Whether you are just considering Yoga for the first time or have a more advanced practice, we invite you to join us for an enjoying practice of Yoga that will lead you toward increased physical strength, flexibility, mental clarity and balance!

What is Yoga?

Many people think that yoga is just stretching. But while stretching is certainly involved, yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility and creating balance in the mind through developing presence, clarity, and calm. Yoga practice consists of breathing, performance of poses or postures, and relaxing. Yoga means "to bring the mind, body, and the spirit together" and is a fun way to bring more concentration, health, balance, flexibility, strength, relaxation, and vibrancy into your life!

Yoga is invigoration in relaxation.  Freedom in routine.  Confidence through self control.  Energy within and energy without.  ~Ymber Delecto Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.  ~Patanjali, translated from Sanskrit Sun salutations can energize and warm you, even on the darkest, coldest winter day.  ~Carol Krucoff The autonomic nervous system is divided into the sympathetic system, which is often identified with the fight-or-flight response, and the parasympathetic, which is identified with what's been called the relaxation response.  When you do yoga - the deep breathing, the stretching, the movements that release muscle tension, the relaxed focus on being present in your body - you initiate a process that turns the fight-or-flight system off and the relaxation response on.  That has a dramatic effect on the body.  The heartbeat slows, respiration decreases, blood pressure decreases.  The body seizes this chance to turn on the healing mechanisms.  ~Richard Faulds For those wounded by civilization, yoga is the most healing salve.  ~T. Guillemets Yoga has a sly, clever way of short-circuiting the mental patterns that cause anxiety.  ~Baxter Bell, quoted in "Worry Thwarts," Yoga Journal, March 2006

Meet the Instructor:

Mansour Ariazand is the Yoga instructor at Black Diamond Taekwondo.

His passion is to bring the same sense of freedom, love, peace and joy that he finds in his own practice to his students. His enthusiasm about Yoga is infectious! In his journey of discovery as a yoga practitioner and a teacher the joy of sharing his love of yoga with friends, family and students has accentuated his Yoga experience.

Mansour discovered yoga after a series of life changing events. He began practicing Hatha Yoga in late 1990's. Mansour's initial teachers, Peter Francyk and Erin Geesaman, planted the seeds of love and passion for yoga into his heart, and since then, his yoga has flourished to become a big part of his life. He continues to study all aspects of yoga diligently with a commitment to further his own understanding of the full scope and nature of this profound practice.

Mansour also enjoys coaching soccer and participating in outdoor activities. He is an accomplished youth soccer coach who has successfully incorporated many yoga principals and techniques into his coaching. When not in the yoga studio or on the soccer sidelines, Mansour can often be found snowshoeing and hiking. He finds great pleasure in communing with nature in peace, amidst the natural beauty of our Wasatch mountains.

Classes are held Monday and Wednesday 9-10:30am and Tuesday and Thursday 7:45-9:15pm

Tuition: Unlimited classes for only $40 per month or $5 per class drop in fee! Try your first class for free!

Please call 801-302-9747 or contact us to get registered or with any questions you may have!