CHEZ NOUS – YOGA SHALA

The yoga shala is called Chez nous, in french it means our home.
It is actually my home and although it acts as a yoga shala as well,
my intention is for yogis and practitioners to feel like at home.
Feel as if you’re at home!
A safe space where you can come to practice,
to express yourselves, to take a pause, to delve within.
To find a community.

• The yoga practice in the shala is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.  Practitioners are always in charge of their practice and how they use the practice to suit their needs. It is a friendly, warm environment, nurturing place providing for the space to grow, feel nourished, recharged or simply be.
  
  
• For the moment, group classes are on:
  Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Self Practice-Mysore
  – Wednesday at 7:00 am-9:00
  – Friday at 7:00 am-9:00
  – Saturdays at 17:30 pm-19:30
  
  Ashtanga Vinyasa Guided Class
  – Tuesdays at 19:15 pm-20:45
  
  
  
  

• The Ashtanga Guided Counted  class is not a beginners class. We practice full primary in the traditional counted Sanskrit way. The count becomes the mantra and through that mantra we all synchronise and focus together carrying each other through the practice.
  
  
• The Assisted self practice class is for everyone. Most who come, will know the sequence of the ashtanga, even though they might only do a part of it and so everyone practices individually through the guidance of the teacher. People who have never practiced ashtanga can also come to learn the sequence bit by bit and practice it. It is the ideal scenario to get individualised guidance through a group setting.

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Chez Nous – Yoga Shala
Avenue Louise 503
1000 Brussels

• What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
  Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a system of yoga recorded by the sage Vamana Rishi in the Yoga Korunta, an ancient manuscript. The text of the Yoga Korunta was imparted to Sri T. Krishnamacharya in the early 1900’s by his Guru Rama Mohan Brahmachari, and was later passed down to Pattabhi Jois during the duration of his studies with Krishnamacharya, beginning in 1927.
  
  
• Ashtanga Yoga literally means ‘eight-limbs’ as outlined by the sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. According to Patanjali, the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self consists of the following eight spiritual practices: Yama (moral restraints), Niyama (observances), Asana (posture), Pranayama (breath extension), Pratyahara (sense withdrawal), Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), Samadhi (meditative absorption).
  
  
• According to Pattabhi Jois, a person must first take up daily asana practice to make the body strong and healthy. With the body and sense organs thus stabilized, the mind can be steady and controlled. With mind control, one is then able to pursue and grasp the other limbs.
  
  
  

• Benefits of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
  Builds Strength – Increases Flexibility – Weight Management – Develops Muscle – Tone – Promotes Detoxification – Increases Energy & Vitality – Relieves Back Pain & Injuries – Improves Digestion & Circulation – Increases Co-ordination & Balance – Lubricates Joints, Ligaments & Tendons – Calms the Mind – Reduces Stress, Tension & Anxiety – Improves Concentration & Memory – Promotes Relaxation – Better Quality Sleep – Improves Lung Capacity – Lower Blood Pressure – Boosts Brain Function – Enhances Self-Confidence – Creates Inner Peace & Happiness.
  
  
• Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is a sequence for postures (asana) linked together by breath and movement. To perform asana correctly in Ashtanga Yoga, one must incorporate the use of vinyasa and tristhana. Vinyasa means breathing and movement system. For each movement, there is one breath. One breath, one movement! In this way all asanas are assigned a certain number of vinyasas. The purpose of vinyasa is for internal cleansing. Synchronizing breathing and movement in the asanas heats the blood, making it clean and thin so that it may circulate more freely.

PRIVATE YOGA LESSONS

In addition to yoga classes, the studio tailors to individual mobility training, individualized programs to resolve back pain and joint issues.
It also caters to functional breathing and those people who simply want to learn to breath better, to breathe more efficiently for sports performance or to resolve respiratory issues like sleep apnea, asthma, stress and long covid.

Classes can be done either on location at my shala or online.

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