HOW DO I GET STARTED AT COMMUNITY YOGA CLUB?
All new students are asked to observe class before joining the club.
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Please email info@ashtangayogalongbeach.com to schedule a visit.
When you arrive you will meet one of our teachers- either Aimee or Ashlee- who will show you around the space and answer any questions you might have. You will then observe class for about 15 minutes to learn how we teach and how class works. Any further questions you have will be answered after you observe.
I AM INTERESTED, NOW WHAT?
If you are ready to join the club, your teacher will help you determine the best entry point for you - You can begin in our group Mysore Basics Program, or join the Mysore group if you already have an established practice.
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If you have a specific issue or injury you are looking for Yoga to help with or have interest in going deeper or you may begin in individual Yoga Therapy or Mentorship sessions with Aimee.
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WHAT IS MYSORE BASICS?
Our Mysore Basics Program is for folks interested in joining our small group classes, from the absolute beginner to Yoga, to those who have experience with Yoga interested in making the transition to a daily, teacher supported personal practice, or even more experienced Ashtanga Yoga practitioners wanting to go back to the basics to develop more consistent practice habits and patterns.
This four-week course will help you develop a daily yoga practice that is sustainable and fulfilling. In each class, you will be guided, step by step, in a clear and methodical manner as we introduce the basic breathing and focusing techniques through the foundational postures of Ashtanga Yoga’s primary series.
Our goal is to help you become comfortable with the breathing and focusing techniques, to develop skill in the postures and commit your practice sequence to memory. Expect to begin with a Yoga practice that lasts between 15 to 45 minutes, and will gradually increase in duration as you develop.
This is a one month commitment to daily practice with a minimum requirement of attendance 3 times per week. Enrollment is open and students may start anytime during the month. New students must pre-register for one full month.
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Please Email info@ashtangayogalongbeach.com to get started!
ARE YOU NEW TO LONG BEACH WITH AN ESTABLISHED PRACTICE OR VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN?
If you are new to Long Beach and have an established Mysore-style practice and are looking to join our COMMUNITY, or visiting and would like to drop in please email -AIMEE- for info on how to attend.
GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING
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YOGA WORKS BEST WHEN PRACTICED DAILY.
Schedule your practice a minimum of 3 days per week
and make effort to commit your prescribed practice to memory.
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Please pay for class before attending and manage your own account at momoyoga.com/AYLB
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Sign up and sign in to reserve your space before class: HERE
If you must cancel, do so before class to free up space for someone else.
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Please be mindful of time + complete your practice within the scheduled class hours.
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If you are experiencing any symptom of illness such as fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever or chills, sore throat or new loss of smell or taste please STAY HOME and seek medical attention if needed.
If you have a fever, do not practice.
If you feel well enough to practice, do so at home-
if it's a Sunday you can always join us on Zoom.
During the heavy part of your menstrual cycle usually 3 days, Rest.
If you have an injury or issue come up DO come to class.
Let us know when you arrive and we will help adapt your practice in a safe way.
Consider a Yoga Therapy session with Aimee.
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Keep your mat clean.
Wear clean clothes on your clean body.
Take your towels, rug and mat home and wash them often.
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ABOUT AIMEE:
Aimee Echo is the owner and primary teacher at Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach. She is the only SYC/KPJAYI Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher in Long Beach, CA. โ
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Aimee began her career not as a Yoga teacher but a rock singer, recording several albums and touring the world with her band theSTART and performing guest vocals for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage, Teddybears and so many more.
She took her first step into an Ashtanga Yoga class in Los Angeles 1999. โGuided Mysore-style by her first teachers Noah Williams and Kimberly Flynn, she developed a daily practice and became devoted to the Ashtanga Yoga method.
Aimee first attended classes with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, his daughter Saraswathi and grandson R.Sharath on their tours to the US in 2002 and again in 2005. It was these classes with the Jois family that inspired her to make her first trip to Mysore, India in 2007 to study with them.
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She has since made 9 trips to India, totaling over 20 months of intensive study as a dedicated student of R. Sharath Jois.
In 2010, Aimee received Sharath’s blessing to teach and is SYC/KPJAYI Authorized Level 2 . She had the privilege to attend his Teachers Course in 2016 and served as an assistant teacher at KPJAYI in 2012 & 2016 and at Sharath Yoga Centre in 2022.
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Over the years, she has practiced and studied extensively with many Certified Ashtanga Teachers including Andrew Hillam, Dominic Corigliano Tim Miller with whom she completed Primary, Intermediate and Third Series Teacher Trainings and Manju Jois, who she assisted for four months.
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An avid philosophy student, she began ongoing study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and with long time TKV Desikachar student, Chase Bossart in 2015. In addition to her in depth study of the Yoga Sutra, she has also studied Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Rahasya, Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Ramayana in depth with Chase. In 2018, she began working to complete training as a Yoga Therapist through Yoga Well Institute under the guidance of Chase and her Yoga Therapy mentors Amanda Green and Jeannie Turner.
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Aimee began teaching led Ashtanga Yoga classes at Yogaworks in Orange County from 2005-2007, moving onto Pacific Ashtanga Yoga where she studied under and assisted Diana Christenson and taught Mysore-style and led classes from 2006-2011. After receiving her Authorization she was chosen by Andrew Hillam to join the teaching team at Jois Yoga in Encinitas in 2011 until late 2014. In 2014, she moved North again to found Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach and with the addition of chanting, Yoga philosophy classes and Yoga Therapy would expand into COMMUNITY YOGA CLUB.
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She is also a Certified Massage Therapist, a graduate of Institute for Integrative Nutrition and a graduate of the Institute for Weight Neutral Coaching where she learned to guide folks through Food and Body Relationship Recovery.
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She still sings in her dance rock band, theSTART.
