Yoga For A Cause Mission and Donation
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 mission is to create community and help you to connect mind/body/spirit while showing up with your whole self.
785-760-5412
Zoom ID 494-009-9537
Password Peace
Focus on Align
This session is an extended session. We're working on the word Align. What does that mean for you?
Align can mean so many things. In yoga, it can be the simple connection between mind/body,spirit. It n also mean the, perhaps, more obvious of aligning your body. How does your spine feel? The simple act of twisting can keep the back feeling pain free and foster relief of back pain.
On a deeper, spiritual level it can mean aligning your heart space with your purpose and intention with your actions. How are you showing up in your life?
I invite you to take a few deeps breaths and close your eyes or just soften your gaze. Breathe into align. Breathe into all the ways that you can explore that word, explore the feelings around it.
We will take tie in every class to sink into the ideas around Align and move it from your head into your heart and out throughout your body.
Check out the classes below to find the perfect class for you!
Online Practice Schedule
Zoom ID 494-009-9537 Password Peace
All Times Are Central Time Zone
Sunday
10a Slow Flow
8:30p Restorative
Monday
7p Big Stretches
Thursday
8p Joint Freeing
Saturday
8:30a Lay Down and Roll Around Yoga
10a Slow Flow
What's The Right Class For You?
Slow Flow
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 instinctively know what's the next best pose for you, so that you can practice on your own in the future.
Open, relax, stretch and strengthen. Your practice is your own, you get to move the way that 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." -Suzanne Chapek.
I've held that close to my heart and developed this class for you. Restorative Yoga teaches you to be still and present in the moment. I promise it's not as scary as it sounds 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.
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 and Alignment
Created by yoga therapist, Mukunda Stiles, this class is for you if you're 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 the benefits of a more active yoga class. It's your practice, and you 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 and you'll relax. Most of all, you'll feel awesome!
Big Stretches
Our most fun class! 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. Then you'll be able to sink deeper.
Do you love stretching? Are you a runner? Are you a cardio or lifting junkie? This could be the class that helps you level-up.
In yoga we believe that true health is a balance between endurance, strength and flexibility. This class helps 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.
Law Down And Roll Around Yoga
Our newest class is the perfect way to start the weekend. An easy, breezy class for absolutely any level practitioner, especially beginners, you'll spend most of the class on your back. For a short while we'll sit and be on our hands and knees before you'll lay back down.
You'll work the tension of the week out of every muscle in your body and do a bit of oiling your joints. It's a class that will help you let go of the week so that you can tackle your busy weekend.
Increase circulation, detoxify and settle your mind.
Am Wake Up Yoga
This is not a regularly scheduled class-yet, but it is often a requested pop-up.
Mostly we do it as a 30 minute early morning practice, but you're welcome to request it for a 60 or 75 minute session.
Wake Up Yoga helps increase circulation with breath work, helps your brain wake up and be steady and focused for your day. Physically you'll warm up, stretch and release any tightness and tension from sleeping in unhelpful positions.
You'll leave this class feeling energized and ready to tackle your day.
You'll work the tension of the week out of every muscle in your body and do a bit of oiling your joints. It's a class that will help you let go of the week so that you can tackle your busy weekend.
Increase circulation, detoxify and clear and focus your mind.
Pop-Up Yoga
Pop-Up Yoga is an opportunity for you to have yoga when you want it and how you want it.
Text 785-760-5412 or email to 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, what kind of class you'd like and when you'd like it. 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 or request something customized just for where you are in life right now.
Also, aoptions:
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
It's too cool outside in Kansas to schedule regular yoga classes. Right now we're doing Yoga in the Park as a pop-up.
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 Dad Perry Park. 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.
