NEW! Experience Yoga in Sunken Gardens Six Days a Week!
1st Class is FREE for New Students!
FREE? When?
A: Always! That's correct: your first class is ALWAYS FREE at Awaken Yoga Centers @ Sunken Gardens! Just mention the Facebook, Google or website advertisement and your first class is FREE if you are a NEW Student!
Awaken Yoga Center at Sunken Gardens (727) 482-4977
GROUP CLASSES at Sunken Gardens! Awaken
Yoga Centers of Saint Petersburg offers group Hatha
(Vinyasa Flow), Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, and Kundalini
Yoga Breathwalk Meditation classes.
* Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg (MAP SUNKEN GARDENS) at 1825 Fourth Street, St. Petersburg, FL 33704 *Awaken Yoga Center: Home of the $3 Yoga Class!
* Awaken Yoga Centers of St. Petersburg is offering Yoga and Meditation at a cost of just $3/class when
purchased as a monthly pass (4 classes per week for just $45/calendar
month), on a location specific basis (Starting January 1st, 2011, you
may only purchase a Sunken Gardens monthly pass).
The
drop in rate for Sunken Gardens includes day-long access to the Gardens
and is $12/person/day when purchased on a per day basis during the week. However, for $45, you may attend all four weekday classes per
week all calendar month long.
Weekend classes also include admission to the gardens and are $12 for members of Sunken Gardens and Monthly Awaken Yoga pass holders, and $15 per class per weekend class on a drop-in basis.
Evening classes at the Garden will start soon, too!
Awaken
Yoga Centers of St. Petersburg and Clearwater also offers private and
semi-private yoga and meditation classes, yoga retreats in beautiful and
inspiring settings around the world, from the Grand Canyon to India,
and wonderful spiritual concerts (Bhajans and Ragas). These include:
Yoga-for-Christians (private and semi-private yoga classes), Breathwalk
(walking yoga meditations) and IAM(TM) Meditation Training based on the
teachings of India’s great Saint and Self-Realized Master, our Guru:
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma).
If you're a beginner who has never tried yoga before or you like to take things nice and slow this class is for you. Learn what "downward dog" is... We work on breathing exercises, simple postures such as triangle pose, forward bend, tree pose and corpse pose (relaxation). Stretch the body, relax the mind, and reduce stress. This class prepares you for the Open Level Class.
The Monday 10am Gentle Yoga class at Sunken Gardens and the Monday 6pm Beginner Yoga class are recommended for seniors, students new to Yoga and injured Yogis who need to take it easy. Anyone who is under a Physician’s care must have a letter stating that he/she is ok to participate in class.
Open Yoga
A one and a half hour vinyasa flow class focusing on connecting the breath with each posture, which results in a deep regulated breath and a challenging workout.The class offers a well-rounded practice that includes a warm-up, the setting of an elevated intention, chanting, surya namaskar, standing asanas, twists, balances, forward bending, backward bending and inversions, as well as relaxation and meditation.
The Open Yoga class invigorates and energizes, while at the same time grounding and leading the student inward on an exploration of the deeper spiritual aspects of the Self. Emphasis is placed on preparing the body and mind for conscious relaxation and meditation.
It is open to all levels.
Open Yoga - Open to All Levels!
Vinyasa Flow
This is a brisk, guided vinyasa class in which the teacher demonstrates and leads asanas while reminding the students to breath deeply an fully. The student is able to progress to the level of mastery by committing to a consistent, steady, regular sadhana (practice). The first few classes may seem a challenge. However, with practice progress inevtiably comes. If you are looking for a Yoga class that will help you "get in shape" quickly, or you want to maintain the gains you've made in other physical practices and disciplines, while also maintaining the integrity of a spiritual yoga practice, try this one!
Vinyasa Flow Yoga - A Great Workout!
Kundalini Yoga Classes - Sunken Gardens & Private Ram Gian offers classes in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® -- which is considered the most comprehensive of yoga traditions, combining meditation, mantra, physical exercises and breathing techniques; it is a Raj Yog, encompassing the eight limbs of yoga into a singular practice of excellence and ecstasy. “Kundalini” literally means “the curl of the lock of hair of the beloved.” (Yogi Bhajan) This poetic metaphor alludes to the flow of energy and consciousness that exists within each of us, and enables us to merge with – or “yoke” – the universal Self. Fusing individual and universal consciousness creates a divine union, called “yoga.” The Upanishads, dating back to the fifth century B.C., describe the kundalini, although the oral tradition reaches back even further into history. For thousands of years, this sacred science and technology was veiled in secrecy, passed along verbally from master to chosen disciple. Now, it is available in the west, thanks to Yogi Bhajan. How do you describe Kundalini Yoga?
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is also known as the Yoga of Awareness; its focus is on self-awareness and delivering an experience of your highest consciousness. The technology of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is a science of the mind and body, to elevate the spirit, which has no boundaries, no discrimination. Therefore it is for everyone, universal and nondenominational. In the ancient tradition that is yoga, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is a householder path; that is, it has always been practiced by those with families and jobs as opposed to a renunciate’s path of celibacy and removal from society, which was the usual path of a yogi.
What is the focus of Kundalini Yoga? What is the primary objective of the practice? The primary objective is to awaken the full potential of human awareness in each individual; that is, recognize our awareness, refine that awareness, and expand that awareness to our unlimited Self. Clear any inner duality, create the power to deeply listen, cultivate inner stillness, and prosper and deliver excellence in all that we do.
The focus of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® is on one’s personal experience and awareness through the practice of kriya and naad. We awaken the kundalini in order to be able to call upon the full potential of the nervous and glandular systems and to balance the subtle system of chakras and meridians within the body. “Kriya” is an orchestrated pattern of movements, sound, pranayam, mudras, concentration and meditation that automatically guide the energies of the body and the mind to a specific result or change of consciousness. Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® does not rely on any one of these techniques per se, although we use many. Instead, it is the unique and tested syntax, within the structure of each kriya as shared by Yogi Bhajan, which provides steady, predictable progress and which leverages these basic functions of the body and the mind to create rapid, sustainable, personal growth and healing. In this tradition, meditation is not considered separate from asana or yoga; it is integral to the practice. The exercises in the kriya bring the body and mind to a state where deep meditation is easily achieved. Our fundamental objective is to awaken the power of the individual to excel—to experience their Infinity and fulfill their personal destiny.
***Always check with your doctor before starting any exercise program. Ram Gian also teaches Breathwalk – Walking Meditations What is Breathwalk? Breathwalk is the science of combining specific patterns of breathing synchronized with your walking steps and enhanced with the art of directed, meditative attention.
Breathwalk is simple, natural and effective. Once you know how to choose and do a breathing pattern as you walk, you will have an immediate path to physical and mental fitness.
Breathwalk may seem comfortably familiar to you even though this is your first introduction to its practice. That is because it has combined within it many elements that you may have found in other places and in other disciplines.
The emphasis on breathing, and breathing consciously to attain a desired state has gradually gained widespread recognition, use and validation. Many training programs for childbirth such as Lamaze use breathing and focused attention to control pain and to create deep relaxation. Most forms of martial arts like karate, judo, win chung, tai chi and chi gung, use directed breathing to achieve their extraordinary gains in strength and agility. Competitive sports from golf to weightlifting to running have discovered that breath control and using the mind in a meditative way can give an edge to top athletes. Conscious breathing is also used as a powerful technique in many therapies and approaches to personal growth and transformation. You may have been exposed to some of the breath's possibilities in re-birthing, Grof breathwork, psychoenergetics, Reichian bodywork or many other related healing disciplines. In the workplace, control of the breath either directly or indirectly with music and evoked feelings has become ubiquitous for reducing the impact of stress. It is taught in many hospital programs for stress control, rehabilitation and addiction relief.
Meditation has become very popular. One of its primary techniques is to pay attention to the flow of the breath while letting other thoughts lose their command of your consciousness. Buddhist practitioners have shared this technique with millions of westerners in the last few decades. Practitioners of medical forms of meditation like the relaxation response, taught by Herbert Benson M.D., use mindfulness in dozens of major medical centers and healthcare programs around the country. Most universities have some form of meditation in their curricula. Most health clubs and spas also offers classes in meditation.
Another place you might have heard of or experienced parts of Breathwalk is in a spiritual setting. Many traditions use walking as a meditation to calm the mind, connect to nature and for healing. Though walking and Breathwalking are not religious, and do not belong to only one group or culture, they do have strong roots in many spiritual traditions.
Breathwalk is the place where these elements of conscious breathing, walking and meditation come together. It combines them seamlessly in a very accessible exercise anyone can do. Combining these elements makes the impact greater, the results even more effective. People who Breathwalk often report that it enhances their efforts in other exercise or meditation endeavors. Breathwalk gives you exercise, personal growth, meditative experience, stress mastery and a clear mind to feel your spirit more easily. It builds on the base of whatever you have experienced with breath, exercise and meditation. It takes you just one step farther to enhance your practices and add another dimension of choice to your experience."
Breathwalk is easy to learn, sophisticated in its design and powerful in its impact. It revitalizes your body, mind and spirit. That vitality comes from body, mind and spirit working together. When we experience vitality, we feel alive. We have an inner confidence that we can embrace our life, accomplish our goals and feel our spirit. Vitality resides in the intricate network of our body, mind and spirit. We can each use that vitality to live a healthy, happy and successful life.
By learning how to consciously breathe and walk, you can elevate your mood, command your energy levels and shift your mental gears as you need, in addition to all the benefits of aerobic exercise. Who can do Breathwalk? Since Breathwalk is scaleable, anyone who is physically fit enough to walk , pay attention and learn can benefit from doing Breathwalk. From the most sedentary person wanting to improve their fitness to extreme sports enthusiast who want to stay motivated and focused under stress, Breathwalk helps them reach their goals.
*Always check with your doctor before starting any exercise program.
