Welcome to Red Sun Yoga
Up on the second story balcony, just past the flowers overflowing terra cotta pots and lush green plants spilling over the side railing, is the doorway to relaxation and rejuvenation.
Our whole reason for being here is to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment for you to explore and create your own personal yoga practice. With thirty-five classes on the schedule ranging from very gentle to powerful vinyasa, you’re sure to find the ones to illuminate your spirit and uncover your inner light. Whatever brings you here, we are so happy to see you. Please let us know how we can be of service to you.
Yoga is a Sanskrit word that translates to union. The union of yoga is between the person and consciousness or body, mind and spirit. It is the marriage of individual consciousness with Universal Consciousness - or oneness.
Yoga in the west is known primarily by its physical postures or asanas. This is yoga, but only one path and one aspect. Yoga as an ancient philosophy is a spiritual discipline. Yoga works with the energy of the body, known as prana, no matter what path or discipline is taken. The goal of yoga then is to gain mastery over one’s prana or life force to direct it to the highest good and connect with Universal Consciousness.
Yoga as an 8 limbed discipline began as an oral tradition about 5,000 years ago. It wasn’t until the 3rd century that Patanjali codified the philosophy in writing, in the Yoga Sutras. The 8 limbed approach encompasses all aspects of life, allowing anyone to come to yoga through any limb.
More information on the 8 limbs and the Yama and Niyama can be found in our blog.Within the 8 limbs there are paths that can be followed as well. For example, the physical practice of yoga would be a hatha yoga practice. There are paths that are purely devotional or completely selfless. It is thought than any of these paths can lead one to Universal Consciousness.
Types of Yoga Hatha Yoga
A system of physical postures, or asanas. This is the yoga of effort or force. While it is a physical practice, its higher purpose is to purify the body, and gain control over the senses and perceived limitations, preparing it for meditation. This practice also includes meditation, relaxation, mudras and kriyas.
Karma Yoga
This is the path of action. In part it is the performance of prayers and rituals for self-purification and in part it is selfless service to others without attachment to the results; and the performance of all actions with the consciousness of God as the Doer.
Bhakti Yoga
Path of devotion. By constant all-surrendering devotion, thought and service to the Divine through which one strives to see and love the divinity in every creature and in everything, thus maintaining an unceasing worship.
Japa Yoga
Mantra yoga. Includes all forms of prayer, chanting and singing in praise of God. Japa is the repetition of certain universal root-word sounds representing a particular aspect of Spirit. This form of meditation is often accompanied by a mala.
Jnana Yoga
Path of knowledge and wisdom. Through right knowledge of what truly is, oneness with Universal Consciousness can be achieved leading to spiritual liberation.
Raja Yoga
The royal or highest path of Yoga, immortalized by Bhagavan Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, is the essence of all the other paths. This path covers and integrates the entire range of all other yogic practices, incorporating the 8 limbs, leading to the development of consciousness.More information on the yoga philosophy can be found in our blog, our workshops our teacher trainings and often during our yoga classes themselves.
We are located in the Promenade at Tuskawilla at the corner of Red Bug Lake Road and Tuskawilla Boulevard. We are upstairs above Subway, directly across the parking lot from Outback Steakhouse.