Welcome to Yoga with Dreena!
If you follow me on facebook or instagram, you’ll know that I completed my YTT200 program early in December.
Here I am with the group and our main instructor (extraordinaire!) Lauren Roegele. I feel blessed to have completed training with Lauren and the other instructors and to have made deep connections with this beautiful, inspiring group of women.
The program involved far more than the ‘technical’ part of yoga which I was expecting.
While we learned about anatomy and asanas (the poses), we explored things like restorative yoga, philosophy, history, pregnancy yoga, meditation, and breathwork.
The training also tapped into emotional aspects for everyone involved, especially when we worked on our philosophy art project.
We were asked to come up with our own mantra, and represent it in some way. They weren’t expecting any fancy art project. Still, when it was announced I said “ugh. I didn’t sign up for art“.
While I have an artistic side, art projects are not my thing. I’m not a crafty mom, don’t knit or sew, or even have a proper good glue gun! So, I cringed at the thought of presenting an art project.
I am worth the space I take and the air I breathe
When all was said and done, I actually printed off my art design larger than I initially presented, so that I could frame it properly where I do yoga. Here it’s with some special mementos from the class.
Now, when I started yoga training I wasn’t sure I’d begin teaching. I had posted about yoga at home and created my Yoga with Dreena channel, but still had doubts.
Today I post my intro video, sharing more about why I’ve created Yoga with Dreena and what I want to share with you, including:
- time-accessible videos: most will be around 30 minutes so you can more easily find time to bring yoga into your day
- yoga classes that are inclusive, and bring joy into movement along with strength, flexibility, breathing, and some meditation
- giving wrists a break! I explain in my video!
Now, please tell me what you’d also like to see in online classes!
Watch my short video, and share a comment – here .
See you on the mat soon… x Dreena
michelle bishop says
awesome! i would love to do yoga “with” you <3 ever since i broke my leg, doing yoga is the only thing that consistently provides pain relief. when i was doing yoga 3x a week in a studio over the summer, my leg felt almost normal. now that i've been more busy, it has been bothering me more daily. i've never really had a consistent home practice, but i think it would be something amazing to do!
Kim says
Deena, I’m really ooking forward to your yoga videos. I have recently had surgery on my shoulder and have found some poses difficult to do so I like that you will show different modifications.
Joanne says
I have been bracticing yoga for over 30 years. But since I had a knee replacement 6 months ago, I can’t get down and up from the floor very fast. Most yoga classes around where I live involve lots of down and up movement. So I have been practicing at home. I do all the standing poses and then go down to the floor once and do floor poses. If you could minimize the down and up, I would follow your videos.
Cyndi J says
I’m in the same boat as Joanne. Double knee replacements a year ago. So yes to only having to get up from the floor once. I’d love to try.
Holly Mangan says
I’m so excited to see this! Thank you for sharing
Laura says
I love the idea of time choices based on what time nit h I can grab for the day 10-40 minutes as you wxplained. And, Dreena so good to see you acknowledge that we do not have to be flexible to do this. Infor one have never been and feel the privacy and time you siggest is beneficial as I want to be functional still when my future grandkids wanna hang with grandma