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Veda Lewis
Gainesville, Florida
Contact: Veda Lewis
Certification: Amrit Yoga Level I & II; Amrit Method Yoga Nidra
Email: vedalewis@aol.com
Phone: 352-692-3922, 352-281-4168
A Guided 20 Minute Amrit Yoga Practice
Simple and easy. Use this experience to break the momentum of stress, give yourself a stretch, and return to what needs to be done with a renewed sense of well-being- in just 20 minutes!
All you need is:
- a comfortable place to sit
- a bit of floorspace in front of you
- the intention to allow yourself this time for you
This practice draws your focused attention to body, breath and mind, using seated awareness, standing postures, breathwork and yoga nidra. It is portable. Use it at work, at home or any place you find appropriate.
(recorded at Level 1 Teacher Training, June 2011)
When you are ready, click on the red link just below to begin class.
Listen to Veda's Gentle Yoga Practice
Welcome to a gentle one hour Amrit Yoga class.
Please sit in a comfortable chair, without arms, to begin your practice.
- We will move from seated relaxations and seated warm-up stretches to carefully guided standing postures.
- If you plan to stand up for these, you may wish to place a yoga mat in front of your chair before you begin. If you wish to remain seated, follow the instructions, as best you can, from your chair.
- This practice concludes back in your chair, with a brief Amrit Yoga Nidra experience. Remain in this meditative state for as long as you wish.
- Recall the intention of this practice. Pay careful attention. Move as skillfully as your body allows today. Use breath and awareness to maintain and/or move back into evenness of mind.
- And please join me, before we begin, in thanking Yogi Desai and his teachers for this gift they have given us.
When you are ready, click on the red link just below to begin class.
Download the Individual Files
Gentle Yoga 1
Gentle Yoga 2
Gentle Yoga 3
Gentle Yoga 4
Gentle Yoga 5
Gentle Yoga 6
Gentle Yoga 7
Gentle Yoga 8
Gentle Yoga 9
Gentle Yoga 10
Gentle Yoga 11
(itunes users: click on the link and choose “open with windows media player”)
Gainesville Class Schedule
Wednesdays—Gentle Amrit Yoga
1. Oak Hammock Fitness Center
5100 SW 25th Blvd
11:30-12:30
15 min Yoga Nidra, 45 min gentle Amrit Yoga practice, $6/for non-residents
*This class is free for residents of the Oak Hammock Retirement Village and also open to the community. We begin with a seated relaxation (Yoga Nidra) and continue with Amrit Yoga postures on the mat, concluding with a short breathing practice*
Thursdays—Amrit Yoga, The Next Step—The Integrated Amrit Method
1. Hobbit’s Glen Clubhouse
22nd Circle off NW 16th Terrace
12-1:00pm
The Integrated Amrit Method—a continuation of Amrit Yoga, Level 1—free class
Previous attendance in Amrit Yoga class required. Please see me before attending.
*We move into a deeper investigation of prana, using the practices Yogi Desai and Chandrakant have shared, to become familiar with and to allow the movements of internal energies. Breath, focused attention, postures and meditations are used*
2. Downtown Public Library
401 E. University Ave, 4th Floor
5:30-6:30pm
15 min centering & Yoga Nidra relaxation, 45min Level I Amrit Yoga—free class
*This class is open to all and is offered to the community as a way to connect with the Amrit Yoga Institute through Yogi Desai’s teachings. Come a few minutes early if you wish to borrow a mat and/or talk over your practice.*
Fridays—Gentle Amrit Yoga Day
1.Turkey Creek Forest Clubhouse
8620 NW 13St. (441 N)
11:00-12:00
15 min seated Yoga Nidra relaxation, 15 min seated stretches, standing gentle Amrit Yoga. Entire practice can be done seated in a chair—members request $3 donation.
*Offered, but not limited, to members of this retirement community as a practice in applying the teachings of Yoga to improving health and well-being*
Saturdays—Fitness Club Day
1. Haile Fitness Center
9905 SW 44th Ave
10:00- 11:00am
15 min centering & Yoga Nidra, 45 min Amrit Yoga, members & guests, $10-$12
*This class is also open to the community. From the relaxed state of Yoga Nidra, a complete Level I Amrit Yoga practice is offered, concluding with breathwork*
2. Gainesville Health & Fitness, Women's Center
Thornebrook Village
2441 NW 43 St
12:00- 1:30, for club members & guests,
(12-12:30 centering &Yoga Nidra,12:30-1:30 Level I).
You may attend either portion or all of this practice
*We begin with a 30 minute Yoga Nidra practice and from this level of consciousness, continue using Amrit Yoga and breathwork to explore energy following attention*
Biography
Veda Lewis enjoys sharing Amrit Yoga and Yoga Nidra in the Gainesville area, assisting at the Amrit Yoga Institute and traveling nationally and internationally to support the teachings. Veda’s background includes Aikido, instructional design, staff training, marketing and business management. She is pleased to be able to use those skills and her 15 years of dedicated study to give what she has received.