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Why participate in a 30 day Challenge?

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1. What is a 30 Day Challenge?

A 30 Day Challenge is an event hosted by Modo Yoga studios.  Participants in a 30 Day Challenge dedicate themselves to practice yoga every day for 30 consecutive days.

2. Why Participate in the 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 workshops 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 hot 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 before and after class for at least 5 minutes.

Stay hydrated.

Replenish your electrolytes.

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 class at another studio count for the challenge?

The majority of the classes must be done at Modo Yoga Saskatoon.  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. Should I set an intention?

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.  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.

9. How do I sign up for the challenge?

You can sign up online or in studio!  If you have any questions, please call us at 306.649.2424 or email @ info@modoyogasaskatoon.com.

Benefits of a Daily Practice

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We all want more of the good stuff. Stuff in our life that makes us happy and leaves us feeling good. It only takes a few Moksha classes to fall in love with how you feel afterwards.  But committing to a daily practice; who has the time for that? But what DO you really  have time for? Think of the way you use your time in a day: you could be the busy business person or busy parent who can’t possibly imagine that they could make it to a 1 hour class. Perhaps you’re the opposite and you love your time to lounge around the house reading books or watching Netflix. But those who make time to show up on their mat don’t feel like it’s a time sucker, a chore, or an inconvenience. It’s an affirmation to yourself that you deserve to feel great, live fully, and be the best version of yourself. Dedicating yourself to a daily practice puts you in your best state of mind, and ready for  life off the mat.

Practicing every day means being more conscious of your body and making health a part of your routine. I think of it like a ripple effect: if you know that you are going to yoga later on you’ll drink lots of water all day to prepare yourself for class, and lots afterwards to replenish. You might even choose a lighter or more healthy breakfast or lunch because you want to avoid practicing on a full stomach. Being dedicated doesn’t mean being perfect. I have a serious soft spot for a blue cheese burger and a pint- shhh, our little secret-but it’s about finding balance in your life. Your practice will become your inspiration for that balance.

For me, the best part of committing to daily practice is how it connects me to a community of likeminded people.  You’ll notice it too: without even trying, connections are created with your fellow yogis because you are sharing a similar path. You start to know other student’s names and you’ll have the opportunity to get to know with them and your instructors too.  When you make daily practice a priority you’ll see a shift in the way you interact with people in your life. Maybe that means that you’ll be more patient with your family, become a better listener with your friends and even a more compassionate partner.

Are you ready to see what the most authentic and fully loved version of yourself looks like? Commit to a daily practice: you deserve it.

See you in the hot room!

 

Saskatoon grows by one community Garden.

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Saskatoon Grows by one Community Garden. Each week we are spotlighting one of our AMAZING Garden Patch Adopt A Plot teams. This week, we salute Modo Yoga Saskatoon for all of their hard work and dedication 3 years in a row at the Garden Patch!

Q1: Tell us about your team, organization of business.
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Over the past three years, the crew at Modo Yoga Saskatoon has been a proud member of the Saskatoon Food Bank Garden Patch’s Adopt-A-Plot team.  Our team is small but mighty: we have 5 members this year who will share the task of weeding, watering and caring for our little veggie patch.

Q2: Why does your team participate in the Adopt-A-Plot Program?
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Our team participates in the Adopt-A-Plot Program because it really fits in with our company vision; we are committed to ethical, compassionate and environmentally conscious living! Modo Yoga is about more than the physical practice; by helping to grow nutritious food for the Food Bank, we are taking our yoga off the mat and into the world, volunteering our time and reaching out to the community.
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Q3: What is your favorite part of diggin in at the Community Garden Patch?

One of our favorite aspects of the Adopt-A-Plot program is that we can step away from the city into a beautiful oasis of greenery.  It’s an opportunity to slow life down and concentrate on the simple, yet important task of helping a seed to grow, and in turn helping our community to flourish.

Modo Ambassador- How it deepened my practice!

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Who wouldn’t be stoked to trade a little bit of their time for a lot of yoga? Becoming an ambassador for Modo started as a fantastic opportunity to deepen my practice, and quickly flourished into one of the most important relationships in my life. The studio itself is not simply where I go to practice, it is a root, and a home that I care for as if it were my own. I come to my mat to practice dropping everything away and be present with myself. I’ve really appreciated the added sense of ease and love for the physical space in which my mat is placed. 

More importantly, what really makes the studio great is the people. Being involved in the studio by working one shift a week and practicing more means becoming close with the community of this studio, and these people are simply the best. Whether I am sad, pissed off, or happy before I get to my mat, I always feel better just walking through the doors. 

My yoga practice is expanding now to teacher training. The opportunity to share what I love deeply is being overwhelmingly supported. I have a community that is excited for me, helping me, and cheering for me. A community that supports me as I stumble along this new path. I am proud to be an ambassador and I am definitely grateful. It is an incredible opportunity and one that I hope you try. It’s been so fun growing with the Modo family.

love, Chelsea