Join us for an uplifting yoga experience led by our talented yoga instructor, Navjit Kaur, in our indoor tropical water garden oasis at Aquatopia Conservatory. Feel the healing power of our lush greenery and cascading waterfalls. Relax, restore and revitalize your entire being, in our glass enclosed resort-like retreat under the winter night sky. As yoga promotes mindful eating to purify the body and mind, we will compliment your wellness journey with a delicious light vegan snack for everyone to enjoy - all catered in house by our executive chef.
* If you have one, please bring your own yoga mat as we have a limited supply at Aquatopia*
About Navjit Kaur (E-RYT 500 and Lead Yoga Teacher Trainer)
Navjit Kaur is the founder and director of the award-winning Yoga & Tea Studio she opened in Ottawa's Carp Village in 2008. Born in India, but having lived her whole life in Canada, her study and practice of yoga for over 20 years has allowed her to embrace the wisdom that both the East and West offer to the practice. As a mom, wife, Professional Engineer, and entrepreneur, Navjit Kaur knows how life can get busy and so she enjoys sharing ancient yoga philosophy and techniques in her classes and relating them to modern day issues such as stress, health and relationships. Navjit Kaur has been teaching since 2005, and currently trains those interested in certifying to become yoga teachers themselves. Her approach to teaching yoga is to make classes accessible for everyone, and to provide an opportunity for each person to be challenged in their own way, to heal and to excel.
About Hatha Yoga
Traditional yoga poses, breathwork and meditation.
Hatha Yoga is the most recognizable form of yoga practiced in the west. The meaning of the word Hatha is understood to be made up of the sounds "ha" meaning sun and "tha" meaning moon. In yoga, the sun and moon are simple representations of our physiology, namely the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, that govern our stress response. So this style of yoga works to balance the sun and moon energies in the body, or you can think of it as male and female polarities, yin and yang or left and right sides of the body.
The starting focus in Hatha Yoga is on the breath and the use of physical yoga poses called asanas in order to prepare the body and the mind through movement, in order to eventually become more comfortable to then sit for a practice of meditation, without discomfort (physical) or distraction (mental). Hatha also means "to exert force" which eludes that there is effort involved in getting in a pose, being present in the pose, and coming out of the pose. It signifies that if we are to see change in our current situation, then we need to exert effort in order to trigger a transformation. The movement in asana is timed with the breath and short periods of relaxation in between, to develop a meditative focus; resulting in the union of body, mind and spirit - which is the beautiful definition of yoga!
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