Iyengar style class dedicated to those who might need a little rehab before moving on to other types of yoga. In a restorative class you’ll spend long periods of time lying — and sometimes snoozing — on blocks, blankets, and bolsters, passively allowing muscles to relax. Ten minutes with your legs propped up the wall isn’t unusual, and neither are lavender-scented eye pillows to further your meditative trance.
Anusara pairs strict principles of alignment with a playful spirit. Expect to hear phrases like “engage the shoulder loop” over and over until they start to make sense. Postures can be challenging, but the real message of Anusara is to open your heart and strive to connect with the divine in yourself and others.
Iyengar's method, a form of hatha yoga, is based on giving primacy to the physical alignment of the body in the poses. An Iyengar class encompasses intensive instruction and fine-tuning; you might hold trikonasana for minutes on end until the skin on your knees looks just right. This class will also make full use of all props including wall ropes to get your poses looking and feeling perfect.
Deep Stretch is a gentle hatha yoga practice with a compassionate approach and emphasis on meditation, physical healing and spiritual transformation that overflows into daily life. In a deep stretch class, each student learns to find their own level of practice on a given day by looking inward.
Vinyasa, which means “collection” or “arrangement,” links poses together to create an active class as challenging as the word power implies.
In other words, the teacher will instruct you to move from one pose to the next on an inhale or an exhale. This technique is sometimes also called Vinyasa Flow, or just Flow because of the smooth way that the poses run together and become like a dance. Levels will vary with the level of intensity that the class will offer as well as the level of experience the student has.
This class will be sure to heat things up, we will provide an atmosphere slightly warmer than normal for those who would like to sweat a little more. This is a vinyasa flow class.
This class will be done in 50 minutes giving you enough time to get back to work after the class.
Pilates is a form of exercise that emphasizes the balanced development of the body through core strength, flexibility, and awareness in order to support efficient, graceful movement. The foundation of the Pilates approach to exercise are Centering, Concentration, Control, Precision, Breath, and Flow and make up the principles of Pilates.
Little Yoga is a gentle intro to a balanced yoga sequence for young children. Yoga can help develop strength, physical coordination, mental concentration, and balancing. This will help encourage children times of being calm and relaxed. This will be a fun free form class for toddlers to be introduced to and play with yoga. We will sing, dance, and learn about yoga from the world around us.
The Viniyoga method focuses on the function of asanas over form, with an emphasis on integrating breath and movement of the spine. This class will have an in-depth focus on creating balance, flexibility, strength, and calming the nervous system and mind. Come practice as a community using the tools of yoga to improve health and well being. Great for beginners up to advance yogis who want to deepen their practice.
Is a system of Yoga in which love and devotion are given emphasis. The flow is also an energetic response, where you have the opportunity to open up and observe. In Bhakti Flow, we acknowledge the emotions in our lives. We look at the whole-the mind, the body, and the heart-and try to do the best to connect it all with the flow.
Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. Meditation often involves turning attention to a single point of reference. It is recognized as a component of many religions, and has been practiced since antiquity. It is also practiced outside religious traditions.
Integral-defined as: built-in. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic. essential to completeness, lacking nothing essential.
Eight Limbs: the art of living and the foundations of yogic philosophy written in approximately 200 AD, compiled by maharishi patanjali. the main objective is to help the practitioner cultivate an awareness of self and connect to the divine spirit, Isvara or Brahman. yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dyana, samadhi.
These classes focus on all levels of ability and based on two focuses, spiritual and anatomical. It is a blending of ashtanga, iyengar, anusara, traditional hatha, sapta and raja practices. This class focuses to move through postures(asanas) gaining and deepening body awareness, steadying the mind, calming the nervous system and increasing knowledge of yourself and a deeper connection to a greater source of power and wisdom. Gaining strength, flexibility, health, poise and grace through this practice and this class, one can transfer it into daily living for the purpose of better serving themselves and every one they come in contact with throughout life.
Yoga is an ancient system of breathing practices, physical exercises and postures, and meditation intended to integrate the practitioner's body, mind, and spirit. It originated in India several thousand years ago, and its principles were first written down by a scholar named Patanjali in the second century B.C. The word yoga comes from a Sanskrit word, yukti, and means "union" or "yoke." The various physical and mental disciplines of yoga were seen as a method for individuals to attain union with the divine.
Hatha is a slow-paced stretching class with some simple breathing exercises and perhaps seated meditation. This is a good place to learn basic poses, relaxation techniques, and become comfortable with yoga.
Iyengar's method, a form of hatha yoga, is based on giving primacy to the physical alignment of the body in the poses. An Iyengar class encompasses intensive instruction and fine-tuning; you might hold trikonasana for minutes on end until the skin on your knees looks just right.
Kripalu is a gentle hatha yoga practice with a compassionate approach and emphasis on meditation, physical healing and spiritual transformation that overflows into daily life. In a Kriplau class, each student learns to find their own level of practice on a given day by looking inward.
Vinyasa is a term that covers a broad range of yoga classes. The word Vinyasa means “breath-synchronized movement.” In other words, the teacher will instruct you to move from one pose to the next on an inhale or an exhale. This technique is sometimes also called Vinyasa Flow, or just Flow because of the smooth way that the poses run together and become like a dance.
Pilates is a form of exercise that emphasizes the balanced development of the body through core strength, flexibility, and awareness in order to support efficient, graceful movement. The foundation of the Pilates approach to exercise are Centering, Concentration, Control, Precision, Breath, and Flow and make up the principles of Pilates.
Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. Meditation often involves turning attention to a single point of reference. It is recognized as a component of many religions, and has been practiced since antiquity. It is also practiced outside religious traditions.
Tai chi is a self-healing system of slow, graceful exercises that combine movement, meditation and rhythmic breathing to improve the flow of chi that is thought to prevent illness and improve well-being.
Ki is a natural, vital, universal life energy that flows within, through, around and between all living things in the universe. It cannot be seen or touched. Ki flexes, bends and manipulates itself through and around all so that it is in constant balance. It is a transcendental energy that vitalizes human life. Ki Gong is a system of training which incorporates physical and mental exercises with meditation. It is also known as "qigong" or "chi gung." The "Ki" in Ki Gong refers to energy or life force. It may be pronounced as "Key" or "Chee." "Gong" refers to a discipline or mastery. In essence, it is the practice of mastering ones own internal energy in relation to ones environment.