Elemental Yoga (Mondays)
As each Element contains many facets and a myriad of ways to relate to it, we are going to take our time to explore the 5-Elements every Monday through the lens of Yoga. Each practice will contain the foundational experience of the Element with a slightly different focus or theme, journeying through the Yin and Yang expressions. In this way, you can explore the potential, the polarity and the depth of the Element from week to week. Sessions are suitable for beginners or advanced practitioners - modifications will be given where necessary. These sessions can also be modified for pregnant or postpartum women.
MONDAYS
9:45am - 10:45am
DATES
15 Jan - 27 May
No class: 1 April
Substitute teachers (8, 15, 22, 29 April, 20 May)
Summer break: 3 June - 9 Sept
VENUE
PAYMENT
15 € single class
65 € 5-class package*
5-class package can be used within 2 months to attend any classes at Surya Yoga Alaro. You can see their classes HERE.
WHAT IS ELEMENTAL YOGA?
This form of yoga is a unique system that integrates the wisdom of Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hatha Yoga into a holistic lifestyle practice both on and off the mat. Elemental Yoga uses gentle, physical postures, mudras, visualisations and affirmations to bring harmony to the 5-elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Space) within the body/mind constitution by strengthening, stretching and supporting the correlating elemental meridians. When we are constitutionally imbalanced, dis-ease can manifest mentally, emotionally and physically, until realignment of our elemental energies is addressed. This system of yoga empowers the individual to design a more specific yoga practice to therapeutically shift imbalances and to develop a closer relationship with nature, ultimately leading to a greater awareness of our own inner nature – perfect Yoga.
WHAT DOES YIN AND YANG MEAN RELATING TO THESE PRACTICES?
This refers to the type of practice we will do together, where Yin is indicating a more passive practice focusing on flexibility, held poses, slower and more restorative. This is not classical Yin as many correlate the term with what is found in yoga studios, but is more of a description to describe the energy and pace. Yang refers to a more active practice that focuses on endurance, strength and dynamic poses.
WHO IS THIS PRACTICE FOR?
This series is welcoming to beginners, advanced practitioners, men and women, and is also pregnant & postpartum friendly. Please indicate in the registration form if you have any particular limitations or injuries so that the classes can be modified for you.
ABOUT AMBER
As an Embodiment Facilitator, Amber shares the joy of living through holistic practices of yoga, active meditations, elemental wellness and pre/postnatal support. With more than 20 years of study and practice in Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation, as well as a PhD in Biomedical Engineering in the field of stem-cell tissue repair, Amber brings a unique perspective on healing and self-discovery through the influence of scientific and ancient wisdoms. From 2009 - 2018, Amber founded a community in the heart of Singapore known as Satsanga where she has offered & organised weekly active meditation, yoga classes and community events. After enjoying the birth of her little one in 2015, Amber’s work primarily focuses on empowering women to have a conscious pregnancy, birth experience and preparedness for motherhood. Currently she serves as a midwife assistance, birth doula, teaches pre and postnatal yoga, as well as offers her own 90hr YA Embodied Woman Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training biannually and a Postpartum Yoga Foundation Series for new mothers, online and in-person. In 2020, Amber founded the Embodied Woman Yoga Academy, which is a platform for courses, CEUs, Yoga Teacher Trainings and resources related to women’s health, particularly pregnancy and postpartum.