Group Yoga Classes

3 ways to access Let Your Yoga Dance classes!

1) via Zoom occasionally

Dance with new friends & familiar faces from the comfort of your own home! We can laugh, jump around, be silly, joyful, graceful, allowing space for sorrow, excitement, and best of all COMMUNITY! You have to check it out for yourself to understand how you can feel so connected to yourself and the folks on the screen while supporting Heart Health, Brain Health, Body Health, & Soul Health!

Join us for a Class —

https://www.yogaatsantosha.com/offerings/pop-up-let-your-yoga-dance-with-janie-ganga
Pre-registration is highly encouraged!!!!

2) In person - Thursday May 30, 2024 at 7-8pm

Let Your Yoga Dance in Kingston, RI

Thursday May 30th at 7-8pm

St Augustine's Church & URI Episcopal Center - 15 Lower College Rd, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Donations welcome, but not required. Masks are not required but please respect everyone's choices in terms of masking. Event is on the 2nd floor. Accessible entrance is near the parking area.

Let Your Yoga Dance is where Joy & Fun meet Deep & Sacred. Dance with new friends or bring one of yours along to dance in this beautiful space! We can laugh, jump around, be silly, joyful, graceful, allowing space for sorrow, excitement, and best of all COMMUNITY! You have to check it out for yourself to understand how you can feel so connected to yourself and the around you while also supporting your Heart Health, Brain Health, Body Health, & Soul Health!

It’s a fun movement practice that flows through the 7 chakras. We start slow, build up to a faster pace, and finish with a meditation to integrate. Everyone is a dancer!

Please bring: A scarf or flowing fabric piece, a water bottle, and be ready to move (or dance seated).
Suggested: wearing something that feels festive, invite a friend! No previous dance or yoga experience needed.
All ages, all sizes, all genders are VERY WARMLY WELCOMED!

3) Your own Private Event?

More details here! Email me janieganga @gmail.com (close up the space) to talk about options for your Event via Zoom or In-Person!!!

Let Your Yoga Dance FAQ:

• Do I need a yoga mat?

  Not necessarily. If you know that you like to stretch out on the floor, you’re welcome to have a mat or blanket on hand. Some people dance in bare feet, some wear soft shoes, some wear supportive shoes. When you’re at home via Zoom, it’s pretty easy for you to change up your footwear or any other props between songs.

• Do I need to know yoga poses?

  No! I’ll remind you that Let Your Yoga Dance is about joy & fun — we get to PLAY with movement. Sometimes, we do some flowing Yoga poses as part of our dancing, but you don’t need to know anything about yoga! You don’t need to know the name of the pose or how to do it in advance. All you really need is an open mind and an openness to follow the instructions you’re hearing and/or seeing. You can’t do anything wrong!

• Do I need to know dance moves? What if I’m not coordinated?

  No!!!! There’s sometimes a little bit of “choreography” in Let Your Yoga Dance — it’s meant to help us feel connected. Also, it’s excellent for our Brain Health to TRY to coordinate movements in our body (aka choreography) — and even better news: You get the benefits in your brain and body just by attempting the choreography. But the result doesn’t matter at all. It doesn’t matter for your brain health or body health. And it doesn’t matter to Janie Ganga or your fellow dancers! Since we all can’t do anything wrong, the choreography is just for fun!!!!

  MOST of Let Your Yoga Dance involves suggestions and guidance that aren’t traditional dance moves at all.

• Will I be jumping around for a whole hour?

  No. The songs start off slower, get faster toward the middle, and end on a slower pace again. We always take some time to connect inward before we close a session.

• What if I don’t like the music?

  Many of us have strong associations around some kinds of music. I will say from my own experience, even when I have danced to songs that I “don’t like,” in Yoga Dance, I’ve been able to have a very different experience with the music. I invite you to relax and try it out and see how it goes for you!

• What if I DO like the music? Who’s that artist?

  Janie Ganga will email you a list of the songs and artists after each Let Your Yoga Dance.

• What if I want to dance in my own way?

  Awesome!!!! It’s YOUR yoga, YOUR dance, YOUR body, YOUR inspiration. Janie Ganga and your fellow dancers will enjoy, support, and be inspired by your own free dance at any point! ENJOY!

• What are the Chakras? Why is this “yoga” dance?

  Great question! The Chakras are one of the ways the yogis described the energy system in our body. The reason this is Yoga Dance is because we are consciously moving energy through these systems. There’s tons to explore about the Chakras!!!!! For now, here’s some quick info:

  • 1st Chakra - Root - earth, feet & legs, grounding

  • 2nd Chakra - Sacrum - water, hips & belly, creativity

  • 3rd Chakra - Solar Plexus - fire, lungs & heart, power

  • 4th Chakra - Heart - air, heart & arms, compassion & community

  • 5th Chakra - Throat - sound, voice & truth, expression

  • 6th Chakra - Third Eye - ether/air, inner knowing, intuition

  • 7th Chakra - Crown - space, wisdom, connection in all directions

• Where can I find even more info / who created Let Your Yoga Dance?

  https://www.letyouryogadance.com/

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am ET
Chair Yoga with Janie Ganga

Chair Yoga is perfect for you if you’re brand-new to yoga, if it’s challenging for you to get up and down from the floor, or if you want to try a yoga class that delivers the benefits of gentle stretching and breathing exercises. Many folks who have taken Janie’s Chair Yoga classes have reported how surprised they were that they got so much out of it – rejuvenation for mind, body, and spirit!

https://www.yogaatsantosha.com/offerings/chair-yoga-with-janie-ganga

Wednesdays 1-2:15pm -
Gentle I AM Yoga & Yoga Nidra with Janie Ganga

Yoga & Meditation with Janie Ganga. Relax your mind, restore your body, rejuvenate your spirit. Gentle hatha-style Yoga stretches and simple poses & Yoga Nidra (about 30 minutes of guided meditation in reclined position). This class is accessible to people of every shape & size and all levels of yoga experience – from complete beginner to advanced.

https://www.yogaatsantosha.com/offerings/gentle-i-am-yoga-yoga-nidra-with-ganga