Five Keys Yoga

Five Keys Yoga Yoga for the Whole Family: Traditional Yoga Classes, Yoga for All Abilities, and Yoga Therapy

Our traditional hatha yoga classes feature fun sequences to challenge the body, but ultimately our work is to teach our students how to develop greater control over their own minds. We strive to provide compassionate, evidence-based yoga classes and Yoga Therapy services, which nurture our yoga students and Yoga Therapy clients. Our studio welcomes students with a variety of needs, as we believe yoga is a practice from which anyone can benefit, adaptable to any limitation.

09/08/2026

✨ VIRTUE ✨

Yoga Sutra 4.29

Dharmameghah samadhi is a state of constant discriminative discernment, wherein the yogi is washed clean of desire for even this state of supreme realization.

Dharmameghah is an incredible word. Translated from Sanskrit, it literally means “cloud of virtue, showering of righteousness.” (Stiles, 120)

Iyengar artistically translates it as a “delightful fragrant virtue”, a “raincloud of virtue… [and] justice” and a ""showering of dharma.” (278) Satchidananda calls it a “cloud of dharma” and defines dharma as including “virtue, justice, law, duty, morality” and also references ""religious merit” (269) here.

This is where yoga bumps up against religion and scares some people. However, if we take this at face value, we can see that yoga as outlined in The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is not a religion but has a similar foundation of ethical and moral boundaries.

Read much more on our blog. https://www.5keysyoga.com/nirodhah-yoga-blog/how-to-be-a-virtuous-person

09/03/2026

Are you familiar with the five Yamas of Yoga? The first Yama is Ahimsa - non-violence. Learn more about this key element...
08/26/2026

Are you familiar with the five Yamas of Yoga? The first Yama is Ahimsa - non-violence. Learn more about this key element of Raja Yoga below and on our Nirodhah blog:

When we embrace Ahimsa, the yama of non-violence, we create an atmosphere of peace in our thoughts, words, and actions that resonates across our entire life. In fact, Patanjali tells us in Sutra 2.35 that in the presence of a person firmly established in non-violence, hostility ceases. Fear dissipates and a sense of peace surrounds us, which influences both our inner environment and the wider, outer environment around us.

In establishing ahimsa firmly enough within ourselves to radiate it outward, we find that same energy of peace all around us.

https://www.5keysyoga.com/nirodhah-yoga-blog/the-five-yamas-of-raja-yoga

Don't just take it from us, see what our wonderful past teacher trainee, Eliana, has to say about our teacher training p...
08/17/2026

Don't just take it from us, see what our wonderful past teacher trainee, Eliana, has to say about our teacher training programs!

08/13/2026

Our teacher of the month is Helen Spica!

Helen is a pillar of our teaching community and leads all kinds of classes each week, from Beginner to Advancing Techniques. Helen is also leading a Yoga For Runners workshop this weekend!

Read about Helen below and on our blog:
What is your approach to teaching?
Above all, I want my students to have a joyful and safe experience of yoga. My classes are a space in which all levels of students can explore and develop a meaningful personal practice linking body, heart, and mind.

https://www.5keysyoga.com/nirodhah-yoga-blog/helen-spica

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