Classes

Gentle Yoga

Ideal for anyone wanting to ease into yoga and those who may have physical limitations due to age, back or joint problems, or are recovering from injury or illness. Easier stretches and muscle toning combined with deep relaxation poses (restorative) to get you back in shape safely.

Level 1

For students with little or no yoga experience and for continuing students who wish to refine their understanding of the basics. This class teaches basic hatha yoga postures from various tradtions. Develops strength, flexibility, balance and an understanding of healthy body alignment and movement.

Level 1-2

For beginners and continuing students. Same focus as Level 1 with more challenging poses and sequences.

Level 2

For students with prior yoga experience, a faster paced class that includes a broader range of poses in more challenging sequences and longer holds. Introduces inversions and backbends.

Amrit Yoga

Founded by Yogi Amrit Desai of the Amrit Yoga Institute., this flowing sequence of poses provides an overall toning for the entire body and combines short meditative periods with the postures. A deeply relaxing and engaging practice, this class is appropriate for beginners or continuing students interested in deepening their practice and learning a sequence they can practice at home.

Meditation

Taught by Kathleen Porter. Mindfulness Meditation with an emphasis on support of aligned bones for sitting more comfortably during practice. Includes brief instruction and aa short walking meditation. No charge. Donations gratefully accepted.

Svaroopa

Svaroopa means “own form” or “essence” in Sanskrit. Yoga says that our true form, our essential nature is consciousness, bliss, limitlessness and expansive. In terms of the core poses of the practice, we use gentle precise angles & soften into those angles. We use props such as blocks, cushions and blankets in ways that support you in your process of releasing tension in your body. One of the principals of this style of yoga is to ‘sequence the spine’. What that means is that we are starting at the base of the spine (the tailbone) on up, releasing and opening the contracted muscles that are connected to your spine. When your spinal muscles release it affects your entire body, your mind, and more. The goal of yoga is to quiet your mind, so that you can discover the essence of your being – your true nature, which is called Svaroopa/bliss. For more information go to jayayoga.net