Community

Spending quality time with family, friends – while also staying open to new relationships – is the secret to a happy, healthy life.

For yoga lovers, your mat is the most natural place to start. Yoga can help you meet and bond with people who share your interests, and perspective on life. Why not use this great tool to create the relationships you need?

Yoga opens our eyes to the present and transforms our point of view because it positively impacts your mood, psychological functioning, and give you more balance and focus.

Also, many studies found out that close connections have a proven impact on survival or quality of life for people facing health issues like cancer, stroke, dementia, depression, and diabetes. Being in a community confers a protective effect that actually seems to boost immunity and fights stress and inflammation.

As your yoga practice grows, you may see improvements in sleep and digestion and find that you’re more adept at regulating stress, controlling emotion, and directing attention. The self-regulation is really key to social functioning, A researcher said: “People who feel imbalanced or anxious may deliberately isolate themselves because it’s unpleasant for them to be social; they feel their interactions won’t be as successful. But if you’re able to regulate yourself, you’re more likely to reach out.”

Yoga provides you with an instant community of fellow yogis.

“People become friends for life.” It’s really about sharing your experiences with others.

At yoga retreats, teacher trainings, and even in local classes, there’s a real bond that spreads among a group of yogis who’ve chosen the same type of experience.

University of Oxford researchers have found another reason yoga in a group may help us connect: when we exercise en masse, they suggest, we feel safer and more supported than when we do so alone. As a result, there may be less pain and fatigue. In fact, we actually release higher quantities of endorphins and endocannibinoids, nature’s chemical pain relievers and mood enhancers, into our nervous systems.

There’s a beautiful moment that frequently occurs at the heart of a big yoga class, when everyone’s listening to the teacher and transitioning through poses in unison.

Log on to connect.

These days, we have to be more purposeful about building community. To find a community of your own, shake things up to connect more effectively. Recently I am partecipating in a online yoga retreat with a beautiful group of yogis located in different part of the world, and do you know what is happening to me? I feel better because I practice yoga and meditate every day but more important I feel safe to share my experience. I am part of a facebook group, all the people want to be better and feel better. Yoga, meditation, actions of self care and homework are facilitating exchanges between people of different backgrounds and we are having different experiences but we feel the union in our journey.

Love, Viviana

Your practice reflects your life

The way you live life is the way you most likely practice your yoga. Think about it for a moment: Do you get frustrated and angry easily? Do you need to do everything perfectly? Are you usually quite hard on yourself and always push yourself, or do you never push yourself at all? Do you say you want to practice yoga but never find time! It’s good to be aware of this.

You don’t want the way you live your life to influence the way you practice yoga, you want the way you practice on the mat influences the way you live your life!!!

This is how you take yoga with you off the mat into your daily life.

When you take a yoga class, consider this: How do you want to approach the class? You decide—and it takes a lot of awareness to be able to make a different because you’re creating the opportunity in your daily life to make a different.

Don’t worry if you are not able to do all the poses in a yoga’ class. Yoga is also about knowing when to back off, just breathe and move on to the next asana. Take a childs pose and rest if you need it.

I personally have to keep reminding myself that is not what yoga is about. As a teacher I feel the pressure, for example to be able to do everything with elegance and ease.

Well, this is a dream. Some poses are hard for me; some poses, I cannot even do. There are poses I don’t do very elegantly, or the way some other yogi can do them. 

Enjoy learning about yourself and allowing yourself to change.

This is the practice of yoga!

Take your practice into your daily life and it will change your life.

Viviana

If you want to start your yoga practice with me I offer a Mini Course of 5 classes contact me.

Namaste, Viviana.

How to begin a yoga practice

Show up is the hard part.

Show up – carve the time on your busy schedule.

So, you want to learn how to start yoga? What a brilliant idea.

Whether you want to learn to slow down, breathe deeply, or just strengthen your mind-body connection, starting a yoga practice can help.

BUT you have no clue where to start! And the idea of stepping into a yoga studio seems absolutely ridiculous and trying weird postures is even more ridiculous.

Well, I feel you. Yoga, from the outside, can appear intimidating.

As a yoga teacher, I hear a lot of excuses.

My personal favorite?

“I’m can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible enough.”

The best thing about yoga? There are no minimum requirements, and there is no “end goal.” There is no point at which you are not “enough” to practice yoga, and there is no point at which you have done “enough” yoga. It’s a constantly-evolving practice that meets you exactly where you are.

The second question is: “What do I need to practice yoga? “

Me: ” You have to show up, You don’t need a fancy yoga pants or a fancy mat, you have to start to show up for yourself. The hard part is go to class, carve time for yourself on your busy schedule.

“In truth, yoga doesn’t take time, it gives time.

G.W.

How to choose a Yoga Routine

When I started practicing yoga it was difficult to find a studio or even a teacher, now there are studios in every corner and classes availables at almost every gym. Today the only problem is to find the right class for your needs.

I’ve made it easy for you to navigate all those hard-to-pronounce styles of yoga, so you can show up to your first yoga class with confidence!

In your search for beginner-friendly yoga classes, look for words like “hatha yoga,” “yin yoga,” or “gentle yoga” .

Hatha yoga is a general term for a movement-based yoga class, and it’s a good choice for beginners. In yin yoga  classes, you will hold the yoga poses for longer periods of time and typically use props such as blocks, bolsters, and blankets, to make the body more comfortable.

Other classes may focus more on building strength, and not just flexibility. Vinyasa flow classes will move at a more dynamic pace, and typically incorporate sun salutations, a series of basic yoga poses including mountain pose and downward-facing dog.

Expect a bit more physical challenge from power yoga, kundalini yoga, Ashtanga yoga and hot yoga.  

Finally, it’s important to understand that there are plenty of non-physical forms of yoga. These can include meditation, pranayama or breathing techniques.

Yoga Class and Private Class.

​What to Expect at Your First Yoga Class

Here’s everything you need to know before showing up.

  1. Arrive early. Most teachers will ask you to show up for class 10 minutes early if you’re a first-timer. Take off your shoes (and socks!), and go to the bathroom before class starts.
  2. Once you enter the practice space of the yoga studio, roll out your yoga mat on the floor, take a comfortable seat or lay down on your back, and rest quietly.
  3. At this point, your yoga teacher might come and speak with you. This is your opportunity to share your level of experience and any injuries that could affect your practice ( sore knees, spine surgery, or serious illness.)
  4. The class may begin with some deep breathing exercises, a brief meditation. You can expect to spend some time warming up the spine and muscles, then move through some basic yoga poses (asanas).
  5. At the end of most yoga practices, the teacher will invite you to lie down on the floor and make your whole body as comfortable on the yoga mat as possible. This is savasana, one of the most important yoga asanas. As you rest in stillness and silence, you allow your body-mind system to absorb all the benefits of yoga for beginners. You may close the class by bringing your palms together and saying “Namaste.”  

What’s the most important thing to remember about your first yoga class?

Don’t. Stress. All you have to do is follow along. Try and let go of the voice that keeps asking “Am I doing this right?”

The health benefits of beginner yoga don’t come from making comparisons, they come from cultivating your mind-body connection.  

Do you want to start your yoga journey with me?

I designed a Mini-Yoga cours for beginners: 5 practices of 60″ to introduce you to the practice of Hata yoga and Vinyasa Yoga.

All classes will start with a cup of YogiTea to get you confortable, and for all the duration of the class we will listen to music to help us deepening the experience.

Learn more about me and my teaching style here.


How Yoga and Surf are connected.

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For me, yoga is the practice of connecting with my inner truth by aligning breath, body and mind through movement. I also seek and internal balace but with a deep connection to our natural environment.

In order to catch a wave, you need to be fully present in the moment, and you also need to vibrate in the same wavelength as the ocean.

I have always seen yoga as the perfect element to balance my surfing. The more you dive deeper into the practice of yoga the more benefits you discover.

When I first started practicing, I was recovering from a big car crush trying to get back on my feet and on the board. It didn’t take me long to begin to notice the change in my overall wellbeing. I started to sleep better and I became more strong in my upper body.

Surfing requires a great deal of strength and flexibility, and I think that through a regular yoga practice we can condition our bodies to excel in the water. So, in order to catch a wave I practiced yoga everyday for at least 1 hour a day.

I started with sun salutation and I move till I mastered crow, I studied anatomy and how yoga improves the body through asanas. I had my a real “a-ha” moment when I start swim again and I find out that my polmonary capaty has increased exponatinelly.

After one year and half, I was back on the board, again.

Yoga helps me connect with the waves but it bring benefits to all aspects of your life.

Join me in Costa Rica to surf and practice yoga to Re-connect. Pura vida

Viviana

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