YOU are invited to Paducah Yoga Center! You don't have to be able to touch your toes to experience yoga's benefits! All you need to do is be yourself and relax. The practice of Hatha Yoga is the beginning of the journey inward toward ultimate freedom. Free the body, to free the mind, to free the spirit. Yoga is for everyone.



Come get comfortable in your body

May Workshops
(note that weekly classes will be suspended on days of workshops)

Saturday, May 3rd
Warrior Fitness
•Tai Chi•Qi Gong•Hindu Calisthenics•Power Yoga•Meditation•

Friday & Saturday, May 16th & 17th
Waves of Love
•Bhakti Yoga•Kirtan•108Sun Salutations•Yin Yoga•Vinyasa•

June Workshops

Wednesday June 18th to July 23rd
Tai Chi for Kids
6-week series
•Animal Bop•Ages 7-12•Fun•Play•


Aug Workshops

Introduction to Senior Fitness Simplified
•yoga•tai chi•qigong•light weights•nutrition•lectures•

Acro Yoga / Thai Massage
•partner yoga•communication•trust•thai massage sessions available•

UTTHITA TRIKONASANA
utthita = extended
trikona = triangle
asana = posture

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

What is Yoga?

Yoga is part of an ancient system of self improvement which is timeless and universal in its application. Through the orchestration of body postures, called asanas, attention to breath, and mindfulness, the yoga student learns to experience the present moment in the fullest and most authentic sense.

The literal meaning of yoga is to "yoke" or bring into harmony the body, mind, and spirit.

Yoga emphasizes the development of strength, stamina, flexibility, and balance, as well as concentration and meditation.

"If I could meditate, I'd be a better person."

When people start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, they often think that somehow they're going to improve, which is a sort of subtle aggression against who they really are. It's a bit like saying, "If I jog, I'll be a much better person." "If I could only get a nicer house, I'd be a better person." "If I could meditate and calm down, I'd be a better person"...

But loving-kindness - maitri - toward ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. Maitri means that we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to change ourselves. Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already. The ground of practice is you or me or whoever we are right now, just as we are. That's the ground, that's what we study, that's what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest.
------ Pema Chodron