New to yoga? Looking for a place to start? Or looking to refine your practice?   In this 4 or 5 Week consecutive series, we’ll guide you through the classic Yoga postures with emphasis on alignment to help you open those tight places within your body and focus on the breath to increase energy and stamina.  Always offered on a Monday night at 7:30 pm.  Click below for the start date of the next series.
 

Are you wanting to explore yoga a little more and grow your practice? Have you done yoga before and have at least a  little knowledge of the basics, understanding of the breath, and have done Sun Salute A and B?  Then this class is for you! It’s all the beginner poses with a little more flow and challenge. We'll explore some inversions, arm balances and light vinyasa in this class! This is a great foundation class to then move into our Yoga 2 class.
 

 Yin yoga is a quiet, meditative practice with long, deep holding of passive poses. Using mindful muscle relaxation, yin postures target the connective tissue nourishing joints, ligaments, and fascia promoting the healthy flow of chi (energy). The Yin practice is a wonderful compliment to more vigorous yoga practices or activities such as running, cycling, and hiking. The practice is suitable and encouraged for all levels of practitioners.

Keep growing and/or refreshing your understanding of yoga from the beginning. This class is designed to teach the basics of foundation, grounding, movement, breathing, and relaxation. Class focus will be on proper alignment and adapting yoga to your physical and mental needs.  A great class for active people starting yoga for the first time, returning to yoga after a time away, or for experienced students wishing to strengthen the foundation of their practice.  If you're looking to transition out of Intro to Yoga and into a weekly class this is a great class to take and start a steady weekly practice.

Vinyasa Style: In this class yoga experience is encouraged. Students should have a basic awareness of yoga postures and their own bodies and limitations and be willing to modify accordingly. Various hand balances, arm balances, and postures that require more strength are explored. Postures often are held for longer periods of time to increase strength and concentration.
 

Restorative Yoga, otherwise known as the art of relaxation, this practice allows individuals to hit the reset button of their nervous system. In this class, you will explore 5 to 6 postures with the use of props to support the body to be able to enter a state of complete calm.  Melt away physical and mental tension and deeply rest the mind and body. This practice also assists the body’s natural process of healing injures and recovering from illness. A great place for anyone looking for healing, seniors looking for a gentle class, or the overly stressed out individual looking for calm. No experience needed. All levels welcome.
 

  Slow Flow class, you will practice about half the number of poses you might practice in a Flow class. The pace is meditative, emphasizing peace and calm in body and mind. We hold poses longer, taking several rounds of breath in each pose, instead of moving to each breath. Because of this, Slow Flow is a less intimidating experience for those newer to yoga and those who are nursing injuries. But don’t mistake Slow Flow for “easy” or “gentle” Flow. Although stretching is often emphasized in Slow Flow, there is plenty of room to work strength in the longer holds. If you have a busy mind and moving slowly is a challenge for you, these classes may be challenging for you. But, this is one of the main reasons we practice yoga. We all need to find moments to slow down and experience some calm in our lives. These classes provide that opportunity. Slow Flow is accessible to occasional yogis and people who are newer to yoga.
 

Integrating  Vinyasa Yoga and weight training.    In this practice, you will use lightweight hand weights, resistance bands, and/or the TRX Suspension Training System.  This class is designed to help shave off muscle loss which is natural with age if you don’t focus on resistance training. We will balance strength training and flexibility to help tone and build muscle,  improve bone density, and balance.   Yoga experience is highly recommended.

Please bring your own 1lb, 2lb, or 3lb hand weights