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Welcome to Simply Yoga of Delray Beach!
Welcome to our Hatha Yoga studio where we offer you a complete, well rounded Yoga practice! We are so excited about our New Expansion to give you more classes along with Massage Therapy&Wellness appointments! Yoga is a great way to help reduce stress, create peace and balance in your life. Give yourself a gift and treat yourself to some peaceful moments and a healthy body & mind.
Our studio offers opportunities to practice a variety of Hatha Yoga classes as well as to participate in many types of workshops and events. Classes include: Beginners, Yin, Restorative, Healthy Backs/Core, Vinyasa (YinYasa, Hatha-Vinyasa Flow & Vinyasa Basics), Flow (Open, Mindful & Creative), Kundalini, Donation Only (Free Flow Vinyasa, & Wellness Yoga) Chair Yoga, & Yoga Foundations. Our workshops allow you to grow your practice in different directions, or indulge yourself in the moment.
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"when the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear!"
The Meaning and History of Yoga
Yoga, meaning 'yoke' in Sanskrit, is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. The diversity within Yoga philosophy itself is traditionally classified into four main branches: Karma Yoga (Yoga of action/selfless service), Jnana Yoga (Yoga of knowledge), Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of devotion), and Raja Yoga (Yoga of meditation), but other classifications do exist. It remains a vibrant living tradition in which the common goal of all branches is attainment of enlightenment.
In the later half of the twentieth century, a co-movement of Yoga teachers to the West and travelers coming to India to study Yoga led to a great rise in teaching of Yoga in Western countries. As with Yoga itself, these teachings are incredibly diverse. Ancient Hindu texts establishing the basis for Yoga include the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and many others, which specify the criteria of having successfully mastered a particular yoga technique.
Within the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the eight limbs (Ashtanga) of Yoga are listed and explained. They are Yama (ethical standards), Niyama (self discipline/observances), Asanas (postures), Pranayama (breathing), Pratyahara (withdrawal/sensory transcendence), Dharana (concentration), Dyana (Meditation), Samadhi (enlightenment or ecstasy). These eight steps basically act as guidelines on how to live a meaningful and purposeful life. They serve as a prescription for moral and ethical conduct and self-discipline; they direct attention toward one's health; and they help us to acknowledge the spiritual aspects of our nature.
Practice
Breathe
Renew
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Our Yoga Alliance approved School of Hatha Yoga will be starting again next Fall so please click on our new Teacher Training Tab above to find out more information.
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