caitlin reid yoga

What is Yoga?

Yoga is a ancient 5000 year old scientific system of practices that originated in India.  In Sanskrit, yoga means “to unite.”   Yoga is a practice that unites physical exercise, exploration of breath control, and the journey inward through meditation.

Benefits:

• Reduce stress
• Build confidence
• Increase your metabolism
• Detoxify your system
• Repair injuries
• Increase strength and flexibility
• Improve concentration

Yoga poses are designed to simultaneously strengthen and cleanse the body. By positioning the form in specific ways, creating space in the joints and placing pressure on the glandular systems, toxins are released and overall functionality is heightened.

Yoga philosophy reveres breath, or prana, as the true life-force. Increased breath control supports the body in physical practice while simultaneously quieting the mind. With a strong body and a clear, calm mind, one is prepared to explore the practice of meditation. When in a meditative state, the student can find the peaceful space to de-stress while remaining completely present in the current moment.

Who is it for?

Yoga is for everyone. There are no limitations based on a student’s age, gender, health, or size. If you can breathe, you can experience all the benefits yoga has to offer. There is a practice waiting to compliment and empower you.

Kripalu Hatha Yoga

Caitlin teaches in the Kripalu Hatha yoga style.  Kripalu Yoga is a practice of yoga that fosters witness consciousness, or the ability to heighten self-awareness without judgment. Through asana practice (pose sequences), meditation, and daily self care, practitioners are welcomed to truly come home to their own selves in an environment that’s loving and joyfully filled with inquiry. Through this authentic approach to physical and mental practice, Kripalu Yoga can bring clarity and peace to its practitioners.

In a Kripalu class, students are lead through a brief centering and series of gentle warm-ups. As the practice moves into creative sequences of traditional postures, students are guided with compassion to access and maintain a present state of mind. Various breathing techniques will be explored, some energizing to support strength-building sequences, others relaxing toward the beginning or end of class. Finally, relaxation and guided meditation towards the end of practice bring a sense of dynamic wholeness to the class, offering balance to more vigorous posture sequences.