Last night I taught my first class at the new Savannah Yoga Center studio that Kelley Boyd just opened. I thought I'd post a few photos of the new space. Kelley has done a wonderful job of putting her creative stamp on the place. The reception area shown at left is warm and welcoming. The new practice space shown below is light and airy and really big! Between now and when I leave for India in six weeks I will be teaching a Yoga Basics class and a Hot Yoga class. The Yoga Basics is really fun to teach because it gives me a chance to break down the aligment in the poses and help new and experienced students learn how to be safe and comfortable in the poses. I also give students some handouts answering the kinds of questions many new students have such as...Is Yoga a religion? What does Om mean? Do you need to be vegetarian to practice yoga?, etc.....
The Hot Yoga class is pretty much the polar oppposite. We heat the room to 90-100 degrees and move through a fast paced power yoga (vinyasa) sequence. For some reason folks love this style of class and even in Savannah, anything with "Hot" in the title seems to attract lots of students. I was worried that attendance would drop off in the summer when it is already 90+ and humid outside, but they kept coming.
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Hi Kate,
My name is Tia and I'm an editor at OpposingViews.com, the debate website. We have a new debate you might be interested in, so I thought I'd drop you a note. I would've e-mailed you but I couldn't find an address.
See, we're currently having a discussion about whether or not yoga is a religion. You can see it here:
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