Jiivana Yoga

At Harford Yoga, we help you become in tune with your body, recognizing strengths, limitations, and injuries. We aid in nurturing respect for your body by encouraging you to listen and feel the subtleties of change in your physical self. Through yoga, you will discover your body's physical subtleties and how your breath aids in calming, pain control, meditation, and enhanced movement. Our goal is to help you learn how to keep it all in alignment with a solid practice and a focused mind. At Harford Yoga, the focus is self-care, not the clothes!

About the Private Wellness Studio

Our private wellness studio offers a unique and exclusive experience that you will not find in larger yoga studios. We explore pranayama (breathing), balance asanas, and a flow of seated and standing postures with variations of forward bends and twists, ending with Savasana (guided resting asana) in a pure unadulterated Yoga format, Iyengar influenced. Our smaller class size ensures that you learn technique, discipline, and connection that doesn't leave you lost in the crowd that is simply led. At Harford Yoga, we provide a sensory-friendly and artistic environment that serves as a sanctuary amidst the business of everyday life.

Pre-Registration is Required, No Drop-Ins

At Harford Yoga, we require pre-registration for all classes, and we do not allow drop-ins. This policy ensures that we maintain a smaller class size, and we can provide a more personalized and focused experience for all our students.

About the Instructor: Jamie Martin Wilson

Jamie Martin Wilson is a Senior Level Certified Yoga Teacher with 31 years of practice and 26 years of yoga teaching experience, as well as meditation, reiki, and yoga nidra. Jamie was one of the very first yoga teachers in Harford County and has worked a diverse network of freelance positions before opening her studio to provide group and private classes. After working several decades as a pathology lab manager and researcher, Jamie incorporates her background of Anatomy to the class. Her knowledge of alignment principals helps guide students safely, allowing them maximum benefit from the practice. She is devoted to compassionately working with individuals with varying capabilities and expectations, beginner or intermediate. Jamie's work integrates yoga and mindfulness; her teaching style offers clear progressive instruction, with an emphasis on body awareness, leading to personal transformation. Classes are structured to build upon the previous poses, gradually deepening the practice and then exploring new challenges.

As someone who has suffered through breast cancer and several physical interruptions, she has experience in recovering from real-life traumas. Jamie's ongoing and ever-deepening adventure and rediscovery of herself serve as an inspiration to all her students.

Community Iyengar Yoga Classes, Meditation Classes, Personal Instruction, and Corporate Yoga

Harford Yoga offers Community Iyengar Yoga Classes, Meditation Classes, Personal Instruction, and Corporate Yoga. Our classes and instruction provide a unique and exclusive experience that focuses on the individual needs and capabilities of each student.

What is Yoga?

Yoga is an ancient Indian body of knowledge that dates back more than 5000 years. Yoga developed out of the belief that in order for man to be in harmony with himself and his environment, he has to integrate the body, the mind, and the spirit. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root word yuj, which means to "yoke" or "unite". What most Westerners recognize as yoga is a form of Hatha Yoga. Hatha yoga seeks to promote health and well-being through physical exercise. Styles of Hatha yoga differ in their emphasis on alignment, movement, and breath.

A Regular Yoga Practice

A regular yoga practice makes the body strong, supple, and healthy. It has a profound effect on the circulation and on the functioning of the inner organs, glands, and nerves, keeping all systems in radiant health and leading to greater energy, and better concentration. Many common physical ailments can also be improved through the regular practice of yoga, and it is never too late or too early in life to take it up. Anyone can practice yoga!

What Should I Do About a Slippery Mat?

When you buy your first yoga mat, you may discover that your so-called sticky mat has no traction at all. Aside from being annoying, if you are really slipping on your mat, you could hurt yourself. You can "break in" your mat by washing it in the tub with a drop of mild detergent, rinse well, squeeze out the excess water, and roll up with a beach towel then hang to dry or let it bake in the sun for a day on each side. Keep using your mat, and it will soon acquire a slip-free surface. If sweaty palms are causing you to slip, try placing a hand towel across the front of your mat. Just make sure the towel is on the mat so it doesn't slide. I personally prefer a 1/4" mat (or 7-8 mm) opposed to an 1/8", which I feel is too thin.