Welcome to PranaShanti Yoga Centre

When is stress helpful or harmful and what happens in a person’s body when they feel or experience stress? What steps can be taken to manage and balance the differing levels of stress? What are some easy, practical tips and tools for managing stressful situations?

This series of classes will examine the effect of stress on both our bodies and minds and provide simple techniques for addressing its potentially harmful effects. It is an experientially based series that will provide you with opportunity to learn what causes stress, what happens to the body when it becomes stressed and most importantly, provide a system that you can use to regulate your stress level, increase your flexibility, soothe your nervous system and improve the general health of your spine and muscles.

Using a combination of gentle Somayog movements and effective breathing techniques, you will be equipped with tools that are easy to learn, easy to remember, portable, effective and lasting.

Over the 6 week series of classes you will practice a yoga style called Somayog and learn breathing techniques as part of the stress management system. You will be given a stress response journal and encouraged to write about your experiences with stress.

Classes will include discussion about stress and the opportunity to learn new Somayog postures every week.

This series is designed for anyone, who suffers from stress and wants to reduce it, wants to learn more about their body and breath, to reduce or eliminate back and/or body pain or to move more freely and easily. You will leave feeling more relaxed and comfortable in your body. You will also have a better understanding of how your body reacts to stress and how prolonged, daily stress can impact your body.

Cost: 6 week series $90.00 per person.