Basic Hatha Yoga Classes
Level 1: A basic introduction to yoga breathing, postures, and relaxation. Intended for beginners with no previous experience, or those looking for a gentle and basic ongoing practice.
Level 2: Refines the basics and provides more detailed alignment instructions and breath work.
Level 3*: Teaches more advanced standing and seated poses, pranayama, and begins integrating inversions, deeper backbends, and meditation techniques.
Level 4*: Intensifies an already-strong asana practice by developing a deeper internal and energetic understanding of yoga. Inversions, arm balances, wheel and lotus poses are included, as well as advanced pranayama and meditation. Students are expected to have a home practice.
All Levels: Includes the basics as well as options for deeper practice. Appropriate for all students.
Combination Classes (i.e. Level 1/2): For the student who is comfortable in the lower level, and interested in exploring the next.
* Level 3 and up classes require teacher permission.
Specialized Yoga Classes
Adaptive Yoga: A slow-paced class which combines yogic breathing, deep relaxation, and gentle movement to restore strength, range of motion and vitality. The practice will be modified for individual needs.
Advanced Asana: This is a challenging class for intermediate or advanced students desiring to learn how to practice and improve on the structure, flow, and energy of a more advanced practice, including inversions, wheel pose, lotus, binds, etc. Led by a different senior instructor each week, we will focus on a particular pose or set of poses, seeking steadiness and comfort for all. Required for In-Depth 350/500-hour teacher training; recommended for 200-hour training.
Feldenkrais: Movement explorations that can reveal and alter habits responsible for chronic stress or pains, facilitate recovery from injury, and improve skills and creativity. The focus is not so much on what you do, as on HOW you do it.
Gentle Yoga: Basic poses at a slow pace. Ideal for beginners and/or students with health concerns.
Kids: Play and work with poses to increase flexibility and strength, develop coordination and posture, and explore relaxation and stress reduction tools. Yoga stories and/or visualizations will be presented in each class.
Mat Pilates 1: This exercise system focuses on correct breathing, posture and core strengthening. No admittance after week three without permission of the instructor.
Mat Pilates 2: The progression in this class is faster than Pilates 1 and provides an energetic, full body workout. Prior Pilates experience necessary.
Meditation: A general survey and practice of various meditation philosophies and practices. Open to beginners and advanced students alike. No registration necessary.
Middle and High Schoolers: A playful yet disciplined practice of asana, pranayama, and relaxation, intended to help reduce stress and promote strength, self-esteem, focus, balance, and positive body images.
Moms & Babies: Bring along your baby, from infant to almost-crawling, for this welcoming postnatal class that emphasizes how yoga can help you stay physically and emotionally strong and centered during your first months together. Strengthen, stretch and tone your body with emphasis on support for feeding, holding, lifting and carrying your baby, as well as moving more easily through your daily life. Learn basic techniques of baby massage and movements that encourage neuromuscular development in babies.
Pre-K Kids: Body-mind exploration through yoga poses, stories, music, and artistic expression. For 4- and 5-year-olds, with caregiver.
Pre-Natal Yoga: An all-levels course which supports and empowers expectant mothers. Teaches ways to ease aches and pains, make the body comfortable during pregnancy, and use the breath to calm and steady the mind.
Restorative Yoga/Meditation: Combine the relaxation of a supported restorative yoga practice with various meditation techniques. Class will also include asana and is appropriate for all levels.
T’ai Chi: An introduction to Yang-style T'ai chi —a martial art emphasizing breath, focus and relaxation. By practicing a sequence of slow, gentle, and flowing movements combined with mental concentration, the class will learn Cheng Man-Ch'ing's 37 posture form.
Toddlers Together: A fun romp for caregivers and toddlers. We will incorporate asana, stories, music, and creative movement to experience the joy and heartfelt wisdom of yoga with a child-like flow. 16mos to 3yrs, adult/child class.
Vinyasa 1*: A fast-paced, challenging practice that builds stamina and strength through a series of flowing poses. Students should be comfortable coming quickly into standing poses with good alignment and should be practicing at Level 2 or above. Appropriate for beginning Ashtanga-style and power yoga practitioners.
Vinyasa 2*: Adds more advanced poses and challenging transitions to the fast, flowing pace of Vinyasa 1. Open to Level 3+ students or students comfortable with a Vinyasa 1 practice who are ready to expand their focus and core strength. Appropriate for experienced Ashtanga-style and power yoga practitioners.
Yoga and the 12 Steps: Traditional twelve-step programs offer a spiritual remedy for healing from addiction, but do not address the physical dimension. We will practice physical movement and postures, breathing exercises, and conscious relaxation; as well as begin to develop awareness and balance and connect our physical bodies to our mental, emotional and spiritual selves. Both yoga and the twelve-step philosophies are woven to provide a framework for authentic living and personal growth. Beginners very welcome and embraced.
**Vinyasa classes are only recommended after completion of at least two quarters of Level 2.