Yoga is a system of physical exercise and mental focus that promotes well-being and health. It is for everybody, or everyone who has a body!
Yoga is also appropriate for those dealing with injury or the effects of aging, though we modify the postures and efforts to our level. It is right to check with your doctor if you have fresh injuries or a heart condition.
Yoga can be part of a practice used to restore the body after sustained athletic endeavors, much like the way of massage therapy.
Yoga, while detailing a set of physical postures, naturally guides us toward a unity of mind and body that breeds presence and contentment. Yoga practice helps us gain key skills for peace of mind and relaxed focus as we improve strength and flexibility in the body. With greater range of movement, understanding of posture, and strength balanced with flexibility, yoga empowers all who practice.
Emily Johnson is a dedicated Hatha yoga trained teacher with 20 years experience leading hundreds of beginning and continuing students. With experience developing inclusive fitness programs for diverse populations, she has spent many hours dedicating herself to teaching a yoga that energizes and relaxes, that does not deplete or harm, and that works for unconventional students, including the elders, those living with trauma, the injured, and those who do not feel fit enough to practice. Her emphasis on observation of feeling, short meditations, and mindful sequencing helps improve awareness of our bodies and connect simple poses with more advanced postures. Focus on feeling and awareness helps engage us to forge our own paths forward through our personal practice, something akin to engaging with the body mind more effectively, on and off the mat.
A longtime student of yoga, meditation, and other contemplative arts, she gained her 200-hr teaching certification at Kriya Temple of Yoga Chicago in 2012. Her classes combine simplicity and variety, balance, bends and twists as well as more complex variations.
She is an amateur herbalist, songwriter and entrepreneur who co-founded a book rescue you can find here bookdriver.net.
She is currently on the road in the Southern United States, while teaching online and at workshops, helping students restore ease and pleasure to movement.
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"Joining this yoga and meditation program was life-changing. I feel more balanced, focused, and at peace than ever before The instructors are knowledgeable, patient, and truly inspiring."
"Joining this yoga and meditation program was life-changing. I feel more balanced, focused, and at peace than ever before The instructors are knowledgeable, patient, and truly inspiring."
No prior experience is required. Our classes cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Instructors will guide you every step of the way.
No prior experience is required. Our classes cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Instructors will guide you every step of the way.
No prior experience is required. Our classes cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Instructors will guide you every step of the way.
No prior experience is required. Our classes cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Instructors will guide you every step of the way.
No prior experience is required. Our classes cater to all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Instructors will guide you every step of the way.