Yoga by the Glass III : a Yoga + Wine Class
Time: 2:00-4:30pm.
Date: Saturday 23rd July
Price: $45
Winter is coming. Yoga is great for relaxation and rejuvenation. So is wine.
Bring together two of life’s great pleasures. Build up your thirst with a deeply grounding yoga class followed by a tasting of some delicious season inspired wines. Meditation and pranayama will feature to ensure we’re all skilled up for the more introspective time of year.
And we’ll continue with a flight of winter warming wines to tantalise your tastebuds. The afternoon will be split between these two delicious activities.
Tasting and appreciating wine asks the mind to focus on the aromas and flavours in the glass. Translating what we’re observing through our senses into words requires presence. Many of the principles of your yoga practice can be applied to give you an new appreciation of wine.
Tasting and appreciating wine asks the mind to focus on the aromas and flavours in the glass. Translating what we’re observing through our senses into words requires presence. Many of the principles of your yoga practice can be applied to give you an new appreciation of wine.
This fun-filled afternoon will be led by yoga facilitator and wine educator Elissa Jordan as a class is designed with fun and relaxation in mind so no experience in wine or yoga is required. The inaugural yoga by the glass class was a huge success – so we’re doing it again. Please join us!
Register your spot online at Urban Yoga NZ Online
Email enquiries to Sarah – bookings (at) urbanyoga.co.nz
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About Elissa
My first ever yoga class, with a former-NHL player on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, was the first time I experienced honest-to-goodness quiet. Having grown up with labels like hyper-active and attention-deficit following me around, a little quiet went a long way.
Canadians have a reputation for being able to laugh at themselves and I like to think I carry this quality into my teaching. I believe both as a yoga teacher and as a yoga student, we have to be able to laugh at ourselves. My style of teaching is dynamic and spirited and I love when students ask questions. Having studied Ashtanga, Sivananda, Embodied Flow, Iyengar, AcroYoga, Anusara, Vinyasa Flow and even a little Bikram, I pull in elements from a broad spectrum of styles to guide students to a better awareness of themselves, their capabilities and the power and wonder of their breath.
I have a get-up-and-go approach to life that serves me well – it has taken me to the top of Mt Fuji, through two Wellington half-marathons, to the depths of the Red Sea and on a bicycle ride from London to Paris. But it’s my daily yoga practice that helps keep me grounded and balanced as it continues to deliver that little hit of quiet.
When not teaching or practising yoga, I can be found spending quality time with my beloved bicycle, tasting and studying wine (www.wineylittlebitch.com) or just enjoying a tasty bit of chocolate. I am super grateful for the warm and welcoming nature of the Wellington yoga community and am honoured to be a part of it.
