Welcome to Cedar & Sage Sanctuary
Providing authentic yoga inclusive for ALL from the Astanga Yoga Darsana, a traditional yoga practice, along with other services such as yoga personal training, chakra balancing, reiki, and more! Improve overall wellbeing while cultivating a greater sense of peace, balance and harmony.
About
Mission
Cedar & Sage's main initiative is to offer an authentic yoga practice that is rooted in yoga's traditional teachings and acknowledges, respects, and supports where the practice came from. The yoga practice taught at Cedar & Sage is from the Krisnamcharya Lineage, a practice known for its adaptions to support every individuals unique structure. Yoga should be accessible to everyone, regardless of physical or mental capabilities, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, or economic standing.
Giving Back
Yoga means to "unite, yoke, or bring together." While practicing at Cedar & Sage, students are uniting together and giving back to themselves, the community, and beyond. How? A percentage of purchases from group classes and select personal training sessions are donated to an elected charity organization each month.
How Cedar & Sage INcorporates Yoga's True Principles
When sitting down to develop Cedar & Sage, the owner thought carefully about how to create a genuine authentic yoga practice that aligned with yogic principles (yamas and niyamas).
Yogic Principles Applied to Cedar & Sage
Ahimsa - Non Harming
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Cedar & Sage will strive to 1. always be kind to others 2. never encourage anyone to push their bodies past their pain threshold 3. use kind, conscious, and inclusive language; and 4. take care of our own body, mind, and spirit to show up for our students.
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Instructors will set boundaries that allow for them to conserve their (pita/fire) energy and divert it in places needed most. Setting healthy boundaries make it so instructors can dedicate more time and energy for their students.
Asteya - Non Stealing
Brahmacharya - Restraint
Asteya - Non Stealing
Cedar & Sage will never steal from others and will always aim to find contentment and gratitude for what the business has and recognize when others may not have enough. Cedar & Sage will always find creative ways to give back and create a positive impact for the community and beyond.
Satya - Truthfulness
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
Asteya - Non Stealing
Cedar & Sage will always work to be honest in thoughts, words, and deeds. Instructors will strive to use honest communication and use the power of speech to always promote joy, confidence, and positivity. Honest listening will always be provided for students so they may have the space to share their own truths.
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
Instructors will always aim to create time in maintaining a pure body, mind, and spirit that will enable them to show up as their kindest and most authentic selves for their students.
Aparigraha -Non Hoarding
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
Saucha - Purity and Cleanliness
This Yama is about the
non-attachment of physical items and the releasing of what we cannot change. Instructors will work to let go of expectations and always try to allow others to be who they truly are so that authentic connections are built.
Santosha - Contentment
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Santosha - Contentment
Cedar & Sage will always aim to cultivate happiness and find gratitude for their students, yoga's teachings, and in as many moments as possible.
Tapas - Mindfulness
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Santosha - Contentment
Cedar & Sage will work to be disciplined in providing the most authentic and genuine yoga practice for students so that students may improve their overall wellbeing and find balance mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Cedar & Sage will continually practice introspection to learn what improvements need to be implemented. We always welcome feedback from students in order to learn, grow, and provide a positive practice for all.
Ishvara Prahidhana - Devotion to Something Greater
Ishvara Prahidhana - Devotion to Something Greater
Suhadyaya - Study of oneself or something greater than the self
Cedar & Sage understands the meaning of Yoga (union). We will always aim to conduct our practices in ways that bring unity, equity, and liberation to the community and beyond. In connecting and supporting others we are supporting ourselves.
location
40 West Terra Cotta Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, United States
*Located at M-Body Fitness Suite J Services also online and in the Cook County and McHenry County area.
Hours
Today | By Appointment |
Closed for all major holidays!
PAYMENTS
Accepts cash, check, or all major credit cards *Cash or check preferred - credit cards may have longer than expected processing times
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