Yoga Classes - Alcobaca, Portugal
Amrita Yoga
Amrita Yoga combines slow Vinyasa yoga with Ayurveda, neuroscience, yoga philosophy, breathwork (pranayama), and mindfulness.
Amrita Yoga is practiced in harmony with nature’s rhythms. Drawing from Ayurveda, it emphasizes that yoga should adapt to the changing seasons, time of day, and phases of life. To align with these natural cycles, Amrita Yoga shifts its focus seasonally to support balance and well-being.
All classes are designed to meet each student where they are right now. Melissa adapts the classes to the students to make sure everyone finds their zen.
The morning classes are more dynamic, and designed to energize, cleanse, and build vitality, stamina, strength, and resilience. These sessions include sun salutations, slow, flowing Vinyasa series, standing poses, backbends, and supported inversions, along with seasonally appropriate pranayama, mindfulness tools, and meditation.
Evening classes are restorative and rejuvenating.
Yin Yoga
Yin yoga is a slow, meditative practice that focuses on deep stretching and stillness, with poses held for 3-5 minutes or longer. This allows for the release of tension in deeper connective tissues like fascia, ligaments, and joints. Yin yoga improves flexibility, joint mobility, and circulation, while calming the nervous system. The practice encourages mindfulness, helping reduce stress and anxiety, promoting mental clarity and emotional balance. It’s a restorative practice that enhances the flow of energy (or chi) through the body, balancing both physical and energetic systems. to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Yin Yoga is practiced in the afternoons, in the Kapha time of day, a perfect time for rejuvenation.