Yoga Den San Pablo

11/13/2025

🌞 New Yoga Schedule Alert!
We’ve updated our class times to bring you more balance, flexibility, and peace throughout your week. 🧘‍♀️✨

11/12/2025

Welcome home, yogis 🧘‍♀️💫

Whether you’re unrolling your mat for the first time or returning to your practice, we’re so happy to share this space with you.

Come breathe, move, and grow with us — your journey begins here. 🌸

11/11/2025

New class alert🚨

🙌COOL POWER on Tuesdays at 11.00 am🤸🏼‍♀️with

💪🏻A power flow without in the heat! A high energy, high sweat practice with dynamic flows and held postures. This practice will stretch, strengthen and detox the whole body.

🌡️Room temperature 78-80F.

11/07/2025

🧠 Dharana — The Art of Focus ✨
In yoga, Dharana means concentration — the practice of holding your attention on one point or object. It’s the 6th limb of Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga, guiding us from movement to stillness.

When we train the mind to focus — on the breath, a mantra, or even a candle flame — we prepare the ground for deeper meditation.🌿

🕯️ One-pointed focus leads to inner peace.

11/05/2025

11/03/2025

We are stronger than we know because we know where our strength comes from

🧘‍♀️ YogaFaith Slow Flow
📆 Monday 11/3
⏰ 9:00 am
📍Yoga Den San Pablo

10/28/2025

🤸🏼‍♀️Upside Down, Right Side Up

Sometimes you have to flip your world to see it clearly.

Inversions teach courage, balance, and trust — not perfection.

Let gravity remind you: strength is found in surrender. 💫

10/27/2025

😮‍💨 Ujjāyī breathing involves slightly constricting the throat (glottis) while breathing through the nose. This creates a gentle, whispering sound similar to ocean waves or the sound of Darth Vader’s breath.

🧘‍♀️ How to Practice Ujjāyī Breath
1. Sit or stand tall, lengthening the spine.
2. Inhale deeply through the nose, slightly contracting the back of your throat.
• You should hear a soft “sssshh” or oceanic sound.
3. Exhale through the nose, maintaining that same throat constriction.
4. Keep the breath smooth, even, and steady — not forced.

You can also try it first with your mouth open — as if you’re fogging up a mirror — and then close the mouth while keeping the same throat engagement.

💡 Key Effects and Benefits
• Calms the mind and reduces stress.
• Builds internal heat, which helps detoxify the body (especially in vinyasa or ashtanga yoga).
• Focuses attention, improving concentration during asana (posture) practice.
• Balances the nervous system and helps regulate energy flow.
• Improves breath control and lung capacity.

10/26/2025

We all have giants, but Our God is bigger! come worship on your mat as we spend some time thinking about David in 1 Samuel. Hope to see you this week at Yoga Den San Pablo
Monday at 9:00 am
Wednesday at 1:30 pm

10/24/2025

Yoga movements are healthy for the body because they combine physical exercise, breathing control, and mindful awareness, which together support nearly every system in the body. Here’s a breakdown of how and why:

🧠 1. Improves Nervous System Function
• Yoga encourages deep, slow breathing, which activates the parasympathetic nervous system (“rest and digest” mode).
• This helps reduce stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, leading to better mood, focus, and sleep.

💪 2. Builds Strength and Flexibility
• Poses (asanas) use body weight for resistance, strengthening muscles evenly across the body.
• Stretching in yoga increases flexibility and joint range of motion, helping prevent stiffness and injury.

🫀 3. Supports Heart and Circulatory Health
• Gentle movement and breathing improve blood circulation and oxygen delivery to tissues.
• Regular practice can help lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol, and improve heart rate variability.

🫁 4. Enhances Lung Capacity and Breathing Efficiency
• Yoga teaches controlled breathing (pranayama), which strengthens respiratory muscles and improves lung efficiency.
• This helps with endurance, calmness, and even conditions like asthma or anxiety-related shortness of breath.

🦴 5. Improves Posture and Alignment
• Many yoga poses focus on spinal alignment and core strength, which helps correct posture imbalances.
• This reduces strain on the back, neck, and joints over time.

🩸 6. Boosts Metabolism and Detoxification
• Movements stimulate lymphatic flow, aiding detoxification and immune system function.
• Twisting poses, in particular, gently massage internal organs and improve digestion.

🧘 7. Balances Mind–Body Connection
• Yoga promotes mindful movement, teaching awareness of how the body feels and moves.
• This connection can reduce emotional stress, improve body image, and encourage healthier lifestyle choices.

Yoga keeps the body flexible, strong, and balanced while calming the mind and supporting overall wellness.

10/07/2025

💫 Yoga YOUR way – we’ve got a membership for every vibe! 💫

✨ Just visiting? Grab a Drop-In.
✨ Consistency is key? Go Unlimited (1 month or 1 year).
✨ Busy but committed? Class Packs (4 or 10) got you.
✨ Want it all? Passport or studio memberships give you extra perks.
✨ New student? Try 2 weeks unlimited for only $50.

Your practice, your pace, your membership. 🧘‍♂️💛

Comment below which membership matches your energy right now ⬇️