What is a 30 Day Challenge?
This is a personal challenge to do yoga every day for 30 consecutive days. This provides you the opportunity to explore the benefits of a daily yoga practice. The most common challenge in our busy lives is finding time to fit our yoga in, and often, it is when we need yoga the most that it seems to get cut out.
Doing a 30 day challenge motivates you to find time each day to dedicate 100% to yourself. The lesson from this is that in that making time for ourselves we make more time for everything else. Don't you notice how no matter how crappy of a day you are having, everything always seems more manageable after your yoga class? The benefits from doing a 30 day challenge are limitless - so just close your eyes, take the leap.....and be open to all the possibilities.
The details:
Cost of Challenge: $165
Limited to approx. 60 participants
Can come to ANY of our scheduled classes (including YIN, power flow, Moksha etc).
Miss a day? Double up the next day.
Out of town one day? Do yoga wherever you go
If you already have a pass with us, that pass will go on hold for the month and resume again at the end of the challenge.
Cost Includes:
Month unlimited pass to MYO
2 reusable Moksha Yoga bags
15% off retail clothing coupon
$10 off magic carpets (non-slip towels)
Free pass to bring a first-timer
Ultima Electrolyte replenisher to sample
$10 gift certificate with Gavin Featherston, our resident RMT
A party to celebrate in the end!
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- What is a 30 Day Challenge?
- Why participate in a 30 Day Challenge?
- What are the benefits of a regular yoga practice?
- Is it healthy to practice hot yoga daily?
- I will be away during the 30 Day Challenge. What happens if I miss a class?
- Can participation in a class at another studio be counted towards the challenge?
- Can I do any class?
- How should I prepare for the challenge?
1. What is a 30 Day Challenge?
A 30 Day Challenge is an event hosted by Moksha Yoga studios. Participants in a 30 Day Challenge dedicate themselves to practice yoga every day for 30 consecutive days.
2. Why participate in a 30 Day Challenge?
There are many reasons to participate in the 30 Day Challenge!
The 30 Day Challenge provides participants with the support and motivation of community. As a group, participants are united and driven by their common goal.
The studio provides an orientation, tips, and support to assist you. Teachers and staff are available to address concerns, advice, or simply listen.
Yoga has many benefits - physiological, mental and emotional. By committing to a daily practice, those benefits unfold at a more rapid rate.
3. What are the benefits of a regular yoga practice?
Yoga involves stretching, strengthening, and elongating the spine for proper alignment of the vertebrae. The breathing techniques and relaxation lower blood pressure, increase cardio-vascular health, increase lung capacity, release tension and stress, and teach us to relax and enjoy life.
Other benefits of yoga include:
- Cardiovascular efficiency increases
- Respiratory efficiency increases
- Gastrointestinal function normalizes
- Endocrine function normalizes
- Musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion increase
- Posture improves
- Strength and resiliency increase
- Endurance increases
- Energy level increases
- Sleep improves
- Immunity increases
- Balance improves
- Awareness increases
- Mood improves and subjective well-being increases
- Self-acceptance and self-actualization increase
- Concentration improves
4. Is it healthy to practice hot yoga daily?
Traditionally, yoga was meant as a daily practice. In taking on a daily practice safely, there are some key things to take note of:
Listen to your body. Respond to your body’s signals. If you increase body awareness, and your ability to listen to that awareness, the 30 days will be a great success!
Pace yourself.
Ask teachers about adjustments for specific needs (injuries, using props, etc).
Take savasana (relaxation) before and after class for at least 5 minutes.
Stay hydrated.
Replenish your electrolytes (Ultima).
Get lots of sleep.
Have fun! Let go of judgment or evaluation, and invite a sense of levity to your challenge.
5. I will be away during the 30 Day Challenge. What happens if I miss a class?
You have a number of options in the event that you miss a class. You may double-up another day
to make up for missed classes. You can practice at another studio. Or,
being a personal challenge, you can accept the missed class and continue on.
6. Can participation in a class at another studio be counted towards the challenge?
The majority of the classes must be done at Moksha Yoga Ottawa. However, classes done at other
studios will count towards the challenge.
7. Can I do any class?
You may participate in any class on the schedule.
8. How should I prepare for the challenge?
It is best to set an intention for your challenge. Why are you doing it? What is it that you want to come of the challenge?
Plan what classes fit into your regular schedule and book them like you would any other appointment in your calendar. Identify possible obstacles, and pre-plan your strategy for overcoming these obstacles.
Tell your close friends and family about your challenge. Get them on board to offer support and motivation.
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