Central Valley Yoga Center was started as a Viniyoga Center dedicated to presenting all aspects of Yoga. So we offer yoga for the young and fit, yoga for those needing to maintain health and balance in a busy world, yoga for therapeutic purposes, yoga for building strength or helping other athletic or career endeavors, Yoga Sutra classes on the meaning of yoga, chanting, and yoga for kids classes. Although we are not representative of all styles of yoga, we do attempt to serve a wide variety of needs within our style. Viniyoga is the intelligent adaptation of specific yoga techniques to meet individual needs as best possible in a group or individual format.
Emphasis is on the spine and the breath for increasing flexibility and strength.
Some classes offered will be Yoga, or Yoga combined with another discipline. In this way we hope to broaden your choices for healing. Viniyoga is the style introduced in this country by TKV Desikachar, the son of T. Krishnamacharya, who introduced yoga to many westerners in India. We do the best we can to offer as individual an approach to yoga as possible in a group class. It is for this reason that adaptations of poses are often used along with the classical yoga poses.