Jaya Yoga

Surrender to the flow of grace.....

Home

About Janis

Workshops

New Students

Classes

Private Yoga Instruction

Yoga Therapy

Gentle style yoga

Svaroopa® in Corvallis OR

Student resources

Gentle style of Yoga in Portland

Svaroopa®Yoga is gentle, effective and powerful.

When you see yoga magazines, you may be intimidated by what you see. Yoga has many different 'flavors' and Svaroopa is like a fine dark chocolate truffle that melts in your mouth & leaves you feeling full and satisfied. Ok, maybe I'm going a little over the top - I like to make food analogies - and it seems like a pretty good fit.

So getting back to yoga....you don't have to be flexible or in shape to do yoga. We don't do headstands, we don't heat the room (unless it's cold) and we don't push you to stretch further, or effort more in the poses. This practice is non-exercise oriented & it's also not stretching. You will be encouraged to soften into gentle supported angles, and allow the poses to work on you. 

You can find more information about Svaroopa throughout this site & on the web as well. You may want to start by clicking on New Students to read more.

Om Namah Shivaya


This is what we do in a
gentle style of yoga


Guided Awareness - relaxing, but even more effective
Breathing - a simple technique you can do at home
Poses - gentle, easy, effective and powerful
Philosophy - sprinkled in now and again
Anatomy - learn more about your body

Find out more about
Svaroopa® Yoga at the "New Student" link or the "Home" page.



Janis M Desmond RYT
503 282 9633

teaching @
Harmony Yoga
2108 NE 41st Avenue
Portland Oregon
Janis @ JayaYoga.net
www.jayayoga.net