Your yoga practice at Vibrant Lives
Our classes welcome everyone, regardless of age, ability, or yoga experience. Your yoga educator will help you take your practice where you’d like it to go. Please let us know if you have any questions or physical limitations as we will provide appropriate recommendations and options. Please remember, it’s YOUR practice. It is essential that you listen to your own body and adjust the class to fit your needs. The best teacher lies within you.
Summer 2021 Schedule
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Tuesday
5:15-6:15 PM: Therapeutic Yoga Vertical Divider
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Wednesday
10-11:10 AM: Restorative Yoga Vertical Divider
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Thursday
5:15-6:15: All-Around Yoga 6:30-7:30 PM: Mindfulness Meditation Vertical Divider
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Friday
10-11:10 AM: Gentle Yoga Vertical Divider
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Saturday
9-10 AM: Morning Yoga Flow |
Classes meet in person at the yoga studio, with a Zoom option. If marked as "(Zoom)", class will meet on Zoom only here.
To support our cause, we welcome and appreciate any donations via PayPal or Venmo (@Vibrant-Lives). Suggested donation of $7-$10 per class.
In addition to yoga, we also offer the following services...
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Mindfulness
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Meditation
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Reiki
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Therapeutic Touch
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Mindfulness is the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something. It is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
Mindfulness is at the core of Vibrant Lives’ philosophy. It is integrated into every service and is taught to all, directly and indirectly. For example, as one practices yoga, one learns how to concentrate and focus awareness on the breath and on the body; one becomes capable of stepping away, physically and mentally, from everything else going on in life. One learns to observe bodily sensations and to notice the movement of the mind (thoughts) with equanimity or non-judgement. Through this practice of mindfulness, compassion for one’s self is born. Patience and humor evolve. Eventually mindfulness extends from the yoga mat to every day life and becomes one’s way of being in this world.
Yoga is just one avenue of learning mindfulness. The ways in which mindfulness may be cultivated in your life are numerous. To begin a personal practice, check out the resources available on Vibrant Lives’ website. Vibrant Lives is also available to teach mindfulness skills to groups, professional and/or personal. If you are looking for something that addresses stress reduction, optimal health, or self care, mindfulness is the key. In fact, mindfulness has been scientifically proven to result in:
Mindfulness is at the core of Vibrant Lives’ philosophy. It is integrated into every service and is taught to all, directly and indirectly. For example, as one practices yoga, one learns how to concentrate and focus awareness on the breath and on the body; one becomes capable of stepping away, physically and mentally, from everything else going on in life. One learns to observe bodily sensations and to notice the movement of the mind (thoughts) with equanimity or non-judgement. Through this practice of mindfulness, compassion for one’s self is born. Patience and humor evolve. Eventually mindfulness extends from the yoga mat to every day life and becomes one’s way of being in this world.
Yoga is just one avenue of learning mindfulness. The ways in which mindfulness may be cultivated in your life are numerous. To begin a personal practice, check out the resources available on Vibrant Lives’ website. Vibrant Lives is also available to teach mindfulness skills to groups, professional and/or personal. If you are looking for something that addresses stress reduction, optimal health, or self care, mindfulness is the key. In fact, mindfulness has been scientifically proven to result in:
- reduced rumination
- reduction in stress
- enhanced working memory
- focus
- less emotional reactivity
- more cognitive flexibility
- relationship satisfaction
Meditation is a formal mindfulness practice. Meditation is a technique used to train the mind, very similar to the way that exercise is a technique used to train the body. In training the mind, one begins to understand it and learns how to transform the mind from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. Overcoming negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts is the purpose of meditation taught at Vibrant Lives. This may be a profound spiritual practice.
Meditation, in various forms, is integrated into all services at Vibrant Lives; it is a piece of every yoga practice and a component of professional counseling.
Meditation has been found to enhance health by increasing immune function, decreasing pain and decreasing inflammation at a cellular level. It has also been proven to boost happiness by increasing positive emotion, decreasing depressive symptoms, decreasing anxiety and decreasing stress in general. It also increases emotional intelligence and makes individuals more compassionate towards themselves and others. Moreover, meditation has been found to improve emotional regulation and the ability to self reflect. It increases focus and creativity and enhances memory. Meditation literally changes the brain; the volume of grey matter is increased, as is cortical thickness.
Join us for an ongoing weekly mindfulness meditation group. No experience necessary, open to all levels.
Meditation, in various forms, is integrated into all services at Vibrant Lives; it is a piece of every yoga practice and a component of professional counseling.
Meditation has been found to enhance health by increasing immune function, decreasing pain and decreasing inflammation at a cellular level. It has also been proven to boost happiness by increasing positive emotion, decreasing depressive symptoms, decreasing anxiety and decreasing stress in general. It also increases emotional intelligence and makes individuals more compassionate towards themselves and others. Moreover, meditation has been found to improve emotional regulation and the ability to self reflect. It increases focus and creativity and enhances memory. Meditation literally changes the brain; the volume of grey matter is increased, as is cortical thickness.
Join us for an ongoing weekly mindfulness meditation group. No experience necessary, open to all levels.
Human beings are energy systems. If we accept this premise, then life energy is the essential and most basic element of the human energy system. We suffer when we don't have enough energy to carry out our life functions or when we, as energy systems, are out of balance. Reiki consists of laying the hands on the body in a prescribed pattern and allowing the energy of life to flow through the hands to the person being treated. The practice balances and strengthens the functions and health of the physical body, enhances relaxation and self-awareness, and quiets and nourishes the spirit.
With a deep understanding of the mind and body connection, Melainya embraced Reiki as yet another tool for peace of mind and whole person healing. Melainya is attuned and certified as a Level 2 Usui Reiki practitioner. She is delighted to have the opportunity to be a vessel through which universal, healing energy is delivered.
Reiki treatments are currently available at $35 per hour.
With a deep understanding of the mind and body connection, Melainya embraced Reiki as yet another tool for peace of mind and whole person healing. Melainya is attuned and certified as a Level 2 Usui Reiki practitioner. She is delighted to have the opportunity to be a vessel through which universal, healing energy is delivered.
Reiki treatments are currently available at $35 per hour.
Therapeutic Touch® is a research-based therapy, developed in 1972 by Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN, Professor Emerita New York University and Dora Kunz, a natural healer. Therapeutic Touch is a non-invasive therapy generally practiced by nurses, healthcare professionals and lay persons. It is taught and practiced in colleges, universities, and medical centers worldwide. Thousands of cases support the effectiveness of Therapeutic Touch® as an integrative complementary therapy in treating individuals with conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, headaches, high blood pressure, side effects of chemotherapy, cancer, diseases of the immune system, chronic fatigue, pre and post-surgery, depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, etc. Therapeutic Touch® is generally practiced with the client fully clothed. Therapeutic Touch® (TT) is a gentle yet powerful intervention used to stimulate the body’s own natural healing ability. Based on compassion, TT is a contemporary interpretation of several ancient healing traditions. TT is a non-invasive form of treatment of numerous conditions, as well as being a modality for maintaining wellness.
TT has been known to:
Sessions are available at an introductory rate of $35 per hour. To schedule an appointment with Sara Colburn, please call (970) 712-4477.
TT has been known to:
- Stimulate the body’s own natural healing ability
- Restore balance and integrity of the body, mind, emotion and spirit
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Relieve pain
- Heighten one’s sense of comfort and well-being
- Promote comfort in the presence of acute, chronic or terminal illness
Sessions are available at an introductory rate of $35 per hour. To schedule an appointment with Sara Colburn, please call (970) 712-4477.
Class Etiquette
We kindly ask that you honor the following yoga studio guidelines, in order to help maintain a safe and nourishing space for all who enter:
- Arrive a few minutes early to allow time for settling in before class begins.
- Please leave your shoes by the door.
- Silence or turn off your cell phone.
- Limit loud conversations inside the studio before and after class, to respect the space of others. We welcome (and encourage!) pre- and post-class conversations on the porch or sidewalk.
- If you're new to the studio, please introduce yourself to the instructor, and feel free to ask any questions that you might have.
- Let the instructor know of any issues or limitations that might impact your practice. Accommodations can be made as needed.
- Late arrival? No problem! We just ask that you enter quietly and create as little disruption as possible.