Kundalini Yoga at Golden Bridge in Hollywood
Kundalini Yoga in Spanish at Golden Bridge Yoga. Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:00 P.M. $8 Suggested Donation. Each class includes instruction in yoga, a meditation and a deep relaxation. All levels welcome.
Kundalini Yoga is a science that uses breathing techniques, chanting, body movements and meditation to get you to a state of balance and peace. Kundalini is our unlimited creative potential in the form of pure energy. By awakening that energy, anxiety, depression, stress and fear begin to dissolve. It is also effective in helping with insomnia, addictions, back pain and maintaining a healthy weight.
Kundalini Yoga stimulates the nervous and immune systems while improving strength and flexibility, centering the mind and opening your heart to the flow of your Spirit. All levels welcome.
Class is taught by Sussy Castilla, a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher born in Nicaragua and raised in Costa Rica and the U.S. She loves sharing these yogic tools for living happily with Latinos. Golden Bridge Yoga Studio, 6322 De Longpre Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028. (323) 936 – 4172. Goldenbridgeyoga.com
Kundalini Yoga at the Awareness Center in Pasadena
This beginner’s series is an opportunity for students interested in Kundalini yoga who are more comfortable learning about this powerful practice in Spanish. It will include the basics of Kundalini Yoga, meditation, pranayama, and inspirational readings from different traditions. The Awareness Center, 2801 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107. (626) 796 – 1567.awarenesscenteryoga.org
Power Soul Yoga at Bhakti Yoga Shala in Santa Monica
Power Soul Yoga with Andres Salcado in Spanish, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 – 3:00 P.M. By donation. Class is suitable for all levels of practice. Andres Salcado, originally from Colombia, has been practicing Yoga for more than twenty years. He has a devotional and heartfelt approach to the practice and teaches with an attitude that promotes equanimity traveling with the principles of Yoga as therapy: Powersoulyoga.com. Bhakti Yoga Shala, 207 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Bhaktiyogashala.com
Free Classes at Theosophy Hall
Study Classes on Theosophy both in Spanish and English every Wednesday and Sunday from 7:30 – 9:00 P.M. 245 West 33rd St, Los Angeles CA. 90007. (213) 748 – 7244
Spanish Classes Schedule at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood
Raja Yoga (Course with Guided Meditation) Every Second Saturday of the month from 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. Bhagavad Gita (With Chanting and Discussion) Every Sunday from 2:30 – 3:30 P.M. Library: open on Sundays and second Saturday of the month from 3:30 – 4:30 PM. For information on classes about the Brahma-Sutras, Vivekachudamani, Astavakra Samhita and Purusha Sooktam in other institutions, please call (323) 743 – 8452. Vedanta Temple, 1946 Vedanta Place, Hollywood CA 90068: Vedanta.org.
Meditation and Vedanta Studies
Mediation and Vedanta studies are held on the last Saturday of each month. There is one hour of theory and one guided thirty-minute meditation. 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. Free of charge. There is ample parking behind the building. 3111 Los Feliz Blvd, Suite #218, Los Angeles, CA 90039. For more information please contact: (626) 331 – 1938. Estudiosteosoficos.org
Umbral Yoga
Umbral (meaning threshold or beginning in Spanish) is a Latino lifestyle health and wellness brand rooted in a yoga en Español program. This endeavor aims to make Yoga relevant, enjoyable and accessible to underserved families. Our recently released DVD Yoga En Español con Lina Navia includes a class for adults, a class for children, as well as a glossary of poses: umbralyoga.com.
Schedule through June 12, 2010: Yoga for Adults. ($5 per person, per class), Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 – 11:30 A.M. Yoga for Families ($7 per family up to four people per class, then $1 additional per person). Saturday, 10:00 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. Umbral Yoga offers ongoing classes in East LA’s Belvedere Park. Belvedere Park, 4914 E. Cesar Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90022. (323) 260 – 2342 or 2361.
Shanti Generation DVD
Shanti Generation offers yoga classes for teens and young kids at Yogaglo one Saturday each month, located at: 1800 Berkeley St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Payment for these classes is on a sliding scale and applications for scholarships are available. Applications can be found on Shanti Generation’s website. They also have a class for kids ages 11 – 15 twice a month at Yoga Groove, 10502 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601. Each class is $15 or you may purchase a 4 class series for $50. They also have a DVD entitled Shanti Generation for Youth Peacemakers, which features yoga instruction by and for young people in Spanish and English: shantigeneration.com.
Desiree Bartlett
Desi Barlett has yoga DVDs in Spanish and English. desibartlett.com.
Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons
Learn meditation from the author of Autobiography of a Yogi in Spanish. This unique home-study series contains Paramahansa Yogananda’s detailed personal guidance and instruction in the techniques of Kriya Yoga meditation and principles of balanced living. yogananda-srf.org/lecciones/index.html
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