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What's Happening
- Purna Yoga classes are now taught at the
following locations:
Front Desk Hours
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Friday: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
(closed 1:30-2:30 pm)
Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
VOTED BEST
The Seattle Times
Pacific Picks
Conscious Choice
(Evergreen Monthly) 2004
- Best Yoga Studio
- Best Studio for Beginners
- Best Studio for Meditation
- Best Studio for Teacher Training
- Best Yoga Teachers
Conscious Choice
(Evergreen Monthly) 2005
- Best Studio for Beginners
- Best Yoga Teachers
- Most Inspirational Local Spirirual Leader
(Mirra)
Vibrant Living
Magazine
- Best Yoga Studio on the Eastside
Best of CitySearch
YOGA CENTERS IS FEATURED IN
KOMO News
Yoga Journal
Yoga International
India Today International
The Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
King County Journal
Conscious Choice (Evergreen Monthly)
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"Purna" means complete, and Purna Yoga™ distills and integrates the vast aspects of yoga into an invaluable set of tools for transformation and healing. Offering wisdom and techniques for the union of the body and the mind with the spirit,Purna
Yoga™ teaches alignment-based asana, meditation and pranayama, along with nutrition and yogic living. Purna Yoga™ is the art of loving yourself by living from the heart.
Founded by Aadil
Palkhivala and Mirra
Welcome Home!
While shopping to
buy balloons for the 15th anniversary celebrations at Yoga Centers, my
eyes were drawn to a balloon with the words “WELCOME HOME” in joyful
colors. I felt guided to buy it, but thought, “What does this have to
do with our anniversary celebration?” My inner voice clearly replied,
“Yoga is all about learning to feel at home in the body, as well as on
this planet.”
As I heard these words from within, my mind looked back at my life
before yoga had entered into it. The knowledge of yoga helped me to
welcome myself home – into my body and on this earth. I realized that
when we feel lost, sad, confused, stuck, stiff, pain, our bodies are
telling us that we have lost contact with the most important part of
us, our spirit. Therefore, we must use our breath, actions, thoughts
and feelings to welcome our spirit into our first and most important
physical home, our bodies.
So, I bought two balloons to share this message at the anniversary
celebrations.
At Yoga Centers, we teach the mind,
the body, and the emotions how to be at home with the
spirit.
The variety in the asanas we
teach open and awaken your body, so that you feel comfortable and
grounded as you live in it. We hope that, one day, you will sit in your
body as you do in your favorite chair, feeling safe, peaceful and at
ease! The precision of pranayama (yogic
breathing) teaches your breath to bring the gift of life into your body
so that you can feel more alive and at home. As you chant the word “Om”
in asana class, feel the sound resonate the word “home.”
We offer a range of workshops to
help you learn more about the many facets of your nature, so that you
can truly feel your spirit in your body saying, “Welcome home.”
Our meditation offers simple
moment-to-moment techniques guiding your mind to your heart (home is
where the heart is), where your wiser voice can be felt and heard,
uniting all parts of you into your physical home, the body.
We also offer the ultimate fast food through
the highly nutritious herbal formulas of Sunrider® so that you stay
nourished easily. Our lectures on nutrition teach you more about other
ways to nourish your body with the gifts of our earthly home.
Yoga Centers is decorated with forms and colors that whisper softly,
“Welcome home.” As Sri Aurobindo said, “All life is yoga.”
May you choose the many ways in which Yoga Centers offers you the art
and science of feeling at home in your body. This feeling will help you
realize that this wonderful planet is also our home.
Each time you walk into Yoga Centers, may you feel all of us – Aadil
and I, the teachers and the staff – saying, “Welcome Home,” since this
is the true gift of yoga.
Mirra
Owner, Yoga Centers
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