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!
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You can’t make the class times.
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You’re embarrassed to practice yoga in front of others.
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You don’t have someone to watch your kids while you go to yoga.
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.
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Perfect your poses and postures.
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Learn new yoga poses.
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Strengthen your core muscles.
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Become more flexible.
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Sculpt your body.
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Improve your balance and posture.
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Learn to let go and distress.
Types of Yoga
Our instructors teach three different types of yoga.
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Hatha Yoga – This is the practice of postures, called asanas.
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Hatha yoga is considered the Yoga of Vitality
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The Ha in the name refers to the vital force that controls the body.
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Tha, on the other hand, refers to mental force.
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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.
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Hatha yoga is connected to the yin-yang symbol which represented opposing energies such as hot and cold, positive and negative.
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In this case, those opposing energies are mind and body.
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Hatha yoga focuses on balance, poise, strength, and a clear mind.
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Vinyasa Yoga
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Vinyasa yoga is a broad term that covers many different types of yoga.
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The word means “breath-synchronized movement.”
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You learn how to move from pose to pose while inhaling and exhaling.
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Vinyasa yoga focuses on breathing and controlling every movement with a breath.
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The movements flow together.
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Yoga styles that are built on Vinyasa include Power Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga.
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Ayurveda Yoga
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This style is a holistic approach that takes into consideration your lifestyle and your whole being.
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The idea is to strive for harmony within and without to improve your health.
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Ayurveda yoga breaks the body down into the five elements of nature – air, fire, water, earth, and space.
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Each part of the body is associated with an element.
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These elements represent your body’s structure.
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They combine to create the Doshas, or the forces that disturb.
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You use yoga as a way to control and change these forces to improve your health, energy levels, and emotions.
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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.
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It offers core work and abdominal exercises along with stretching and yoga.
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You’ll flatten your stomach, improve the strength in your back and core, and work all of the muscles in your body.
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Anyone can join this class, no matter what level of fitness.
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Children are welcome – you can do any of these exercises with your little one!
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These courses take place on the NW corner of River Terrace and Murray in Battery Park City.
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Cost is $140 for four classes or $40 for each individual class
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Be sure to bring your own yoga mat!