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Infinite Bliss Yoga, in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood,
celebrated its fifth anniversary on February 4, 2007.
In addition to a busy schedule of yoga classes, Infinite Bliss
offers a wide array of special classes and workshops including
Belly Dancing, Body Rolling, Restorative Yoga, Ayurveda and
a “family series” of Prenatal Yoga, Baby Bliss
Yoga (for parents to take with their children ages 6 weeks
to 3 years) and Kid’s yoga for ages 6 to 12.
Our building is called the Schuster building at the busy intersection
of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway. Our building is brick and has a Q-Doba,
a Smoothie King, and Fleet Feet. Our door is a little hard
to spot, but it is facing Bardstown Road next to the
Smoothie King with a little yellow mailbox. We are upstairs!
While there are many types of yoga these
days, all of our classes fall under the umbrella term, Hatha.
Here are a couple of terms which we may use to describe our
classes:
founded by John Friend, is a unique approach to hatha
yoga where the spirit of the HEART powerfully blends with
the precision of biomechanical ALIGNMENT and balanced energetic
ACTION in the performance of asanas (yoga postures).
The word "anusara" originates from a line in the
Tantric text called the Kularnava Tantra, "shaktipata-anusarena
shishyonugraham arhati", which means: by entering the
current of Divine Shakti's descent into the heart, the true
disciple becomes capable of receiving grace. Anusara literally
means to be in the flow. It is the current of the Divine,
to flow with Grace. The philosophical basis of Anusara, as
elucidated by Dr. Douglas Brooks, is called Rajanaka Yoga.
This Sanskrit word has several meanings. The most common usage
is to
define a specific linking sequence (based on the sun salutation
--
chaturanga/up dog/down dog) that is coordinated with the breath
and gets you from pose to pose. The practice becomes a flow
timed to the
breath instead of just a series of discrete postures. The
vinyasa gives
rhythm to the practice, keeps the heat building, builds upper
body
strength and acts as a counterpose to stretch the legs and
re-set the
spine to neutral for the next sequence.
Here’s what Yoga Journal said about Infinite
Bliss in their Yoga Tour column:
Infinite Bliss Yoga crouches behind a busy burrito joint
on Bardstown Road, Louisville's Haight-Ashbury, lined with
coffee shops, used book and natural food stores, and tattoo
parlors. When studio owner Dara Myers first stumbled on the
locale, it was a dark, dank video arcade. Her vision and lots
of elbow grease have transformed the hovel into a sacred space
warmed by peach walls and natural light from the huge bay
windows.
To read the entire article, go to http://www.yogajournal.com/travel/771_1.cfm
Infinite Bliss Yoga, 1500 Bardstown Road,
Louisville, KY 40205
On the corner of Bardstown Road & Eastern Parkway, 2nd floor
of the Schuster Building
502.485.0121 or Allison@infiniteblissyoga.org
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