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Body Mind Awareness
Yoga Center

For our address and specific directions,
please phone 303-674-6047

Warmed by Solar Energy in 
Evergreen, Colorado

Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Denver, the Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center is in an ideal location to practice yoga. The Center sits in a meadow near the foot of Evergreen Mountain within 25 miles of two wilderness areas. The area is heavily forested with Ponderosa and lodgepole pines, and as a result, the Center is visited by numerous wildlife and birds.

The Center was designed to fit into this environment in a friendly, low-impact manner. The studio was designed to take advantage of energy-efficient lighting to reduce electricity bills and solar design to reduce heating bills. A number of recycled materials, such as lumber and decking, were used in construction. The Center obtains its electricity from renewable wind energy via WindSource and advocates Green Power.

The result is a warm, cozy environment where you can leave your cares at the door, focus on how you feel at that moment, and gain awareness through yoga.

Thinking of a Rocky Mountain Yoga Retreat? There is plenty of comfortable lodging available nearby in Evergreen, Colorado, on the Web at http://www.evergreen-co.com/ 

 

Solar Design of the 
Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center

The Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center takes advantage of solar design in its architecture to increase comfort for students in classes and reduce both heating and cooling bills.

In the winter, five large windows facing South allow the sun’s rays to shine on the floor of the studio. The front part of the studio that receives the most sunlight has a tile floor suitable to absorb the sun’s energy. The majority of the floor where students practice is hardwood oak, which also absorbs some solar energy. This small amount of storage tends to even the temperature inside the room even on sunny days. Because Colorado has a very sunny climate and many classes are scheduled during daytime hours, students practice yoga in exceptionally warm and comfortable surroundings.

In the summer, the sun is shaded from the windows by a 5-foot overhang covering the south-facing windows. In addition, the center was set back from the original structure on the site so that it sits behind a large Ponderosa pine tree to the southwest. The tree shades the windows on afternoons, when summer days are hottest. Cooling of the Center is accomplished through natural convection through windows and operable skylights, and, on hot days or when students are working especially hard, through the use of conventional ceiling fans.

In addition to using solar design to reduce heating and cooling bills, the majority of the Center’s electricity comes from renewable wind energy thanks to Public Service Company of Colorado’s WindSource program. As a result, the net consumption of fossil fuels required by the Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center is very low compared to conventional buildings. Both the environment and Center students benefit from this arrangement.


Stellar's Jay

 Birds at the Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center in Evergreen

Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about 20 miles due east of 14,000-foot Mount Evens, Evergreen, Colorado is home to a wildlife and birds. Elk, mule deer, fox, and other animals are regular visitors. In addition, the area is a major flyway for migrating birds of both the plains and the mountain environments. So far, students and teachers have identified the following birds at the Body Mind Awareness Yoga Center:

Daily and Regular Visitors

  1. Black-billed magpie
  2. Crow
  3. Evening grosbeak
  4. Flicker
  5. Hairy woodpecker
  6. House finch
  7. House sparrow
  8. Mountain chickadee
  9. Nuthatch
  10. Nuthatch, White Breasted
  11. Pine siskin
  12. Pine grosbeak
  13. Red-breasted nuthatch
  14. Red-naped sapsucker
  15. Red-tailed hawk
  16. Robin
  17. Stellar’s jay

Summertime Visitors

  1. Band-tailed pigeon
  2. Barn swallow
  3. Broad-tailed hummingbird
  4. Bronzed cowbird
  5. Common blue jay
  6. Common grackle
  7. European starling
  8. Grey-headed junco
  9. Lesser goldfinch
  10. Mountain bluebird
  11. Mourning dove
  12. Red-winged blackbird
  13. Rufous hummingbird
  14. Tree swallow
  15. Western bluebird
  16. Wood duck

Rare or Infrequent Visitors

  1. Canada goose
  2. Common loon
  3. Goshawk
  4. Great-horned owl
  5. Ivory gull
  6. Raven
  7. Turkey buzzard
  8. Eagle

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