Therapeutic Yoga Workshop

Experience the healing power of Therapeutic Yoga in this special workshop led by Julie Wilkins, OTR and Melanie Buffett, RYT. Participants will learn:

  • Common areas in the body susceptible to injury from overuse, poor body mechanics and age or disease related musculoskeletal changes
  • How to use yoga to improve postural strength, endurance, flexibility and balance
  • Using yoga to prevent injury or reinjury
  • The use of breath work and simple meditation to accelerate healing and aid in recovery

This workshop will include gentle yoga sequences and breath awareness training and will conclude with a soothing and relaxing restorative yoga practice using props such as bolsters, blankets and straps for a sustained and supportive yoga practice. Appropriate for all levels.

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Women’s Business Center Award

2009 Women's Business Center Gala
2009 Women's Business Center Gala

Yoga Birds is very proud and honored to be receiving an award at the Women’s Business Center’s Fifteenth Anniversary Gala on April 23, 2009.  The event will take place at Mobile’s Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel from 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

The keynote address will be given by Katie White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine and the best selling author of titles such as 9 Secrets of Women Who Get Everything They Want.

This award is presented to regional women who improve their lives primarily through entrepreneurship.  We are thrilled, and are really looking forward to meeting Ms. White.  Many thanks to the Women’s Business Center.

The Spin Den

Spin Yoga is a one-on-one private session offered exclusively by Melanie Buffett. Melanie has been a certified Spinning instructor since 2004 and is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Instructor.

Combining Spinning (indoor cycling) and Yoga is  evolutionary in bringing the BODY, MIND, HEART, and SPIRIT together in a fitness workout. Come explore this 75-minute holistic cardio workout that brings all the aspects of being (BODY, MIND, HEART, SPIRIT) into focus to experience your unique Peak Performance.

We begin with 15 minutes of opening stretches and Sun Salutations, a yoga flow focused on energizing the muscles, lubricating and warming the joint structures, and bringing awareness to the mind/body connection. Following is a 45 minute indoor cycling journey set to rhythmic, exotic, world and instrumental music.

During the Spinning ride, personalized attention is paid to maintaining good, strong form drawing into and emanating out from the abdominal core, revitalizing energy centers, using visualization techniques, and breathing patterns. We use a heart rate monitor for biofeedback to keep physical exertion efficient in order to achieve the optimal state of Peak Performance before cooling down properly on the bike.

Releasing negative energy, detoxifying the body, and awakening higher energy fields are key aspects in achieving Peak Performance. It’s totally exhilarating!  A 15 minute yoga sequence follows the cycling. To counterbalance the ‘shape’ of the ride, we stretch and lengthen the quadriceps muscles, open the front of the chest with gentle backbends, and invite a few moments of stillness with a relaxation pose.

In only 75 minutes you can bring the body, mind, heart, and spirit to a harmonious, balanced state- ready to re-enter the world in a more light, graceful, productive, and creative way.

Spin Yoga Combo is held in the new Spin Den at Yoga Birds. This room is designed especially for the unique style of riding that encourages introspection, builds endurance, and facilitates weight loss.

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Pre-Natal Yoga Workshop

A safe and effective pre-natal yoga practice can help women prepare for the demands of pregnancy, labor, birth, and motherhood. In this mini-workshop, we will move through poses (both active and restorative) with our breath to relieve the physical and mental demands of your body during this exciting phase of life. We will work to increase flexibility, strength, and energy, while also developing concentration and focus that is helpful during labor.

Meredith Montgomery (a Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher since 2004), who is expecting her first baby on August 1st, will teach this class. It is open to women in all stages of pregnancy, as well as to those that just want to learn more about pre-natal yoga!

$30 Pre-register on-line or at the studio. $35 day-of (space permitting).

Yoga Birds Celebrates Arts and Crafts

Classes, Clothes, Gifts, and Yoga Accessories

Yoga Birds Boutique will have special hours during the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival.

Friday, March 20 : Boutique Hours are 10am-7pm

Saturday, March 21 : Boutique will open at 12:15 following regularly scheduled classes until 7pm.

Sunday, March 22 : Boutique Hours are 10am-7pm

Shop for cute yoga clothes, healthy snacks, as well as yoga-inspired and bird-inspired gifts.

Stop by the boutique on North Section Street on your way into town from Highway 98 to see one of Fairhope’s coolest and award-winning new businesses.

Enjoy a relaxing shopping experience and a cold water!

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Yoga Birds Camisole Available Online

Yoga CamisoleNow available on the Yoga Birds online store is the Yoga Birds Logo Camisole.  This really cute sleeveless top is perfect for practicing yoga or as a casual garment.  It even makes a nice undergarment for a layered look.

The camisole comes in three different colors:

Black with white logo (pictured)   

White with full-color logo

Natural with full-color logo

Only $18 + s&h

Order yours online now!

This is the first of what will be many quality garments for sale by Yoga Birds online.  If you live in the Mobile Bay area, please come by the studio/boutique to see the full line of cute yoga clothes we sell.

To buy this shirt online, you should CLICK HERE , and if you have not already set up an online account with Yoga Birds, you will be prompted to do so.

We hope to see you soon!

New March Schedule

MeditationWe have been listening to you, our visitors, and receiving a lot of feedback on what class times you want.  We have made some adjustments starting Wednesday, February 25.  Please follow the Class Schedules link for more detailed information.

There you will find information about our Restorative Yoga Classes, Foundations of Yoga Classes, and Align and Flow Classes.

On March 28 we will also be holding a Yoga 101 Workshop. You can sign up at the studio or online.

Cute Yoga Clothes

There are some new arrivals in the boutique.  Yoga Birds has some clothing brands that are hard to find or nowhere else to be found in Fairhope or Daphne, AL.

Hardtail Fortever

Super cute, flattering yoga pants. Boot cut flare & knee length styles with tie-dye roll down waistband.   TOO COOL 4 SCHOOL!

 

Be PresentPractical, stylish, durable, and slimming bottoms in three lengths and a rainbow of jewel tone colors. The fabric is a quick-dry, breathe weave. You can go straight from yoga to run errands all over town.

 

Come by the boutique / yoga studio Monday through Saturday from Noon – 6pm to see our full selection.  For directions, please visit the Contact / Map page.

Free Valentine’s Day Yoga Class

Yoga Birds wants to OPEN YOUR HEART! In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Yoga Birds is offering a FREE Align & Flow yoga class Saturday, February 14th from 2 – 3 PM. Julie Wilkins will guide us through an energizing, uplifting sequence of postures designed to open the heart and release restrictions in the shoulders and chest. Come join us for a dynamic yoga class that will open your body, mind, heart and spirit.

Yoga Nidra Workshop – Relaxation

The ancient tradition of Yoga Nidra is a state of conscious deep Yogic Sleep. Through Yoga Nidra one experiences extreme relaxation while residing in a state free of thoughts and emotions. Knowledge and direct experience of this state allows one to exert control over how thoughts and emotions begin to arise and effect everyday life.

Additionally, Yoga Nidra gives you:

  • release from stress
  • increased clarity/control over the decisions you make
  • enhancement of your overall sense of well-being
  • relief from sleepless nights

This two-hour workshop will teach you the basic principles of Yoga Nidra, so it is understood and can be effectively brought into your life. More importantly, the class takes you step by step through the techniques essential in directing you to this blissful state. Upon completion of this series one will be able to revisit and apply this incredible state of consciousness to positively impact their lives.

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