Arielle Hernandez

Background

About Arielle Hernandez

300hr Teacher Training Certification in Precision Alignment Yoga through the Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors (SIYI) Studied with Emma Tranter, director and owner of The Yoga Shed, as well as with the founders of SIYI, Betty Larsen and John Charping. As a certified Precision Alignment Yoga instructor, the asana training that I teach is strongly focused on the principles of anatomical alignment. Aligning the physical body allows the aligning and freeing of our “vital life energy force”. With the physical body supported and energy flowing freely, our thoughts and emotions then have the opportunity to become more balanced. From there, then we are able to move towards health. When the body is out of alignment the weight of the body is no longer supported by the bones, and with the combination of gravity’s downward pull this can cause severe unnatural stress to the musculoskeletal system. Bringing the body into alignment allows the body to work as it was designed; allowing the body to move freely and effortlessly. With an aligned structure, the organs then too have the freedom to function properly as they were designed. Yoga, however, is not just about the postures. It is a holistic system and philosophy that consists of eight subsections; the Eight Limbs of Yoga. They are as follows: Asana (postures), Pranayama (mindful breathing), Niyamas (observances of practices), Yamas (restraints), Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses or “turning inward”), Dharna (concentration/one-pointed focus), Dhyana (meditation), Samadhi (total absorption/”union of the self”). My intention is to share yoga as a whole by incorporating the eight limbs into my classes.