Adults

Menka discovered yoga as a child watching her grandparents and parents practice at home. As a child, she was diagnosed with severe asthma and was told it was incurable. After her first few yoga sessions, she felt she had new lungs and after 10 days at a yoga institute in India the asthma never came back. Menka’s yoga study training is a combination of studying Vedanta at Chinmaya Mission Hong Kong/ Chennai, her certification through YogaWorks and her studies at Iyengar Yoga Hong Kong where she regularly assisted in medical yoga classes. Menka has lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Spain, India and now Canada (Vancouver) where she speaks all the respective languages and has taught yoga to children, teenagers and adults. Menka believes yoga is for anyone at any age and level of health. Her passion is children's yoga and adult yoga therapy to help prevent and manage illness.

The adult classes address needs such as stiff and tight backs, shoulders, necks, hamstrings, and hip flexors. For those who are sitting for hours, looking to prevent injuries, get stronger, get healthier spines, improve digestion, respiration, circulation and improve women/ men's health.

If you're simply seeking a workout, you'll certainly find that in Menka's yoga classes, however, they offer much more than stretching and strengthening exercises. Yoga being a 5,000 plus-year-old science that delves deep into the realms of the mind and spirit, Menka's classes will not only make you sweat but also heighten your awareness of your spiritual path, breath, body and mind on multiple levels. This journey will provide you with the peace and universal connection that embodies the ultimate purpose of yoga. Menka keeps yoga authentic, close to the roots and much like what she saw growing up in her family and having lived in an Ashram in India.

Classes are held on

Tuesdays 1035-1135 am in West Vancouver

Wednesdays 1040-1140 am in West Vancouver

Thursdays 545-645 pm

Sundays 9-10am @kahlena movement studio

Contact Menka for more information.

Themes for adults include:

Yoga for the Hips

Yoga for the Spine

Yoga for Womens Health

Yoga for Digestion

Yoga for the Psoas