Practicing yoga outdoors will add a different dimension to your practice.
Yoga trains your mind to be still. When a mind is tame, you can see things clearly. Nature will intensify this experience and heighten your awareness.
By practicing outdoors you can establish your link to the environment. You can feel how inseparable you are from it.
Many yogic postures resemble animals and natural elements. Practicing it outdoors, you can experience this inseparability.
Looking into the vastness of the horizon, observing graceful birds flying in a space of “no walls,” the open space expands into the vastness and you sense the freedom you just can’t replicate indoors.
Spice up your practice with the special effects by inhaling and focusing on the smells of nature, such as mountain winds, ocean tides or grass. Exhale, be grateful and release back into nature. Listen to the music of the trees and the wind of the mountains. When you stop and “smell the outdoors,” it’s as if Mother Nature is telling us to be present and breathe deeply. Here’s a chance to practice Yoga outdoors:
LUNA Free Yoga: Yoga Hike in the Prospect Park
28 July, 2012 at 9.00am
Prospect Park West and 9th Street (map)
We kick off the day with an easy hike in Prospect Park to explore the beauty of the urban wonder with like-minded friends. We will continue to our amazing setting. The class will feature Vinyasa Krama as our main practice followed by breathing and meditation practices. It will consist of pose variations done slowly with great attention to breath steadiness and comfort. Outdoor Yoga Hike offers a stimulating experience for newbies and advanced yogis alike.
Wear: comfortable stretchy clothing Bring: Water sunblock mat or a towel. We’ll meet at the entrance to Prospect Park West on 9th Street (take F to 7th Avenue and walk towards the park) RSVP your spot today: http://www.yogalocal.com/?page_id=13302