Mindful Mondays with Alexandra
Hatha Yoga - Akhanda Style
Akhanda Yoga, founded by master Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu, is a holistic and integrated approach to yoga that emphasizes a balanced practice. The word Akhanda means “whole” or “indivisible,” reflecting the comprehensive nature of this style, which incorporates all aspects of yoga into one class: asana (posture), pranayama (breathing techniques), mantra (chanting), meditation, and philosophy.
Akhanda Yoga is designed to provide practitioners with a well-rounded experience that nurtures the body, mind, and spirit. Each class follows a specific theme and flows through a combination of:
● Philosophical teachings: Yogic wisdom integrated throughout the practice to inspire self-reflection and personal growth.
● Mantra: The use of sound to create a focused and meditative atmosphere.
● Asanas: A balanced selection of postures that strengthen, stretch, and align the body. ● Pranayama: Breathwork practices to calm and energize the mind.
● Meditation: Practices that encourage mindfulness and inner stillness.
This integrative approach makes Akhanda Yoga unique in its ability to bring about physical vitality, mental clarity, and spiritual awareness. Expect a balanced practice, combining breathwork, movement, meditation, and relaxation.
Open to all levels of practice, variations will be offered.
Winter Series 1: Jan 13th - Feb 10th - 5 classes Winter Series 2: Feb 24th - Mar 24th - 5 classes
Restorative Raja Yoga
Restorative Raja Yoga was developed by Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu as a gentle yet profound style within Akhanda Yoga. This practice combines simple, accessible postures with Bhramari (honey bee) sound, which enhances physical release and mental clarity. This class aims to release deeply embedded tension, restore the body's natural rhythms, and support a calm, balanced mind.
Benefits for Practitioners:
- Deep Cellular Stress Release: Bhramari sound, combined with gentle postures, releases stress held within muscles and organs, promoting relaxation at a cellular level.
- Improved Physical and Mental Alignment: Practitioners find improved alignment and ease in movement, while mental tension is released through the effects of sound vibration.
- Enhanced Nervous System and Vagus Nerve Function: The Bhramari sound resonates through the throat, stimulating the vagus nerve and harmonizing the body's stress-relieving systems, including the parasympathetic nervous system. This activation supports relaxation, reduces stress, and enhances emotional regulation, benefiting overall nervous system health.
- Restorative Activation of the Third Eye: Sound vibrations activate the third eye center (Ajna chakra), supporting focus, balanced emotions, and deeper meditation.
- Beneficial for All Life Stages: Particularly supportive for those with insomnia, emotional imbalance, thyroid issues, prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, and during the pregnancy phase. The sound frequencies activate various parts of the brain while calming and nourishing the body and mind.
Restorative Raja Yoga offers a gentle, healing practice that bridges physical relaxation with mental clarity and emotional balance. Combining sound and movement, it reconditions the body to its natural rhythms, cultivating expansion, focus, and inner peace.
Open to all levels of practice, variations will be offered.
Winter Series 1: Jan 13th - Feb 10th - 5 classes
Yoga Nidra
The Akhanda Yoga Nidra practice is a unique style, masterfully designed by Himalayan Master, Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu. While commonly described as “the yoga of rest / the yoga of sleep”, at Akhanda Yoga we share Yoga Nidra as a practice of Transcendental Rest. It is a practice for deep inner awakening to self-heal, expand, and rest within your True Self.
Yoga Nidra and Meditation are very powerful tools for wellbeing, and these practices connect you to your Soul. When you are deeply connected to your Soul, the Soul guides you to your purpose, rather than the mind and ego which are often directing and formulating our life decisions.
Modern day lifestyles prevent us from being truly rested and process all emotions happening throughout the day. The physical, mental, and emotional body accumulate stress and repressed emotions. By practicing Yoga Nidra, we are able to relax the body at a cellular level, release deep tension, and restore its capacity to heal and process, therefore making us more able to access meditative states and bringing us closer to our higher self and spiritual expansion.
Yoga Nidra is a very relaxing and restorative practice. We may practice gentle asanas at the beginning of the class. Most of the class will be practiced laying down on your mat, while I guide you toward deep, transcendental rest.
Open to all levels of practice, variations will be offered.
Winter Series 2: Feb 24th - March 24th - 5 classes