What Color is Your Yoga?

Image: Alison Hinks YogaA fun infographic on different yoga styles using a color wheel to illustrate the cycle from vigorous (warm hues) to more alignment-based (cool hues.) I love it when design, information and yoga intersect.

What do you think? What color is your practice? I am definitely more attracted to the complementary colors of red and green; when I do yoga, I like mixing sweaty movement with careful alignment.

11 April revision: The conversation developing on Facebook is pretty cool. Someone found the absence on this diagram of Hatha Yoga shameful. My feeling is that Hatha is a white circle enveloping this entire multicolored wheel. White is the presence of all colors :) Yet someone else noticed the absence of Bhakti. What are your thoughts? What would you add or subtract from this wheel of yoga?

Do Yoga in Paris Now

WORKSHOPS/ATELIERS 
10 Apr Yoga with Marie Christine 
12 Apr Yoga for Runners (ongoing)
13 Apr Developing a Personal Practice 
13 Apr Vinyasa Yoga with Benoît Le Gourriérec  
13 Apr Ashtanga Second Series (ongoing) 
13 Apr Detox + Inspire—Yoga + Shiatsu for Spring! 
13 Apr Hormone Yoga Therapy with Florence Dugowson
13-17 Apr Pranayama with Sri O. P. Tiwari 
14 Apr Advanced Agni Yoga with Myrto 
14 Apr Vinyasa Yoga 
14 Apr Review of Foundation Poses + Hip Openers 
14 Apr Yin Yoga + Meditation 
14 Apr Open up to Life with Sandra 
14 Apr Introduction to the Second Series  
14 Apr Kundalini Yoga + Gong 
14 Apr Springtime Practice with Sophie Fabre 
14 Apr Ashtanga Primary Series 
14 Apr Hatha Yoga with Aloys Berdoll 
14 Apr Restorative Yoga  
14 Apr Hatha Yoga  

SPECIAL CLASSES/EVENTS
13 Apr Trial yoga class/cours d’essai at Centre Sivananda Paris (FREE!)
13 Apr Yoga Hip Hop at Wanderlust with Lolë Paris (FREE!) 
13 Apr Guerilla Yogi (Donation) 
14 Apr Beginner Specials: Ashtanga + Hatha yoga classes (FREE!)
14 Apr Yoga with Lolë Paris (FREE!) 

PORTES OUVERTES/OPEN HOUSES
14 Apr Ashtanga + Hatha for Beginning Students at Espace Yoga Bastille (FREE!) 

UPCOMING RETREATS
11-14 Apr Spring Break for Yogis in Alsace  
13-20 Apr Gourmet Raw Food + Yoga in Pyrénées-Atlantiques  

L’Académie de Hatha Yoga à Paris, 1950

There is a long history of yoga in Paris, a history of yoga on the mat as well as off!

Do Yoga in Paris Now

WORKSHOPS/ATELIERS 
1 Apr Follow the White Rabbit with Mika de Brito 
1 Apr Develop Your Personal Practice 
5 Apr Yoga for Runners (ongoing) 
6 Apr Hormone Yoga Therapy with Kathy Wolff 
6 Apr Opening the Hips + Pelvis  
7 Apr Shadow Yoga (Intro for Beginners)
7 Apr Prana Flow for Beginners with Mira Jamadi 
7 Apr Pranayama with Cécile Barra (Beginners + Level 3-4/Training)  
7 Apr Ashtanga Vinyasa 
7 Apr Yoga + Movement 
7 Apr Between Earth + Air  
7 Apr Giving Birth Together  
7 Apr Establishing a Personal Pranayama Routine 
8 Apr Prana Flow with Mira Jamadi  

SPECIAL CLASSES/EVENTS
5-7 Apr Yoga Festival Val d’Isère 
6 Apr Vinyasa at Wanderlust with Lolë Paris (FREE!) 
6 Apr Guerilla Yogi (Donation) 
7 Apr Vinyasa Yoga with Music (10€) 

UPCOMING RETREATS
11-14 Apr Spring Break for Yogis in Alsace  
13-20 Apr Gourmet Raw Food + Yoga in Pyrénées-Atlantiques  

Springtime yoga!

Photo: Abhaya Yoga Dumbo

When Spring comes around, I become more and more like the lark! I can barely contain my excitement over a future filled with ripe strawberries, the possibility of enjoying a café noisette outdoors, the smell of lilac and sunscreen, but especially getting super sweaty on a yoga mat and trying all those poses that seem so inconceivable in the Winter months (I’m looking at you, Surya Yantrasana.)

“Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it.
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love.” —Cole Porter

I rise early and chirp my way through my responsibilities so that I can spend time outside in the crisp air. Seduced by the sunlight, I fall in love all over again with my life, my work, my friends and my practice. Energizing poses like backbends feel more accessible, arm balances more weightless. Let that spirit of buoyancy pervade what you do on and off the mat, leading you to new adventures and growth!

Upcoming yoga events and retreats that will lighten your viewpoint and charge your energy:
• Friday 5 April-Sunday 7 April, 2013: Yoga Festival Val d’Isère 
• Sunday 7 April: Between Earth + Air with Anne Vandewalle + Florie Ravinet 
• Thursday 11 April-Sunday 14 April, 2013: Spring Break for Yogis in Alsace