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Gentle Yoga

04/25/2014 @ 12:00 pm - 01:15 pm
RSY Surya Room

Gentle Yoga is a supportive, unhurried practice designed to open the heart and rejuvenate the entire body. Emphasis is on loosening and strengthening the body gradually through a flow of gentle stretches and poses. A delight for those newer to yoga or anyone looking for a less vigorous, more soothing and restorative experience, this class focuses on:

  • Breathing and relaxation practices that reduce stress and quiet the mind
  • Simple stretches and rhythmic exercises to warm-up the body
  • Foundational yoga postures—gently moving into and out of a variety of poses and how to adapt poses to your abilities
Tracy Draksic
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Tracy Draksic, M.A.

Tracy began her formal study of yoga at the Himalayan Institute in 1998. After many years of hatha yoga practice, she began expanding her interests into yoga philosophy & psychology, meditation, and Sanskrit. She completed the Institute’s teacher training program and became a certified instructor in 2010. Many opportunities followed for further teacher education in Toronto, Hamilton, and Honesdale, PA. Tracy currently teaches at the Himalayan Institute of Buffalo and Rising Sun Yoga in Amherst. She received a B.A. in French Literature from Wells College and an M.A. in Linguistics from SUNY Buffalo. She teaches Sanskrit both as a course and in Yoga Teacher Training Programs.