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You might be interested...
If you like alternative, indie, electro, rock MUSIC.
If you like yoga, and doing yoga to cool music
If you don't know much about yoga, but are interested in trying something different.
If you'd like to create your own yoga flows.
If you like the idea of doing poses with a partner (your lover, friend, or even a friendly stranger!)
If you are open minded
If you are a bit of a rebel
If you are a punk... (but you don't have to be)
If you are a teenager, student, or adult up to 99 years old.
If you want a chance to shake it out! Literally, shake dancing.
If you want a yoga class that is a little bit different, dynamic, energising and FUN...
Then Punk Rock Yoga may be for you!
Elements include:
Breathing, stretching, moving, dancing, vinyasa flow, sun salutes, strength poses, mantra anarchy, short relaxation.
What Punk Rock Yoga Is Not.
It is not doing yoga to Punk music, although you may get this impression by the name.
It is yoga to different kinds of music though, as the slogan, "All kinds of yoga + all kinds of people + all kinds of music = Punk Rock Yoga" suggests. You won't hear any kirtan or traditional yoga music in this class, nor will you hear Gloria Estefan. Sorry.
It is not "yoga for punks." Although if you ARE a punk, you may really get into it! It's about challenging sterotypes. Are all punks angry? Are all yogis peace-loving, amethyst-wearing, mantra chanting, vegan hippies? Do you have to be a Hindu or Buddhist to practice yoga? If you like loud rock music and dressing differently does this mean yoga is incompatible with who you are?
I'm not suggesting anything is wrong with any of these things, such as being a vegan or wearing amethysts or chanting (I've pretty much tried and do all three, at different times), just that some people think that yoga belongs to a particular stereotype, or even that it is reserved for the elite. I too once had no interest in yoga, even though I could feel it calling me... because someone said it was only for white blonde rich women who lived in a certain demographic and carried a designer mat bag. Some of my friends at the time were anarchists, activists, queer rockers and punks, and I didn't want to go to yoga and become "uncool." I thought it was just another fad for stretchy, bendy people who liked to gaze at themselves in mirrors and chant Om.
Of course my perspective has radically shifted now, and one of the things I love about yoga is the yoga itself, and powerful connection that it JUST IS... and also that there is traditional yoga styles which anyone can do, and that there are different, electic styles. I love the diversity! I love all the people I've met, I love my yoga teachers. There are posh yoga studios that play Enya where the students are all from the same postcode and drive expensive cars (not that there's anything wrong with that) and then there's ... Punk Rock Yoga.
All I can say is come and see for yourself!
Rules:
Wear whatever you want. You don't have to wear expensive yoga-specific clothes, and in fact, if you want to, you can wear jeans, leather pants, leggings, shorts or a snorkelling outfit. But keep in mind, you are going to be bending and stretching and sweating (and dancing)! So practical, exercise clothes are best. You don't need to try to impress anyone but if you want to get creative, then go for it.
Bring an open mind - the flexibility is in the loosening of structure here.
Be prepared to have some fun, smile and lighten up. Yoga can be serious (as it's a method of self-inquiry) but this kind of yoga is quirky, subversive and creative.
Be yourself - always.
Practical tips:
Don't eat anything big up to an hour before the class. Arrive at 5.30 - 5.35 for a 5.45pm start. Totally on the dot.
Classes are held at Batesford Community Hub in Chadstone, starting Tuesday 24th January, and go for just 45 minutes, giving you a taste of Punk Rock Yoga. Every Tuesday night during school terms.
See my yoga teaching website for more details
www.sonicshakti.com.au
Link to a short video of PRY filmed in the US at one of their classes. Check it out!
http://vimeo.com/18856514
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