Dance, trance and get your yoga on at Blue Lotus

Blue Lotus Day Spa and Yoga introduces a teachers and new classes this month.

Blue Lotus has added Certified Yoga Instructor Khira Mali, who moved from Thailand where she lived for more than seven years leading yoga teacher trainings and healing retreats. She is teaching six new classes as well as bringing yoga and dance events monthly to the Blue Lotus space. The foundation of Mali’s classes is breath, alignment and providing students with the support to customize their practice with knowledge and integrity. With 16 years of practice and a teacher for 12 years, Mali has developed an understanding of the connection of body, breath and mind; how it moves, resists, opens and heals. She has created a yoga style that rejuvenates and strengthens the body. This hybrid style centers and aligns the mind, builds trust with the body and mind, and establishes a connection with the breath. Her classes are appropriate for all levels of students, from beginners to those who are well seasoned yoginis.

CLASSES

Saturday: Mali hosts Chakra Dance from 2 to 3 p.m. Chakras are energy centers spread throughout the body. They stimulate and correlate with the organs and limbs of the body. When chakras become stagnate, ailments can develop. The class will guide students through movements to open the chakra centers, release out stagnate energy and create room for Divine light to shine in.

Sunday: It's an hour of Yoga and Meditation with Mali from 11 a.m. to noon. Start a meditation practice. Enjoy 30 minutes of hip opening yoga to prepare for sitting. No experience necessary. Meditation has many proven benefits including increased immunity and lowering stress.

Move to the beat with Intro to African Inspired Dance taught by Whitney Hobson from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Simultaneously connect to the earth and the body. The power of live drumming and rhythms from West Africa, Congo, Haiti, along with other indigenous rhythms are conspiring to have you connect to your soul and move. All levels and children welcome.

Blue Lotus Day Spa and Yoga  is located at 2820 A Sudderth Drive. Visit ruidosodayspa.com for more information.