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Welcome to Capital Yoga, your common sense source on yoga and health for all ages and stages of life. Jamine Ackert offers on site yoga classes in Ottawa, Canada. She is part of the yoga teacher training at Rama Lotus and offers stress reduction workshops to the public and corporate clients. More details here.
To arrange to have yoga or a healthy lifestyle workshop on-site at your location call 613-860-9642 or email
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Postures we do on the DVD
Here is a document you can download. It's all the postures we do in the beginning yoga class and all of the poses that are covered on the DVD. See if you can follow along!
The DVD is finally ready. It is the Beginning Yoga Class that will be familiar to you if you have taken any of my classes, but especially the Tuesday or Friday night classes at Rama Lotus for the past 6 and a half years. The cost is $20. Shipping's now an extra 5 bucks (it went up at the post office). If you would like one, please send me an
and we can arrange payment. I accept paypal (jamine at sympatico.ca) or you can mail a cheque to me. I will be bringing them with me to all of my classes for a while but it you would like to be sure you get one,
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Blogging
If you're interested in reading my ramblings that often include links to outside sites, check out my blog. It changes more frequently than the content on my site. The blog site is easier for me to update and so I do it more often there.
Blowin' in the Wind
Does your tree (vrksasana) blow in the wind? Do you have trouble balancing on one foot? Someone asked me today in a lunchtime class for some tips on how to stay balanced in the tree pose and I said I'd post those tips online. So here you go...
I’ve been thinking about the Sun Salutations a lot lately and it has occurred to me that more than a group of postures, which is how it is often spoken about, it may be better to describe it as a type of pranayama (breathing exercise). By recognizing our breath in the sun salutation we may begin to recognize our breath in other movements during our day.
One of my Christmas presents last year was Judith Orloff's book, Postitive Energy. In it she describes a short meditation to open your heart and make changes now. She suggests this centering for people who need quick tune-ups to help counteract negative energy. I thought it was something that many of us could use right now with all of the news we're faced with daily in addition to our own life's challenges.
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