Classes for Various Levels
We offer a wide range of practices, which yoga are you interested in learning more about?
Iyengar Yoga Classes
Foundations/Intro:
An introductory series offered several times a year, this course is excellent for newbies with no or little experience doing Iyengar Yoga. It is geared to people who are newer to developing body awareness and using props.
Continuing Beginner:
For students who have completed our intro series and are newer or returning to Iyengar Yoga. The exploration of the Iyengar method is continued and standing, forward and backward extensions, and deep twists are taught.
Level I:
For students who have completed the Beginner coursework and want to concentrate on fundamental postures. Students build their strength and stamina even more, and expand their repertoire of yoga poses.
Level I-II:
For those with experience in fundamental poses and interested in precision alignment. Basic poses continue to be fine-tuned and the student’s overall practice more deeply explored. As confidence builds, new poses are introduced, including Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulderstand).
Level II:
For students who are well practiced in the basic postures. In the Iyengar tradition, students learn and explore inverted poses, including Sirsasana (headstand) and Adho Mukha Vrksasana (handstand).
Yoga for Holistic Wellness & Specialty Classes
Balance and Coordination:
Balance and Coordination exercises are a complement not only to movement, but to any physical activity strengthening the neuromuscular system, increasing stability, and allowing harmonious mobility. This class will explore different ways to improve body awareness, including strength, resistance bands, mobility drills, rolling with therapy balls, and regulated breathing exercises.
Yoga for Back Health:
This class focuses on yoga postures to help support overall spine health as well as address common back, hip, and shoulder issues. All levels are welcome!
Yoga for Immune System Support:
A specific class designed to explore the healing potential of yoga on mind, body, and breath. We will use simple but potent techniques for meditation, breathwork, asanas, and stress reduction to expand the practice of yoga in order to strengthen the immune system.
Upper Body Conditioning
for Yoga:
Many yoga asanas such as handstand, headstand, forearm balance and chaturanga dandasana require upper strength, stability, and flexibility to be performed in a safe and satisfactory way.
We will use yoga asanas (with variations) as well as exercises from other movement modalities to build the confidence to approach more challenging postures that require facile use of the upper body. Core strength and stability will also be addressed. All levels of yoga experience welcomed.
Rise & Shine:
Dynamic movement combined with Level I-II poses to welcome the day. Center with a few ohms, sun salutations, and time for a Sirsasana and Sarvangasana with an alternative for those who don’t have it in their practice yet. The class ends with Savasana and a poem or quote based on the theme of the class.
Gentle Yoga Classes
Gentle Yoga:
A less rigorous, slower paced class completely adaptable to the student. Well-suited and tailored to yogis with minimal mobility, recovering from illness or injury, or chronic issues of fatigue.
Self-Myofascial Release:
Muscle knots be gone! Increase the flexibility of soft tissue while improving your range of joint motion using tools to relieve certain areas of pain. Typically 60 minutes in duration, this class uses either two yoga therapy or tennis balls. Self-Myofascial Release is a great complement to yoga allowing students to move or exercise more freely. Come prepared to have some fun while working those kinks out!
Restorative Yoga:
This class will typically involve only five or six poses, supported by props that allow you to completely relax and rest. Held for 5 minutes or more, students can expect restorative poses that include light twists, seated forward folds, and gentle backbends. Our restorative practice is based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar.
Yin Yoga:
Suitable for all levels of students, this practice is slow-paced and designed to help you sit longer, and more comfortably, by stretching connective tissue around the joints (knees, pelvis, sacrum and spine). Involves variations of seated and supine poses typically held for several minutes, accessing deeper layers of fascia. Props often used.
Sutras Study & Meditation:
Study the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali every Friday w/Sandra Pleasants at 11:00am. Suitable for all levels of students. Yoga philosophy, chanting, discussion, and community.