We specialize in heated Power Vinyasa yoga classes, and have classes for all levels. Though there are a few styles of hot yoga classes, Bikram yoga is the original. She continues to research and publish in the discipline of anthropology which is her on-going passion. CorePower Yoga is an intensely physical workout rooted in the mindfulness of yoga. Saraswati is also a classically trained pianist and currently teaches piano full-time. Others incorporate moves that make this balancing pose even more challenging for those with an advanced yoga practice.
She encourages students to have an inward experience of the class by approaching yoga as a moving meditation that incorporates the breath. She is trained in Gentle, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced levels of yoga. Saraswati has been teaching yoga since 2008 and became the Head of Teachers at Integral Yoga San Francisco in 2009. She taught at the University of Ottawa and was a full-time professor at Heritage College before moving to San Francisco. Having a keen interest in spirituality and how it’s expressed cross-culturally, she received her Masters in Anthropology in 1996 and a Doctorate in Religious Studies in 2004. Melanie Saraswati Takahashi, PhD, RYT-500, has been a dedicated practitioner of meditation and yoga for many years. This workshop is appropriate for all levels and participants should come prepared to do hatha. Participants will gain a greater awareness of the core muscles and how something as simple as shifting one’s awareness in a familiar pose, incorporating the breath, extending the hold, or altering the transition coming in and out of familiar poses can strengthen core muscles in an easeful way that still feels like yoga. This workshop will explore the various ways one can include core strengthening into a home practice that is safe, accessible and even fun, without having to do a crunch. Advanced Yoga Training: Core + Inversions by KATRINA BACCETTI happening at Tantara, 914 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco. Many people have an aversion to core exercises and automatically associate core strengthening with crunches and leg lifts. At a more subtle level, It can also cultivate a greater sense of centeredness, emotional strength and wellbeing.
Almost every yoga pose involves the core in some way and a strong core can facilitate one’s yoga practice in improving balance, stabilizing the spine, and preventing injury. The core is the foundation upon which all movement is based and stability maintained at both the physical and energetic levels.
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