Back Care Yoga
This Iyengar based class is specifically developed to care for the back through a series of asanas designed to create a supportive posture, core strengthening and flexibility as well as develop awareness in how we can care for our back. The Back Care class is suitable for those with injuries as well as anyone wanting to take good care of their back.
Back Care Yoga is taught by Diane Valentine
Beginner's Yoga
Designed for beginning students to learn correct alignment and breathing in basic yoga postures. This style of yoga is influenced by the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar.
Beginner's Yoga is taught by Sarah Watkins
Community Yoga Class
Come reconnect with yourself, get grounded and begin to carry this energy into the world with a yoga practice suitable for beginners and experienced students. There is no fee, only donation. A perfect class for today's economic times.
Class Fee: By Donation
Community Yoga is taught by students and graduates of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training Program
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement
These lessons use the innate capacity of the human nervous system to learn new patterns of moving, thinking and feeling through a series of easy, restful and invigorating movements resulting in greater ease of movement, improvement in posture and reduction of pain and tension.
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement is taught by Iren Romoda and Tancha McKnight
Fundamentals of Yoga
The intention of this Saturday morning class is to build the strong foundation of a lifelong yoga practice based upon the sequential principles of raising consciousness found in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. At the physical level, emphasis will be on awakening joint mobility and function through strong and flowing movements. At the energetic level, the work will be to access the vitality of the breath and mobilize the energetic channels. Healthy physical function and energetic capacity will then be utilized to establish the deeper practices of pranayama, concentration, and meditation. All this esoteric stuff will be taught in the spirit of the heart, with joy for living always the overriding theme. With compassion, "progress, not perfection", will be our guiding principle. The movements in this class will be vigorous and challenging, however all movements will be demonstrated in mild, medium, and intense variations so all students can progress at their own intelligent pace. Thus, all levels of students are welcome.
Fundamentals of Yoga is taught by Greg Riley
Iyengar Yoga
Designed to promote proper alignment, flexibility, stamina, and strength, while developing a broader, more positive sense of self-awareness. The asanas (postures) are tailored to suit different ages, body types, and level of fitness, giving careful instruction to beginners.
Iyengar Yoga is taught by Diane Valentine and Greg Riley
Living Lightly Yoga/Restoratives
Suitable for all ages and beginners. Delightful for more advanced students. Begin and end each class with Restorative Yoga. Linking breath, awareness and movement calms and grounds your body and mind. Students with neck, shoulder, low back concerns do well in this class.
Living Lightly Yoga is taught by Annie Macy
Meditation for Stress Reduction
No Fee - Donation-based
Mindfulness practices foster increased concentration, relaxation, creativity, self-awareness, and attunement, inspiring you to cope more effectively with daily stressors. Sessions include guided meditations, gentle mindful movement (no special clothes needed), and brief discussions of mindfulness concepts. This class is open to those new to meditation, as well as those with more experience who would like the support of a group to maintain a regular practice. It is based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn who developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to successfully help people deal with chronic pain and stress-related symptoms.
Meditation for Stress Reduction is taught by Wendy Beckerman
Prenatal Yoga
This class is designed as a support to help you during your pregnancy. You will learn breath meditations and relaxation techniques to ease anxiety as well as some physical poses to help you improve muscle tone, increase circulation and strengthen the pelvic floor. As you travel this exciting path, this yoga class will be a safe and restful place to come, you will be supported by others who are on the same journey and together create community.
Prenatal Yoga is taught by Kelly Callahan Black
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga helps relieve the effects of chronic stress and is based on a series of restful postures designed to cleanse and nourish the organs, renew the spirit and peacefully restore our energy. The use of props in these gracefully sequenced asanas provides a completely supportive environment for total relaxation and deep rest.This class is designed for people of all ages and levels of fitness and is ideal for those recovering from injuries or illness and those in need of deep rest and rejuvenation.
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Restorative Yoga is taught by Diane Valentine
Therapeutic Yoga for People with Disabilities
Therapuetic Yoga for People with Disabilities is specifically designed for people with limited or decreased movement capabilities seeking exercise for various reasons. This very gentle yoga is a series of stretching movements that can help to reduce stress within the body, strengthen endurance and reduce fatigue. It also expands the range of motion and flexibility and improves balance. In addition it reduces muscle spasms, improves bowel and bladder control, enhances energy channels and explores one's full potential.
Therapeutic Yoga for People with Disabilities is taught by Marcia Conroy
Yoga for 50+
This is a class for the seasoned body in the Iyengar style. It moves a little slower to allow a moment of rest between more vigorous poses. Care is taken to adapt poses to individual needs and to increase students' respect for their bodies. A good class for beginners who need extra help, seniors, and those wanting a moderate practice.
Yoga for 50+ is taught by Mary Smith
Yoga for the Core
In terms of asana practice, core abdominal strength improves nearly every pose, offering a sense of balance and ease. In this class we will explore a series of asanas specially developed to achieve optimal health for the support of our organs and the development of core strength. Healthy abdominal muscles are strong, not hard, and assist us in breathing, helping to align the pelvis and support the back.
Yoga for the Core is taught by Diane Valentine
Yoga for Beginners
Yoga for Beginners is an introduction to Iyengar Style Hatha Yoga and is designed for beginning students. More advanced students wanting to return to their own beginner minds to deepen their practice are welcome as well.
Yoga for Beginners is taught by Diane Valentine
YogaKids
Yoga poses are mixed and matched into lessons with games, stories, music and more to teach to the active preschooler. It introduces languages, geography, ecology, basic math concepts, and cooperative living ideas. YogaKids classes includes breathing, mindfulness and relaxation techniques. Participants will also explore poses and techniques to increase strength, flexibility, focus, concentration and balance. These classes are full of barking dogs, hissing snakes, roaring lions, fluttering butterflies, and balancing trees! Parent/caregiver participation required.
Class Fee: $12 drop-in; $50 5-class series
YogaKids is taught by Adrienne Yang
Yoga Nidra and Meditation
Yoga nidra, meaning,”sleep of the Yogis,” is a deeply relaxing and Consciousness-cultivating practice using various concentration techniques. Its aim is to completely relax the body and mind so our inner witness becomes dominant in our awareness. Once in that state we are able to see ourselves and the world around us with a Heart full of wisdom and joy and a Mind free of judgement. The class will also include the practices of pranayama and meditation. You are encouraged to wear pajamas to practice!
Yoga Nidra and Meditation is taught by Michael Sapiro
Yoga/Pilates
Kelly’s Pilates/Yoga Class integrates Joseph Pilates’ methods of core training, focus and precision with the breathing, flexibility and flow aspects of a yoga practice. She brings these worlds together to give you a complete experience of mind-body healing, breath work, strength, flexibility and posture.
This class is a challenging workout and is open to all levels, so be prepared to sweat!
Class Fee: $12 drop-in; $100 10-class series
Yoga/Pilates is taught by Kelly Callahan Black