Big News...We're expanding!

After 2 years of sustainable and consecutive growth, we have decided to expand our space as well as offerings at Root Yoga Center. We are so excited to see these changes evolve and more importantly how they will affect your wellness and ability to receive healing through yoga & bodywork. No services or practitioners are set in stone, but we are making the space available for private yoga and various forms of bodywork. We will keep you posted as to what classes will be added, in addition to all other details as they become more firm...stay tuned! The new space is directly attached/behind our current space...it's coming right along, see pics below!   If you have any questions, please contact Lauren@rootyogacenter.com. 

Yoga Provides Improved Health & Comfort for Cancer Patients

Yoga has long been recognized as a source of meditation and inner peace. The practice of yoga itself enhances the physical, mental and spiritual discipline of one's self and the meditative poses associated with yoga helps patients achieve a state of tranquility and spiritual insight. Widely accepted for its health benefits, doctors are seeing more and more benefit in prescribing yoga for cancer patients to enhance traditional cancer treatments in a very non-traditional way.

What Benefits Does Yoga Give Cancer Patients?

Many cancer patients and survivors suffer from sleep deprivation due to symptoms related to their cancers. Mesothelioma cancer and breast cancer patients most notably, have found that regular yoga exercises may help with breathing, relaxation and stressors. Likewise, yoga can provide a deep connection with one's self and while it may not be a cure for cancer it certainly provides a powerful healing practice for cancer patients and may increase life expectancy. Yoga helps patients regain the strength they need to help them stay strong to battle their respective cancer, and the grounding effects provided by the motions related to yoga helps them deal with their battle on a day-to-day basis.

The diagnosis of cancer such as mesothelioma prognosis is often followed by feelings of denial, doubt, self-loathing and fear. A yoga regime that focuses a patient's inner self with calm tranquility has been shown to help reduce the anxiety related to cancer and cancer treatment. The relaxation methods employed by regular use of yoga have shown to help when dealing with pain, invasive treatments and overall mental state. With a large part of any health battle being fought in one's mind, the meditation provided by the practice of yoga can help clear patient’s worries and let them focus more fully on their body and on the promotion of healing.

Over the years, yoga has proven to have many benefits that we are only just beginning to understand. For cancer patients, any relief offered during their time of trial and treatment is an added bonus as well as a welcome one. For families watching a loved one struggle with the cancer battle, simply knowing that their family member is provided some measure of relief through something as simple as yoga can have far reaching effects. Each patient in a scheduled group of yoga sessions can obtain benefits that go far beyond our understanding, but that help strengthen them for the fight of their lives. 

Author - Jillian McKee - http://http://center-yourself.blogspot.com/

Happiness Indeed :)

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Yoga + Biking = Happiness event last week.  It was so much fun!  And a huge thanks to our Sohmer Mascia, who coordinated it from start to finish...great job Sohmer!  You will be missed in more ways than one.  And to all the partipants, how fun was that?! We loved the vibe so much, that we are hoping to coordinate some more events similar to this one.  It was so great to get to know some of you better, huff it up the hills with you, and spend some quality time together, in addition to our yoga practice.  We love you as our community and we hope you will continue to bring friends to these events...for us, it is what we strive to create: Healthy, fun activities, where we can build community and friendships, and support the local businesses around us, as they support us.

We raised a substantial amount to go toward Denver Bike Sharing, so thank you for your contributions!

Thank you Salvagetti, McLaughlin's, Commons Park West, Gabe Ratliff aka DJ Lukos for your participation in making this event successful!

Love love!! Love Yoga, Love Biking, Love Happy Hour!

Photos from the Ana Forrest Weekend!

We are so filled with gratitude for all of the energy and powerful experiences had over the weekend at the Ana Forrest Workshop Series. We want to share some of our experiences with you and start a conversation as well to hear YOUR experiences. Stay tuned next week for a discussion board about our experiences this weekend at the 5 workshop series.  Until then, We want to just express how happy we are that so many of you came from far away to share these experiences, get on your mat, and dedicate your weekend to growth, transformation, healing, and fun with Ana Forrest! Here are some highlights from the weekend...

Root Yoga on ElephantJournal.com to Celebrate Ana Forrest and her Denver Visit

This week, Ana Forrest comes to Denver to promote her new book Fierce Medicine and teach a series ofworkshops June 3rd, 4th and 5th.  We at Root Yoga Center, are proud to host her and share her story, teachings and healing with the Denver community.  Part or our promotion included a story on ElephantJournal.com, which you can read here! We are honored both to be a part of the Forrest Yoga community as well as having our first story published on ElephantJournal.com

Ana Forrest Shares Her Story, Her Wisdom, Her Healing