YOGA

There are a lot of reasons why you might dislike doing yoga in a studio:

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• It’s crowded – you may feel like you’re about to trip over the people around you!

• You can’t make the class times.

• You’re embarrassed to practice yoga in front of others.

• You don’t have someone to watch your kids while you go to yoga.

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Don’t worry – you can still enjoy yoga without going to a class thanks to the Mind Over Matter in-house yoga instructors. One of our yoga experts will come to your home or office and teach you one-on-one, allowing you to avoid the studio.

The benefits of yoga:

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• Learn to center yourself and maintain that center.

• Perfect your poses and postures.

• Learn new yoga poses.

• Strengthen your core muscles.

• Become more flexible.

• Sculpt your body.

• Improve your balance and posture.

• Learn to let go and distress.

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Types of Yoga

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Our instructors teach three different types of yoga.

• Hatha Yoga – This is the practice of postures, called asanas.

  • Hatha yoga is considered the Yoga of Vitality

  • The Ha in the name refers to the vital force that controls the body.

  • Tha, on the other hand, refers to mental force.

  • Hatha, then, means having control over your body’s vital forces. Hatha yoga is the practice of using postures to awaken and control your energy levels.

  • Hatha yoga is connected to the yin-yang symbol which represented opposing energies such as hot and cold, positive and negative.

  • In this case, those opposing energies are mind and body.

  • Hatha yoga focuses on balance, poise, strength, and a clear mind.

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• Vinyasa Yoga

  • Vinyasa yoga is a broad term that covers many different types of yoga.

  • The word means “breath-synchronized movement.”

  • You learn how to move from pose to pose while inhaling and exhaling.

  • Vinyasa yoga focuses on breathing and controlling every movement with a breath.

  • The movements flow together.

  • Yoga styles that are built on Vinyasa include Power Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga.

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• Ayurveda Yoga

  • This style is a holistic approach that takes into consideration your lifestyle and your whole being.

  • The idea is to strive for harmony within and without to improve your health.

  • Ayurveda yoga breaks the body down into the five elements of nature – air, fire, water, earth, and space.

  • Each part of the body is associated with an element.

  • These elements represent your body’s structure.

  • They combine to create the Doshas, or the forces that disturb.

  • You use yoga as a way to control and change these forces to improve your health, energy levels, and emotions.

We have a number of different yoga in NYC classes and boot camps you can also participate in. One of our most popular courses is the Bye Bye Belly class.

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• This class is aimed at new moms who want to lose any baby weight they gained and get their pre-pregnancy figure back.

• It offers core work and abdominal exercises along with stretching and yoga.

• You’ll flatten your stomach, improve the strength in your back and core, and work all of the muscles in your body.

• Anyone can join this class, no matter what level of fitness.

• Children are welcome – you can do any of these exercises with your little one!

• These courses take place on the NW corner of River Terrace and Murray in Battery Park City.

• Cost is $140 for four classes or $40 for each individual class

• Be sure to bring your own yoga mat!