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About Dana Walters
Like many people, I have tried many different types of physical exercise- step and floor aerobics, running, and kickboxing, just to name a few- but there was always, for me, the sneaking suspicion that the impact to my body produced by these activities potentially did more harm than good. I finally decided that low-impact exercise was the best thing for my body. It was in my search for gentler forms of exercise that I uncovered a love for yoga. I have now practiced since the mid-1990's and even found that my yoga practice helped with rehabilitation following a serious accident in early 2007.
Asana, or the postures of yoga, is only one part of the Eight Limbs (or Ashtanga) of Yoga, a traditional system which brings dedicated practitioners to a state of wholeness. Most people in Western culture come to yoga for its physical benefits, but find that its meditative and mindfulness practices provide so much more.
 On a physical level, I enjoy greater flexibility, strength, balance, and an enhanced sense of well-being as a direct result of my own regular yoga practice. My desire is to help my students achieve these same benefits, and so much more. I recently completed my 500 hour certification with Rolf Gates, Master Vinyasa Yogi and author of the acclaimed book Meditations From The Mat. I have also studied with Elephant Journal and Yoga Journal contributor Kathryn Budig as well as John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga and Judith Lasater, author of Relax And Renew. For the yogi or yogini seeking meditative stillness in the practice, I now offer Restorative Yoga instruction as well.
Current Group Class Offerings- updated 7/2011
- At Om On Yoga (www.omonyoga.com), at 320 Libbie Avenue, where I am currently leading an all-levels Gentle Yoga class from 5 pm to 6 pm Mondays, and both Sunrise Yoga from 6:30 to 7:30 and Slow Flow from 12 to 1 pm on Tuesdays. 282-YOGA.
- My other passion is community service. I am proud to be a co-Founder and Director of Operations at Project Yoga Richmond, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization serving the Richmond area and beyond. Please check PYR's website and calendar (www.projectyogarichmond.org) for details and class offerings. I am currently offering a 75-minute Yin/Yang Yoga class each Monday night from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. All props provided. This class, as well as all other regularly scheduled yoga classes at PYR, is offered at a suggested donation of $5-10. Occasionally there are changes to the regular schedule (due to subs, vacations and holidays, etc.) but that site is kept up to date.
Light on Yoga, B.K.S. Iyengar
Meditations from the Mat, Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence, Matthew Sanford The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, Erich Schiffmann
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