Dayaalu Center In Ba - bridge Island

Came to the Dayaalu Center for a wedding rehearsal. Staff here immediately helped us upon arrival and also shared the unique history of their yoga studio and event center.

Fantastic teachers, everyone is friendly, beautiful space, and great workshops.

You bring the body you have today to the mat. Some of them are sleek and infinitely flexible. Most of them are managing old injuries, or new limitations. All of them are welcome, are necessary, to the community created at Dayaalu. Community is a word thrown around casually, and not everyone is looking for that in a yoga center: some people want to roll out their mat, sweat for an hour, clean up and get on to the next thing. More is available if it 's wanted concerts, lectures, and workshops in dazzling variety but it 's not required. Western culture often concentrates on the physical aspects of yoga, specifically those portions of the practice that will tighten one 's backside. If you 're looking for that, you can find it here Emily and Helen 's intermediate classes, or Francie 's Friday hatha flow, leave hardened athletes on the floor. What may be far more valuable are those sessions that eliminate the distraction of perfecting the pose , favoring slowing movement enough that what one 's body is honestly capable of, in that hour, can be recognized and accommodated: if you can twist yourself into Noose Pose , but can 't take a full breath when you get there, the intention of the pose isn 't being fully realized. Yoga can equally well be practiced to make room in the body, in the mind to acknowledge the reality of arthritic joints, or ways of thinking that might have served a useful purpose once, but may be hindering responses to current situations. All ages and ability levels can find an offering that fits them at Dayaalu, including classes for practitioners with physical or developmental limitations: the practice serves and adapts to the individual, rather than the other way around.

I love this place. I did the beginner yoga course here when I moved to the island, and I have never been as supported and included in a space that provides yoga. Love the Tulaa Cafe too, it does the best vegan food on the island. I feel very grateful for Dayaalu and recommend it with all my heart. (Traducido por Google) Amo este lugar. Hice el curso de yoga para principiantes aquí cuando me mudé a la isla, y nunca había tenido tanto apoyo e inclusión en un espacio que brinda yoga. Me encanta el Tulaa Cafe también, hace la mejor comida vegana de la isla. Me siento muy agradecido por Dayaalu y lo recomiendo de todo corazón.

A decades long yoga dabbler of everything from Ashtanga to Bikram to “gym” yoga, when we moved to Bainbridge Island, I searched for a yoga studio and found so much more than that in the community that is Dayaalu Center. This calm oasis tucked into the corner at Madison and Wyatt offers weekly classes, saunas, and community workshops from acupuncture to Reiki to world renowned guests such as Shantala. I bought my unlimited two week trial pass and never looked back. From the transcendence of Yin with Gong to the joyous dance that is Nia and the core work of Pilates, along with all the expected offerings of Hatha Flow, Integral Yoga, Music, Mantra Meditation, and Yoga Nidra. Each class was unique, and I realized it was so much more than the movements bringing me back to Dayaalu it is the teachers and the fellow yogis. They encourage us to express the poses as our bodies need, gentle reminders on breath and extensions. There is a class for everyone. When I’m looking to energize I come to the mat for the challenge of Myste’s flow class or Deanna‘s Pilates where core muscles I didn’t even know I had, will talk to me, or the pure joy that is Rossella’s Nia. When it’s time to nurture, I take one of Susan‘s Yin classes, Francie‘s restorative or Melissa’s Yoga Nidra. If alignment I need, I’ll join Meg or Helen’s flow or Sue’s integral yoga. I highly recommend practicing at Dayaalu and hope to see you on the mat soon.