Morning Yoga and Meditation with Annette Newton (Saturday)

Please bring your own yoga mats, blocks, water bottles etc.

This morning practice will focus on breath through the practice of Pranayama and conscious movement of Asana (posture) of Yoga. Pranayama is the practice of controlling or conditioning the breath and is a centering, inward practice that goes into the meditative sphere. Pranayama consists of techniques designed to gain awareness of the respiratory process while recognizing the connection between the breath, the mind, and the emotions. Asana is a conscious body posture cueing movement to mindfulness.

Muskoka Chautauqua is a community for the curious and creative and this practice will open your mind and heart to fully engage in what is happening in this moment by aligning the body, mind, and spirit.

In the most classical form of Hatha yoga flexibility does not mean availability.

Register with Muskoka Chautauqua and Annette Newton who is a Nationally Certified Iyengar yoga teacher, Regulated Kinesiologist and holds her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology for 9 mornings of Iyengar yoga. Here mobility, stability, strength and alignment of body and breath will be the focus. At the end of each day, you will learn to move safely in an area you have never moved before while lifting your heart and lengthening your spine.

Yoga is like music – Rhythm of body + Melody of Mind + Harmony of Soul = Symphony of Life BKS Iyengar)

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy (BKS Iyengar)

By incorporating safe conscious movement and breathwork and into each day here is look at what the week will look like: