Yoga Warehouse

Description

The Yoga Warehouse is an Affiliated Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. We offer regular asana classes as well as meditation, chanting and special events, all aimed at promoting the spirit and joy of yoga. The Yoga Warehouse is an Affiliated Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. The Sivananda organization is a nonprofit worldwide network of ashrams and yoga centers founded by Swami Vishnudevananda to spread the teachings of yoga. Swami Vishnu and his master, Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh, India, were instrumental in introducing yoga to the West. Sivananda's famous instruction was "Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize." (See Links at bottom) Our mission is to propagate the authentic teachings and practices of yoga for the physical, mental and spiritual upliftment of ourselves, our community and all beings. We teach classical hatha yoga, an ancient technique brought to the West by Vishnudevananda in the 1950s. Swami Vishnu started the first yoga teachers training course which has now graduated more than 23,000 teachers. Our classes are non-competitive and accessible enough for beginners while more advanced students are encouraged to challenge themselves. This positive, cooperative attitude on the part of the students as well as the teachers characterizes the Yoga Warehouse. Swami Vishnu's five points of yoga for healthy living: Proper Exercise Proper Breathing Proper Relaxation Proper Diet (vegetarian) Positive Thinking and Meditation We teach and practice in an