About

I-AM BLISS YOGA is excited to offer a unique variety of yoga sessions in the metro Detroit area.

Dedicated to teaching the physical art of yoga with the goal of helping the individual realize their true Self and the divinity that shines with-in us and with-out us I-AM BLISS aims to share yoga by reaching as many people of this community as possible.

Michigan's Winter season brings us inside, where? Royal Oak's First United Methodist Church has graciously opened their doors to allow us to continue practicing YOGA and we will be able to keep the classes donation based. Yoga&PLAY will be held on the 3rd floor in the preschool room and is a class for moms/parents/care-givers and their children.

Spring is near, the snow is melting, flowers are springing up and soon Donation Yoga at the Park will be starting up again. This summer will also host a number of Parent/tot classes outside at the park, stay posted for more details.

Prenatal yoga, private lessons, and group events also available, please e-mail or phone to discuss in further detail (Pregnant women can be accomadated at the other classes, as well).

I-AM BLISS YOGA is working on expanding and creating a yoga cooperative and wellness center, essentially a group of yoga teachers/enthusiasts and other practitioners of the healing arts who want to create a gainful business together that will serve our community. Check out the blog section and see whats new on our facebook page.

Are you ready to experience the bliss of yoga?

Teacher

Kelly Jacobs, RYT

My yoga background comes from practicing Hatha yoga for the past 12 years with a passion for Vinyasa yoga. When I studied to become a yoga teacher we immersed ourselves in a rigerous practice of Ashtanga and learned the philosophy of Karma yoga as well as a gentle flowing approach to leading a class which focuses on proper alighnement. As a mother to two young children, I made sure to practice yoga while pregnant to help prepare for birth as well as recovery. I continue to practice yoga now with my youngsters, on and off the mat, to help find balance while raising my children. These influences and different styles of yoga have helped me to create a more rounded approach to the way I teach, what I bring to the mat, and provide for others. I recieved my yoga teaching certificate from Karma Yoga Center and I am registerd with Yoga Alliance.

Hatha yoga

The word hatha means willful or forceful. Hatha yoga refers to a set of physical exercises (known as asanas or postures), and sequences of asanas, designed to align your skin, muscles, and bones. The postures are also designed to open the many channels of the body—especially the main channel, the spine—so that energy can flow freely.
Hatha is also translated as ha meaning "sun" and tha meaning "moon." This refers to the balance of masculine aspects—active, hot, sun—and feminine aspects—receptive, cool, moon—within all of us. Hatha yoga is a path toward creating balance and uniting opposites. In our physical bodies we develop a balance of strength and flexibility. We also learn to balance our effort and surrender in each pose.
Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation. It asks us to bring our attention to our breath, which helps us to still the fluctuations of the mind and be more present in the unfolding of each moment.
Broadest term for yoga and most widely practiced in the West

Vinyasa yoga

Vinyasa denotes a flowing, dynamic form of yoga, connected to breath or pranayama in which yoga and mudra(a seal, mark or gesture) transitions are embodied as linkages within and between asana or postures. This method is sometimes referred to as Vinyasa Flow, or just Flowowing because of the smooth way that the poses flow one into the other, like a dance.
Vinyasa yoga is becoming one of the most popular forms of yoga in the West.

Karma yoga

Karma Yoga, an integral part of Vedic philosophy as propounded in the Bhagavad Gita, is dedication of all one’s actions and their results unto the Supreme Creator. Simply stated, it is performing actions (karmas) devoid of attachment and still staying balanced both in success and failure. Karma Yoga essentially consists of selfless service to humanity. In the Bhagavad Gita it is called the Yoga of action. It is said to purify the heart and prepare the heart and mind for the entry of Divine Light. Or call it preparation for attainment of Self Knowledge. The important thing here is to be prepared to do whatever you do without attachment or egoism.