WHY ATHA?

At Atha Yoga, we grow a nourishing and vibrant community of students and teachers empowering each other through kindness, acceptance and the practice of yoga. 
 
Cultivating resilience and vigor, compassion and honesty, we unite to sustain each individual on their journey to achieve their highest potential.

WHY YOGA?

Scientifically speaking, the transformational power of yoga stems from exercising your nervous system. To foster healing and nurturing mind-body connection, we make sure all classes at Atha Yoga are rooted in mindfulness. Cultivating harmony of body, breath, and mind is our purpose. That’s why, in addition to providing an excellent workout, our classes are a recipe for health, wellbeing, and wholeness in every area of life.

WHY HOT?

Hot yoga has developed a cult following because it feels so good (especially after!) and delivers fantastic results. While physical yoga practice is a low impact exercise that promotes healthy joints and lean muscles, adding heat speeds up metabolism, ensures greater flexibility and cardiovascular benefits, and challenge unlike nothing else out there.

  • Being the most hygienic way to heat a space, our infrared panels heat objects rather than air, making your hot yoga experience much more enjoyable. Because we do not use conventional blowing dry heat, your skin, eyes (especially if you wear contacts), and respiratory system will feel comfortable, even at 105°F!

    In addition to being the most hygienic and comfortable, infrared heat is therapeutic. Research shows that infrared energy is:

    1. Detoxifying and promoting weight loss by speeding up metabolism and slimming down fat cells.

    2. Anti-aging due to activating skin fibroblasts to produce elastin and collagen, stimulating cell renewal and regeneration.

    3. Anti-inflammatory, reducing aches and pains of muscles and fascia.

    4. Protective against UV radiation due to activating defense mitochondrial mechanisms in the skin.

    PS: did we mention infrared was shown to kill viruses, including COVID-19?

  • Our approach is ahimsa. While literal translation is “non-violence”, we like to translate this as “do no harm but take no crap.” Rooted in mindfulness, our classes are designed with beginner in mind. While encouraging a good “workout-y” challenge, mindful approach ensures you cultivate compassion and acceptance on your mat. Whether you’re seasoned athlete, injured warrior, or tight desk-dweller, yoga at Atha meets you exactly where you are, and allows to grow from there.

  • Atha Yoga is a decade-long dream come true. Dr. Olga Dadalko, the owner, has practiced yoga for 12 years, and taught for 10 years. This brain scientist, boy mom, cat lover, and gardening enthusiast has fallen in love with hot yoga when this practice helped her restore thyroid function, tame anxiety, and let go of self-destructive addictions. Neuroscientist by training, Olga’s love for hot yoga merged with her fascination by the human brain. Years of studying how yoga practice changes our mere wiring torched the desire to open a space of her own to share the healing power of yoga. Standing on the shoulders of giants now, she is humbled and honored to bring her vision of the hot yoga studio to life.