This class frees the hip flexors and front of the body to counter long bouts of sitting while preparing us for a focus-enhancing balancing posture; "Dancer" pose. A great one for cultivating present -centered awareness and strength!
Ayurveda teaches the quality of vata (nervous, turbulent energy) can be balanced by bringing it back to it's "home", the pelvic region. This class is inspired by that concept by focusing on mobilizing, strengthening and stretching the hips and engaging the mind with visualization throughout this full spectrum practice.
Inspired by some of some of the origins of Halloween, this practice uses imagery of fire for meditation and a core-centered physical practice. You'll also be invited to offer your practice to an ancestor or a loved one who has passed on. Lots of inspiration in this experience!
A practice that invites stronger movements before luxuriating in restoring postures with a focus on freeing the areas of the upper back and the chest, which can be symbolically thought of as the spiritual heart.
A practice to mark a new month's beginning. An invitation to create intentions for September followed by a profoundly grounding flow to plant what we intend to cultivate in this season of transition.
Our July workshop focuses on the ayurvedic concept of "pitta", a fiery part of our constitution that can become aggravated during summer (pitta season). This class explains signs of over-active pitta along with several skills to balance, like sensitizing ourselves to our body heat, an engaging warm up, moon salutations, yin postures and embodied mantra for focus. Enjoy!
Explore the transition from sleep to enlivened in this 75 minute deluxe mindful movement experience. Full body mobilization, strengthening and stretching with full body breath and energy!
Deeply exploring the art of attention in the transitions between one pose and another. Wait until you experience the difference in your practice when your attention is this close to the movements between the movements and the spaces inside every breath!
A yang/yin experience that explores the concept of "STOP"- Stop. Take a breath. Observe. Proceed.
Yoga offers a structure of relating to the many ways we are distracted and confused. This meditation leads us through the "kosha" model, inviting us to experience our physical bodies, our energy, minds and subconscious so we can more often connect with our true nature.
A special 90 minute experience that offers several ideas for inserting supportive mini practices into your day and options for inspiring you when you have more time for movement, meditation and productive rest.
An invitation to connect to a memory, person or image that feels "opening" for the heart and the warm feelings related to that symbolic place within. Then, flow through an invigorating sequence to feel more expansive outside and in.
A 20 minute class focused on stronger movements to quickly release stagnation and a sense of being "stuck".
A practice for those wanting the elements of a downward facing dog without bearing so much weight on wrists and shoulders. Enjoy a warm up for wrists, shoulders and hamstrings and then a standing version of plank and dog using a wall for support. Useful for tending to healing shoulders.
A 20 minute practice that includes some brief neck and spine movement before settling into a breath visualization and a mantra repetition.
The ayurvedic concept of "agni" is related to the element of fire and its symbolism as the heat that supports our healthy digestion of food and life. This workshop offers breath skills, visualization techniques and specific core-centred movements and twists to enhance our ability to metabolize the food we eat and the life we lead.
A 30 minute gentle rhythmic rejuvenation that invites you to use your practice with intention to process and metabolize your daily experiences and feel the way you want to feel more often.
A 90 minute experience to acknowledge the arrival of the winter season and the longer days of light. Exploring the pause at the end of the exhale is a calming, balancing technique through an invigorating sequence and reflections to close the end of the year.
Brief movement, breathwork, contemplation and visualization to remember what is most important to you at this time of year.
A practice of mindful movement intended to support the art of being present in all the moments we pour our hearts into creating. Full body mindful strengthening followed by slower stretches and a lengthened body scan meditation.