“IN LAW SCHOOL I LEARNED TO THINK LIKE A LAWYER - ANALYZING ISSUES FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO ADVOCATE FOR A PARTICULAR OUTCOME. IN YOGA SCHOOL I LEARNED TO FEEL LIKE A YOGI - CONNECTING WITHIN TO IDENTIFY MY LIMITS AND MOVE BEYOND THOSE SELF-IMPOSED BARRIERS INTO GREATER FREEDOM.”
NON-PROFIT YOGA SCHOOL
Community Yoga Center is a non-profit yoga school in Riverside, California committed to: (i) the study of yoga history, philosophy, language, art, and science, and (ii) the practice of yoga ethics, techniques, and service. Our mission is to share yoga authentically and with great love. We provide inclusive and accessible yoga teacher trainings, meditation courses, and practice opportunities.
A PATH WITH HEART
Many opportunities to learn about and practice yoga may be available to you - each with a different focus. What distinguishes our learning and practice opportunities from others is our heart-centered approach. We have a heart-full way of exploring the emancipatory force that yoga really is.
COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY
We nurture inclusive community and co-create space for connection and refuge. We understand how joy and sorrow are not individual matters, but rather inextricably related to the joys and sorrows of others. We recognize both the great beauty and extreme suffering in the world and are committed to maintaining an open and loving heart while also actively opposing all forms of delusion, hatred, and greed.
cultivatING awareness, HONESTY & LOVE
Through multi-faceted yoga practices, we feel into the physical, mental, and emotional experience of being alive with awareness, honesty, and love. We lean into an authentic recognition of “what is” and practice relaxing around tension held in our bodies, minds, and hearts. This allows us to create a wise relationship with the nature of experience from the deepest part of human experience - from the dynamic continuum of consciousness.
SHIFTING PARADIGMS
Instead of focusing externally on something to make us feel ok, we practice turning our attention inward for greater self-awareness. Through a process of inner inquiry we practice identifying our personal limits (driven by fear and desire) and opening beyond those limitations. This allows us to move out of conditioned, habitual body-mind cycles and protection-seeking ego patterns and move into an honest and loving recognition of “what is,” including the essential qualities of consciousness.
YOGA ALLIANCE ACCREDITED
CYC is accredited with Yoga Alliance. Both the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training and the 300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training are Yoga Alliance approved. This means students are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher upon successful completion of the Foundational Yoga Teacher Training and as a 500-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher upon successful completion of both the Advanced Yoga Teacher Training and the Foundational Yoga Teacher Training.
