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You are not perfect, and, naturally, as you deal with your lower nature, you will encounter negativity.
When this happens, it is important to stay away from making important decisions and to keep clear of appointments with people toward whom you feel any animosity.
Releasing negativity sometimes can be done quickly, but often it takes a few days. Keep your attitude toward the process positive. See it all as a process and don’t be attached to feelings that keep you a prisoner of the lower nature.
Such feelings include self criticism, self-doubt, and feelings of being worthless. When you encounter negative vibrations in a specific place such as a friend’s house or apartment, a restaurant, a meeting hall, or even a church, remember to protect your aura and send light vibrations to the place.
Light vibrations affect elementals in any surrounding.
If the elementals are negative ones, they will be changed into positive ones. Consciously sending light vibrations to all the areas of a room is as effective as cleansing it with sage, a positive herb. On occasion, you may find yourself in a situation where even sending light will not help the emanations of a place.
This is particularly true if you are in an old place where centuries of negative vibrations have built up. For example, some of the old prisons in Europe are full of dark elementals that are so laden with sorrow and evil that light cannot penetrate them.
The Coliseum in Rome is such a place. If you find yourself in such surroundings, try to leave, as the vibrations can make you feel ill. This is also true if you are in a home where the people are constantly fighting. The elementals there will be very chaotic and difficult to change, particularly if the fighting takes place all the time.
If you are part of such a situation, make certain you cleanse the place with incense or sage. If you move into such a dwelling, you will need to paint it.
Sometimes, the vibrations are not negative, but simply those of the previous owners. You can then cleanse the walls with solutions of camphor and eucalyptus. If something terrible has taken place in the dwelling, such as a murder or physical abuse, then it is best to repaint the place.
Chant mantras as you stir the paint and as you paint the walls. Again, many old houses are full of a history of such atrocities. If there are any dead spirits still lingering, meditate and ask them to leave.
Where there is vibration, there must be sound. Where sound exists, there must be vibration.
Without either one, there is no life.
We speak about energy throughout this teaching, yet energy is an abstract term denoting various states of vibration. To understand the meaning of vibration will require opening your mind to new possibilities, letting go of old concepts, and literally allowing for new definitions.
A false definition is that vibration is motion.
Motion contains vibrations, but vibrations do not contain motion. Think about a bell. When a bell rings, the striker hits a surface, causing it to vibrate, which results in the sound. The motion of the striker begins the action that causes the ringing.
Very specifically, motion causes the striker to hit the bell, and the vibration of the bell causes the sound to occur. Therefore, motion can cause vibration, but the vibrating bell cannot cause the striker to move.
Where there is vibration, there must be sound. Where sound exists, there must be vibration. Without either one, there is no life. Since life, which is spirit and matter, consists of sound and energy, one cannot exist without the other. This is an important concept when you look at energy.
Energy
Energy is the result of vibration. But for the vibration to occur, there must be a source. It is the source that causes the vibration that results in energy.
On a microscopic level, the vibration of the atom causes fusion, which occurs as a result of the motion of millions of molecules. In an atom, motion causes vibration, which causes energy.
Why is this important to know in this teaching?
Just as you must learn to listen to your words, you also need to be aware of vibrations—how they affect everything around you, how they affect you personally.
Vibrations
People send out vibrations all the time. These vibrations cause reactions, and these reactions cause new reactions, and so on. Clearly, the most important thing is to be in control of the source of the vibrations. If, for example, you are feeling upset or angry, the vibrations you are sending out will be very negative ones.
These vibrations, in turn, can affect your house and the objects in it, certainly the people around you, as well as any plant life in the vicinity.
It is important to be conscious of how your behavior affects everything around you.
If you walk into a home where there has been fighting and yelling, you can feel the heaviness of the atmosphere. This, in turn, can make you feel depressed and irritable. You can then go home and take those vibrations into your house, and so on.
It is wise to choose friends you know live in harmony, love, and peace. If they do not live harmoniously, then it is best not to be around them, unless, of course, you must because they are relatives. Even then it is important to protect yourself so that you do not bring negative vibrations home with you.
There are many ways to protect yourself from outside vibrations.
Depending on your sensitivity, you can do some of the following:
1. Prepare yourself before you enter a room that may contain negativity. To prepare yourself means to cleanse your aura and make it pure. The best way to do this is by spending at least five minutes meditating.
When you meditate, picture your auric field full of light. Ask that the light be enhanced so that it may become a thick shield that will keep any negative vibrations away. Anything negative will dissolve in it.
2. Use your intuition to check the room when you enter it.
3. If you feel an area is not clear or pure, then send positive thoughts toward that place. Such thoughts are vibrations that cause positive energy. This positive energy will dissolve the negative vibrations. The only exception to this is if the area has developed strong negative elementals, then it is necessary to command them to leave.
4. If there is a person or several people in the room who have negative vibrations, ask your Higher Self to build a wall between you and them so that these vibrations cannot reach you. This wall can be of mirrors or it can be a wall of steel. Ask your Higher Self to create the wall specifically for each situation.
5. If you have to work with someone with negative vibrations, it may be necessary to continually purify your space. Keep a flower in the space, and also have a bottle of rose water and spray it in the air at the end of the day. Ask the person if she is going through some difficulties.
Try to help. If she simply has a negative personality, then you must put your shield up and keep it up while you are in her presence.
6. It is also wise to put your shield up when you are in a crowded place. Even if you are not very sensitive, scattered vibrations are still affecting you.
Being in such an environment will make you feel very tired. Try to be aware of individuals who are sending out negative thoughts. If you are certain that someone is doing this, consciously send positive thoughts to counteract the negative ones.
With each vibration comes a counter-vibration.
If the vibration is positive, then the counter-vibration will be positive; the same is true for negative vibrations. You attract like vibrations.
This is why I stress learning to moderate your thoughts and words. Now, it is important to understand what kind of vibrations you yourself are sending out. Sometimes you have no idea how much you are affecting those around you. You may think you are being silent, not doing anything, when in fact you are causing many vibrations that are literally affecting everyone in your presence.
Ask yourself the following questions:
Exercise One:
1. What kind of mood am I usually in?
2. If I feel tired or irritable, how do I act?
3. When someone bothers me, what do I think and how do I act?
4. If I have to do something I don’t want to do, what kind of
vibrations do I send out?
5. When I am alone, do I surround myself with nurturing thoughts and love, or do I criticize myself?
6. Under pressure, how do I act?
7. If I have to meet someone I dislike, how do I prepare myself?
8. With others, am I always helpful, or do I resent having to help?
9. When I am in a crowd, how do I respond?
10. When I am with my spiritual friends, do I try to love all of them?
11. If I am sick, do I think positively?
12. In spite of difficulties that I may be in, do I respond positively when confronted with even more difficulties?
13. With each new relationship, do I take time to understand my vibrations and also the other person’s vibrations and how they interact?
After you have answered the above questions, take time to look at how you can change any responses that you feel you need to change. Ask your Higher Self for help in this.
After you have answered the above questions, take time to look at how you can change any responses that you feel you need to change. Ask your Higher Self for help in this.
When working with vibrations, we often lose touch with how our reactions are affecting others.
For example, you are meeting with someone who has negative vibrations. Your reaction is to protect yourself and distance yourself from the person. When you are doing this, the other person may feel your reaction and this in turn would cause a hostile response.
Therefore, it is important to act in a manner that is not causing you to send out defensive vibrations.
How can you do this?
First, make certain that your intuition is true, not based on your own feelings about the person. Then, when you enhance your aura, do so with the command, “May my aura be filled with light and surround and protect me from outside vibrations, and while this is happening, I send love and light to the other person so she feels only positive vibrations from me.” Whenever you encounter this person, ask yourself if she is still sending negative vibrations; you may be making a mistake in still protecting yourself.
Sometimes be negative and, at other times, positive.
This is also true of people to whom you are close. You may not be protecting yourself and suddenly feel a surge of enervating energy and not realize it is coming from your friend. Just as a friend may be sending negative energy, remember you may also be doing the same.
If, for example, you are feeling negative, make certain you protect your friends. Imagine you are dressed in a coat of armor, which none of your negative vibrations can go through. This is particularly important if you haven’t had time to work through your feelings.
You are always responsible for your own vibrations.
It is your karmic responsibility to always be positive. If you are feeling very negative, which also happens sometimes, it is best to avoid seeing others. When you have worked through those negative feelings, cleanse your house by burning incense or sage.
You are not perfect, and, naturally, as you deal with your lower nature, you will encounter negativity.
When this happens, it is important to stay away from making important decisions and to keep clear of appointments with people toward whom you feel any animosity.
Releasing negativity sometimes can be done quickly, but often it takes a few days. Keep your attitude toward the process positive. See it all as a process and don’t be attached to feelings that keep you a prisoner of the lower nature.
Such feelings include self criticism, self-doubt, and feelings of being worthless. When you encounter negative vibrations in a specific place such as a friend’s house or apartment, a restaurant, a meeting hall, or even a church, remember to protect your aura and send light vibrations to the place.
Chant mantras as you stir the paint and as you paint the walls. Again, many old houses are full of a history of such atrocities. If there are any dead spirits still lingering, meditate and ask them to leave.
Follow this process when you send forth a vibration.
1. First, remember to link with your heart and your Higher Self.
2. Ask your Higher Self to send light vibrations through your heart to the receiver, whether that is a person or a place.
3. Then, consciously use your thoughts to direct the light energy.
4. Last, thank your Higher Self for doing this. If you have a spiritual teacher, link instead with your teacher and ask the teacher to send light vibrations through your heart.
Vibrations are comprised of many different types of forms.
Just as the molecules within different structures differ, so do the forms within vibrations differ according to the ability of the sender and the type of vibration needed in a given situation.
The reason you have the Higher Self or teacher do the sending is because they are tuned into the situation and know what is best needed.
Discovering the various types of vibrations is part of a person’s spiritual training.
Such experimentation helps to determine what constitutes the makeup of vibration. For example, if you have a small child who is acting upset, you naturally will pick up the child and hold her, soothing her and trying to find out what is the matter.
The love and nurturing you are sending has a particular vibration that the child will respond to. That type of vibration is warm, gentle, and full of caring.
In contrast, if you encounter a negative vibration in a room and you send light vibrations to change it, those vibrations are strong, direct, and have a penetrating quality.
Now, you may ask how you can feel the difference. It is good to ask to feel the vibration when it is happening. Ask your Higher Self during the process to help you tell the difference.
Walk in nature and ask a tree to let you feel its vibration. Place you hands in water and ask the water to let you experience its vibrations. Do the same with a flower.
Everything has vibration and each is unique.
You will discover that the same type of flower will have vibrations that will vary, as will the same type of tree. This is often due to their age and how they have experienced nature around them.
If, for instance, one flower has grown in a sunnier place than another flower, its vibrations will be different. This is true of all plants and minerals.
Animals also have specific vibrations that can be positive or negative depending on their conditioning. Working with vibrations of any kind makes you more sensitive. As you grow more sensitive you will experience heightened awareness of your surroundings.
If you feel overwhelmed in certain situations, it is important to turn off your sensitivity to the vibrations. This is not easy. It requires strong concentration.
Since the key is concentration, before you begin working with vibrations, do some exercises that will help your concentration.
The following are exercises that you can try.
Some may work better for you than others. Choose those that you wish to continue working with. These also will help you in your spiritual work as well as your mundane work.
The first exercise should take five minutes; the others can take as long as you want.
Exercise Two:
1. Sit in front of a flame. It can be from a candle or a fireplace. Focus your eyes on the flame and try to see the movement, the colors, and the energy of the flame. Do this for at least five minutes. As you do this, stay focused on the flame, trying to keep your mind empty of thoughts.
2. Take a shower. While you are in the shower, just stand and concentrate on the feeling of the water striking your skin. Imagine you are standing in a waterfall, and ask the elementals of the water to let you experience their energy.
3. While you are taking a bath, imagine you are sitting in a pool of water surrounded by tall trees. Try to experience the stillness of the water and, again, try to experience the water elementals.
4. If you are a swimmer, as you swim, try to feel your body as the body of a fish. You are moving through the water naturally, following the elementals of the water, being guided by them. Try to become one with the movement of the water and let the density and heaviness of your body disappear, making your swimming effortless.
5. Walk down a dirt road. Concentrate on the road just in front of your feet. As you walk and concentrate, notice the impact of your feet on the dirt. Stop and try to experience the vibrations of the impact
6. Sit and look at a scene. Observe the impression of the scene. Is it peaceful? Is it full of energy? Whatever the impression, try to experience it in your body.
Some of these exercises are difficult to do.
Do not be discouraged if you have no results at first. Give it time. The more you do them, the easier they become. Go through them all, and then choose a couple that you respond to most. If you don’t respond to any, then keep going through them all until you begin to experience some response.
The first chapter described the meaning of sound and how it affects you in relation to others. The same is true of vibration. It affects not only you but also the people around you, even if they are unaware of the vibration.
Most people are totally out of touch with vibrations, and they react to them in ways that often surprise themselves. For example, if you play music in a room with animals, the music will affect them not so much in the way it sounds but in its vibrations.
Some animals respond in a very positive way to music, whereas others respond very negatively to sound vibrations. Some animals will literally become sick when they hear high vibrations.
A way of getting rid of certain animals is to simply play high-frequency instruments. They will leave the area. This is particularly true of small rodents.
If you have an animal, test it for sound vibration and notice what types of music make it feel happy.
Once in a while it is good to simply sit silently and try to pick up the vibrations around you. If you are still, you can feel vibrations in the air and even in the ground. Listen, and ask your Higher Self to help you be more conscious of what type of vibration is there.
Try this at different times of the day.
You will find that there are differences. This is why some people work better early in the morning or late at night. The vibrations during those times are more peaceful. This is particularly true if you live in a city.
In the country, the vibrations are free of the impact of multitudes of people living in cities. When you are aware of the vibrations around you, remember to give thanks to the elementals and ask them to keep the vibrations clear.
The elementals are very much involved in vibratory work and can, in a moment, change the atmosphere. If you find yourself in very negative surroundings, ask the elementals to make the vibrations positive and creative.
When you ask the elementals to heal the vibrations, do so with great respect, letting them feel that you are grateful and interested in their methods. Ask them to keep away negative elementals and, again, always thank them.
With each weather change, there will be different vibrations in the atmosphere.
Always before and during a storm there are strong vibrations that can cause mood changes. Try not to allow these mood changes to happen. If you feel moody or tired, try to call on the elementals to clear up the vibrations and notice if your mood changes.
In conclusion, remember that all of life has vibrations and that it is through these vibrations that we can actually help others.
Here is a hypothetical example.
Suppose a friend of yours is feeling very depressed. She lives in a small, crowded apartment and is beginning to feel that life is not worth living. If you visit this woman and experience the atmosphere as dull and somewhat off, try contacting the elementals and command them to change the vibrations.
This can help your friend more than listening to her negativity. If she feels the difference in atmosphere, it will help her—maybe not at first, but in time.
Sometimes it takes a few hours for the transformation to take place, so please be patient.
We each have a special vibration that is part of our essence.
This is why some people feel easy to be with and others do not. The vibration you emit has a lot to do with your spiritual advancement.
If you are a yogi, your vibration should be calm and soothing to those around you, unless, of course, you are in a bad mood. Then, because you are a yogi, your negative vibrations will have a very strong impact, causing people around you to feel very agitated.
The reason for such a reaction from others is because your vibrations are intensified and affect the elementals far more greatly than do the vibrations of the average person. Again, this is a responsibility of which you need to be aware. You not only affect those around you, but you develop an atmosphere in your home that is highly charged.
How can you be aware of your vibration?
Simply ask your Higher Self to help you understand the kinds of vibrations you are emitting at a given time. If they are too strong or too negative or even too charged, it would be best to avoid seeing anyone until you can consciously change your vibrations to positive calm ones.
Be a barometer for yourself.
Determine how you affect others and carefully change your vibrations to positive ones. In time you will intuitively know and will be able to change your vibrations automatically. This should become a daily practice.
When you work with vibrations, remember to be certain you are feeling healthy and strong. If you have a particularly sensitive system, it is best to proceed slowly and cautiously.
When you follow the proper precautions, you are more apt to have success. If you are not certain about your physical condition, try letting go of any portions of this work that you sense are too demanding, until you are certain you can handle them.
When there electric storms, do not do any of this work.
The elementals are very involved in the chaos of the atmosphere and therefore cannot deal with you. You can work with elementals before and after an electric storm, but not during.
Also let go of any preconceived ideas about the work. If you are totally open to doing this work you need to also be very flexible. Things can transform in an instant, so be prepared for sudden changes.
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Yoga Styles Defined
What style of yoga is right for you today? Use this guide to learn about some of the different yoga styles that are available.
Yoga styles create a feeling of lightness, ease and relaxation. But to get the most benefit and the most enjoyment, you need to find a yoga style and a teacher that suits you.
Many different kinds of yoga styles exist and it can be difficult to figure out which particular yoga style is right for you.
The yoga tree has many branches, from fast-paced hot yoga to more contemplative and spiritual yoga styles.
Most yoga styles are based on the same basic yoga poses (called asanas), however the experience of one style can be radically different than another.
Align & Flow Yoga Styles
Align and Flow is a potent alignment-oriented practice that emphasizes the forms and actions within yoga postures. Classes progressively and safely sequence towards more complex poses, and spend time breaking down techniques for honing awareness and skill on and off the mat.
This practice emphasizes cultivating adhikara (devoted studentship) and draws upon a wide range of postures that build strength, flexibility, and highly-refined awareness in body and mind.
Anusara Yoga
Anusara (a-nu-sar-a), means “flowing with Grace,” “flowing with Nature,” “following your heart.” Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara yoga is a school of hatha yoga, which unifies a life-affirming Shiva-Shakti Tantric philosophy of intrinsic goodness with Universal Principles of Alignment.
Anusara yoga has become one of the most highly respected schools of hatha yoga with over 1,000 licensed yoga teachers, thousands of teachers in training, and hundreds of thousands of students worldwide.
Anusara yoga has a presence on every continent throughout the world, excluding Antarctica, and is in 70 countries, thus attracting media attention worldwide.
Ashtanga Yoga Styles
Many of today’s most popular forms of yoga trace their roots back to the Ashtanga style. Ashtanga is a part of the vinyasa tradition, steadily flowing between poses with synchronized breath.
Traditionally, Ashtanga’s specific system of sequential poses means the primary, intermediate or advanced series you perform in your practice is same as the primary, intermediate or advanced series performed by yogis all over the world.
Though some instructors vary the traditional sequencing with additional poses and postures, the Ashtanga style is always a great choice for yogis looking for a mentally invigorating and physically challenging class.
Abs/Core Strengthening
For easeful yoga postures, and a beautiful everyday posture, a strong core is key.
Walk taller, enjoy a healthier digestive system and firmer back with Yoga Download’s variety of challenging workouts designed specifically to lengthen, strengthen and tone all abdominal muscles down to the core.
Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga
Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga has quickly become one of the most widely known and respected practices in America. Designed by long-time Power Yoga practitioner Baron Baptiste.
This style of yoga combines elements of classical yoga, Ashtanga, Iynegar and Bikram yoga to build a practice that brings personal transformation in body, mind and soul.
Having taught Hollywood stars and NFL teams, Baptiste is credited with helping to demystify yoga and make it accessible to all.
This style of yoga is perfect for those looking to combine physical fitness with intuitive spiritual self-discovery.
Barre
Barre classes consist of precision movements performed with the help of a hand rail (which can be anything, such as the back of a chair or couch, or a counter top).
They incorporate stationary ballet techniques that will sculpt and lift your legs, buns and core like no other.
Barre classes will allow you to create focused strength, chiseled buns, and watch your dancer’s body emerge!
Beginner Yoga
If you’re new to yoga, or just looking for a solid foundation, these classes are designed to create the alignment and extension necessary to build a beautiful practice.
Choose any one of these beginner level classes and get your flow off to the right start.
Bhakti Yoga Styles
Bhakti Yoga is a dynamic, soulful, devotional, and rejuvenating style of yoga fusing the principles of vinyasa yoga ( the union of body, breath, and movement) and the qualities of bhakti yoga (gratitude, open-heartedness, humility, compassion, and devotion).
Deep rhythmic breathing in conjunction with movement is emphasized.
Cardio Classes
Looking for traditional cardio that understands your yogi sensibilities? Yoga Download has created the Running Coach workout series to guide you through perfectly timed intervals of running and walking.
A challenging workout designed to help you feel with burn, but not the burn out. Different levels of intensity let you grow with your own levels of endurance and strength.
Customized Yoga Classes
Just like you, every yoga practice is different. That’s why Yoga Download lets you create your own custom class, mixing and matching these short yoga sequences to build your best class ever.
Make classes that fit your mood, your schedule or your physical needs.
Children’s Yoga
Our Yoga for Kids section. These classes designed just for kids!
Forrest Yoga
Our Yoga for Kids section. The pillars of Forrest Yoga are Breath, Strength, Integrity and Spirit.
The mission of this style of yoga is to create in each of us a sense of freedom, a connection to our spirit and the courage to walk as our spirit dictates.
Forrest Yoga will teach you to go deeper, find your truth and encourage you to take these gifts you have earned beyond the mat and into the rest of your life.
Forrest Yoga helps you connect to your core – getting strong and centered. It uses heat, deep breathing and vigorous sequences to sweat out toxins while the long holds in the pose progressions help you flush, oxygenate and rejuvenate every cell.
Forrest Yoga honors and celebrates the beauty of life and the power of Spirit. It is an inspiring yoga practice that builds flexibility, intelligence and strength while helping deepen the relationship with your authentic self.
Accessing your intuition, the voice of your Spirit, builds personal strength and ushers integrity into your daily interactions with all beings.
Forrest Yoga challenges you to heal, grow and welcome your Spirit home.
Flowmotion® Yoga
Flowmotion® was created by Sarah Tomson Beyer, an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher who also founded the fresh apparel line, MeSheeky®.
Flowmotion® offers a progressive approach to flow yoga and serves the modern day yogi by encouraging creative expression for coloring outside the lines.
Sarah infusizes specialized soundtracks into her classes, uncovering each student’s dynamic and inherent rhythms while empowering innovative continuous sequencing.
With a background in dance and athletics, a Master’s in Physical Therapy, and two Yoga Journal covers under her belt, Sarah creates an open space that allows her students to express their own flow.
Fusion Yoga
Yoga is a melting pot. Check out these classes that blend two or more styles of yoga.
Guided Rituals
Celebrate the seasons of the year and the phases of the moon with guided ritual!
These interactive rituals, all writen and performed by “Fox” Natalie Maisel, will lead you through alter decoration, invocations of elements, directions, Gods & Goddesses, circle casting, lore, guided meditation and ritual activity. Enjoy alone or with a group!
Hatha Yoga
When most of us in the west talk about yoga, we’re talking about Hatha yoga.
‘Hatha’ is the combination of two Sanskrit words: Ha, meaning Sun, and Tha, meaning moon.
As a concept, Hatha represents the balance of opposites – hot and cold, fire and water, male and female, positive and negative.
Similarly, Hatha yoga works to balance the energies of the mind with those of the body through physical exercises (asanas), controlled breathing and calming the mind with meditation and relaxation.
Hot Yoga Styles
Don’t forget your towel! Based on the Bikram method.
Hot Yoga is typically performed in a room heated to over 100º.
Though the temperatures may seem extreme, the surrounding heat warms up the muscles to promote a deeper flexibility in each pose while reducing the risk of injury.
Sweat is also one way the body cleanses itself – so Hot Yoga offers ample opportunity to release harmful toxins.
To get the most out of your Hot Yoga class, try using a space heater in a contained space before performing your Hot Yoga Download.
Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and breath control (pranayama).
The development of strength, mobility and stability is gained through the asanas.
Iyengar Yoga often, but not always, makes use of props, such as belts, blocks, and blankets, as aids in performing asanas (postures).
The props enable students to perform the asanas correctly, minimising the risk of injury or strain, and making the postures accessible to both young and old.
Jivamukti Yoga
Jivamukti means “liberation while living.” This modern style of yoga emerged in 1984 from one of New York City’s best-known yoga studios.
Founders David Life and Sharon Gannon combine Ashtanga yoga with spiritual teachings, placing special emphasis on how to apply yogic philosophy to daily life.
Jivamukti is a vinyasa style practice, so classes can be quite physically rigorous.
Each Jivamukti session has a theme that is explored through yoga scripture, chanting, meditation, asana, breath work and music.
Kundalini Yoga styles
Kundalini yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline for developing strength, awareness, character, and consciousness.
“Kundalini Yoga, at its highest form, is practiced for the purpose of attaining bliss, opening the heart center, developing power, serving others, attaining self-realization and ultimately merging into devine consciousness.” ~ Swami Sivananda
Practitioners call Kundalini Yoga the yoga of awareness because it focuses on the expansion of sensory awareness and intuition in order to raise individual consciousness and merge it with the Infinite consciousness of the devine.
As a form of yoga and meditation, Kundalini’s purpose is to cultivate the creative spiritual potential of a human to uphold values, speak truth, and focus on the compassion and consciousness needed to serve and heal others.
“Kundalini Yoga consists of active and passive asana-based kriyas, pranayama, and meditations which target the whole body system (nervous system, glands, mental faculties, chakras) to develop awareness, consciousness and spiritual strength.” ~ Yogi Bhajan
The Kaivalya Yoga Method
Alanna Kaivalya is listed in Yoga Journal’s top 21 Yoga Teachers Under 40 (March, 2008), and now with more than a decade of teaching experience, she has developed a teaching style that is a unique combination of her spirit, her knowledge, and of course the teachers who have influenced her along the path.
Live Studio Classes
These classes are recordings of a live class in select yoga studios.
They offer a unique opportunity to experience taking a live class with your favorite instructor!
Meditation/Relaxation
Between work, family and what’s for dinner, sometimes we need a little help telling our minds to be quiet.
Meditation is a powerful practice that disciplines the fluctuations of the mind so that in our everyday lives, we experience sharper focus, more confidence, creativity, problem solving, reduced stress and healing up those old, unresolved emotional blocks.
Yoga Download’s variety of guided meditations are perfect to help you get your mind on track to total relaxation.
Office Yoga
Break the cycle of feeling stressed out and hunched over your computer.
Office Yoga classes are designed to not only give you a much-deserved break, but also to help you slow down, breathe and stretch your weary muscles – right from your desk.
Take as little as 5 minutes for yourself and watch your mood, productivity and creativity instantly improve.
Talk about high-level ROI.
Partner Yoga
Share the joys of yoga and increase the benefits by doing yoga with a partner!
The familiar postures of yoga have renewed power and effectiveness when partners work together.
Power Yoga
A rigorous workout that develops strength and flexibility with continuous movement, Power Yoga is yoga’s version of an aerobics class and is extremely popular in the US.
Power Yoga synchronizes breath and movement (called vinyasa) to create an inner fire, heating up muscles and helping the body’s energy flow continuously.
Classes stress variety – each session targets different muscles and breath exercises, making Power Yoga classes as challenging for the mind as they are for the body.
Pilates
Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates in Germany. Pilates called his method Contrology, because he believed his method uses the mind to control the muscles.
The program focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles.
Pranayama
Lengthen the breath. In Sanskrit, Pranayama is the control and extension of your life force, but in yoga, it more practically refers to breath work.
Scientific research has shown that Pranayama techniques help treat stress and asthma, as well as improve lung function and autonomic functions (things like heart rate, digestion, respiration and sexual arousal).
Pranayama yogis share that that their practice helps develop a steady mind, strong will-power, enhanced perception and sound judgment – even longer life.
Prana Flow Vinyasa
Prana is the universal source of breath, life energy and conscious intelligence. Prana Flow Vinyasa yoga is designed to be the transformational path to vital living.
Founded by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers, Prana Flow Vinyasa is a creative and holistic approach to finding, and embodying, the dynamic flow of yoga.
Practitioners learn both classical and innovative approaches to Vinyasa yoga and the state of flow.
With inspiration from Tantra, Ayurveda, Bhakti and the teachings of modern yoga’s unofficial founder, Krishnamacharya, classes are taught to upbeat music and inspired poetry.
Prenatal Yoga
Got a teeny yogini on the way? These classes are designed for every stage of pregnancy and after you give birth.
Qi Yoga
Qi (chee) means life force, or the spiritual energy of all things; vital energy. It is frequently translated as “energy flow” and often compared to the yogic notion of prana which is a Sanskrit term meaning breath.
Qi Yoga is a powerful blend of breath and movement.
This vinyasa style Yoga practice is rooted in the body’s ideal skeletal and muscular alignment.
Qi Yoga is intended to serve as the basis for all of our programs, the concept being that if our students have a better understanding of how the human body functions they will be more effective in all of their activities.
Qi Yoga creates that body awareness to keep us active and safe many years into the future.
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga props up the body with blocks, blankets, belts, straps or even chairs so that you can go deep into poses for extended periods of time – without risk of injury.
This type of yoga is slow paced and ideal for helping to recover from injury, illness or stress.
Restorative Yoga helps bring the body back to health, reduce stress and find a more blissful state – think of it as ‘active relaxation.’ When the body is supported by physical props, it’s easier to move toward balance.
Strength Training
Classes designed to build muscle strength and tone.
Technique Workshops
Learn to perfect your practice with these technique workshops.
These classes breakdown poses or a series of poses so you can learn proper alignment and balance and take your practice to the next level.
Vinyasa Yoga Styles
Vinyasa means ‘to move with the breath.’ Some of the most popular yoga styles, including Ashtanga and Power Yoga, are taught in a vinyasa style – meaning the series of poses flows purposefully with the breath.
The classes in Yoga Download’s Vinyasa Flow category blend ancient wisdom across many yogic traditions to form new expressions.
These classes offer more variety in their sequencing than a traditional Ashtanga class, are slower paced than a Power Yoga class, and more vigorous than an Iyengar class.
Vinyasa Flow yoga styles is athletic in nature, combining hard work with deep relaxation to build strength, flexibility, concentration and balance.
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga styles has the same goals and objectives as any other school of yoga; however, it directs the stimulation normally created in the asana portion of the practice deeper than the superficial or muscular tissues (which we are calling the yang tissues).
Yin Yoga targets the connective tissues, such as the ligaments, bones, and even the joints of the body that normally are not exercised very much in a more active style of asana practice.
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About Ecolodge
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Sapa is a major tourist destination in North Vietnam and a natural starting point for discovering the unique mountainous area, including the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, and Mt Fansipan – Indochina’s highest peak at 3,143m. The region is also home to five different hill-tribes, each with its own distinct language, dress and cultural values. Some of the villages, especially those located deep in the remote parts of the mountains, are still largely untouched by modern life.
The main attraction for tourists visiting Sapa is to visit the ethnic minority villages. While there are many opportunities to experience the hidden trails, breathtaking scenery, fascinating local culture and way of life of the mountainous people.
There are few options for accommodation outside of the hotels in Sapa town other than sleeping in local houses or in tents outside one of the villages. Here began our idea of building Topas Ecolodge. The Ecolodge is the only one of its kind in Vietnam and has a perfect location – situated atop two cone formed hills, set deep in the spectacular Sapa valley of northern Vietnam.
Topas Ecolodge is based on sustainable principles to ensure minimum impact on the surrounding environment. We employ people from nearby villages and use local products and goods in order to bring economic benefits to the community. We also use a wastewater facility to avoid polluting the area.
About Millaqueo Ecolodge
Llao Llao is a major tourist destination in Argentinian South and a natural starting point for discovering the unique mountainous area, including the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, and Mt Fansipan – Indochina’s highest peak at 3,143m. The region is also home to five different hill-tribes, each with its own distinct language, dress and cultural values. Some of the villages, especially those located deep in the remote parts of the mountains, are still largely untouched by modern life.
The main attraction for tourists visiting Sapa is to visit the ethnic minority villages. While there are many opportunities to experience the hidden trails, breathtaking scenery, fascinating local culture and way of life of the mountainous people.
There are few options for accommodation outside of the hotels in Sapa town other than sleeping in local houses or in tents outside one of the villages. Here began our idea of building Topas Ecolodge. The Ecolodge is the only one of its kind in Vietnam and has a perfect location – situated atop two cone formed hills, set deep in the spectacular Sapa valley of northern Vietnam.
Topas Ecolodge is based on sustainable principles to ensure minimum impact on the surrounding environment. We employ people from nearby villages and use local products and goods in order to bring economic benefits to the community. We also use a wastewater facility to avoid polluting the area.
How it all started
It all started in 1993, when Danish travel firm Topas Travel began arranging tours to the area in cooperation with a local Vietnamese family. Through this partnership, the idea for Topas Ecolodge was born in 1999. After investigating the area and applying for permission the building project was launched in June 2003.
The main idea when we first started to consider building the lodge was to create a comfortable base near the minority villages, giving guests the option of a comfortable stay in a remote area, close to local life. A fully serviced, luxury five star hotel did not seem appropriate. So we built a simple lodge that would have minimal negative impact on the natural surroundings. Topas Ecolodge opened in April 2005, with no electricity, no mobile reception and no internet. Much has happened since.
Our bungalows
Topas Ecolodge consists of 33 stylish chalet-style stone bungalows in local white granite from Hoang Lien Mountains each with its own spacious balcony overlooking an expansive vista of towering mountain peaks and stunning, rice terraced valleys.
A rustic - and wifi free - experience
Topas Ecolodge is not to everyone’s taste and it is important to us that guests understand the ways in which we differ from standard hotels before making a booking.
We are situated 18 km outside Sapa town and the bus journey takes approximately 45 minutes. We call it an “adventurous bus ride” mainly because the road condition is fairly poor in places and because you’ll meet many of the ethnic minorities of this area and probably a few buffalos.
We call ourselves a ‘lodge’ because we lack some of the basic features and services of a standard hotel. Our bungalows have no TV and no internet connection, enabling guests to completely escape from everyday life and immerse with nature. For tranquil relaxation, we offer an infinity pool complete with breathtaking views of the mountains and valleys and a spa specialising in traditional Red Dao herbal baths.
Since we are committed to community development, our employees are friendly young people from the local minority tribes with varying degrees of English proficiency. We ask guests to be patient and be assured that there is always someone on site able to help with any language barriers.
Due to our mountain location, sometimes the weather is clear and sometimes it is cloudy, and after a heavy rainfall it can be very muddy. At times we experience power cuts and during the rice planting season we have some struggles with our water supply.
However, we have a very unusual location with a spectacular view and lots of unique trekking and mountain biking trails in our backyard. We invite people with an open mind and adventurous spirit to experience Vietnam in a different way and to escape the busy city life for a peaceful and authentic mountain getaway.
Restaurant & Lounge
In two old traditional Tay stilt houses carefully moved piece by piece from its original site and reassembled at the lodge you’ll find our restaurant & lounge.
Spa & pool
At Topas we believe that both the environment and local community should benefit from our business. Rather than making a token donation here, or planting a couple of trees there, we are committed to producing real sustainable benefits.
Sustainability has been at the front of our minds since we conceived the Ecolodge. We have worked with DANIDA (Denmark’s development cooperation, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to make the lodge a showcase for sustainable tourism in remote areas.
The area
Topas Ecolodge lies within the boundaries of Hoang Lien National Park. The park is located in Lao Cai province and stretches south from just outside Sapa town.
At present, we are working with three different farmers all within a radius of 15 km and a rice husker.
Over time, we plan to expand the project and negotiate contracts with more local farmers.
Over time, we plan to expand the project and negotiate contracts with more local farmers.
At Topas we believe that both the environment and local community should benefit from our business.
Rather than making a token donation here, or planting a couple of trees there, we are committed to producing real sustainable benefits.
Rather than making a token donation here, or planting a couple of trees there, we are committed to producing real sustainable benefits.
Topas Ecolodge
Certified ‘Unique Lodge’
by National Geographic
by National Geographic
Booking
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info@topasecolodge.com
N° 1B, Alley 12/2/5 Dang Thai Mai St,
Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 (0)4 3715 1005
info@topasecolodge.com
N° 1B, Alley 12/2/5 Dang Thai Mai St,
Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 (0)4 3715 1005
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Social responsibility
At Topas we believe that both the environment and local community should benefit from our business. Rather than making a token donation here, or planting a couple of trees there, we are committed to producing real sustainable benefits.
Sustainability has been at the front of our minds since we conceived the Ecolodge. We have worked with DANIDA (Denmark’s development cooperation, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to make the lodge a showcase for sustainable tourism in remote areas.
We work closely with our local community and listen to what they want from us. Some are employed at the Ecolodge. Many have received education and training here, and we support the local school. We have seen a positive impact from our work for the surrounding villages, as described below.
Looking after our people
We employ around 80 people, almost exclusively from local villages. We built two houses for our staff just across the road from the lodge entrance to live in whilst they are working. Here they are provided with the space and facilities to grow vegetables and cook their own food. We also provide full insurance so our staff are covered whilst they are at work and off site.
Our staff are given opportunities to progress and complete further training. They may come to us with limited education, but if they have the motivation we provide education and training to help them succeed. Each of our staff teams is led by a local employee and represented at weekly management meetings with the lodge manager with a say in how the Ecolodge is run.
Mr Hai, the head of our Service Desk, is a good example of our training programme in practice. When Mr Hai started working for us, he had had no formal education and he worked cutting the stones for the lodge from the nearby mountain. He is now fluent in English and works for us as a tour guide and manager.
Sharing our resources
We recognise that some of the resources we use to run our Ecolodge are also valuable to the local community, therefore we work to share these resources. For example, during rice planting season we share water from our reservoir with local farmers. We ensure that all our recyclable materials are distributed locally. Our football pitch is a valuable community resource, often used by local teams.
Our purchasing and sourcing decisions are given careful consideration and we buy local produce whenever we can. Almost all of our food is bought at the local market and shops, as are our other supplies. Our menu therefore always contains fresh, seasonal vegetables and fruit. Our laundry is done by a family in Sapa and we continue to work with them on reducing their detergent use, both to benefit the environment and lower their overheads.
Caring for the environment
We keep electricity use at the lodge to a bare minimum and ask all our guests to help us with this. When we first opened, we attempted to operate entirely on solar electricity, but the inconsistent supply means we now rely on the hydropower station in the valley.
We practice sustainable waste management, ensuring all kitchen and restaurant waste is sorted and used effectively. Food leftovers are given to the local farmers to feed their livestock and empty water bottles, cans and boxes are given to the local people to reuse in their households. Our wastewater is treated and purified by organic filtering in septic tanks before being emitted to the surrounding soil.
We are also replanting our local area with indigenous trees and shrubs to protect local biodiversity. Furthermore, Topas Ecolodge participates in external environmental activities such as the “Clean up the World” campaign.
Promoting education
We are the major sponsor of the local school and supply books and writing materials. We are proud to employ local staff but recognise the effort that goes into training. New recruits normally come to us with no English and no experience in hospitality. However many have gone on to become valuable members of staff, the majority of whom stay with us for a long time – many of our employees have been here for over 10 years.
We share the knowledge and experience we have gained from operating here with other interested organisations and schools such as the United Nations International School of Hanoi. We also hope we can play a small part in educating our guests about the local environment and the communities around us.
Sharing benefits
We have a strong sense of responsibility to the wider community and have developed a close relationship with the community of Thanh Kim. When we hold major events here, such as the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM), we work with the local community and ensure they benefit. The proceeds from last year’s VMM went to providing 200kg of warm clothing to the villagers, to make winter more comfortable for them. Every year we provide support of this kind as well as the educational materials, recyclables, water and other resources mentioned above.
As a result of our work in all of these areas Topas Ecolodge has strengthened its cooperation with the local government and is now recognised by the head of authorities as an important employer of ethnic minority staff.
We see our model as sustainable for our business as well as the local community, and therefore we are expanding. Together with Topas Travel and in a partnership with a local minority family, we opened a second lodge. Topas Riverside Lodge is a smaller, rustic style lodge situated in a remote village not far from Topas Ecolodge. We offer our guests the option to experience a comfortable ‘village’ experience in combination with a stay at Topas Ecolodge. This has proved to be a popular tour both with our guests and with the host village.
Ecolodge
Certified ‘Unique Lodge’
by National Geographic
by National Geographic
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You agree that all matters relating to your access to or use of the Site, including all disputes, will be governed by the laws of the United States and by the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. You agree to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in Denver County, Colorado, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue.
Void Where Prohibited
YogaDownload administers and operates the www.YogaDownload.com Site from its location in Denver, Colorado, USA. YogaDownload reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion, the provision and quantity of any feature, product or service to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any feature, product or service made on the Site is void where prohibited. If you choose to access the Site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.
Miscellaneous
You may not use or export or re-export any Content or any copy or adaptation of such Content, or any product or service offered on the Site, in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including without limitation United States export laws and regulations.
If any of the provisions of these Terms of Use are held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of these Terms of Use, so that these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and YogaDownload with regard to your use of the Site, and any and all other written or oral agreements or understandings previously existing between you and YogaDownload with respect to such use are hereby superseded and cancelled. YogaDownload will not accept any counter-offers to these Terms of Use, and all such offers are hereby categorically rejected. YogaDownload’s failure to insist on or enforce strict performance of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver by YogaDownload of any provision or any right it has to enforce these Terms of Use, nor shall any course of conduct between YogaDownload and you or any other party be deemed to modify any provision of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use shall not be interpreted or construed to confer any rights or remedies on any third parties.
Online Teacher Training Terms of Use
These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) apply to the Teacher Training Course hosted on www.YogaDownload.com, as developed by TKYM/Alanna Kaivalya and YogaDownload, a Colorado Corporation. This agreement is between Student (hereinafter “Student”) and YogaDownload LLC and TKYM/The Kaivalya Yoga Method/Alanna Kaivalya (hereinafter “Provider”), collectively “Parties.” As a Student in this Training, by clicking “accept” below, Student agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions as outlined in this document.
Fees
The complete fee for this course is listed on the Teacher Training Course page and is due after Student’s application is accepted by Provider and Student registers to participate in this training. Fees are not refundable, transferable, or otherwise subject to modification by either party.
Login
Only the registered Student may utilize his or her unique login to access material and/or upload content throughout this course. Student agrees to safeguard his or her account information and to notify YogaDownload in the event of any suspected breach of security. Student may be held liable for losses incurred by YogaDownload or any other user of or visitor to the Site due to someone else using Student’s YogaDownload ID, password, or account.
Availability of Services / Force Majeure
Provider maintains state-of-the-industry computer technology and has utilized best possible programing practices. Provider has implemented all reasonable safeguards to provide access to online services at all times. In the event of any disruption of services, Provider warrants that it will work as expeditiously as possible to restore usability to Student. Provider likewise is not responsible for natural disasters or any other such events outside of its control. No damages, monetary or otherwise, will be available to Student based on any such lapse in access. Although highly unlikely, in the event that a lapse is longer than one day (24 hrs), YogaDownload will credit any lost time toward Student’s one year timeframe for completion. Provider will, from time to time, perform maintenance on its site as needed, which may result in a temporary inaccessibility.
Student’s Prudent Physical Practices
As with any new physical practice, Student should be aware of his or her physical abilities and limitations and should consult a healthcare provider for assurance that Student is healthy enough to practice Yoga. Provider offers no warranties or guarantees regarding improvement of physical conditioning or health as a result of participating in this training.
Relationship between Provider and Student
Provider agrees to give student access to materials and guidance to learn what is needed to be a competent Yoga Teacher, no other legal relationship is created by participation in this Training.
Others
Relationship between Provider and Student does not extend to any other persons or entities, including but not limited to, Student’s own students or any others whom Student may instruct in the practices of Yoga. Provider specifically disclaims liability for any events pertaining thereto. It is wholly Student’s responsibility to exercise prudent practices and comply with all applicable laws when undertaking the teaching of others, both while participating in this Training and at all times afterward.
Post Completion
While Provider has created this Training to enable Student to competently teach others, completion of this Training does not guarantee employment.
Provider’s Proprietary Rights
All materials in this Training and on the YogaDownload Website, including, without limitation, names, logos, trademarks, images, text, columns, graphics, videos, photographs, illustrations, artwork, master recordings, compositions, software, computer code, and other elements (collectively, "Content") are protected by copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual property rights owned and controlled by YogaDownload, TKYM, or other parties that have licensed or otherwise provided their material to YogaDownload. Student acknowledges and agrees that all Content on the YogaDownload Website is made available for limited, non-commercial, personal use only. Except as specifically provided herein or elsewhere on this Website, no Content may be copied, reproduced, republished, sold, downloaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, or otherwise used for any purpose, by any person or entity, without express written permission of YogaDownload and TKYM. Student may not add, delete, distort, or otherwise modify any Content. Any unauthorized attempt to modify any Content, to defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize the Website or any part of the Content for any purpose other than its intended purposes is strictly prohibited and is grounds for immediate dismissal from Training, forfeiture of Tuition fee, and any and all possible remedies available to Provider at Law or Equity.
Student’s Rights to Content
Student will enter typed data and upload video and audio at various times throughout this Training (hereinafter, “content). Provider may utilize certain aspects of Student anecdotes or details shared by Student with Provider, in promotional materials without student consent ONLY if names and identifying details are removed and/or disguised to preserve anonymity. Provider will not use Student’s image/likeness/video content without Student’s consent. Provider will not share confidential details with third parties.
Preservation/Disclosure
Student acknowledges, consents, and agrees that Provider may access, preserve, and disclose Student’s account information and Content if necessary to: (a) comply with legal process as issued by a competent authority; (b) enforce this Agreement; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to Student’s requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Provider, its Members, or the public. Under no other circumstances will Provider intentionally disclose Student’s account information to any third party.
Provider Liability
Provider and its subsidiaries, affiliates, managers, shareholders, directors, officers, and employees, will not be liable (jointly or severally) to Student or any other person or entity for indirect, consequential, special, incidental, punitive, or exemplary damages, including without limitation, lost profits, lost savings, and lost revenues (collectively, the “excluded damages") as a result of Student’s use of Provider’s services, whether or not characterized in negligence, tort, contract, or other theory of liability, even if any of the Provider parties have been advised of the possibility of or could have foreseen any of the excluded damages and irrespective of any failure of an essential purpose of a limited remedy. Where allowed by law, if, notwithstanding the other provisions of these Terms of Use, Provider is found to be liable to Student for any damage or loss which arises out of or is in any way connected with Student’s use of the Site or any Content, Provider’s liability shall in no event exceed the total of tuition fees paid for this Training.
Indemnity
Student agrees to indemnify and hold TKYM/Alanna Kaivalya, YogaDownload and, its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates, harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against Provider by any third party due to or arising out of or in connection with Student use of the Site.
Violation of These Terms of Use
Student agrees that Provider may, in its sole discretion, terminate Student’s access to the Site and/or block Student’s future access to the Site, and participation in this Training for lewd, inappropriate, or otherwise offensive conduct or if it is determined that Student has violated these Terms of Use or other agreements or guidelines which may be associated with Student participation. Student also agrees that any violation by Student of these Terms of Use will constitute an unlawful and unfair business practice, and will cause irreparable harm to YogaDownload, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and Student consents to YogaDownload obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that Provider deems necessary or appropriate in such circumstances. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies YogaDownload may have at law or in equity.
If YogaDownload does take any legal action against Student as a result of Student’s violation of these Terms of Use, YogaDownload will be entitled to recover from Student, and Student agrees to pay, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of such action, in addition to any other relief granted to YogaDownload. Student agrees that YogaDownload will not be liable to Student or to any third party for termination of Student’s access to the Site as a result of any violation of these Terms of Use.
Void Where Prohibited
YogaDownload administers and operates the www.YogaDownload.com Site from its location in Denver, Colorado, USA. YogaDownload reserves the right to limit, in its sole discretion, the provision and quantity of any feature, product or service to any person or geographic area. Any offer for any feature, product or service made on the Site is void where prohibited. If Student chooses to access the Site from outside the United States, Student does so on Student’s own initiative and Student is solely responsible for complying with applicable local laws.
Venue and Choice of Law
Parties agree that any controversy arising from this agreement will be subject to the laws of the United States of America, State of Colorado, irrespective of choice of law principles. The Parties agree that any controversy that may be brought arising from this agreement will be brought in the United States of America, and filed in either State or U.S. District Court sitting in the State of Colorado. Student agrees to the personal jurisdiction by and venue in the state and federal courts in Denver County, Colorado, and waive any objection to such jurisdiction or venue.
Legal Controversy: Arbitration
Student agrees that any controversy arising from this agreement will be brought to binding arbitration subject to the rules as established by the American Arbitration Association.
Use of the YogaDownload Site
All terms as described in the above standard “Terms of Service” for the regular YogaDownload site apply and such shall have the same effect as if incorporated here at length.
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