Class Descriptions

Hatha
This is a well balanced class for continuing students that includes centering and breath work, a flowing warm-up, standing and balancing poses, modified inversion, deep stretches and openers, gentle backbends, twists and relaxation. Focus is placed on alignment, strength and balanced awareness in basic postures. The wall ropes are often used in this class. Beginners are encouraged to take Yoga Basics 101.

Vinyasa Flow
An energetic vinyasa (flowing from one posture to the next) form of Hatha yoga in which postures are fluidly linked together in a continuous and somewhat challenging sequence. This class places a great emphasis on the coordination of breath with movement, leaving the student feeling energized and more focused.

Soft Vinyasa
A slower paced, gentle introduction to the fundamentals of flow yoga. This class incorporates hatha yoga postures with vinyasa (flowing from one posture to the next) and places great emphasis on coordinating breath with movement. Poses and flows are performed at a greatly reduced pace and stress level and are chosen to suit the student’s abilities.

Gentle Yoga
Yoga does not have to be physically demanding to yield great benefits. This slower paced class is designed to be a safe and supportive environment adapted to the needs of seniors, those with injuries or limitations, or for stress reduction. Come and enjoy rediscovering the grace and joy that come with regaining flexibility and strength. Please check with your health care professional before registering for this class.

Back Care
The statistics are sobering; over 75% of American adults will experience significant back pain at some point in their lives. The stretching, strengthening, breathing and relaxation techniques utilized in this class can assist in alleviating symptoms of mild chronic back pain, or help you to avoid them in the first place (sorry, but not for acute pain situations.)

Power Hour
This class will combine the unique Pilates style of body conditioning system with the deep gentle stretching of a Hatha yoga class.

Yoga Basics 101
This workshop will introduce the beginner and continuing student to the basic history, vocabulary, postures, alignment principles, breathing and relaxation techniques in a safe and supportive environment. This is a two hour workshop and is offered the third Saturday of each month.

The Egoscue Method
The Egoscue Method is a Postural Therapy program which involves a series of stretches and gentle exercises called E-cises. It is designed to treat musculoskeletal pain without drugs, surgery, or manipulation. This is accomplished through bringing the skeleton back into proper alignment. Certain E-cises relax overly contracted muscles, which are usually secondary muscles compensating for the weak primary muscles not fulfilling their role. At the same time those or different E-cises strengthen the atrophied muscles to restore proper anatomical balance. The goal of this method is to have all eight load-bearing joints, which are the shoulders, hips, knees and ankles, bilaterally aligned with a fully functional musculoskeletal system to keep it that way.

Beginner Belly Dancing
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Breath & Meditation
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