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Anusara Inspired
Recommended for students have been practicing for a while. The class will impart on the principles of good anatomical alignment and breath awareness. Learn posture sequences designed to stretch, strengthen, detoxify and balance your body and mind.
Baby & Me
Baby and Me Yoga offers new mothers a space to revive and deepen their yoga practice while connecting with their baby. These classes are unqiuely designed for mothers helping to regain strength and flexibility while also being playful with their baby. A great opportunity to create community with other mothers and share the joys and trails of child rearing in a fun laid back atmosphere.
Hatha
Hatha Yoga is a traditional practice of Yoga combining postures, breath exercises and relaxation. Through this class you will gain the wellness and relaxation needed in your daily life. It is a powerful practice and yet very relaxing. All levels are welcome. Classes taught in the Hatha style are generally not instructed using vinyasa (or "continuous flow" from one posture to the next).
Integral (Gentle)
Dedicate time for developing your inner balance with Integral Yoga. Classes are designed to balance body, mind, and spirit through chanting, posture, deep relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation. Each class starts with an introduction to yoga philosophy. Known for it's non-competitive approach, Integral Yoga is considered an inward eye approach to hatha practice. It's okay to start from wherever you are! All levels, especially beginners.
Level I - Beginner's Yoga
In a safe and nurturing atmosphere, this level one beginner's class will teach the fundamentals of yoga. Students will improve their basic posture, develop alignment, and create mobility in the joints, leaving class with a new found awareness of the body and a deep sense of relaxation. This safe and nurturing class is suitable for any level of flexibility or fitness.
Level II - Intermediate Yoga
"Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed and the energy directed into constructive channels."
-- BKS Iyengar
This ongoing, weekly intermediate class includes standing poses, forward bends, twists, inversions, back bends, core flexibility and strength and pranayama. This class is for students who are ready to challenge themselves, gaining greater strength, balance and sensitivity in the body. Each class will move systematically, linking poses together in a safe, logical and inspiring fashion. (Not recommended for those with serious, chronic neck issues.)
Pre-natal Yoga
Yoga has become the most popular form of prenatal fitness. We combine asana (poses), gentle stretches, and movement with the breath. Yoga develops strength, tone, balance.
A Prenatal practice can reduce physical discomforts associated with pregnancy. This practice will help you through your pregnancy, birth and into the postpartum period ease. Classes are open to women in all stages of pregnancy and fitness levels whether or not you have practiced yoga before.
If you have a high-risk pregnancy, please bring a note from your health practitioner that says it's OK for you to practice yoga during your pregnancy.
Slow Flow/Reiki
A slower posed vinyasa class (appropriate for students interested in learning the vinyasa style). Includes sun salutation based sequences. During the savasana (deep relaxation) portion of the class, the instructor will give optional reiki treatments (energy work) to students in the class.
Slow Flow/Restorative
A slower posed vinyasa class (appropriate for students interested in learning the vinyasa style). Includes sun salutation based sequences. Combined with the restorative poses of Yin yoga. This class will leave you feeling wonderful and enlightened.
Tai Chi Chuan
In the Tai Chi Chuan System, the Solo Form is a series of physical bare hand movements to work to maneuver and fine tune the body. It is also said in the Tai chi Chuan Solo Form is for the body. The body is the control center of the four limbs' movements. It is the key to unify all physical movement. Better coordination, execution of a powerful strike, flexibility, balance, improved vitality, improved physical endurance and mobility are some of the essential results of body utilization. In this class, the student will learn the Yang Style 124 form.
The objective of this style is to stretch the body's tendons, ligaments and develop the flexibility of all joints. Tai Chi Chuan's Solo Form can be practiced by people of all ages.
Vinyasa (Basic)
A vinyasa class appropriate for anyone new to yoga or the advanced practitioner who wants to gain deeper knowledge into proper alignment and form. Vinyasa simply means linking breath to movement. In this slower-paced class, we will bring together the breath, body, and mind through the practice of asanas. We will find variations suitable to the needs of individual students.
Vinyasa
Recommended for students who have familiarity with sun salutations and basic standing postures. Emphasis on movement and breath awareness into asana (posture) flow; continuous movement between postures. A practice that challenges, stretches, and strengthens the body in order to relax and refresh the mind.
Power Vinyasa
Power Vinyasa moves at a faster pace and incorporates concentrated core strengthening work.*Please Bring a Towel as the room is heated
Yin/Restorative
A gentle, but profound practice. All postures are on the floor and are held for 3-10 minutes. The intent of this quite, meditative practice is to gently stretch and connect with the deeper layers of our bodies - connective tissue, ligaments, bones. This class is a relaxing and restorative experience.
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