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"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become." (In loving memory, Feb. 6th, 2008)
~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 

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Beginning with Qi Gong breathing -- a combination of powerful, deep and healing techniques that provide a full range gentle movements with loving intent in the heart -- Jennifer's style of vinyasa, hatha yoga consists of a series of poses that beginners and advanced students can enjoy depending on the level of class.  Her classes are designed to heat up the body from the inside to release cellular toxins and move deep breathing into the areas that need release of old, unhealthy emotional blockages.  This way, the body can remove the obstacles that prevent us from being truly free. She also carefully hand-picks the type of music to be used during the class so that the routine has an energizing, gentle and inspiring flow to it.  She calls it... Jennyoga!    Jennyoga specializes in emotional release, fertility problems, recovery from substance abuse, yogic/tantric relationship therapy, and opening the heart chakra. She has studied with Ana Forrest extensively, and Robert Boustany, Jonny Kest, John Friend, Shiva Rea, David Williams, Doug Swenson, Bikram, Kundalini and Tantric Yoga styles creating an amalgam in therapeutic, restorative, sweaty and expansive yoga linked with the breath.  Red Hot Yoga with Jennifer Buergermeister Jennyoga Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. Your Body Center Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Jennyoga Sundays at 4:30 p.m. Houstonian Lite Mondays 12 noon (intermediate) Jennyoga Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. Jennyoga Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. Your Body Center Thursdays 8:00 p.m. Jennyoga Fridays at 6:00 p.m. Feng Shui your Mind/Body!  Turn up the heat from the inside and melt away years of accumulative clutter in the mind/body with an intense, sweaty, expansive yoga that we call Shaktinsity or Red Hot Yoga.  The program of yoga Jennifer teaches is an amalgam of Boustany, Ana Forrest, Shiva Rea, Jonny Kest, Iyengar, David Williams and John Friend styles, integrating the mind, body and spirit with the expansion of the heart through flow and grace.  Red Hot Yoga allows you to learn the discipline of yoga  through intensity to help facilitate a deeper stretch and increase awareness of our bodies.  Listening to your heart, allowing it to open and following its wisdom as guidance can further you along the path toward being truly free: emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally.  All levels of our being are connected.  What is Shakti? Prana - "life-force of creation"; Vinyasa -evolution, wave, cycle Flow - the uninterrupted state of yoga Shakti – expression of love and manifestation within experience Shakti Yoga is the expression of the flowing, nurturing aspects of our lives as human beings with the prana in an experience called Vinyasa. It is expansive, opening and graceful. Each movement has a corresponding breath which teaches you to flow in life with the breath in everything that you do in order to promote longevity, balance and a loving state of bliss. Shakti personifies the dynamic, manifesting energy that creates the universe, while the male Shiva represents the static, unmanifested aspect of the divine reality. The idea of Shakti is prominent in Tantra where the Kundalini energy is regarded as a goddess, and the theme of masculine-feminine polarity is developed and unified. In Hinduism, Shakti is an aspect of Devi, and a personification of God as the Divine Mother who represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power. In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the Supreme Being. The word Shakti is used in a variety of ways ranging from its use as a way of signifying the ultimate primordial creative power, to expressing the capacity or power of words to convey meaning. Etymologically it is derived from the root 'shak,' meaning potency or the potential to produce, an assertion of Her inherent creative aptitude. All interpretations of the word 'shakti' hold common one parameter - namely power. Specifically, Shakti means power, force and feminine energy. She represents the fundamental creative instinct underlying the cosmos, and is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. Devotees believe the whole universe to be a manifestation of Shakti, who is also known by her general name Devi, from the Sanskrit root 'div' which means 'to shine.' The rural people of South India believe that Shakti, the Great Mother, is the protector of the village, the punisher of evil people, the curer of diseases, and the one who gives welfare to the village. They celebrate Shakti Jataras with a lot of hue and great interest once a year.   Kali, destroyer of false consciousness Kali is shakti's form when she needs to destroy false consciousness - Jennifer's favorite ;O) You must be the change you wish to see in the world.       ~ Mahatma Gandhi For what purpose?

(click images to enlarge)   Shiva Rea and Jen      July 2008

Imagine you are in a parking lot and someone talking on their cell phone, etc. bumps into and dents your car.  In order for the body shop workers to repair the dent, they have to heat up the metal and reshape it into its original form.  They can’t just bang it out and have it look smooth and new again.  Our bodies are much the same.  We have to "heat" them to align our frames, reverse our injuries, and eliminate the “dings."  Here's what Beryl Bender Birch, author of "Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout", says about it:

JennYoga classes are offered in Houston at Jennyoga Studio located at 3641-C Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77027.  Private yoga therapy sessions for groups of four or fewer are available in the Houston area.   For more information or to make an individual or group reservation, please call 713-TEX-YOGA (713-839-9642).