Mindful Breath

With the holiday hustle and bustle, shopping, parties and the over indulgence of food and cocktails, the holiday season can be an overwhelming and a stressful time for many of us.

This is the prime time to come face to face with the obstacles of stress and a perfect opportunity to bring your yoga practice into your life. Finding time to create a little bit of me time in stillness, along with breath, can keep you in a tranquil state of being. Mind silence, even if just for a moment, can do wonders for us during the busiest season of our calendar. So here is a breath technique you can take with you anytime and anywhere when you feel you need to take a few moments out of your day to reconnect and recharge your mind and body.

Here's how to do it:
When doing an everyday thing, like answering the phone, doing dishes, reading email, or simply putting your hand on the door handle of your house to open the door- STOP - Take a deep breath in through your nose counting to 6 - Exhale through your mouth counting to 9. Repeat as needed!

Do this several times as day and notice how you feel.
Maybe you can let some things go that are troubling you or feel more grounded or centered through out your day.
Enjoy this calming, cleansing breath and allow it to calm and cool your mind and help you gain a sense of clarity and control during this frazzle dazzle time of the year.

Let this challenging time be a time of learning to stay calm within sensation and to be non-reactive when lifes' expectancies become overwhelming. Challenge yourself to be here in the now enjoying the presence of family, friends and gatherings.

As we close another chapter in our life, let this moment of stillness be a moment of reflection on what your life journey has brought you so far. Appreciating and learning from your past experiences and as we turn the page, inviting in new intentions for opportunity and new beginnings. 

Let's celebrate and enjoy this season of peace, love and generosity and cultivate it so that it overflows gracefully and effortlessly as it should in 2013.
Namaste,
Taryn

New Year Resolution Solution

Some of you have been asking what the plan is for the new year...so here it is!!

Starting January 7th – February 14th (6 Weeks)
Mondays
Lunch Time Energy Flow Yoga Class 12:10-12:50pm

Tuesdays
Beginner Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm
Fusion Yoga Class 7:45-9pm

Wednesdays
Lunch Time Energy Flow Yoga Class 12:10-12:50pm

Thursdays
Beginner working towards Intermediate 7:15-8:30pm

1 class per week $60 (6 classes)                         1 Lunch Hour class $60
ANY 2 classes per week $100 (12 classes)           2 Lunch Hour classes $80
ANY 3 classes per week $120 (19 classes)

No yoga experience necessary – Mix and Match classes -Class Sizes are limited to 15
Pre-registration ONLY
To Register for classes contact Taryn at 752-9491
or email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Women & Men Welcome

Beginner Yoga- For those who are new to yoga and looking for a place to start. Also for those who would like to continue to focus on the basic poses, breathing, stretching, strengthening and relaxation in a comfortable , non-judge mental atmosphere and at your own pace.

Fusion Yoga-This class is suited to all levels, practicing basic poses with extra focus on fitness and strengthening, followed by stretching and relaxation. Fusion Yoga helps boosts the benefits of your yoga practice by adding strength, resistance and core training to help increase flexibility, decrease stress and help you burn more fat when resting.

Lunch Hour Energy Flow Yoga-This practice helps with a positive flow of energy that benefits every aspect of your life. An energetic practice with traditional yoga postures to help you stand taller, feel healthier and more energetic. Focusing on the muscles that get tight and sore from sitting at a desk. Flowing from one pose to another will help you feel grounded and filled with vital energy.

Beginner working towards Intermediate:
An introduction to the fundamentals of Hatha yoga for the brand new & continuing student. Students desiring to evolve their Hatha yoga practice once they are familiar with the fundamentals as presented in Beginner. Includes beginner postures with intermediate postures sprinkled in, breath work, and relaxation techniques. Teacher will offer a number of variations for every pose, enabling students to go as far as they like with any given posture.

Yoga For Hockey Young Players

Hockey Yoga will continue for 3 weeks in December (3-10-17 )
Monday Afternoons from 3:30-4:30
$10 per  class /player
Hockey Players must be 10-18 yr old
Please let me know if you have someone coming

Monday November 12th

Quick reminder that our Lunch Hour Energy Flow Class will not be on Holiday Monday November 12th, it will instead be on Friday November 16th , same time.

See you then!

2012 Yoga Schedule

As we are immersed in the seasonal changes, it is the

perfect time to come back to ourselves, and commit to finding balance in our bodies, and our lives.

Yoga practice has the gift of revealing to us the places in our bodies that most need balance; through our practice, we are reminded to balance left and right, strength and softness, effort and ease. In the next 7 weeks, I invite you to honor the balance within by making necessary adjustments and integrating healthy changes both on and off the mat.

 

Starting October 29th – December 13th(7 weeks)

Mondays

Lunch Time Energy Flow Yoga Class 12:10-12:50pm

Tuesdays

Beginner Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm

Fusion Yoga Class 7:45-9pm

Wednesdays

Lunch Time Energy Flow Yoga Class 12:10-12:50pm

Thursdays

Beginner Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm

Fusion Yoga Class 7:45-9pm

1 class per week $70 (7 classes)

ANY 2 classes per week $100 (14 classes)

ANY 3 classes per week $120 (21 classes)

No yoga experience necessary – Mix and Match classes 

Class Sizes are limited

Pre-registration ONLY

To Register for classes contact Taryn at 752-9491

or email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Women & Men Welcome

Beginner Yoga- For those who are new to yoga and looking for a place to start. Also for those who would like to continue to focus on the basic poses, breathing, stretching, strengthening and relaxation in a comfortable , non-judgmental atmosphere and at your own pace.

Fusion Yoga-This class is suited to all levels, practicing basic poses with extra focus on fitness and strengthening, followed by stretching and relaxation. Fusion Yoga helps boosts the benefits of your yoga practice by adding strength, resistance and core training to help increase flexibility, decrease stress and help you burn more fat when resting.

Energy Flow Yoga-This practice helps with a positive flow of energy that benefits every aspect of your life. An energetic practice with traditional yoga postures to help you stand taller, feel healthier and more energetic. Focusing on the muscles that get tight and sore from sitting at a desk. Flowing from one pose to another will help you feel grounded and filled with vital energy.

Thanksgiving Monday

Just a reminder that Mom and Baby Yoga Class at 10:15-11:30 and Lunch Hour Energy Flow
 12:10-12:50pm  classes will be moved from Monday Oct 8th to Friday Oct 12th, same times.

Thanks.
Taryn

Fall Yoga Schedule

Starting September 10^th - October 25^th (7 weeks)
Mondays
Mom and Baby Yoga Class 10:15-11:30am(Drop ins welcome)
Lunch Hour Energy Flow 12:10-12:50pm (Drop ins welcome)

Tuesdays

Beginner Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm(this class is full)
Fusion Yoga Class 7:45-9pm
Wednesdays
Lunch Hour Energy Flow 12:10-12:50pm (Drop ins welcome)
Mom and Baby Yoga Class 1:15-2:30pm(Drop ins welcome)

Thursdays

Beginner Yoga Class 6:30-7:30pm
Fusion Yoga Class 7:45-9pm

1 class per week $70 (7 classes)

ANY 2 classes per week $100 (14 classes)

ANY 3 classes per week $120 (21 classes)

No yoga experience necessary – Mix and Match classes -Class Sizes are limited

Pre-registration Only

                    All Classes are held at 506 Main Street - Sinora Physiotherapy & Fitness

To Register for classes contact Taryn at 752-9491

or email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Women & Men Welcome

Beginner Yoga- For those who are new to yoga and looking for a place to start. Also for those who would like to continue to focus on the basic poses, breathing, stretching, strengthening and relaxation in a comfortable , non-judgemental atmosphere and at your own pace.

Fusion Yoga-This class is suited to all levels, practicing basic poses with extra focus on fitness and strenghtening, followed by stretching and relaxation. Fusion Yoga helps boosts the benefits of your yoga practice by adding strength, resistance and core training to help increase flexibility, decrease stress and help you burn more fat when resting.

Energy Flow Yoga-This practice helps with a positive flow of energy that benefits every aspect of your life. An energetic practice with traditional yoga postures to help you stand taller, feel healthier and more energetic. Focusing on the muscles that get tight and sore from sitting at a desk. Flowing from one pose to another will help you feel grounded and filled with vital energy.

Mom & Baby Yoga – Babies must be 8 weeks to 18 months of age.

Mom needs -mat -water bottle - pillow/blanket
Baby needs -snacks-diapers-blanket-toys(quite)
This class will focus on strengthening & toning those muscles that have changed during pregnancy while spending some quality time with your little one.

Flexibility

Flexibility is the fountain of youth!! Flexible people are much less prone to injury. Flexibility is what allows us to bring more intensity to our workouts. Aging has a funny way of making everything we do harder. Staying limber and flexible is the the key to preventing this from happening. People hate to stretch because it is boring or they feel it cuts into their workout time.  It is time to rethink the importance of flexibility. Flexibility increases mental relaxation, greatly reduces the risk of injury, and slows the aging process in muscles and joints.  Flexibility is the fountain of youth.  Give yourself that amazing gift!
Namaste,

Taryn

Clarity-Energy-Calm-Ease

Extend that mindless peck on the cheek, or that quick squeeze on the shoulder. Hold that farewell, that welcome embrace, or that kiss for one second more. BE THERE!

Namaste,
Have a Beautiful Weekend
Taryn

Summer Sizzler Yoga Classes

Summer Sizzler Yoga Classes

Monday and Wednesdays 7-8:30pm

Starting July 16 to August 1^st

(3 weeks – 6 classes)

Drop-ins $10 or Pre-register $60

506 Main Street - Sinora Physiotherapy & Fitness

No Yoga Experience Necessary!

Contact Taryn 752-9491

or email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Happy Baby -Momma and Baby Yoga

Monday June 11th, Monday June 18th, Monday June 25th
10:30-11:30 am  at 506 Main Street
$5 per class
Babies 8 weeks to 24 months -Crawling, walking, teething, colicy, sleepy, happy babies welcome
No yoga experience Necessary
Momma bring mat, water bottle, pillow/blanket
Baby bring snacks/food, quiet toys, diapers, blanket
Please call Taryn 752-9491
or email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Come and take some time for yourself while having quality time with your little one. 

Balance or Imbalance?

All our lives we hear of the importance of having a "balanced diet." Yet, when viewed through yogic eyes, this popular conception (like most) proves to be, even on its best days, merely a half truth. What we require is not a balanced diet but a balancing diet. We require a diet that balances us, not itself.

In the same way, our personal asana practice should not be balanced but should balance us, and our asana classes should balance our students. Since most of us are in varying states of imbalance,a yoga class will often appear to be imbalanced to the untrained observer.

Health and yoga are all about finding balance. Effort and rest. Elimination and assimilation. Yang and yin. Day and night. Extreme action leads to death and so does extreme inaction. Finding balance leads to health.

I know many teachers who believe that they have failed as teachers if, at the end of class, their students are not drenched with sweat and exhausted. Yet, a teachers goal should not be to further exhaust their students but to make them whole.

It's a struggle to work against the notions that already exist in our society. We are taught to work hard and ignore the body's pleas for rest, substituting coffee and stimulation for the nap or extra hour of sleep which would otherwise restore us. Because of this,  students usually come to class in varying states of exhaustion. Doing an entire practice of intense movement causes an exhausted nervous system to become thoroughly depleted. Of course, moving a student vigorously is important since most people don't move enough in their daily lives of sitting in chairs all day, achy, and chronically stiff. Yet, we must find a balance and make sure all the students feels as whole as possible—rather than as exhausted as possible—when she leaves class. In stressful times such as these, perhaps it's time for classes that emphasize restorative poses more.
"Compliments of Yoga Journal"

Moved Into New Spot
506 Main Street - Sinora Physiotherapy and Fitness
Drop-ins Welcome $10
See Spring Schedule for days and times.
Namaste T

Spring Schedule and A New Home!

Untamed Balance Yoga

Starting Tuesday April 17th for 9 weeks...
Tuesday Nights

Beginner Yoga: 6:30-7:30pm
Beginner Yoga- For those who are new to yoga and looking for a place to start. Also for those who would like to continue to focus on the basic poses, breathing, stretching, strengthening and relaxation in a comfortable , non-judgemental atmosphere and at your own pace.

Open Hips, Strong Core & Other Good Stuff-Intermediate: 7:45-9:00pm
Intermediate Yoga-we will be working with basic poses adding challenging variations for strength, flexibility and balance focusing on hips and core. Adding new poses. Students will be encouraged to make choices to develop their yoga practice at their own pace.


Thursday Nights
Fusion Yoga: 7:30-8:45pm
This class is suited to all levels, practicing basic poses with extra focus on fitness and strenghtening, followed by stretching and relaxation. Fusion Yoga helps boosts the benefits of your yoga practice by adding strength, resistance and core training to help increase flexibility, decrease stress and help you burn more fat when resting.

Please bring mat and towel/blanket to all classes
1 Class per week $90 (9 classes) 2 Classes per week$120(18 classes)
Spaces are limited
Call Taryn 752-9491or
email untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com
Classes will be held at our current location 215 Main Street - 2nd Floor until May 1st



UNTAMED BALANCE YOGA
is getting a new home....Starting Tuesday May 1st
we will be located at :
506 Main Street
in the Sinora Physio Therapy Gym

**Lots of parking **
**More space **
**Same Class sizes **
** All on one level **

Taryn 752-9491
untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is, and then rise above it!

Untamed Balance Yoga March Schedule of Classes

Tuesday Nights
Beginner Yoga 6:30-7:30 pm
This class is a great place to start-Great for all levels of yogi

Open Hips-Strong Core-Intermediate Yoga 7:45-9pm
This class is a great place to learn some new intermediate poses as well as helping to open our hips and build a strong core - Great for all levels of yogi

Thursday Nights
Fusion Yoga 7:30-8:45pm
This class incorporates yoga and strength training - Great for all levels of yogi

All Classes are held at 215 Main Street - 2nd Floor - Above Source For Sports
Please contact Taryn for more details 752-9491 or untamedbalance.yoga@hotmail.com

Please bring a yoga mat, water bottle and blanket/towel to class
Please arrive on time. IF you are late please enter and join the class as quietly as possible.

Remember We are all just practicing!!
Namaste

How Yoga Has Helped Me Through Some Difficult Times...

-Emphasise the positive. My practice helps me take my mind off the day and it's challenges. It always makes me thankful that I am healthy and alive no matter what the situation is off my mat.
-Being ok with discomfort.There have been times in Warrior II or Triangle that I thought I could not hold it for 1 second more, then I relax and breath and relize that I can handle this! It is not intolerable after all. This is the most practical lesson I have learned on my mat and it translates beautifully into life.
-Everything is temporaray. Poses, Pain, Happiness, Life is all temporary! Yoga has taught me that life keeps moving no matter what. Dwelling on how we wish things were different only inhibits us from enjoying the moment.
-Suffering is optional.While we may not be incontrol of the things that happen around us , we choose how we react to these things. We can choose to get upset when our yoga teacher asks us to hold that nemesis pose for 5 more breaths or we can enjoy the feeling of our feet on the ground and the air on our skin until she calls for the next pose. Life is exactly the same way.
-I am stronger than I think. Remembering the first time I watched an arm balance and thinking I will never be able to do that. Then after practice and patience getting one foot off the floor then the other. Now doing arm balance poses with comfort and strength.