Undoubtedly, when reading or hearing the words “Hot Yoga” a picture forms of what this means and looks like: usually a one size fits all paradigm, and is probably the result of advertisements, coupon marketing campaigns, packed rooms, and heat at 105°+  that can make you lightheaded and puke. What’s the point of that misery?

Without going into lots of science, heat breaks down the gel matrix found throughout your body, the “lubrication” of your joints and muscle sleeves so they glide over each other without frictions and releasing you to move freely into your asana practice. This lubrication happens with very little added heat, making extreme temps a personal choice and preference.

A one degree rise in body temperature will begin to kill bacteria and viruses, easing the load upon your defense system and allowing an effective clearing of debris through sweating. Humidity activates the skin organ. This means the skin, which is very thick over most of our body, becomes LOADED with blood and lymph, pushing waste products and toxins out the nearest exit point, bringing fresh oxygen to the brain and organs, moving fluids at an increased rate throughout the body as a whole.

Hot Yoga…is nothing more than doing yoga in a heated room.

The addition of humidity is to simulate summertime weather in India.  Once the skin has been activated, the poses are designed around encouraging this normal cleaning process. This is an excellent piece to add into a yoga practice, as the moisture will nourish nasal passages and lungs, helping your body in dealing with dehydration during the summer months of Yoga in Las Vegas. You can reduce nosebleeds and nasal cracking by spending time in a humid environment, especially when doing pranayama practices.

Yoga is meant to be practiced within our natural environment, and in Vegas, we are already HOT most of the year! Triple digits hit just this Monday, I am sure you all felt it as acutely as we did here! This is where we live, and a practice should be adapted to suit our needs.

That is why Namaste Yoga Studio is going to break away from this moulding of what hot yoga has been built around, you will find the following differences:

• No Mirrors-Use your Drishti!
• Heat between 88° and 96°
• Humidity to start the sweating
• Cool MIST fan to revive you
• Teachers instead of “instructors”
• Students who are on their inner journey
• Limited class sizes, this is necessary for safety
• Larger classes will have TWO instructors for safety
• Community based activities
• Workshops to build skills and explore fun stuff like flying yoga!
• Special events like our Sound Healing Concert
• Live Music EVERY Saturday-no extra charges
• Crystal Singing Bowl Yoga

Imagine:

The room is hot, beads of sweat run over your face…then suddenly….a cool mist brushes your skin….you energize and carry on into the next posture waiting for the next moment…there it is!…when the mist finds you again.

Yoga is about YOU, YOUR experience, and YOUR body; Namaste Yoga Studio is providing this experience, so the words Heated Yoga are no longer feared, and looked upon as a tool to gain longer lasting results. Our hot room is reasonable in temperature, working with the natural Las Vegas conditions…and believe us, it gets the job DONE. Once you take advantage of our massage therapist and cardio programs, your health routine is complete!

We are reaching out to those of you who want something DIFFERENT from what’s out there. Come on in, try us out, you can check in through YELP CHECK-INS for a free first yoga class, $12 to drop in, or try us out Unlimited YOGA for $40 introduction.

See you soon! Namaste.

Namaste Yoga Studio

www.LVHotYoga.com -click here for the Yoga Schedule

7240 West Azure Drive #115

Las Vegas, NV  89130

702-979-9050

Garden Room Opening Special:

You can now sign up for a rate of $50/month Unlimited Hot Yoga* from:

Saturday April 27th through Saturday May 4th

*Garden room access only, auto pay required

Latin Dance Workshop! April 27th  1pm-2:30pm

Learn basic steps of Salsa, Rumba, and the Waltz from professional dancer Erin Durand.  No partner needed.  $20 at the door  RSVP for $15 rate

Moksha®Inspired Saturdays

For anyone who is new to Yoga, or perhaps you have a few aches and pains and want to ease back into an athletic lifestyle? Moksha®Inspired may be right for you. In the Garden room, with heat and added humidity, come and experience this system of postures designed around releasing and opening up of your spine.  Relaxing, slightly challenging, and certainly fit for all levels, Kirk will guide you through.

SATURDAYS

11am-Live Music

1pm- Live Music

3pm

Keep your eyes on the schedule, we have more classes being added as we iron out the kinks, see where we need more, and grow wit us!  Patience as we continue work on our Aquaponic system, an indoor, organic herb garden where students may pluck fresh stems to take home! Rosemary, cilantro, thyme, chives, parsley, and peppermint to name a few! Have you ever plucked fresh basil for your sandwich or sauce? Yum!

Call us with questions! 702-979-9050 or 683-1872

See you SATURDAY for your Special pricing!

namaste.

Gayla

Zumba Fitness

Zumbathon for The Caring Place.

Saturday April 20th      1:00 PM

Come on in and Zumba® with us! By donation, proceeds go the Caring Place, a provider of FREE services for survivors of Breast Cancer.

Basics of Zumba® Steps Workshop

If you are new to Zumba®, and terrified about the steps, have no fear, Erin is here to help!Come in for basic Latin Salsa, Rumba and Waltz. These tools will sail you through any dance fitness class with confidence.

April 27th, 1pm-2:30 @Namaste Yoga Studio

$15 at the door

YIN YOGA BEGINS !

Thursdays @5PM  with PAOLO!

Yin yoga is a popular form of yoga  with poses targeted to stretch the tensegrity lines of the body. Primary lines include the hips, thighs and lower spinal area. Yin yoga focuses particularly on the stretch of major intersections within the bone and joint areas of the body. Classified as Restorative/Gentle yoga, this type of class is great for ALL levels of yogis.

Events Coming the Week of May 6th at Namaste…

Gong Meditation

Tuesday  May 7th,    7PM     $25

Do you have trouble sitting still or quieting the mind chatter? Let the voices of the Gongs carry you to a place of timeless peace and solitude.

“The gong is the first and last instrument for the human mind. It is the basic creative sound. To the mind, the sound of the gong is like a mother and father that gave it birth. The mind has no power to resist a gong that is well played.” 

“The gong is the first and last instrument for the human mind. It is the basic creative sound. To the mind, the sound of the gong is like a mother and father that gave it birth. The mind has no power to resist a gong that is well played.”  - Yogi Bhajanjan

Gongs are sacred, alchemical portals that link the finite and the infinite, and the worldly with the spiritual. The Gong’s multi-layered harmonics powerfully resonate, deep within the mind, effecting healing on both  conscious and sub-conscious levels while cleansing and balancing spirit, mind, and body. The deep complex resonance of the Gong suspends linear time, allowing both chaos and order to co-exist in the mind. This brings about a state of creative meditation in which internal blockages, conflicts, and and traumas, can be resolved, dissolved, and healed. These meditation session are great in combination with restorative yoga sessions.1 – 1.5 hours

Live Singing Bowl and Restorative Yoga Class with Jon

Wednesday, May 8th    5PM   $15

Saturday, May 11th      1PM   $15

Similar to the above Gong meditation, Jon will use a variety of singing bowls and play during our classes.  PLEASE NOTE: These are scheduled during regular classes, the costs apply to everyone who wishes to attend, including current members. Thank you!

Sound Healing and Gong Meditations Concert-May

Coming on May 11th, Jon Reinschreiber brings us Gong Meditations in Concert, played live these ancient Gongs carry you to a place of timeless peace and solitude, from which stress, internal blockages, conflicts, and traumas, can be resolved, dissolved and healed. The Gong’s multi-layered harmonics powerfully resonate deep within effecting health on conscious and sub-conscious levels, cleansing and balancing spirit, mind and body.

Saturday May 11th, 7pm

$25 in Advance Click HERE to purchase

$30 Cash at the Door

Jon Reinschreiber

Workshops offered the week leading up to the Concert

1. Intro to Shamanic Drum-Shamanic journeying is the basic building block of all shamanic work. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of the shamanic drum journey, and how to use the journey to travel between worlds. In these journeys the participant will seek out and meet their spirit guide. This workshop can be structured to take from 1 – 3 hours.

2. Sound Healing Basics. Introduction to the basic tools and techniques used in sound healing. Call for info. 702-979-9050

3. Intro to Bells, Bowls, and Gongs-

For centuries, Singing Bowls have been used as powerful healing and meditative tools. In this workshop, the participants will learn the history and basic techniques necessary to unleash the power of these ancient instruments.This workshop can be structured so that each participant can take a bowl home. 2  3 hours depending on group size.

Hot Room Opens Soon

Changes are in the air at Namaste Yoga Studio Las Vegas. The Master design for our Aquaponic system has been determined, and this will be completely cool! The room opens, yet have understanding that this system is secret….shhhhh…..it’s a work of ART in progress!

Live Music and Moksha Saturdays

1:00 PM

3:00 pm

Live rhythm and soothing vocals with Christopher Mendoza, a local making his way through college busing tables and singing where he can….and he is GOOD! Bring a Love Donation for him, please….he deserves it!

The NEXT letter we send out will be the Garden Room is open announcement! Soon….very, very….soon.

namaste everyone.

Gayla.