Namaste Yoga Center

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Welcome to the Namaste Community!

Namaste Yoga Center offers individual and group teachings in Hatha Yoga, meditation, the timeless teachings of Yoga, including Yoga Nidra. Yoga at Namaste is taught from the perspective of nondual wisdom.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, please join us for our alternative to the after Thanksgiving shopping madness! Restorative Yoga from 10:00-noon offers a quiet, soothing relaxing getaway!
Coming in December, David Cain will share his love of music, yoga and meditation with a Saturday workshop. Details coming soon!
New at Namaste ~ Kristal Perry-Gutierrez, MA, LCPC, and certified Yoga instructor, is offering a Yoga class specifically designed for adults experiencing symptoms of trauma and PTSD. Individual sessions are also available.
On-line registration and payment coming soon!
Check here for current announcements of class schedule changes or call 217-698-8177.

November Practice Classes
Our practice this month will focus on the niyama, Isvara pranidhana, which means “surrender to God” (the universal life force in whatever form you choose to recognize). The aim of Yoga is to become still, to learn to reside in our truth. When we are surrendering to God, we are surrendering to the truth within us. Isvara pranidhana is a process. In our practice we learn to cherish each breath, to cherish each cell of our bodies. Our asana will focus on back-bending postures.
Namaste News 2010 - Download Namaste News November 2010... (PDF)

Calling the Overweight, the Overworked, those who need to take time for SELF...
All my life I have been athletic. As my life evolved, so too did my activity of choice softball, basketball, tennis, bowling, cycling, ...and so on. In 2004 I started working on my PhD the only exercise I experienced was an occasional walk, writing, typing, lifting the junk food to my mouth and getting my butt in and out of a chair I gained over 70 pounds. 2009 I finish the coursework and the dissertation and receive my PhD in Psychology. PhD simply described my dinner plate at that time in my life (Piled Higher & Deeper)!

Okay, now what about the extra "stuff" in the middle that makes you look more like a donut than a pretzel? Well, until you can reach the ground, balance yourself, hold yourself up... whatever you struggle doing, there are props that the instructors will help you with that in turn help your practice (blocks, blankets, bolsters, etc.) This is not only if you have a few (or 100) extra pounds, but also if you have pain that prevents you from doing the pose properly (neck pain, back injury, knee problems, etc.)

I have been going to Namaste for 6 months now. I have found that if I focus on my breathing and on inner peace that the "exercise" comes naturally. Can I put my foot behind my head? NO. Can I do all poses perfectly? NO! Am I improving and growing stronger? YES!! Yoga has helped to lower my blood pressure, helped my aching back, strengthened my knees and core and helped me find peace of mind. I know I am not your traditional yogini, but I LOVE IT and so will you!!