Siddhi Yoga In The City

Hello and Namaste to all!

My name is Courtney Hayes and I am a yoga teacher in the Denver area. I have been teaching since 2007, and I just started my own business called Siddhi Urban Yoga.

Why Siddhi Urban Yoga? Well, Siddhi is one of my favorite Sanskrit words. It means “an extraordinary power”. We all have Siddhi within us, and when you tap into your Siddhi, you change your world. You will discover that you have the power to create the life you want to live, the power to be an example of enlightenment, the power to create real change in this world.

Why urban? First off, I love Denver! All things Denver and Colorado, the people, the city, the sunshine, the bike routes, the smells, the food – all of it brings me such joy. But second, my Dharma (life’s purpose) is to bring enlightenment, laughter, joy and knowledge to the everyday world, by teaching yoga and yogic practices in non-traditional settings – gyms, fitness centers, parks, schools, office buildings, tarmacs, and cow pastures.

I love my city so much and want to share my practices with everyone, not just the people who can afford a yoga studio membership. I want to teach students in public schools how Yoga can help resolve problems with their friends and family, improve test scores and allow them to enjoy their unique journey.

I want to teach in offices and places of business to help reduce stress, re-motavate and re-connect employees with each other and the outside world. I want to teach donation only classes in all our beautiful parks to get us unplugged and back to the earth – our core. I want a Denver Yoga day, where we all join hands and look each other in the eye and genuinely smile at how beautiful life is!

I want to teach everyone how to breathe! We as a culture tend to breathe as little as possible and breathe shallow and short due to our lives of working on computers, texting and “dealing with others”. Breath is our secret weapon. We must breathe to achieve what we want in life!

And finally, why Yoga? Well the teachings of Yoga are just the tip of the iceberg. Asana practices are the physical postures of Yoga, and through this movement of the body, we begin to connect to our breath, we begin to see the benefits of exercise and meditation as equals, we begin to see outside of ourselves as well as deeper inside, and we begin on our quest for self and world enlightenment. Ps- Yoga doesn’t need to be so serious either. Lets laugh and play while we expand our hearts and minds!

I hope you join me on this journey of Siddhi because if knowledge is power, then why not be all-powerful? Together, we can achieve Siddhi, an extraordinary power that will change the world.

Love, peace and laughter to all.

Courtney Hayes, Creator of Siddhi Urban Yoga

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