Daylene Christensen
Daylene acknowledges many signs pointing her in the direction of yoga. She would have a different answer regarding how she got started, depending on the day. But she admits when starting out, she hated yoga. Asana required a different sort of strength, flexibility and attention, to which she wasn't accustomed as compared to her past athletic experiences. It was not only challenging, but also frustrating. Yet some unknown force begged her to push on.
Today, Daylene is a dedicated student, and credits the practice itself as her greatest teacher. Yoga has taught a level of compassion and love that has always been inside, but had never before been given the proper nourishment to grow. Asana inherently requires that the practitioner be fully present. She often credits humility as her first lesson in yoga, the second being awareness. Once the first two were in place, the power of the practice came.
You can expect to find a rigorous and often challenging vinyasa in Daylene's classes. She believes in teaching to student's highest potential; we are often capable of much more than we believe ourselves to be. The reward is in the dialogue the student has with herself. Daylene hopes that it is this dialoque that will become the ultimate teacher of her students.
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