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Happy Mother’s Day from Full Circle Yoga KC

May 10, 2019 by Full Circle KC

Greetings Beautiful Mamas!!!

May you each have a wonderful Mother’s Day this Sunday! Maybe you’ll stay in your jammies all day and spend the day being with your amazing family, maybe you’ll pamper yourself with a pedicure or massage, maybe you won’t make any plans at all and just be with what comes of the day. However you spend your day enjoy it fully and give yourself some serious kuddos to being a MAMA. I hope you might find some time to reflect on the women in your life that are and have been part of your village, who have trusted in you, supported you, cheered you on, and encouraged you to create and fulfill your dreams.

I am still coming off the high of spending four amazing days in Minneapolis at Blooma with a group of 13 other strong, brave, vulnerable, and courageous women! We completed our Advanced Prenatal Yoga training. It was such a reminder of the power and energy a group of women create when working together! It totally filled my cup and provided such inspiration for the future of Full Circle Yoga KC!!!

New Happenings at FCYKC!

I believe one of the reasons Mamas come to Full Circle Yoga KC is for the support they receive from other women they meet. One of my greatest joys is watching community blossom among Mamas. We want that support of community to continue soon after giving birth with FREE classes when you just can’t stand being at home any longer! No yoga, just space to be with other women who understand and want to support you. Come and nurse, bottle feed, rest, hang with your sweet new joy, and if you come in your jammies, that’s OK!!! You are welcome to come to prenatal classes or BYOB classes, it’s’ up to you! We got you! When you’re ready to return to the mat Mommy and Baby Yoga will be waiting for you.

Kids AIReal Yoga starts Monday at 5:00pm. Many have asked about kids AIReal and now it’s here! Classes are for 9 years and up.
AIReal yoga class passes for adults has been reduced to $16!!!! Grab a hammock and deepen your stretch and find the kid in you!!
Pop-Up Kids Yoga happening all summer long at the KC Studio!!! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
Thursday May 23rd, live Handpan with Rick Kloog music with yoga! Join us at the KC studio for this super fun evening! Class is $5 and music is donation based- help support our local artists!!
I’m so honored to have Kelsey O’Neill trained and certified with Sheila Kelly S-Factor join Full Circle Yoga KC! S-Factor is a feminine movement practice – a sensuous workout for body and soul that’s intelligently designed to open the female body into her full, free, erotic expression. If you’d like to reserve a spot for her class watch for posts on Full Circle Yoga KC Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kelsey.winter.58 This class is a separate pass purchased through Kelsey.
Super excited about Amy Zoe Schonhoff with Mindfulness in the Heartland offering her 8-week mindful parenting class that starts on June 4th. Reserve your spot here https://www.facebook.com/events/402443963651894/

Thank you to all those you were able to make it to the Brookside Art Fair and show off your gorgeous belly and darling children! Thank you to all the awesome partners that were a part of our first outdoor Prenatal and Family Yoga with Brookside Babies! It was such a perfect morning!!! I see future events just like this!

Peace and Hugs,

Jenny

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, and more.

What to Expect From a Hatha Yoga Class

April 10, 2019 by Full Circle KC

What to Expect From a Hatha Yoga Class

Full Circle Yoga KC was created through a vision to offer prenatal yoga that supported, challenged, encouraged, and helped Mamas consciously think about the birthing journey they wished to have. Since opening the studio just over three years ago my vision has grown to support Mamas through prenatal and postnatal as well as families. We live in a society that demands a lot of us- work, parenthood, friendships, family, exercise, and more. I believe many of us are standing back and taking a look at how to better find balance and connection to those around us.

Part of creating a space that supports Mamas through pregnancy and beyond as well as families is creating a variety of classes. Mamas often ask what class should they take when they are ready to get back to exercising. I encourage starting with BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) yoga class, so they can be with and meet their baby’s needs, while practicing yoga, and get the community support that Mamas need during the forth trimester. While it is often Mamas that are on maternity leave, it’s not a class just for Mamas– Dads and grandparents are welcome to attend too! The next class I suggest is a Hatha yoga class that can be modified to touch on specific needs as well as de-stress and reconnect to self. When Mamas find time to breath, connect with her body through yoga, she ALWAYS walks away feeling stronger, centered, and feeling a sense of overall wellness.

Hatha yoga is a class that supports and benefits anyone that walks into a class. It’s great for stretching, but it provides so much more! It’s a class that can support and improve balance, strength, endurance, and calm the mind when the body is struggling. It’s a class that offers a beautiful balance of challenge and calmness to restore the body mentally and physically. It is said that practicing yoga even once a week you can reap the benefits. I have found that with many Mamas who began yoga because they heard prenatal yoga was good for them and baby continued after having a baby because they found the benefits to be much more than they had anticipated.

Building immunity is one of the many benefits of Hatha yoga. Through contracting and stretching muscles, moving organs around, and moving in and out of poses you support the lymphatic system fight infection. Since opening the studio and increasing my yoga practice I have seen a HUGE improvement in my health. It’s rare I’m sick.

We could all take time out to relax the mind and release tension in our body. It’s probably one of the main reasons folks keep coming back to a Hatha yoga class. They feel the immediate benefit when walking away after practice.

When you find a yoga instructor and space that speaks to you, you know it and you feel it, like buying a house, when you walk in, you just know it’s the right house. When I met Sarah Hockla, I knew immediately I wanted her positive energy and ability to meet each person where they are to be a part of the Full Circle Yoga KC family. She shared that she wanted to make it a class that wasn’t intimidating for any level, a class that wasn’t filled with lots of Sanskrit which can be intimidating for those that may be new to the practice of yoga. Those that have taken her class have said “it’s a completely non-intimidating, really wonderful class. I’m a chunky non athletic, non-yoga kinda gal and she’s made me fall in love with the yoga practice.” I love this beautiful compliments for all the reasons this woman shared. Yoga can be for everyone, you just have to find the right instructor and sacred space to appreciate and fall in love with the practice.

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

Full Circle Yoga KC Spring News

March 29, 2019 by Full Circle KC

Happy Spring

The Season for Birth, Renewal, and Regrowth

Full Circle Yoga KC is blooming just like the spring flowers and green grass! We’ve added more classes and we have lots of events coming up!

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Tuesdays at 11:00 am- Tot Yoga with Amanda Garner- (children ages 16 months to 4 years)- Fly like a butterfly! Roar like a lion! Jump like a Frog! This playful class teaches yoga poses, yoga breathing, and savasana with song, animal movements, story, and games. Toddlers will learn impulse control, body awareness, locomotive skills, and ways to calm down in this fun class. Feel free to grab a coffee or tea before class or stop downstairs after class for coffee and community.

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Thursdays at 6:00 pm- Hatha $5 Community Yoga Class– Emphasizes strengthening the physical body by focusing on body posture and breath control. In this friendly flow class we work to find balance with mind, body, and spirit. Benefits of Hatha yoga include maintaining a healthy body, relaxing, improve flexibility, and build muscle strength and balance. This class is open to everyone! It’s a wonderful class for Mamas postpartum. Yoga isn’t about how one looks but how one feels with yoga. In April (date to be announced soon) Dead Beet Taco Shop will be offering tacos after class! Check out @deadbeettacoshop!

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Dance Tribe– Alcohol Free Dance For All Ages! Come join us and shake your tail feather to some bumping beats by DJ Clandestine. 🎶🎧. Event is being held first and Third Sundays 12:30pm-2:30pm of each month (with the exception of Easter April 21st). April 7th will be from 11:00m- 1:00pm
$10 Adults
$5 kids 3 years and up
Under 2 years Free
Cash Only at the Door

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April 13th- Do-What Now? What’s a Doula? Join Jessica Walker and Carly Crockett of Black Rabbit Doulas in a FREE informative workshop on what doulas do for expecting and new parents.

In this class, you will learn:
-an overview of what a doula is
-a brief history of our profession
-how a doula can help YOUR family
-our BONUS: we’re going to share our top 3 tips for labor!
-then we’ll open up the floor for any questions related to pregnancy, childbirth or parenting.
Partners are welcome!
Check out our website: www.blackrabbitdoulas.com

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May 4th- SAVE the DATE!!! Prenatal and Family Yoga at Brookside Art Fair! I’ll be teaching prenatal yoga outside at the tennis courts in Brookside! Please help me fill the tennis court with your beautiful selves! The event is FREE! I can’t wait to teach with the sun shinning upon us, striking your confidant Mama Bear Warrior Poses, and feeling the buzz of a great community. Prenatal Yoga at 9:00 am followed by lots more fun. A petting zoo from 10-noon, and a kids tent with crafts from 10-6. This event is in partnership with Brookside Babies.

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April 14th- May 19th- Mindfulness Family Classes- There are no members of today’s modern family that are immune from stress! Our contemporary lives of perpetual “doing” leave us all, parents and children alike, often overwhelmed and over-committed.
Learning the skills of mindfulness can help family members strengthen attention and focus, learn to handle life situations with less emotional reactivity and greater balance, while cultivating a sense of well-being and compassion for self and others.
6-Week Mindful Family Class
This Mindful Family class is designed for families with children ages 6-12, who are seeking practical skills and tools to reduce stress and create a calmer, happier and more connected family.
In this weekly one-hour class we will:
•Practice mindful movement
•Learn simple meditation practices that are accessible to all family members
•Learn about the brain and neural integration
•Have fun!
Spring Session
Sundays, April 14 – May 19
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Cost: $120 parent+1 child/$60 each additional family member
Contact amy@mindfulheartland.com for more information.

About the teacher: Amy Zoe Schonhoff is the founder of Mindfulness in the Heartland, a venture dedicated to providing training and education in mindfulness-based interventions. She is the mother of two beautiful humans, a qualified teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and a trained Mindful Schools Educator.

What’s the refund policy?
Refunds will be provided up to one day prior to the start of class. Participants who need to drop after the session starts will be permitted to make up missed classes at a future offering. Session fees will not be prorated for missed classes.

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May 11th- Strawberry Swing Spring Fair. Full Circle Yoga KC is a sponsor for this event. Stay tuned for possible yoga events happening at the event!

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Changes in Schedule:

BYOB class will be changing from Wednesdays at the Overland Park Studio to the Kansas City Studio.

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

Is Power Vinyasa Yoga A Good Workout?

March 14, 2019 by Full Circle KC

Is Power Vinyasa Yoga A Good Workout?

The quick answer is YES!!! Let’s flow into the many additional benefits!

Vinyasa yoga is a form of yoga that is rooted in hatha yoga. The challenge comes as powerful and regimented postures flow with breath. Vinyasa yoga is a full body experience that can help you tone up, sweat, build endurance and strength, and detox your entire system.

Power Vinyasa improves your strength by building lean muscle mass. One of the great advantages of power vinyasa over a gym workout is it gives attention to full body and all the muscle groups. Poses in a power vinyasa class include backbends, arm balances, inversions, and standing poses. It doesn’t take long to start feeling and seeing the results!

Who doesn’t need to improve their flexibility! The continuous movements and stretching while breathing is double the impact on the muscles. While moving full body movements and poses the muscles are able to release tension in muscles, joints and ligaments, and range of motion improves. Oxygen to the muscles is like grease to a bike chain. Increasing flexibility prevents injuries.

Power vinyasa helps reduce stress by shifting your focus from external to internal. It’s a practice the focuses on mind, body, and spirit. While the body is moving in rhythm with breath, the mind is offered cleansing through deep full body breaths. When the head is lowered below the heart it slows the central nervous system. Think sweat as a way to cleans the body of toxins and release the body of built up stress. When we release stress we improve our sleep, reduce risk for cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure.

Power Vinyasa is a fast paced class that will build heat and offer a full body cardiovascular workout, and a deep clearing of the mind. It’s a practice that feeds the mind, body, and spirit and will leave it wanting more.

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

Prenatal Yoga For Third Trimester

March 5, 2019 by Full Circle KC

Prenatal Yoga For Third Trimester

“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers – strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.” – Barbara Katz Rothman

Your coming into the home stretch of your pregnancy journey. It may be the time when it all gets real for you and your partner, you’re bringing life into the world, you’re going to be a parent. You’re about to experience that rite of passage that makes you a Mama, BIRTH!

Your body and baby are working hard in unison, making the final preparations before birth-day. It’s often a time where it become more difficult to tie shoes, get up, roll over, walk, breath. Yet, it’s a crucial time to keep your body fit, comfortable, and relaxed. Prenatal yoga in the third trimester is a time to focus on preparing the body mentally and physically for labor and delivery. In addition to your body making final preparations, yoga can help get baby in optimal fetal position for arrival.

Stabilizing Pelvis- This can be done by simply sitting higher on sits bones on front of pelvis. Folding a blanket and sitting on the edge in easy pose will tilt the pelvis forward so baby’s head can engage. In easy-pose join the energy of you and your baby with cleansing deep breaths. This is a beautiful pose to recognize that every moment lasts only a moment and cultivate peace and calmness. Beginning your practice in this pose allows you to listen to your body, your intuition, and your baby. Deep breaths are what will ride you through the contractions, they will be your best friend. Take this time to connect deeply with your breath.

All 4’s- So much goodness in all-4 poses! This helps baby move into an anterior position and release pressure off the lower back. Think of this pose as cozy hammock for your baby as you sway, circle, feel a sense of lightness moving in time with your breath. All 4’s bring more flexibility and opens the pelvis. Cat/cow poses help get baby into optimal birthing position.

Hip Openers- Visualize strong open hips!!! Hip opener poses help bring balance and stability to the muscles and joints. Poses such as wide-angle forward fold, warrior II, child’s pose, seated squats, standing wide hip circles give full range motion in the hip joint.

Squats- For Mamas with a baby that is breech, this pose is not recommended for you. Squats are a pose that practices being okay with the discomfort and staying focused on keeping the body relaxed along with cleansing breaths. This pose will prepare Mama for the shaking and burning, the strength and confidence she will bring to her birth. Squats opens the pelvis and frees birthing muscles.

Savasana- While keeping the body active, it’s also just as important to create time for relaxation and tap into the inner power and wisdom. It’s an opportunity to hold space for quiet, self-care, and deep connection with baby. Savasana allows Mama to go inward as she will need to in labor and delivery, to trust and listen to her beautiful body.

Full Circle Yoga KC is family centered yoga studio in Midtown Kansas City specializing in Aerial Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Power Vinyasa and more.

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