I AM the Center, the relatively new “entertainment and education complex for aware adults” in Tempe’s Orchidhouse, boasts a unique studio environment for yoga devotees, complete with chakra lighting, temperature control, sounds and scents. Power Yoga, Yoga Flow, Tantric Yoga, Partner Yoga, Qigong, Hot Yoga and other courses are available. Better yet, after your yoga sessions, take advantage of the other inspiring professionals in the same building. Explore natural healing, psychotherapy, life coaching, financial stability and personal empowerment coaching as well as acupuncture, Reiki and massage therapy. www.iamthecenter.com.
Think outside the yoga studio. Detours of Arizona coordinates a five-day Arizona Yoga Elements Tour, during which you’ll perform Kundalini yoga in some of the most scenic outdoor locations in the Southwest. Breathtaking sessions at the Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monuments, Canyon X, Lee’s Ferry, the Grand Canyon and Sedona Red Rocks, among others, are interspersed with tours of Arizona’s monumental historic locales. (If you don’t have quite that much time to “om,” consider the three-day version.) www.detoursaz.com.
Yoga too effortful? The recently opened Rejuvenation Thai Massage & Yoga Studio has just the solution: Thai Massage, also known as “yoga for lazy people.” The fully clothed sessions entail stretching with an instructor who applies pressure in strategic areas. Like yoga, they’re intended to lead the participant to increased flexibility and enhanced emotional, physical and spiritual awareness.