We offer private, small group and corporate yoga and meditation classes to schools, offices and individuals throughout North Vancouver. Our outstanding yoga classes are ideal for those who feel like yoga is more of a scheduling issue than an enjoyment and want to do yoga but they cannot fit into the public classes. We craft every yoga session with passion and care to include a balance of physical, breathing and relaxation exercises. Each session will be tailored to your individual needs and focus on yoga poses for your body type and fitness level.

Physical Exercises

At Yogana Studio physical exercises start with specific warm up stretches called Pavana Mukta Asana. These practices help release joint and digestive system gases and toxins, which prepare the body for physical exercise or Yoga Asanas. Performing Asanas will help strengthen muscles, joints and bones, and work positively on the internal systems of the body such as the nervous system, endocrine glands, immune and the digestive systems. As a result of such training, the learner benefits from acquiring physical equilibrium and endurance.

Relaxation Exercise

Yogana Studio recognizes the importance of relaxation or Savasana, thus following each of these Asanas with few moments of rest and at the closure of each session in a more intense manner. Science has shown that ten minutes of this relaxation technique is equivalent to few hours of deep sleep. This will help in excretion of lactic acid build up in muscles, which in turn re-sensitizes the body. Savasana is the experience of total physical, mental and emotional relaxation as a result of realising the relaxing hormones from the endocrine glands which is resulting in calmness, clarity, healing and at last a pleasant happiness.

Breathing Exercises

Yogana Studio employs breathing exercises that teach the use of maximum capacity of lungs and absorption of vital energies or Prana. As a result, the performance of the respiratory system is improved which in turn will help the lungs, heart and the efficient delivery of enough oxygen to the cells. In addition, the consistent use of correct breathing will help the body to rebuild and becomes much more resilient towards mental distress, anxiety, and many health issues. Yoga philosophy states that the art of controlled breathing will eventually lead to control of the mind.