I have a lot of energy. It's very useful and allows me to get a lot done. But sometimes I need to *chill out*.
I became interested in yoga initially for stress relief. I've dealt with anxiety and insomnia since my teen years. And I began to look to yoga to bring me back into balance, and still give me an energetic outlet. As someone who was always into sports and fitness, the holistic approach of yoga appealed to me. I could get in a workout, but leave class feeling refreshed -- like I'd just taken a nap.
I began taking classes once or twice a week, and did this steadily for about 5 years. It felt great and was a perfect balance for what I needed at the time. During my training to become a yoga instructor, I practiced six days a week, and began (very reluctantly!) to incorporate a meditation practice.
After about two years at this pace, I really noticed that my body hurt -- a lot! I discovered I had some injuries and body limitations and needed to back off. This was quite a blow to my high-energy practice, and I really had to leave my ego at the door. With much trial and error (of both my attitude and body), my practice has changed to be much softer and self-aware.
Over the past 10 or so years that I've practiced yoga, I have watched it go from a strictly physical practice, to a whole way of life. It's truly mind-body-spirit for me. I now begin each day with a 30-minute meditation that focuses on opening my entire self to the Truth. This way of living has changed my life dramatically. I live honestly to honor each moment, and what is truly needed in that moment. Sometimes thats a high-energy physical practice, sometimes thats keeping myself off the mat to rest my body.
Yoga is often recognized for its physical poses. But to me, its so much more.
I became interested in yoga initially for stress relief. I've dealt with anxiety and insomnia since my teen years. And I began to look to yoga to bring me back into balance, and still give me an energetic outlet. As someone who was always into sports and fitness, the holistic approach of yoga appealed to me. I could get in a workout, but leave class feeling refreshed -- like I'd just taken a nap.
I began taking classes once or twice a week, and did this steadily for about 5 years. It felt great and was a perfect balance for what I needed at the time. During my training to become a yoga instructor, I practiced six days a week, and began (very reluctantly!) to incorporate a meditation practice.
After about two years at this pace, I really noticed that my body hurt -- a lot! I discovered I had some injuries and body limitations and needed to back off. This was quite a blow to my high-energy practice, and I really had to leave my ego at the door. With much trial and error (of both my attitude and body), my practice has changed to be much softer and self-aware.
Over the past 10 or so years that I've practiced yoga, I have watched it go from a strictly physical practice, to a whole way of life. It's truly mind-body-spirit for me. I now begin each day with a 30-minute meditation that focuses on opening my entire self to the Truth. This way of living has changed my life dramatically. I live honestly to honor each moment, and what is truly needed in that moment. Sometimes thats a high-energy physical practice, sometimes thats keeping myself off the mat to rest my body.
Yoga is often recognized for its physical poses. But to me, its so much more.
Katy Hinz, RYT 200
Katy Hinz is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She has taught yoga in corporate, studio and private settings since 2008. Katy is focused on helping her students deepen their own practice by accepting each moment and each pose as it is, in order to explore the deeper truth within. She feels that life is constantly evolving, and this evolution can be observed through yoga. Some days "yoga" means resting a sore body with restorative poses, or just going for a simple walk and listening to one's breath. Katy loves to share yoga as a practice that nourishes the body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Katy teaches at The Yoga & Wellness Collective on
Sundays at 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Slow Vinyasa (every 1st & 3rd Sunday)
& Mondays at 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sundown Yoga and Meditation
Katy Hinz is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She has taught yoga in corporate, studio and private settings since 2008. Katy is focused on helping her students deepen their own practice by accepting each moment and each pose as it is, in order to explore the deeper truth within. She feels that life is constantly evolving, and this evolution can be observed through yoga. Some days "yoga" means resting a sore body with restorative poses, or just going for a simple walk and listening to one's breath. Katy loves to share yoga as a practice that nourishes the body, mind, emotions and spirit.
Katy teaches at The Yoga & Wellness Collective on
Sundays at 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Slow Vinyasa (every 1st & 3rd Sunday)
& Mondays at 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sundown Yoga and Meditation