Love-Offering Classes
- Welcome to A Yogi Kitchen's Delicious Yoga community.
We believe that yoga should be accessible to all, so all of our regular and Pop-Up classes are donation-based.
A donation should be whatever works in your budget. Students pay once a month, once a pay-period or each time they take a class. We're pretty flexible around here.
It all adds up and helps us pay for the website and wifi, keeps the lights on and buys me an occasional pair of yoga tights. Part of your donation helps us cook for people in our community in need of meals. Join the newsletter to stay up to date with our yoga schedule, our community efforts and our monthly focus.
Our yoga mission is to create community and help you to connect mind/body/spirit while showing up with your whole self.
Growing your awareness, releasing tension and struggle, helps you be a better, happier partner, parent, employee, sibling, neighbor, child and community member.
I'm always here for any guidance, questions or support. You can schedule a private yoga session or a wellness coaching session whenever it works best for you. Contact me ANY time.
785-760-5412
Zoom ID 494-009-9537
Password Peace
January Focus on Service
Every month at A Yogi Kitchen you get an opportunity every month to learn new ways to manage your health, mind/body/spirit. This month you're invited to really listen to your heart and identify what you're craving/needing/wanting.
There's a few attitudes out there that keep us from fulfilling our hearts desires. There's an attitude that we should always be putting other people, especially our kids and grandkids in front of your own needs. There's also an attitude, sometimes this is called learned helplessness that nothing ever works out, everything sucks, why even think about what you need.
As some of the holidays are still approaching, you may experience big emotions, especially those of loss and grief and they may feel less manageable and that's the perfect reason to listen to who your are and what you need.
Our practice in December will challenge you to listen to who you are in the moment. To say to yourself, I'd like to go upside down or lie flat on the ground or flow in a heart opening sequence. You'll get to just get quiet and do what feels right.
Join us for a big new selection of classes listed below.
Online Practice Schedule
Zoom ID 494-009-9537 Password Peace
Sunday
10a Slow Flow
7p Restorative
Monday
7p Joint Freeing
Thursday
8p Big Stretches
What's The Right Class For You?
Slow Flow
Slow Flow helps you connect with the energy of the universe. A regular practitioner or new to yoga, this class is both the perfect first class and advanced work. You'll get basic technical knowledge while learning to slowly move from pose to pose as a mindful lesson in the mechanics and healing of yoga.
Slow Flow teaches you to move gently with intention, connecting breath and the present. You'll listen to your heart and know what's the next best pose for you.
Open, relax, stretch and strengthen. Your practice is your own, you get to move the way that it works for you. Join us to find yourself.
Restorative Yoga
Years ago my teacher said to me, "Melissa, no one needs to be taught to push themselves. They need to learn to slow down."
I've held that close to my heart and developed this class for you. Restorative Yoga is about being still and present in the moment. I promise it's not as scary as it t sound.s It's the most delicious class you'll practice.
Perfect for beginners for its ease and accessibility, sometimes slowing down and getting quiet is also the advanced work. And that's why it's one of the best classes. It's good for every level of practitioner.
Mr. BKS Iyengar first taught with props to help you access poses that you wouldn't be able to get into easily. He offered ease and understanding. His teacher, Krishnamacharya, was one of the first yoga therapists. Krishnamacharya taught how to heal with yoga.
Mr. Iyengar went on to teach a large group of US yoga teachers and I was lucky enough to have Judith Lasater, as one of my teachers. She was one of the first yogis to introduce restorative yoga to mainstream classes. One of the founders of Yoga journal, she wrote the ground-breaking book Relax and Renew which remains a classic mainstay of restorative yoga therapy.
Join us for peace, healing, relaxation and comfort. Yoga props, like blankets and bolsters are helpful, but you can use household items, like beach towels, bed pillows, couch cushions and blankets to feel grounded and heal.
Joint Freeing
Yoga for Mobility.
Created by yoga therapist, Mukunda Stiles, this class is for every single person wanting better mobility and less pain, stiffness and achiness. That's all of us, right?
This simple set of movements develops alignment and ease. Grounded in basic yoga, sit in a chair or be on a mat and get all of the same benefits. It's your practice, choose what works or you.
Struggling with arthritis, scoliosis, repetitive use injury, tendonitis or ANY kind of inflammation>. You do not need any yoga experience, you just need an open-heart. You do what you can and don't worry about what you can't. We mix in a few gentle. restorative poses to help you lengthen and release tight muscles, which will ease discomfort in your joints even more and you'll relax. Most of all,m you'll feel awesome!
Big Stretches
Our newest and most fun classes.You, all warmed up and ready to go for some big, deep stretches. Take a quick power walk around the block, get on the Peloton, or even just take a warm, comfy bath.
Do you love stretching? Are you a runner? Are you a cardio or lifting junkie? This could be the perfect class for you. In yoga we believe that true health is a balance between endurance, strength and flexibility. This class will help you find that balance with the deep stretches that so many lifters and runners ignore. you find that balance with the deep stretches that so many lifters and runners ignore.
Like all classes, this can be a pop-up for whenever it's best for you. Ask for a session after your run or right after lifting. It's a lovely way to find ultimate health and performance.
Pop-Up Yoga
Sometimes it's just hard to get to yoga. You're busy, you're exhausted, you are craving yoga. We've all been there. Pop-Up Yoga is an opportunity for you to have yoga when you want it and how you want it. Maybe you have a busy week and have to skip yoga. You don't have to. Maybe you found an unexpected opening in your week.
Text 785-760-5412 or contact us through our link to get on the text list or request a class. When someone requests a class a text goes out to the group. The first time you text, be sure to include your name. Sign up for the newsletter to hear more about what's happening at A Yogi Kitchen.
Request any of the classes above that we're practicing regularly each week, the classes below or request something customized just for where you are in life right now.
Yin and Restorative Yoga
Yin Yoga invites you to sink into poses and breathe into them for longer, leaner muscles. You release down, quiet the brain and get present with what is, mind/body/spirit. Restorative Yoga is easy-peasy poses that feel like relaxing on your couch. With the help of blankets, bolsters, pillows, cushions, towels, block or whatever you have handy. You detoxify, increase circulation, heal and find peace. Restorative poses are hugely healing and deeply relaxing. You get quiet, release and open as we move from yin to restorative poses. This slow, gentle class is good for absolutely everyone.
Vinyasa
Flow from pose to pose at a slightly faster pace, linking breath and movement to increase your heart rate and build heat making your muscles more limber and flexible. You forget everything but the mat for an hour. Are you looking to strengthen and open? Craving movement rather than holding poses? Looking to choose whether you work hard or flow gently? Do you have a basic knowledge of poses? This is your practice!
Yoga in the Park Returns in the Spring
Additional Information
It's too cool outside in Kansas to schedule regular yoga classes. You can still be present with the weather and request a Pop-Up for a beautiful day in the park. You text 785-760-5412 and ask for the day, time and location and I'll text the rest of the group and we'll have a class.
We usually meet at the field behind the tennis courts at West Middle School, but we can also meet at Burcham Park, South Park or either Dad Perry Park. Just text and we can figure it out. If you're new to A Yogi Kitchen, just make sure that you tell me your name and what kind of class you're craving.
Looking forward to practicing with you!
