Yoga Therapy: Yoga for A Better Back

Yoga for a Better Back! - This class introduces the back-care principles of body alignment, medical research, somatic awareness and movement along with the healing and nurturing qualities of yoga. Yoga for a Better Back! is particularly helpful for people who want to do yoga and other activities but find them painful. Appropriate for all levels.

Yoga for Stamina: Ashtanga

Ashtanga Yoga is a system of yoga taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. This method of Yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures—a process producing intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind.

Yoga for the Heart

In this class, we will flow through a vinyasa inspired sequence to open the heart and generate love, compassion and radiance. We will practice some asanas to open the heart, chest, and shoulders, as well as flowing through sun salutations focused on moving with the breath, to create heat around the heart. We will also incorporate mudras, chanting and affirmations for love, compassion, and joy.

Yoga for Strength and Endurance

Yoga for Strength and Endurance - A more challenging yoga asana (posture) practice that focuses on poses that build strength and endurance to nourish our physical bodies. Appropriate for the intermediate and advanced yoga student.

Yoga for Alignment and Flow

A contemplative, yet vigorous vinyasa flow designed to help you become more aware of the systems of the body. The class includes an emphasizes on postural alignment with static poses that may be held through several breath cycles.  

Yoga for Detoxification and Purification: Hot Yoga

Hot Yoga - This class incorporates a series of postures in an exceptionally warm studio environment for an invigorating and rejuvenating practice. This flowing sequence of asana is specifically designed to work your body methodically as a means to give attention to each of the internal systems and restore core balance. The intense heat allows students to assume postures more effectively, reduce risk of injury or strain and produces sweat –an important vehicle for toxin release.

**Please, you must consider yourself "fairly fit" with normal blood pressure and be near your healthy weight to attend the Hot Yoga classes. Call us if in doubt.**

Yoga for Conscious Energy: Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga - the unitive discipline of the power of awareness and the potential in each individual. Kundalini Yoga is the science of changing and strengthening your radiance to give you an expanded life and greater capacity. It teaches you how strengthen your immune system, vital glands, and nervous system. It increases good circulation and helps you to gain an awareness of the impact of your habits. Kundalini Yoga comes to you as an inheritance, as something already existing. It is a legacy of the love of the soul to experience identity
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Yoga for Energy and Awareness

Because of our bodies’ natural rhythms, the yogic texts tell us that the best time to practice yoga is in the early morning hours. The reason for this is that the air and thought world are very still - allowing your mind to concentrate much better. Practicing in the early morning seems to liberate vast resources of energy throughout the whole day. We will open our bodies and center our minds through Surya Namaskar, standing poses, twists, backbends, hip openers, pranayama and meditation. Bringing breath and movement into balanced energy, we are assured a grounded and focused day.

Yoga for Stress Reduction

This class features gentle movement and stretches coordinated with the breath that allow the mind and body to recover from every day stress and strain. The generous use of props (blankets, bolsters, straps) to support the body allows gentle relaxation with gravity, rather than against it. Appropriate for all levels.

The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery

The Yoga of 12- Step Recovery uses discussion, asana, pranayama and meditation to explore addiction and recovery within the body/mind continuum. It weaves together the wisdom of yoga and the practical tools of 12-step programs. It is a rich and powerful framework designed to inspire compassionate awareness, change and healing. We meet weekly to use the tools and principles of the 12-step program and yoga to address the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease of addiction.

Yoga for Sculpting and Toning

Using AshtangaYoga as a foundation, Yoga for Sculpting and Toning involves synchronizing breath and movement to produce intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind. Pilates with weights is also incorporated into this class targeting the abs, glutei, and legs. Bring your towel, water bottle, and willingness to have fun for this highly effective work-out.