Class Descriptions

Hatha Yoga

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Hatha yoga is the physical practice of yoga. Through a combination of conscious breathing and a series of poses called asanas, Hatha yoga helps corrects the body’s alignment and is an accessible practice for everyone, from beginners to long-time practitioners. Iyengar taught us to emphasize precise alignment in each pose, so using supports such as blocks, straps, blankets, and bolsters can and will be used as needed. Most important is that you listen to your body and take this time to deepen your connection to yourself.

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Hatha Yoga  Mornings, AM classes are a little more lively, with sun salutations and functional and dynamic movement to get you moving smoothly throughout your day.

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Hatha Yoga Evenings, PM Classes will help ease the stress and tension built up throughout your day. This is your wind-down class to let the day go and get a good night's sleep

Healthy Hips

 

Healthy Hips is not a traditional yoga class. It is a functional movement class influenced by our asanas designed to build strength and flexibility in the hips. Our hips affect how we move, walk, and sit; having balance in our hips can lead to harmony and happiness in the entire body, mind included. Healthier hips lead to a happier you. This class will apply various movements using flat bands and yoga balls and resistance bands (not all in the same class or all the time) and is accessible for everyone.

Gentle Yoga

 

A calming yoga class structured around rejuvenating and healing the body. Asanas are practiced at a slower pace with attention to alignment, stretching, and strengthening all areas of the body, while releasing stress and tension from joints and muscles. Great for all levels looking for a soothing, relaxing class. Wonderful for those newer to yoga or working with special concerns or injuries. Accessible for all.

Vinyasa Yoga

 

This class is a play on traditional vinyasa practice the primary series. 90 minutes of mindful movement with each breath, this class is a little more intense (in a good way), Sun salutations, standing postures (which you will hold), seated posture, and finishing postures. This class will be taught to be accessible for everyone. 

Yoga For Joints And Glands

 

This practice will help you maintain supple joints and a greater sense of well-being.  This class is perfect for people suffering from arthritis, or chronic stiffness in the body, it will also condition your body to move to more demanding asanas. Great class for blood flow and circulation. This class was taught by Swami Rama the founder of The Himalayan Institute.

Yoga Nidra

 

Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep, is a powerful meditation and relaxation practice that is intended to induce total physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. It is one of the easiest yoga practices to maintain. Resting comfortably in savasana, this systematic meditation takes you through the five layers of self, leaving you with a sense of wholeness. The benefits of yoga Nidra are, that anybody can do it. It’s an easy way to reduce stress. You cannot do it incorrectly.

Restorative Yoga

 

Restorative yoga is ideal for balancing our hectic, busy, and stressful modern lifestyles. Perfect for when you feel Stressed, weak, or fatigued from your daily life. With its roots in Iyengar yoga, he developed a practice that allows students to practice without any strain or pain. It is also designed to restore the nervous system and help release deeply held tensions from the body and the mind. You can practice the poses when not feeling so great and while injured.
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The use of props to support the postures while gently stretching, relieving, and reviving the body. Restorative yoga is appropriate for all levels of practice and a must for keeping balance in our high-paced society.

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Rise and Shine Yoga

 

This class is a perfect way to start your day, designed to wake up your body, mind, and soul.  Accessible for all. Sun Salutations, Dynamic movement, Agni Sara (abdominal squeeze, stimulates digestion and our fire within), and breath work to get you up and get you out the door feeling amazing.

Mindful Strength and Stretch

 

This is not a "traditional" yoga class. It is a functional movement class that builds strength, mobility, and flexibility in the whole body. We use equipment like therabands, physioballs, therapy balls, small steps, resistance tubes, and of course body weight. Many classes are designed around intervals (not HIIT) and it is accessible for everyone.

Hatha Yoga Container Series

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The Hatha Yoga Container Series focuses on cultivating balance in the muscles from the pelvic floor to the diaphragm.  This work is essential for everyone!  Whether it is your first yoga class or you have been practicing for many years, everyone can benefit from the container series. You are learning to “tune in” to these areas of the body and applying these efforts throughout your yoga postures and daily life.  This work can help prepare the body for more advanced breathing, digestive, and meditation practices.  It can also help you feel more grounded and balanced

 

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Yin Yang Yoga

 

Take our great Hatha classes and add some long holds on some of the poses.  Mindful dynamic movement, then settling into a posture for 3 to 5 minutes. long holds are floor postures and will be fully supported. Class is accessible for everyone!

Chair Yoga

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Chair Yoga is a great way to explore and play with your asanas. The chair gives us the support we need when and where we need it most. An amazing class for mobility concerns and an overall great way to get more out of your asana practice.