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Lake Tahoe Yoga guides practices for all ages and abilities. Join us for scheduled classes at our studio, on the beach and on the water. Private and semi-private sessions are available in-studio or on location. Specializing in parties, events, gatherings, celebrations, corporate and therapeutics.
04/07/2026
The full version of matsyasana includes lifting your legs. Like tilting a container upside down to draw that which is in the bottom to the top, this position is intended to remove that which has sunk down.
As your legs raise, pranavayu is encouraged to move upward. The energy in the nadis of your feet and legs moves to your hips. As you engage each bandha it can be drawn upward and released.
The result is a feeling of freedom and ease for you have cleared out that which you have held but no longer need.
04/06/2026
Before attempting matsyasana you just first create heat that allows for the muscles of your back to loosen. Direct pranasakti into your front body. Your shoulders must feel mobile and your mind focused upon the experience of upward flying.
Feel your chest expand like that of the fish as you create viprttakarani in your chest. Lengthen your front body intercostals as you increase lordosis in your neck and low back. Feel air moving through your chest. Feel grounding in your shoulders. Lift with your belly, with uddiyanabandha.
04/05/2026
Bring to mind the image of a fish swimming. Now, flip it upside down. This is the shape we create with our bodies in mastyasana. Our chest is elevated and expanded. Our intercostals are lengthening. Our spine presses upward. It can create a sensation of shortened breath, but really, it's creating more space for you to breathe into.
Consistent practice of the fish posture can undo the effects of looking down and curving forward that result from daily habits like looking at your phone, computer or during travel. This posture can help you to wel more confident, expressive and compassionate. It can result in a sensation of spinal stretching and increase your height.
Show us your mastyasana. How does it affect how you feel in your body? Does it change your thoughts, shift your energy or adjust your emotions?
04/05/2026
Matsyasana is a position that can address the postural habits resulting from desk work, driving, phone gazing and carrying backpacks. When practiced properly, it expands your chest and lengthens your spine. The effect can be an intense stretch through your intercostals and sensations of openness, compassion and ease of expression.
The supported variation of matsyasana is an excellent starting place to experience the sensations of openness. A blanket or block can support your spine in lengthening. The ultimate expression includes elevation of your legs resulting from lifting mulabandha and contacting your core.
Do you enjoy or avoid this asana?
How does it affect you physically, energetically, emotionally and mentally?
04/04/2026
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04/04/2026
Sarvaga indicates the whole body. Every asana should involve your entire body, but this pose requires it. Your body, as a whole, is to bind into a bridge. Your shoulders and feet are the supports for each side while your torso rises above the Earth.
As you create setubandhasarvagasana you engage jalandarabandha. This is known as the "net lock." It can capture and retain that which you need while releasing that which is no longer useful for you. Allow your whole body to be freed of that which is no longer needed. Release the qualities you've been carrying and shed that which restricts and restrains you.
04/03/2026
There are ways to access effort and detachment in every aspect of the practice.
Setubandhasarvagasana can be approached with engagement; you effortfully elevate through the use of muscles and pranic direction.
It can also be a posture of release; you allow your spine to lengthen as you drape your body over a support that lifts you as you release effort.
04/02/2026
Bridges are connections. They create access between places. They both root and rise.
As you establish this shape with your body observe how the sensations of grounding through your feet and shoulders gives you connection to the Earth so you can create lift through your chest, abdomen and front of thighs.
Observe how prana rises from your feet, upward, and ultimately pauses at jalandara. Allow the net lock to release the qualities you do not need as you retain that which you do. Notice how this asana can connect you with the aspects of yourself you to which you choose not to attend.
04/01/2026
Lift like a bridge by engaging your physical and energetic bodies. Setubandhasarvagasana is a posture that is often incorrectly instructed. The name holds the key to elevation in this asana.
Rather than attempting to raise your hips with elevation of your heels and engagement in your butt, the effort should be upon contacting your quadriceps and abdomen while drawing prana upward through mula and uddiyana bandha. Your spine and his should feel light as they rise up from support that is above rather than below.
What do you experience as you you feel the effort and benefits of the "whole body bound bridge posture?"
04/01/2026
We have no desire to fool you. We'd rather share knowledge, shed light, and help you to live your best life.
This month our focus upon spinal extension begins with setubandhasarvagasana. Yea, we know, that's a long one.
Setu = bridge
Bandha = bundle
Sarvaga = whole body
Commonly referred to as "bridge posture," this position, when done with intention and accuracy elevates and expands your body like a bridge. A few aspects are important: rooting is in your feet (do not lift your heels or toes), engagement is in quadriceps and core (not glutes and back).
Can you feel the physical effort?
Now, the key is to identify your ability to direct prana upward through use of the bandha.
03/31/2026
When was the last time you looked at your back? Do you think about how you move it throughout the day? Do you consider the ways in which you could change your movements so you don't feel discomfort or pain?
Your back body is more than just your spine. The many parts that make up this system should be cared for, mobilized, lubricated, contracted and extended in ways that promote ease of movement. The more intentional we are about how we move our back bodies, the better they feel and the better we feel.
Join us to learn more about spinal wellness and back body health.
03/31/2026
Don't backward bend. Extend your back.
We've all seen gymnasts, dancers and contortionists who can fold in reverse. They compress their low back and reach for their heels. Have you ever really looked at what's happening in their backs as they do this?
Spinal mobility can keep your mind and body well, but hyper mobility can result in damage, pain and injury. As we practice spinal extension the intention is to mobilize our back bodies in ways that are supportive and create ease.
Imagine your spine like a series of pearls separated by jelly donuts. As you lengthen can you keep the pearls from squishing the jelly out of the donuts?
Join us to learn more about how you can move in ways that support spinal mobility and health.
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It was serendipity that led to the creation of Lake Tahoe Yoga. For years studio owner, Jenay, would joke when walking by empty commercial spaces saying, “That’s a good spot for a Yoga studio.” She never thought she would actually open one.
Jenay Aiksnoras, ERYT500, M.S. Counseling, B.S. Psychology completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training while studying for her Master’s Degree. At the time, she was working two jobs: nanny and flower delivery girl while also interning as a counselor. This is just a small example of her commitment and work ethic.
In 2008, Jenay and her husband Brian relocated from East (NY) to West (NV). Jenay began working as a School Counselor, Brian is a Physical Therapist. The two regularly discuss that which they are learning, challenged by, and struggling with in order to both grow as individuals and professionals. Brian’s knowledge of Physiology and Anatomy has helped Jenay improve her awareness of the human body. Jenay’s understanding of the human condition has helped Brian provide better treatment for his patients.
Lake Tahoe Yoga began as Svadhyaya Yoga Studio. Svadhyaya translates to mean Self Study. In the lineage of Rajahatha Yoga Svadhyaya is the most valuable practice to develop in order to access Samadhi (integration). The studio was built on a foundation of sharing knowledge and connecting with others through conversation as well as developing better awareness while moving and breathing.
As Svadhyaya Yoga Studio grew, so did Jenay; she completed her 500 level YTT in 2011 and established the Lake Tahoe Yoga School. She has trained dozens of new teachers in the lineage of Rajahatha Yoga. Svadhyaya Yoga Studio became Lake Tahoe Yoga and the motto “Practice Yoga Everywhere” is applied literally. Jenay has taught throughout the basin, at her teacher’s studio in Madison, Wisconsin, in Cambodia and at a few unique locations you should ask her about when you meet her.
Today, Lake Tahoe Yoga has become more than just a place to practice poses. The class schedule is simply labeled to reflect the style of Asana and lineage that will be practiced. Every class includes a philosophical focus, intentional sequencing and directed breathing. In the tradition of Hatha Yoga practices of Mantra, Bandha and Satkarma are incorporated.
Every class begins with a Dharmic Focus. We discuss topics written about in ancient texts including The Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Vedas and Upanishads. We will chat about how Yoga has influenced the various practices of modern times as well as how some of the ancient techniques are not quite as applicable today. You will learn proper technique for accessing postures, the proper application for directed breath, mindfulness practices you can do anywhere and more.
All ages and abilities are welcome at Lake Tahoe Yoga. It is the perfect place to begin, grow and deepen your practice. To learn more about our Classes, Teacher Training, Therapeutic Sessions, Private Bookings, Corporate Classes and our unique Realignment Coaching. Visit LakeTahoeYoga.com.
