Miguel Lopez De Lara
Miguel Lopez De Lara is an E-RYT and ParaYoga® Level I Certified Teacher with 8 years of experience teaching in Mexico and Canada. Miguel began his Yoga Career in the Mexican Caribbean town of Playa del Carmen with his first teacher training with Ellen de Jonge one of Yogarupa’s long-time students. In 2016, Miguel moved to Vancouver where he continues to teach group classes and workshops for YYOGA.
Miguel’s interests in Hatha Yoga, Tantra and the lineage of the Sri Vidya tradition serve as a profound source of inspiration for his classes. He currently offers Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Hatha and Power yoga on the YYOGA at Home platform.
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Yoga for Nidra Deep Sleep (15 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel for a 15 min Yoga Nidra practice for deep sleep. This is a beautiful practice to do when you are limited on time, but you will still get the benefits of rest and deep relaxation.
Lay on a hard surface for this practice (not your bed). You can have a blanket covering your body but leav... -
Yoga Nidra for Energy & Vitality (15 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel for a 15 minute Yoga Nidra practice. If this is your first time doing Yoga Nidra, find a quiet, dimly lit space to lay down. If you tend to get cold, you should cover yourself with a blanket but leave your hands facing up outside of the blanket. If you need something to rest your head...
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Sohum Mantra Meditation (18 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Welcome to an 18-minute meditation with Miguel. In this meditation, Miguel will teach us about the Mantra Sohum. This is a very accessible mantra, available for anyone who wants to practice mantra with their meditation.
Sohum is a Hindu mantra, meaning "I am She/He/That" in Sanskrit. In Vedic phi... -
Five Finger Chakra Meditation (18 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel for a five-finger Chakra meditation. We will be using our mind and our hands to connect with 6 energy centres within the body. In this practice, we will be using ujjayi breath. Ujjayi breath is a light restriction of the throat that creates a light hissing sound at the back of the thr...
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Meditation for Systematic Relaxation (14 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel for a short Yoga Nidra meditation. This meditation is a very special systematic relaxation of the body. This is a practice that invites you to discover your inner space through relaxation.
This is the perfect meditation to do when you need to relax after a long day and connect with ... -
Antakarana Meditation (17 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel in an Antakarana meditation. This meditation allows you to move your awareness from the outer world to the inner world in a profound way so that we can achieve Purusha. Purusha means "that which lives in the city of the body" or "consciousness".
Settle in, find a comfortable seat, an... -
Meditation of the Breath (15 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara
Join Miguel in a simple and beautiful meditation of the breath. When we feel stressed or overwhelmed by life, this practice is here for us. Finding time for a short and simple meditation can help us connect to our deeper self, and find peace.
No props are required for this class, but please use ... -
Powerful Flow & Relaxation (60 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a 60-minute Power-Flow class with a profound meditation on the heart.
Miguel says that, according to Yogi traditions, the heart possesses certain qualities that are innate in human beings. For some of us who have a lot of stress or complications in our life, we can feel blocked f... -
Power and Chill (60 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a 60 minute Power & Meditation class. This class will begin with a Flowing Asana movement. Throughout the movement part of the class, we will be building heat, stretching our body and challenging our mind, to achieve the ultimate goal of deep relaxation at the end. The end of this...
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Power for your Energy Centre (45 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a 45 minute Power practice. In this class, Miguel has chosen to focus on the area around your navel (the energy centre). This lower abdominal area is important within yogi traditions because it's the area from which we draw our power.
When we are feeling blocked, tired, or deplet... -
Power & Chill (68 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a Power Yoga class finishing with a peaceful meditation. This is what Miguel calls a "Complete Practice". In this class, we will be doing breathwork, movement (asana), and finish with meditation.
Power Yoga is a fiery form of Flow yoga that synchronizes breath this dynamic moveme... -
Yoga Nidra for General Healing (30 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a Yoga Nidra for General Healing class. Whether you are struggling emotionally or physically, this practice will help us to feel more rested and connected with ourselves. In Yoga Nidra, you may fall asleep, and that's totally okay! Your body may need the rest. If you can stay awak...
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Movement to Stillness (30 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
From movement into stillness, Join Miguel for a gentle Meditation & Asana practice. We will start with 15 minutes of movement, and follow it with a beautiful, guided meditation.
Props: No props necessary for this class. Feel free to have some blocks -
Slow Burn: Vitality & Ease (45 min) - with Miguel Lopez De Lara
Join Miguel for a 45 minute Slow Burn practice. Today's practice will be all about bringing yourself into a state of vitality and ease. We will build strength, balance and flexibility through a creative sequence of Hatha Yoga postures to challenge both the body and the mind.
Let's find joy togeth...
