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Feb 12

Colorado yoga classes hit the snowy slopes

During the winter months in the Centennial State, you don't have to take up snowboarding in order to improve health and fitness. In fact, by staying in and doing yoga, you can get as fit and relaxed as you'd ever be on the slopes.

Still, that hasn't stopped a few intrepid souls from trying to do both activities at the same time. This hybrid regimen, called "snowga," was created by skiing instructor Anne Anderson as a way to quell her students fears of wiping out.

"Once I began to integrate yogic principles into my ski lessons, I discovered that my students' fears were dissolving," she told FOX News. "Yoga has a natural benefit of healing – it calms the mind and body and is a true compliment to snow sports education."

As tempting as it might sound to meditate while slaloming between trees, you can always cut right to the chase by taking studio-based Colorado yoga classes instead.

By stretching, posing, meditating and relaxing in Dahn Yoga's temperature-controlled instruction sessions, you can get all the benefit of a good mind-body routine with none of the bruises, sunburn and chapped cheeks you'd suffer on the slopes.

 

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30
Jan 12

Colorado yoga classes are a little more accessible than those held in…Antarctica

Have you been having a little trouble getting to your Colorado yoga studio after work? Maybe traffic's slowing you down, or your job hours run a little late. Well, imagine trying to do yoga at the bottom of the world…

According to The Coloradoan, the good folks at McMurdo Station in Antarctica often do holistic stretching and meditating in their spare time. The source of the instruction? Fort Collins resident Teri McLain, and she should know: she works at the station six months out of the year.

But why do yoga on the world's coldest continent? For one thing, it's not very easy to get outside for a jog. During the warmer summer months – that is, December to March – scientists and researchers often try to get outside and stay active. According to ESPN, the residents of McMurdo even hold an annual marathon.

But what happens when winter descends in June?

That's when yoga is a must, according to McLain. "We all need exercise here because the food is very rich, very abundant and free!" she told The Coloradoan. "We have a recreation department that hosts a variety of fitness activities from races to cross-country skiing, and volunteers who teach yoga."

Makes Colorado yoga classes seem a little more convenient, doesn't it?

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24
Oct 11

Colorado yoga classes seem practically recession-proof

Why are so many people flocking to Colorado yoga studios even during a time of dire economic straits? Financial analysts are not entirely sure, but whatever the reason, Colorado yoga classes seem practically recession-proof these days.

It could be that the holistic mind-body regimen is simply too physically beneficial for eager enthusiasts to pass up. After all, the Yoga Journal recently reported that 18.3 million Americans admit to being interested in trying the regimen.

This figure, which was derived from 2008 survey data, is triple that calculated just four years previously. Obviously, yoga is on the up and up. That is what two Denver-area yoga instructors recently told CNNMoney, anyway.

The duo opened their first studio in 1999. Now, they operate a 40-instructor center, explaining that yoga's popularity has not slackened off lately.

"We just continue to grow. We are seeing a continual expansion," the pair told the news source. "During the recession, we had our best years, and that was really phenomenal."

A recent IBISWorld report estimated that the number of yoga studios in the U.S. will top 25,500 in 2011.

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Sep 11

Colorado yoga studio commemorates 9/11 anniversary with outdoor event

People who take Colorado yoga classes consistently report that their community helps them heal, whether physically, mentally or spiritually. Recently, one Colorado yoga studio organized an outdoor event for just such a purpose – namely, to memorialize the victims of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster and to facilitate healing.

The Denver Post reports that a local studio, Warrior Academy Yoga, put together an event called Yoga Rocks the Park as part of the ceremonial services on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Founder Scott Anderson said he sponsored the event as a way to raise money for the FealGood Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by philanthropist John Feal and dedicated to spreading awareness of the health effects associated with the aftermath of the WTC disaster.

"A lot of people around the country wish they could have been there and helped during 9/11. This is a way to help now," Anderson told the news source.

In all, more than 400 people showed up at Denver City Park. The yoga studio raised an estimated $6,000 from the event, and got everyone connecting emotionally and spiritually as well.

Local resident Joy Parrish told the newspaper that the event was a positive, collaborative tribute to the many individuals affected by the attacks.

"It seemed like good energy. I wanted to spend today feeling part of a community, and yoga is about peace and spreading love," Parrish said approvingly.

Many other Colorado communities held similar events, from mass fundraising activities to small group vigils for those claimed by the WTC disaster.

Even though the Yoga Rocks the Park event was a special tribute to healing and compassion, everyday yoga classes also contribute to human sympathy in their own way. By learning the tenets of yoga and mindfulness meditation, many enthusiasts find that their bond to nature and their fellow man has been strengthened.

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Apr 11

Colorado yoga studio offers family-friendly yoga

Many mothers and fathers might expect that practicing Dahn Yoga is an effective way to get away from, and relieve the stress caused by, children. However, this holistic mind-body system actually encourages kids to come practice yoga around their parents.

A yoga studio in Boulder, Colorado, is offering a live balance-oriented class that puts whole families together in the same yoga regimen, according to the Daily Camera.

Besides offering the traditional yoga poses one might find in many community classes, the family-based workout includes partner- and group-based yoga exercises, as well as postures that are renamed to suit children’s sense of play.

For example, the position often known as the Warrior has been re-dubbed the Spiderman Pose, the news source states.

“It’s so joy filled. Seeing the whole family together and kids of different ages getting that play and joy out of yoga is so much fun for me,” instructor Katie Wise told the source.

Individuals who are looking to enjoy some time with their children, parents or grandparents while pursuing relaxation and repose may enjoy taking Dahn Yoga classes at their local community center.

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Mar 11

Inmates, yoga’s relaxation techniques makes the news

Sometimes Dahn Yoga news stories about relaxation techniques pale in comparison to local or national news items that are ostensibly about the same thing. Recently, one such story came out of Aspen, Colorado, where a large group of men will be practicing weekly yoga positions while under guard. The catch, of course, is that they are inmates in the Pitkin County Jail.

These men will begin regularly engaging in regular yoga-related relaxation techniques, starting on March 18, the Aspen Daily News reports.

Jail administrator Don Bird told the newspaper that keeping the prisoners calm and working to reduce their stress levels can have a positive impact on the jail environment.

“They come to jail as punishment, not for punishment,” Bird said, quoted by the news source. “We want behavior modification while they’re in there, and want to de-stress the jail atmosphere as much as possible.”

While it is not currently practiced in a penitentiary environment, Dahn Yoga makes news for a similar reason – namely, its practitioners can use the stretching and breathing exercises to decompress, whether it’s at work, at home or at one of the hundreds of Dahn Yoga centers nationwide.

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Feb 11

Dahn Yoga DVD helps skiers balance on the slopes and in life

In a DVD newly released by Dahn Yoga, exercises help practitioners balance life at work with life on the slopes. The weather has begun to get warmer, the days are getting longer, but that does not mean that skiing in Colorado is out of the question yet.

Called Ski Knees: The Skinny on Healthy Knees, the video is the next in a series of instructional demonstrations called DahnTV Winter Health.

The DVD contains a range of stretches, exercises and relaxation techniques that can keep the joints limber and prepare them from the stresses they may encounter coming down the mountain.

An estimated 45 percent of all skiing-related injuries involve the knees, according to the Sports Injury Clinic. Running through a few simple Dahn Yoga exercises may mean the difference between a top-notch ski weekend and a torn ACL.

The video provides knee-bending methods that can strengthen the knees. The narrator also recommends that skiers be a little conservative when flying downhill, since they might prefer still having a life to balance at the end of the day.

Ultimately, the soothing essence behind all Dahn Yoga exercises is the reconnection of the body and mind.

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