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Avita Yoga For Life

Avita Yoga For Life

By: Jeff Bailey
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 Jeff Bailey is the founder of Avita Yoga. He has a long and diverse yoga background that began in 1985 in Gunnison, CO. The son of a rural veterinarian, Jeff developed an early appreciation for anatomy and physiology, both of which form a basis for the practical nature of a yoga practice. He can reduce the complexities of the body and mind to simple, understandable terms and works with people of all ages to relieve chronic pain and bring more joy to life.

Jeff holds two 200-hour teacher certifications and a 300-hour certification and has logged over 9,000 teaching hours in his career. He heads up the Avita Yoga® Teacher Training program and has graduates worldwide. As a trained Rolfer, Jeff weaves structurally integrative elements into his classes with practical "off the mat" applications in life. Jeff has been a student of A Course In Miracles since 1990. One of its principle messages corresponds perfectly with The Yoga Sutras: to identify and resolve the obstacles to peace and lasting freedom. His consistent dedication to our shared, eternal truth has inspired Avita as a unique and healing approach to yoga.

Jeff has found that yoga can heal almost anything with a self-forgiving approach. Jeff appreciates the reflective power of yoga as a moving meditation, a quality that naturally finds its way into his classes.

Learn more at avitayogaonline.com or email Jeff at practice@avitaonline.comCopyright Jeff Bailey Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • The Importance of Mobility for Balance

    The Importance of Mobility for Balance
    Oct 23 2023
    In Episode #8, Jeff gives some suggestions for Avita teachers with older adults in their classes. How do we work with willing students in their 80's? How do we deal with the challenges of osteoporosis, medications, and the desire to increase bone density? With Avita Yoga, there is always a way to bring results to those who practice. Jeff spends considerable time on the importance of mobility to maintain balance. Flexibility won't help. Nor will the practice of standing on one foot. With adequate mobility, the brain and body figure it out automatically!

    In this call, we celebrate a remarkable milestone shared by a student, and Jeff addresses a fascinating question about hands-on bodywork.

    The episode finishes with a conversation about the Avita Yoga Teacher Training. There are questions about the practicalities of the program, time commitment, structure, and how it addresses the emotional aspect of the practice.
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    45 mins
  • Harnessing the Power of Peace and Patience

    Harnessing the Power of Peace and Patience
    Oct 7 2023
    In Episode 7, Avita students share some remarkable revelations that come with the power of practicing peace and patience.

    Jeff explains the importance of entering the patterns we want to resolve by engaging muscles we rarely use and keeping them healthy. He explains that we often must befriend the negative patterns to recognize and undo them. Fighting something only makes it more complicated and more challenging to resolve. This is why some Avita Yoga shapes gently move us into shapes we might think are wrong or even "bad" for us.

    A long-time student shares a miraculous story about using sandbags to relieve shoulder pain and a breathing method we can all benefit from to get a better night's sleep.

    And finally, some simple guidelines for physical fitness by dropping the over complication and returning to the basics of breathing and peaceful presence. Quite simply, we don't need to push ourselves to be our best.

    For more helpful insights on breathing and why use Buteyko breathing in Avita Yoga, check out this video by Patrick Mckeown:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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    43 mins
  • Resolving Frozen Shoulder & All Love is Self-Love

    Resolving Frozen Shoulder & All Love is Self-Love
    Sep 11 2023
    There’s a wide variety of questions in Episode 6. We open with a question about shoulder injuries and how to work with a “frozen shoulder,” when to hold back, and when to deepen to resolve the lack of mobility. There’s advice on using strap work to strengthen hands and resolve arthritis caused by reparative motions. Jeff takes us deep with a question about why all love is self-love, a comment he made in a recent class.
    There are helpful insights to resolve arthritis of the thumb and some words about the delicate issue of forward flexion for those with Osteoporosis. There’s more, and the links to classes referenced in the discussion are here:

    60-minute Avita class mentioned releasing the hip muscles that can trigger Sciatic Pain…
    https://www.union.fit/orgs/avi...

    30-minute Avita class mentioned the movement of the spine...
    https://www.union.fit/orgs/avi...

    30-minute Avita class for arthritis of the thumb…
    https://www.union.fit/orgs/avi...

    Do you have a question or want to attend the following discussion? Click the link below to register…
    https://lu.ma/joinjeffbaileyqa...
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    48 mins
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