Class Descriptions

Classes are 75 minutes unless otherwise noted.

Prenatal Yoga

Cultivate calm and confidence in preparation for labor and childbirth. Calm the mind, enhance relaxation and well-being, deepen your relationship with your baby, and have fun practicing with other pregnant women. Gentle, pregnancy-appropriate postures, breathwork, vocal toning (beautiful sounds produced to aid in labor and delivery) and meditation are learned to cultivate flexibility, calm, and confidence in preparation for childbirth and motherhood, with modifications for every stage of pregnancy. No yoga experience is necessary, although it is advisable to speak with your physician before beginning any new exercise program during your pregnancy.

Introductory Yoga

Learn how yoga can tone your body, increase your flexibility and relieve stress. This class provides an introduction to the yoga postures, foundational alignments, breathing and relaxation techniques. Develop enhanced self-awareness in a safe environment.

Ashtanga Yoga

Originally started in Mysore, India by it's Guru, Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, this unique lineage of yoga links breath and movement through a process known as vinyasa. The breathing technique used in this style of yoga, also known as ujjayi, is responsible for producing heat, which in turn, produces sweat, purifying and cleansing the body. In this class we will be focusing on the breath and alignement in the postures (asanas) taking modifications if needed. Although this class utilizes more cardio then other styles of yoga, it is great for begginners and regular practioners alike. The practioner choses how hard they would like to work.

Gentle Yoga

A fun and accessible approach to helping students build strength, flexibility, and balance. Every session includes the practice of classic Hatha yoga postures and pranayama breath techniques with a final period of wonderful, deep relaxation. Rather than being “just one more thing I gotta do today,” come and enjoy yoga’s transformative power. Do yoga today for better quality of life tomorrow! Appropriate for beginning to intermediate students.

Vinyasa Yoga

This dynamic, flowing yoga class connects movement with breath and leads you through a series of postures, combined with the flow of sun salutations, that will increase flexibility, tone, strength, endurance and balance. Our vinyasa flow class is designed to address the entire physical body. This energetic, cardio workout class is for those who want to deepen their practice.

Power Flow Yoga

Build core heat in this Ashtanga-derived practice, as we begin with Sun Salutations, followed by a continuous flow of intermediate level postures and breathwork to stretch and strengthen the entire body. Modifications are always given to allow for safe progression. This high-energy, detoxifying practice (be ready to sweat!) will challenge those with with an established yoga practice. Not recommended for beginners.

Beginner / Intermediate Yoga

A dynamic yet gentle class suitable for all levels: This includes yoga postures to increase flexibility and strength, breath work to improve focus, and guided relaxation to release tension and provide integration of body, mind, and spirit.

Pilates (60 minutes)

A body-conditioning technique designed to stretch, strengthen, and balance the body. Pilates targets the deep postural muscles within the body through a series of exercises aimed at building muscle strength and rebalancing the body. Excellent for improving posture, strength and flexibility, and aligning the body correctly. Pilates also teaches coordination, concentration, and control of the body. The mind and body work together in this series of exercises which can be done by all fitness levels.

Yoga/Pilates (60 minutes)

This class is a combination of both yoga and pilates with seated and on the floor postures. It is suitable for any level, offering modifications, as well as some meditation. You will enjoy the traditional practice of yoga along with the benefits of training the core - abs, trunk, back and glutes within the context of the Pilates mat method. As you tone your body and increase flexibility, you will take home relaxation and breathing methods to combat stress, fatigue and insomnia.

Meditation

Mindfulness based meditation is a practical method for learning to experience each moment more fully. A series of classes uses a variety of techniques to look at ways of integrating mindfulness into daily life. You learn to develop moment to moment awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and body sensations through mind-body practices. Benefits are learning deep relaxation and gaining new options for coping with stress. Whether you are wanting to focus better on the golf course, handle stress better in the office, or manage pain in your physical body, meditation can be a doorway to new freedom.

Intermediate Yoga

A full range of poses for continuing students in this good pace vinyasa flow inspires the fullest potential of breath and alignment. A flowing energetic sequence of postures helps to strengthen, build flexibility and endurance while bringing you to a place of deep inner calm.