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Foundational Yoga

03/13/2018 @ 07:00 am - 08:00 am
RSY Surya Room

You've heard so much about yoga. You know it's supposed to be great for you - make you fit, flexible, focused and obliterate stress. But you don't know where to start (or what it actually is). Or maybe you've done the videos, but you're not sure what you are doing is OK.

We are your beginners' oasis. We'll guide you, step-by-step, as you discover this wonderful practice. Each class may cover:

Simple breathing exercises that are common to our practice;

Foundational yoga postures and how to adapt them to your abilities and needs;

Meditation techniques to reduce stress;

How to breathe so that you may link postures together and never feel out-of-breath.

We repeat things a lot so you are sure to learn them. And, we also make time to teach you how to modify the postures to accommodate your body and its unique needs.

We accommodate everyone...those who are new and have no experience, those with little experience, those who have not done yoga in a long time, those who want a refresher, and those who love working the foundational aspects.

This is a Continuous Class (you can join in at any time).

Tara Philipps
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Yoga has been part of Tara’s life for close to 30 years. She grew up as a dancer, specializing in ballet throughout high school. She went on to get her BA in Dance Teaching at the University at Buffalo. That was where she first experienced yoga-like movement and meditation. Guided meditation was a regular part of her modern dance and acting classes. She was re-introduced to yoga again in the form of some of the physical therapy exercises she was given when she returned from performing at Tokyo Disneyland with a knee injury. When her two boys were young, she started taking formal yoga classes at a local gym and eventually at a number of local yoga studios. Around this time, she started incorporating guided meditations into her boy’s lives to help them relax and go to sleep at night.

Yoga was the form of exercise and therapy she returned to again and again whenever she experienced injuries as a dog trainer, as a practitioner of Karate, and after getting injured in a car accident.

When the opportunity arose to take a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course in October 2016, the timing was optimal and it just seemed serendipitous. She had been incorporating aspects of yoga into her ballet and karate teachings for years. Tara’s goals in teaching yoga are to help others find peace, overcome physical obstacles, and find a method to heal their minds and bodies, as she has.

Tara is currently employed at the Williamsville Central School District business office. She teaches ballet at Karyn Kelly Dance Center and Isshin-Ryu Karate at WNY Karate Center. She is an RYT-200 trained yoga teacher with a BA in Dance Teaching from the University at Buffalo. She has taught ballet since she was a teenager, performed at Tokyo Disneyland, trained dogs for 12 years, and is also a 3rd Degree Black Belt Instructor in Isshin-Ryu Karate.