Basic, intermediate and more advanced variations of the asanas will be provided with a focus on proper breathing and safe alignment. Whether a novice or seasoned yogi/yogini you will leave this class feeling the inherent balance, both recharged and relaxed.

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Hatha Flow
Flow-based Hatha Yoga links the postures practiced in a regular Hatha class into a sequence of movements that “flow” with the breath in a more vigorous series. The flow involves moving from one posture to another with minimal rest in between. This class is practiced in a regular temperature room but the fluent movement creates natural heat in the body. Hatha Flow provides a strong cardiovascular workout and is best suited to those who have practiced Hatha yoga and are familiar with postures, transitions, inversions and Sun Salutations. Modifications can and will be provided for postures to invite accessibility as well as growth. Come connect to breath and go with the flow!

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Hatha FUNdamentals
Hatha FUNdamentals is the place to start your practice when unrolling the mat for the first time. No previous experience is required. This class offers an introduction to the teachings of yoga, those that honour the breath, the body, mind and being. You will be guided through yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), to help bring about the balance of the mind and body. Each pose and its corresponding modification(s) is carefully explained and demonstrated at an introductory level. This class is intended to be accessible to men and women of all ages, regardless of personal levels of fitness, body type. Come master fundamental poses in a class that is inviting, safe and enjoyable!

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Hatha Intermediate
The base of all yoga classes is a classical blend of postures, breathing techniques, and meditation sequenced intelligently with the goal of inspiring a healthy body and uplifting the mind. Asanas (postures) stretch, align, help detoxify the body, and promote balance, flexibility, and concentration. Learning to move with the breath releases a wealth of vital energy, cultivates a clear, peaceful mind, and brings us in touch with our spirit. Classes incorporate a theme, mantra, pranayama, yogic techniques and meditation.

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Joyful Motion
A conscious dance experience supported by an eclectic mix of music, that begins with guided embodied practices and gradually progresses into an opportunity to play with movement themes in your own way. Befriend the body, and let go into an easeful, joyful atmosphere! Suitable for everyone.

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Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is known as the Yoga of Awareness.  It offers a series of specific practices organized together in a yoga set that includes pranayama (breath), mudra & asana (posture and movement), mantra (chanting), sound, meditation and relaxation.  All levels welcome.

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Soma Flow
Awaken fluid potential with a gentle somatic movement practice, inspired by Continuum Movement, pioneered by Emilie Conrad. Use sound, breath and intent as an entry way into your own personal expression of fluid movement. Explore unfurling, undulating, spiralling, suspending, lateralizing, lengthening, listening, resting and more. A deeply regenerating practice.

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Sound Nidra
A guided, deep relaxation experience, in which we hold conscious awareness within a sleep-like state.  Complimented by the use of highly vibratory instruments, sacred chants, toning and creative imagery.  It’s a regenerating practice that, over time, can train the body to respond more easefully to day-to-day stress.

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Well Body Groove
Carefully crafted music journeys are our inspiration to move freely, sweat soulfully, float, spin, whirl, wander and get grounded. Intent, like-minded movers, and the music, are our container for self-expression and exploration, allowing us sensory space and a great soundscape to track discoveries, and release what doesn’t serve. Relaxed facilitation sets-up and supports the experience.

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Yin
Yin yoga is a wonderful foray into meditation for those who are not inclined to sit while meditating. Yin yoga invites stillness of mind and body with gentle poses that stretch the connective tissues of the body. Yin helps to soothe and relax the nervous system and prepares the mind and body for stillness and insight. Yin Yoga aims to increase flexibility in the low back, hips, pelvis, spine and shoulders.

This practice is beneficial to those seeking pain treatment and trauma recovery, and to athletes or others who wish increase their range of motion or increase the flow of energy within their bodies. Yin Yoga is the perfect complement to the more active, yang lifestyles we lead.

 

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