What does it all mean?

Okay, it is going to get deep....

What does it all mean?

To the deepest core what is meaning to life? DO I have the answer? No! Do you? Possibly.

A journey in answering this question takes a commitment into and an investment of You. It requires self transformation, that you can't get answer from anyone but yourself. From the experience of your own being or inner psyche. What does it mean to be? Well who is "being" you? I believe that the answer is to keep on digging, questioning, and dig deep into the depths of your own internal well. You will find a well of weath, into your own mirror. What makes your life, and gives reason to keep operating into living. Is it you, that you feel a little disconnected to, rather than the world around you? Get connected to You. Contemplate. Question. Dig. Meditate. Reflect. Dive into the face of fear, listen to the loud slience, run into the darkness. See the ugly self critic you carry nagging you throughout, and get to know the reasons of why you chose to believe it all as real? Is it grounded reality? or just the imagination of the mind. What's the worst that could happen? Try it out for yourself don't trust me trust YOU.

Why Yoga

Why yoga?

from my personal experience yoga has helped to shape me into the person I am today. Yoga has given me, a reflective journey of an inner inquiry to relate to the external world in a more focused grounded way. Having the opportunity to teach Yoga in Toronto, and practice with some of the greatest teachers in the City has made learn the discipline that is Yoga. Yoga is not some out there idea, you don't have to be flexible, but an open heart and mind always helps when trying something new out.

Winter blues?

Try out one of my Yoga classes, take a few moments for some rest and relaxation and self care to have more capacity to help others. Come learn what all the buzz is about and how can Yoga reshape and vamp up your life. From the inside out, sweat, stretch, and strengthen in this work out for the mind, body and spirit.

Yoga is very integrative and activates both the right and left sides of the brain, giving a inter-hemisphere kind of work out.

The Benefits of Pre-Natal Yoga

A recent article found here talks about the benefits of Yoga and exercise during Pregnancy!
Empirical Data and Lab results show, in a case study with many moms to be.

http://www.medinewsdirect.com/?p=665

check it out....

The Benefits of Meditation

The Benefits of
Meditation

Physiological benefits

• It lowers oxygen consumption.

• It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
• Increases exercise tolerance.
• Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
• Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
• Decreases muscle tension
• Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
• Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
• Enhances the immune system.
• Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
• Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
• Helps with weight loss
• Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
• Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
• Decreases the aging process.
• Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
  

Psychological benefits:

• Builds self-confidence.

• serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.

• helps you cope with phobias & fears

• Helps to increase focus & concentration creativity

• enhances your ability: to listen, to learn and memory.

Spiritual benefits:

• Helps keep things in perspective

• Provides peace of mind, happiness

• Helps you discover your purpose Increased self-actualization.

• Increased compassion and empathy towards others
  

• Increased acceptance of oneself

Brand New Yoga Studio In Toronto

Check out Zen Beginnings- Yoga and Pilates Classes
http://www.zenbeginnings.com/schedule/

YIN & YANG classes at Zen Beginnings

Yin & Yang Yoga classes at Zen Beginnings:

Every Friday Night @ 7:30pm-8:45pm, www.zenbeginnings.com
697 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, Ontario

YIN & YANG details:passive (Yin) + active (Yang) = get the best of both worlds. This class is a active as well calming. They complement each other, first by heating the body to be able to feel more comfortable in the hips, spine, shoulders and safe in your poses. The Yang practice will generate more flow, movement, to sweat out toxins and breathe throughout in sequence so that you can find that sense of balance integrated into your Yin practice. In the Yin practice you will soften into the weight of gravity, without force and surrender into your poses, holding them for 2-5 mins to move into a space of relaxation and ease. The Yin practice activates you parasympathetic nervous system that slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes sphincter muscles. Feeling rejuvenated after class, bringing the harmonium off the mat.

The Benefits of Yoga

The Benefits to yoga:

Yoga can help to increase your energy levels, balance out your system, improve your full body flexibility, and coordination. Increase your body awareness by using your limbs like free weights and your body's center of gravity is moved to create resistance. It can help to correct poor posture, tone, strengthen the spine, and ease back pain. It can help Improve digestion and elimination, facilitate circulation, reduce stress and lift your mood. By improving your flexibility your body will be able to move with more ease and greater range of movement for other forms of exercise. Most importantly you feel great and energized afterward!

Yoga for Kids

Come check out my new Kids Yoga in Toronto classes at www.Zenbeginnings.com


Every thursday @ 4:15-4:45pm & 5-5:30pm

YOGA for KIDS!

ages 4-7 & 7-11

with Yoga Teacher, Tasha Rooke


Kids Yoga

Yoga comes out of the head and into the heart by coming into life in this class for kids bringing in creative movement designed specifically to get kids excited to explore Yoga. We stretch, play, relax, laugh, use imagination and have fun. This class is engaging for the kids getting them involved in speaking to the teacher, moving the body, doing partner work with new buddies in class, and maybe showing mom or daddy after class some cool new moves. It is a playful class as well as relaxing for your child by using imaginative relaxation techniques towards the end to help calm down and restore.

More about ZenBeginnings.com

Zen Beginnings focus is on providing help to those that wish to start living a more healthy lifestyle – hence our name, ‘zen beginnings’, it’s the beginning of living a well balanced zen life. Whether you’re looking for a massage, yoga or pilates class, personal trainer, nutritionist, acupuncturist, homeopath, or any one of our other services, we’ve got what you need for any level of zen life you’re ready to take on.

Hatha Yoga Classes at Zen Beginnings

Come feel good and relaxed at a Yoga class with Tasha at Zen Beginnings.

http://www.zenbeginnings.com/schedule/

Hatha Flow Yoga Class Description:

A creative Yoga class with unconventional style to create a sense of comfort and ease into your practice. Offering modifications, hands on
adjustments, and focusing on proper alignment. We create heat in the body into your practice, warming the muscles to flow into yoga poses. The focus is more on the quality of your poses (asanas) rather than the quantity. So that your soft tissues, deep muscles, ligaments, and skeletal structure actually reap the benefits of the postures. Using your breath and how to control it's movement to help increase your energy and circulation to your body. Feeling rejuvenated, fresh and happy.