All-Levels Yoga
This all-levels class is suitable for the beginning yogi as well as those ready to move beyond. Continued focus on the breath, while fine tuning your alignment will help you develop deeper into your practice. Honor yourself and learn to find your own edge.
Athletic Yoga Flow
An invigorating class with an emphasis on strength, flexibility and stamina. Connect your Ujjai breath with a flow-based sun salutations, standing poses, hip-openers, seated poses, twists, backbend and inversions. Beginning students can build a strong base while more advanced yogis can take their practice deeper. Be prepared to warm up and have fun!
Beginning Yoga
Begin your yoga journey by discovering the breath as the foundation of your practice. You will be guided through meditation and then into the asana practice; meditation in motion. Learn some fundamental postures, sequencing, and Sanskrit.
Foundations of Yoga
In Foundations of Yoga basic asanas are explained and practiced with emphasis on the breath and alignment. Pranayama and the purpose and use of bandhas will be discussed. Poses will be held for longer periods to allow the body to relax and give the student time time look and feel within (pratyahara).
Gentle Yoga
Yoga is truly for every body, of any age and any body type. Most experts agree that exercise is what keeps us young and keeps us fit; the only requirement is that you pick something you want to do regularly and stick to it. Often times our minds trick us with excuses of “I’m too weak”, or “I’m too stiff” and we think “I can’t.” At Namaste, we will show you that YOU CAN! With this class, you can be assured that your experience will be beneficial to your health, will improve your confidence, and will be customized to your body. Gentle yoga is a great way to build a practice you will continue for years to come; exercise with the bonus of peace of mind.
Hour of Power
Based on the teachings of Baron Baptiste, this one hour class is for students of all levels who are looking to release tension, build strength, increase endurance, and create more flexibility in the body. A calm mind and a deeper sense of connection within yourself, opening you up to new possibilities, both physically and mentally can all be yours in 60 minutes! This class is a nice break from the work day or for those who are into the Hour of Power!
Itsy Bitsy Infant Yoga: Newborn to Crawling
Infant Itsy Bitsy Yoga class contains dozens of unique yoga postures designed to support baby’s development. Each class is filled with calming, nurturing ways to enhance bonding and improve baby’s sleep. During an Infant Itsy Bitsy Yoga class, babies enjoy yoga while on their backs, tummies, or held in loving arms. For parents & caregivers, this is a special opportunity to meet others, get support, and learn about baby’s emerging personality. Most of the yoga we do in Itsy Bitsy Yoga is for baby, but you will also experience breathing and relaxation techniques. For more information on Itsy Bitsy Yoga go to: www.itsybitsyyoga.com. To schedule a class, please contact Molly.
Itsy Bitsy Toddler Yoga: Crawling to 2 Years
Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers is a supportive, fun-loving, and active yoga class. As tots’s mobility increases, classes offer tot-centric poses that encourage and support their physical explorations. Tots become more confident in their moving bodies as they practice yoga both in and out of class. During a Tots Itsy Bitsy Yoga class crawlers and walkers playfully practice yoga postures while they are standing, sitting up, walking, and jumping. Parents also do a little yoga, but no experience required. For more information go to: www.itsybitsyyoga.com. To schedule a class, please contact Molly.
Intermediate Yoga
Suitable for students with a regular yoga practice as class focuses on building an integrated strength with proper alignment that supports inversions, back-bends and advanced balances. Students will take practice to a deeper level, finding a new edge to basic postures while exploring new avenues of movement for the body and reaching new levels of self-aspiration.
Meditation with Bhante Rahula
Dear friends, Awaken your Inner Intelligence and attain a state of mind free of conflict, turmoil, hatred, guilt, anger, jealousy, ignorance and fear. Elevation of one’s state of consciousness will lead to an inner source of knowledge, creativity, and peace………….. with metta, Bhante Rahula
Pilates
Pilates…a full-body workout for all levels of fitness. This class is perfect for those who have never done Pilates, and is a great way to get started or as a compliment to your existing exercise routine. tI builds stamina and endurance while following the flow and rhythm of your breath while centering by pulling in deep core muscles of the belly. The 60-minute class consists of isometric exercises using your own body weight as resistance. Props such as the magic circle, flex bands and small balls may be used to intensify the workout; however, all exercises can and will be modified for injuries and to fit your level of fitness. You will increase muscle, strength and flexibility, correct your posture and create body awareness.
Poi-postponed for now
Poi can be described as yoga for the mind. Using tools consisting of essentially a ball on a chain with a handle, we will go through a number of basic movements that can be placed together into a beautiful and restorative flow. Using the basic teachings from the Maori people of New Zealand who used Poi to train for everything from dance to combat, Poi has been derived and fine tuned into a modern and beautiful dance. Traditionally, Poi consists of fire lit balls, however this class will be taught with sock Poi which are weighted socks and the best prop in which to learn. People who practice Poi regularly see increased self-esteem, strength, and reduced stress levels.
Pre-Natal Yoga
This special class will offer:
Modifications you can use in all yoga classes
Yoga for 1/2/3 tri-mester
Yoga for alleviating discomfort
Yoga for labor
Birth plan and Nursing discussions
This will be a nice forum to find your way through this special time. There is so much coming at pregnant people….it is often hard to stay on YOUR course. This group activity will give you knowledge, insight, and confidence that YOU know what is best for you and your baby!
Some Like it HOT
Enhance your yoga practice in a heated room! This all levels class, based on Baron Baptiste’s teachings, uses breath and flowing movement to link yoga postures together. The heated class will allow you to move deeper into your postures safely. The heat also helps to speed up metabolism and increase cardio benefit, promote natural healing, and allow you to achieve a more full relaxation and release of tight muscles. By the end of class you’ll experience a wonderful feeling of relaxation and accomplishment both physically and mentally!
Please BRING a towel to cover your mat, another towel for your body, and water to drink.
Tai Ji
Taiji is the art of stillness in motion utilizing the interaction of yin & yang. We are offering a beginning “Evidence Based Taiji” (EBT) and Qigong class. This EBT was developed by Dr. Yang Yang based on scientific evidence documenting the benefits of Taiji practice including improvement in balance, strength and the immune system. Essential curriculum includes: static and dynamic Qigong exercises; a simplified 7 Form and basic Push Hands exercises. Two 9-week sessions are typically required to complete the Evidence-Based Taiji and Qigong program. After that, students may either continue refining and deepening their understanding of these essential foundational exercises, or if they wish to continue challenging themselves in learning new motor skills they may join a Chen style 48 movement form class. We also offer our ongoing intermediate class.The intermediate class will focus attention on the Chen style 48 movement form, silk reeling, single hand, two hand and moving Push Hands practice.
Vinyasa Breath
A class for those moving forward with their practice. Students will learn to use the breath and movement to warm the body. Be prepared to open up and move deeper into your practice.
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra is a powerful technique in which you learn to relax consciously. True relaxation is an experience beyond sensory diversion. This yogic method is a systematic and scientific approach to physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. In this state between sleep and wakefulness, contact between conscious and subconscious occurs spontaneously. Yoga Nidra is an approach to pratyahara or withdrawal of the senses – the 5th limb of Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutra. Gentle asana practice coupled with guided imagery meditation brings us into this state. You will emerge in bliss.