About Timetable

Do you run YOGA classes elsewhere I can attend?

We have a beautiful team of Yoga teachers that teach in many locations. Please ask us next time you are in at the Harmony Centre.

What should I wear / bring?

We suggest you wear lose, comfortable, clothing and bare feet for the session. All Yoga mats and props are supplies however you can bring a towel or some water to drink. It's best to start your class with an empty bladder and an empty stomach. Typically what happens in yoga and what happens when food is digesting, isn't a happy harmony - a full meal no less than 90 mins before class. A small snack is OK during that hour prior to class if you're hungry, but wait till after class for a full meal. It is a wonderful opportunity for your body and mind to digest your yoga practice and not have to deal with digesting food at that time. You are encouraged to bring your own mat should you feel the need, some Yogis love the energy of there own mat and space.

Intermediate Yoga?

How do I know if I`m ready for an intermediate class?

Unlike the (general) yoga classes where modifications are offered to make poses either easier or more challenging, in an intermediate classes you are required to have an in-depth knowledge of the yoga poses as the class is more flowing less gentler variations are offered. If you need to modify them, the expectation is that you have enough yoga experience and your own body awareness is such that if you know you need to modify a pose, you can do it yourself as you have the skill to listen to your own body's intelligence. You need to be (relatively) injury-free, healthy and not or having trouble conceiving.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

Most yoga practiced in the western world is Hatha Yoga - which means any form of yoga that involves the act of doing poses (asanas), breathing with intention (pranayama) and creating a deep state of internal focus.

The word Hatha is translated as: Ha = Sun. Tha = Moon. Hatha = the union of sun & moon, which comes back to the definition of yoga - the union of opposites. To practice Hatha is to unite opposites. It is the physical approach to the 8 limbs of yoga. When you think about it, it bears an obvious relation to the opposites we experience in class: front/back, left/right, up/down, in/out, and mind/body.

Typically one will encounter different ‘styles' of yoga in the western world, eg. Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Power Vinyasa, Kundalini, Ki - and some classes will even be described as Hatha. This can be interpreted as a “Hathaâ€ï¿½ style yoga class being probably a mixture of influences drawn from several other styles of yoga (such as Ashtanga, Iyengar, etc).

For the styles taught at Harmony Yoga please read - about our yoga teachers as it has desciptions of each Yoga teacher and their style and history of yoga.