Author: Gerk

Dear all🙏🏻

Join us for a ying-yang style class (a bit more yin than yang) this coming Tuesday the 28th of april at the Wende buurtcentrum at 19:00-20:00.

By Tuesday kings-day will have come and gone, maybe you went out to celebrate, walked the ‘vrijmarkt’ or maybe you just stayed at home. Whichever the case may be it can be an intense, maybe even overwhelming day, and my aim with this yoga class to give you some release. To try and let go of some tension.

We will do so by staying close to the mat for most of the class, and staying for a bit longer in a few of the postures. Beginning by lying down before stretching the legs and opening the hips. From there we will slowly transition to move a little bit, doing a sun salutation before ending in a few more postures sitting or lying on the matt where we will again be marinating a bit longer in each pose.

This yoga class welcomes participants of all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Whether you are just starting your yoga journey or have a seasoned practice, you will find the class inclusive and suitable for your experience level. To join the class, make sure to bring a yoga mat and wear clothing that allows free movement. 

Please come 5 minutes early so you can set your mat and settle in before we begin.

The class is donation-based, and your donation is what allows Grassroots to keep going ❤️ every little helps! However, I encourage your participation even if donation is not possible for you right now.

I hope to see many of you then!

Namaste🙏🏻

Gerk

Dear all🙏🏻,

Join us for a more yin style inspired yoga class this coming Tuesday the 21st of april at the Wende buurtcentrum at 19:00-20:00.

With spring fully here, trees and flowers blossoming and the world already looking so much more green and lively I find myself being pulled all kinds of directions with a lot of things I want or have to do. This liveliness is very welcome after the dark winter months but can also be overwhelming, I believe it’s important to counterbalance the spring growing season by taking the time to slow down.

So for this class I’d like to do just that, slow doen a little and taking some more time in poses and be a little closer to the floor. Instead of reaching up and expanding outwards, sink a little down and turn inwards.
Starting with a mediation laying down on our mats to ease into this. Of special focus for this class will be the hip area as we often store tension around here which I aim to find some release for. 

This yoga class welcomes participants of all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Whether you are just starting your yoga journey or have a seasoned practice, you will find the class inclusive and suitable for your experience level. To join the class, make sure to bring a yoga mat and wear clothing that allows free movement. 

Please come 5 minutes early so you can set your mat and settle in before we begin.

The class is donation-based, and your donation is what allows Grassroots to keep going ❤️ every little helps! However, I encourage your participation even if donation is not possible for you right now.

I hope to see many of you then!

Namaste🙏🏻

Gerk

I hope you will join us for a yoga class this coming Tuesday the 17th at buurtcentrum De Wende.
In preparing this class I felt inspired by the buddhist concept of ‘Metta’, usually translated as ‘loving kindness’ though I’ve been taught it as ‘friendliness’ as it derives from the Pali word for friend (Mitta).
Metta is an emotional and intentional attitude of goodwill and non-aversion towards all sentient beings, including oneself.

We will begin with a metta meditation working to cultivate this within ourselves.
Then I’d like to try and hold on to/work with this quality of friendliness during the rest of class by being kind to ourselves. This kindness towards ourselves can, for instance, take the form of choosing the less intense version of a pose or taking a short child pose break in between other poses.
We will slowly build towards a peak poses by going through variations before hand, so that when we get to the peak pose you will know how to modify it to be more friendly towards yourself.

This yoga class welcomes participants of all levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Whether you are just starting your yoga journey or have a seasoned practice, you will find the class inclusive and suitable for your experience level. To join the class, make sure to bring a yoga mat and wear clothing that allows free movement.

Please come 5 minutes early so you can set your mat and settle in before we begin.

The class is donation-based, and your donation is what allows Grassroots to keep going ❤️ every little helps! However, I encourage your participation even if donation is not possible for you right now.

Hope to see many of you on Tuesday!

Namaste! 🙏🏻

Gerk