Class Description

Pilates Yoga: Combining the best of both worlds, Pilates Yoga incorporates a refined awareness of the core and breath, creating a practice that allows one to develop the inner balance and body strength needed for flexibility and steadiness.

Gentle Yoga:  For those clients who are not able to meet the demands of more strenuous poses. It is ideal for seniors, women who are pregnant or those clients who are recovering from an injury. It is a therapeutic path to healing no matter if it is for physical, mental, or emotional aspects of our life. Gentle Yoga encompasses breathing, relaxation, stretching and yoga poses. It also benefits your chiropractic therapy and physical rehabilitation process.

Beginning Yoga: Beginning Yoga is the introduction to the practice of meditation, stretching and breathing. Posture allows you to gain flexibility, tone muscles and enjoy the flow of breath withing your body. Create a more fluid body using proper alignment, opening your mind and releasing tension from your muscles.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga: This class is for those who want more of a challenge, to transform awareness, experience inner peace, joy and well- being. This energizing class covers all aspects of yoga practice but emphasizes vinyasa flow (dynamic movement); heart opening postures an pranayama (breathing) exercises. Gain vitality and release stagnant energy in this dynamic class.

Hatha Yoga: Understand how breathing and postures are linked together when used to reduce stress and strengthen the back and core. Hatha Yoga also teaches proper alignment and lengthens the spine. This class eases you into fitness and flexibility.

Yin Yang and Meditation: This class is the best of both worlds; you’ll build just enough heat to help you to focus enough to open your mind and body.This class starts with centering on the breath, and then a warm up that leads into deep stretches and meditative asanas. Meditative poses are mostly on the floor and held 3-5 min. based on what your body needs to take from each pose.

Yoga for all levels: You don’t need to be able to touch your toes; you just need to show up. Classic Asthonga yoga focusing on breath and centering postures. Classic Vinyasa presented simply, using props to help you extend your practice.

Cardiyoga and a Deep Stretch: Come prepared to sweat, bring a towel and plenty of water. Short Vinyasa designed to raise your heart rate and warm you up. All this body heat is then exploited by moving into some deep stretches, heart openers and restorative savasanas.

Prenatal Yoga: These classes are designed with you and this special time in your life in mind. Each class focuses on you and your baby as your pregnancy progresses trimester by trimester. Valuable information about posture, movement and the safety are discussed and practiced. Create more mental focus to cope throughout labor and life. Reduce stress & promote relaxation through emotional support & movement. Balance emotions and heighten intuition. Increase energy, ease common discomforts, prepare for birth, learn how to breathe properly, reduce edema & high blood pressure, relieve varicose veins, and increase blood & lymph circulation. Facilitates hormonal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary & other prenatal physiological processes, reduce musculoskeletal pain & strain. Develop the kinesthetic awareness, flexibility & preparation necessary for active birthing, contributes to shorter, less painful labor. May reduce labor complications, medications & interventions as well as improvement of infant well being. (Please print out the medical release form in the Pricing tab for the Prenatal Yoga/ Any questions regarding Prenatal Yoga please contact Charly at 314.629.3846)