Yoga For Recovery

yoga for the heart

This yoga program is designed specifically for the health and well-being of heart patients. This program uses a combination of yoga exercises (asanas), breath control (pranayama), sleep control (yoga nidra), and mind control (meditation). Yoga for the Heart enhances heart health, lowers blood pressure, reduces chronic stress, boosts the immune system, and enhances cognitive ability.

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Gentle Restorative Yoga

All yoga postures in this class are profoundly relaxing and deeply rejuvenating. Restorative Yoga brings about relief to those with chronic back pain, hypertension, migraines, insomnia, range of motion limitations, degenerative disk and many other ailments. Come enjoy the healing effects of Restorative Yoga! All levels

Tuesdays 7:15-8:15pm Lutheran Hospital Campus, Thursdays 5:30-6:15pm, Fridays 9:30-10:30am Downtown.

Gentle Restorative/Meditation

This class fuses profoundly relaxing yoga postures with deeply rejuvenating meditations. This class is ideal for beginners and those looking to bring relief of stress, chronic back pain, hypertension, migraines, insomnia, many other ailments. Lean techniques you can practice at home to help keep your body and mind balanced.
All levels.

Tuesdays 7:15-8:15pm- Lutheran Hospital Campus Location

Meditation Class

Meditation is an extremely powerful practice. It has the potential to bring about happiness, healing, relaxation and profound change in negative thought patterns. In this class you will learn to relax fully, release stress, and learn to become of observer of self. Meditation teaches you effective ways of to deal with difficult emotions, such as anger and selfishness, and promotes techniques that develop compassion and love. Meditation is a gift not just for you but for everyone else you interact with each day. Happiness brings about good health and studies show that people who consider themselves happy have one-tenth the rate of serious illness and untimely death compared to those who consider themselves unhappy. Learn walking, laughing, and loving kindness meditations just to name a few. In addition you will learn meditation postures, breath awareness, mindfulness and mantras.

Meditation Series

Meditation –dhyana is the seventh limb of Patanjali’s ashtanga yoga system. Meditation is awareness, self realization and an experience of deep connection to oneself. During this six week workshop you will understand meditation and how to use it in your daily life. You will see the scientific evidence that supports the effects of meditation and know what meditations to use to improve mental and physical energy. Practice includes Kundalini meditations, mudra, pranayama, guided imagery and exploring the chakra system. You will also learn how to use meditation for pain management, stress management and relaxation. No experience required. What should I wear? No special attire necessary, come in comfortable clothing and enjoy.

Yoga for Breast Cancer Recovery

This safe yoga-based rehabilitation program meets survivors’ needs at various stages of treatment and recovery. Techniques include therapeutic post-surgery exercises, mindful yoga sequences, restful guided relaxations, and healing breath practices.
All levels

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Cancer Recovery Program

Our cancer care program is designed to meet the individual needs of patients before, during, and after treatment. Patients receive support and learn self-care tools to help manage pain and assist in recovery. Yoga is a complimentary therapy for cancer patients. During this eight-week program patients will enjoy learning adaptive yoga techniques that include breathing exercises, body postures and movements, deep relaxation, guided imagery and visualization, and meditation. Lecture and discussion will also be part of each session as well.

Lutheran Hospital Campus - $125/8 Week Program

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Yoga therapy

Yoga is an ancient, eastern practice meaning union. It teaches us to take responsibility for our own health through the union of postures (asanas), breathing (pranayama), relaxation and meditation. This union helps us to achieve self-awareness and balance.

Yoga therapy is a self-empowering process, where the care-seeker, with the help of the Yoga therapist, implements a personalized and evolving Yoga practice, that not only addresses the illness in a multi-dimensional manner, but also aims to alleviate his/her suffering in a progressive, non-invasive and complementary manner. Depending upon the nature of the illness, Yoga therapy can not only be preventative or curative, but also serve a means to
manage the illness, or facilitate healing in the person at all levels.

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