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Yoga @ Cindy's 200 Hour Foundational Vinyasa Flow Teacher Training Starts September 4, 2010!

Ever thought about sharing your love of yoga with others? Want to deepen your knowledge of yoga and improve your practice in a safe environment with one-on-one instruction? Don't think about it any longer...DO IT NOW! Our proven TT is back. Some of your favorite instructors (Mandy, Jamie, Joyce, Bow, Sam, Wayne, Estela, and others) got their start teaching yoga by completing the Y@C TT program. Y@C is a Yoga Alliance accredited RYS200 school. Learn from the original Heated Vinyasa Flow School in the South Bay.
Module 1: September 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 and October 2-3, 8am - 5pm
Module 2: October 30-31, November 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 8am - 5pm
Deadline to register: August 1, 2010
Email: info@yogaatcindys.com for more details and questions.

FREE Charity Class July 10th!

In support of our ongoing Food Drive supporting Second Harvest Food Bank, we will be having another FREE yoga class on Saturday, July 10th at 4pm. All we ask is that you bring a few food items. This class is open to members and nonmembers, so bring your friends, family, and neighbors along! Did you know the summer is the leanest time of the season for the Food Bank? Help us to surpass our goal of providing 1,000 meals to those in need this summer. Sign up online to reserve your space. Space is limited.

30 Day Challenge is Back by Popular Demand!

Challenge yourself to take 30 classes in 30 days and be amazed at what you CAN do! This challenge is for anyone willing to try. While the challenge is tough, it is our community of members that make attaining this goal easier and fun. Sign up and start any day between July 6-16. Click here for more info and to register for the 30 Day Challenge.

Intro to Yoga Workshop: Fundamentals of Vinyasa Flow. Saturday, July 24, 1-3 pm

Join Cindy, instructor and owner of Y@C, for a 2 hour workshop covering all foundational elements of a Vinyasa Flow class with a focus on breath and alignment. Not only for first time yogis, this workshop is an excellent tune-up for those already practicing who are seeking more detailed instruction and modifiction. Leave this workshop feeling confident walking into any of our mixed level Vinyasa Flow classes. Sign up NOW!

NEW! Saturday 4pm Class Added to Schedule Starting July 24!

We've made it a little easier for you to squeeze your yoga in on the weekends. Now choose from any of our 21 great Heated Flow classes with more than 10 different certified instructors on our weekly schedule.

9:15 am Class on Tuesdays & Thursdays

Join us for yoga in the AM! See our online schedule.

SUNDAY Prenatal Classes

You asked for it... You got it! Prenatal classes every Sunday.
Dates: Sundays, May 23-July 11
11:00am-12:15 pm
Sign up now for prenatal classes!

Student Discount

Get a 10% student discount on all memberships excluding Intro Specials and Workshops. Must be under 25 years old and show current school ID.

Work Trade

Join our staff! Yoga @ Cindy's is looking for students interested in FREE unlimited yoga in exchange for helping with various jobs. Any regular practitioner can apply. If interested, please email info@yogaatcindys.com for details and to receive an application. Minimum requirements to apply are:
* At least 3 months practice (2-3 times per week) at Yoga @ Cindy's
* Minimum 6 month commitment
* Willingness to work 3-4 hours per week in exchange for unlimited yoga

 

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Lose Weight With Yoga

By Guerrelyne Gautreau

Yoga practice increases the body's metabolism and a higher metabolism burns more calories. As part of a healthy lifestyle, many people have used yoga for weight loss. Yoga incorporates all the body's muscles, toning and strengthening and with continued practice, muscles burn more calories than fat. In combination with cardio exercise, it could help someone get closer to his or her weight loss goals. If you plan to make yoga your primary form of exercise, you must do a vigorous, 90-minute yoga class at least three times a week. Yoga can be practiced at any age.

Putting on weight, is mainly due to the result of a change in our lifestyle that is conducive to storing calories in the form of fat tissue. These changes can include moving from an active lifestyle to a more sedentary one, changes in diet, increased consumption of fats, sugars and other foods that containing empty calories. Doing yoga regularly can make you feel better about your body as you become stronger and more flexible, yoga helps tone your muscles, reduce stress, and improve your mental and physical well-being as well. Yoga practice can help you firm and help you tone. Your clothes may fit better and , your thighs and arms may appear leaner.

Excess weight gain has become a phenomenon in today's age, especially when lifestyles have become sedentary, and food has become more liberal with extra calories. To lose weight, it is important to do so, not just by doing diets, or exercise programs, which are just too tedious. A Yoga Routine will stimulate your metabolism, curb appetite cravings, strengthen your body, and increase flexibility. Yoga tones the body in a uniformed manner. It can be practiced at any age to keep the body supple.

According to the literature, yoga should always be done on an empty stomach . The sugar levels in the blood are typically lower allowing you to quickly move from the calories in the muscles to the calories in the fat cells more readily. Performing yoga poses, like any physical activity, burns calories. By practicing yoga, you will become more in touch with what your body needs, and naturally you will want to reduce excess foods and become more aware of better health. Yoga can improve weight loss by establishing a healthy mind-body balance.

Yoga provides balance for the body and the mind. If you are lethargic or depressed, it will stimulate you. If you are frenetic or distressed, it will calm you. Yoga is gentle, connects the body to the mind, and is the ideal exercise for weight-loss. Yoga addresses our relationship with our body, our mind, and our spiritual selves. It is different from other options because it is NOT a weight loss plan. The advantage of doing different Yoga poses also increase muscle tissue. The overall mass of calorie burning tissues in the body has been shown to increase overall metabolism. Yoga can burn loads of calories, but gentler styles may do even more for your waistline. Yoga can be great to improve fitness and to lose weight. Yoga workouts are excellent exercise. Choose yoga for weight loss and generally built muscles and core strength. Yoga can help both with weight loss and improving the cardiovascular system, but the approach may be surprising in that it is different from conventional diets and exercise training. There is a direct and indirect connection between yoga and weight loss. You can lose weight with yoga but more important than that the ultimate goal is that yoga teaches us body awareness. It gives us the opportunity to get in tune with ourselves, to understand and listen to our body and to respond accordingly.

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