Ready to sweat? This strong, flowing practice will detoxify your body and quiet your mind. Based on the popular Baptiste hot Power Yoga series these classes build strength, increase flexibility, clarify the mind, and awaken our energy body.
You're pregnant! Congratulations! Thinking about prenatal yoga?
As busy women many of us find we’re at the bottom of the priority list. Our responsibilities to our workplaces, families and friends always seem to take precedence. That is, until suddenly we realize that we’re make decisions for two - at this point there’s no getting round the fact that looking after yourself is priority number one.
Imagination and intuition - a nod to the philosophers and ancients
Most of us have heard the phrase, “I think therefore I am”. The mind behind that phrase, Rene Descartes, known to some as the father of modern philosophy, was born late in the 16th century. His many contributions to the worlds of philosophy and mathematics included an interest in the pineal gland, a light sensitive gland in the middle of the brain, responsible for producing melatonin and thought to be where the body produces its only in-house hallucinogen, dimethyltryptamine.
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Yin and Yang - The evolution of our studio Yoga Body Works
Early this year Yoga Body Works added yin yoga to its list of studio offerings. The studio had been open for three years during which time our primary offering had been hot power yoga, reflected in our stutio moniker at the time (Hot Power Yoga). Indeed, Hot Power Yoga was the first studio in Newcastle dedicated to offering hot yoga classes and our teachers have been passionate about sharing this transformative practice.
All things evolve, however, and when yin yoga was added to our timetable this year, students poured into the new classes. We realised we had been missing this important piece of the puzzle - our previously yang space (associated with energy, fire, masculinity, activity, and with the sun, with change and with movement) became infused with a new yin energy (associated with stability, femininity, with matter, with form, with passivity and stillness).
Mindfulness: Train the brain
YogaBodyWorks presents:
Train the Brain: An introduction to a mindful-based practice
Learn the art of conscious living with Train the Brain, a truly unique mindfulness program that combines the ancient techniques of meditation and yin yoga with Western psychology. Enhance your mental and emotional resilience, reduce stress and enjoy living in the present moment.
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The Beginner's Journey
I remember my first hot yoga class. I opened the studio door, the air was thick and heavy and walking into it was like walking into a wall. While the regulars barely seemed to notice the heat I wondered whether I would make it through class.
I was there because I’d heard that hot yoga was dynamic. I expected it to be a workout and was open to the opportunity to de-stress. What I was totally unprepared for was the kind of elation I felt at the end of my practice. I was relaxed but alert, calm but energetic, and I was curious about the simultaneous experience of these opposing sensations in my body.
Phase Change Mindfulness
Hot Power Yoga becomes YogaBodyWorks
YogaBodyWorks has evolved, naturally and organically, from the Yang-based Hot Power Yoga, Newcastle's first Power Yoga studio, into the studio we are today. We are proud to announce the launch of YogaBodyWorks, Newcastle's first Yin Yang Yoga Studio and a professional, humble, non-competitive space from which healthy, friendly communities can grow.