Back Care - These classes are suitable for all practitioners, but special care is made to assist those with minor back issues. Overall emphasis is also placed on building a strong and healthy back for everyone, so as to avoid future back-related problems. If you have serious back injuries please speak with the instructor beforehand.

The Feldenkrais Method is a form of somatic education using gentle movement and directed attention to improve movement and enhance human functioning. Through this Method, you can increase your ease and range of motion, improve your flexibility and coordination, and rediscover your innate capacity for graceful, efficient movement. These improvements will often generalize to enhance functioning in other aspects of your life. This Method is based on principles of physics, biomechanics and an empirical understanding of learning and human development. By expanding the self-image through movement sequences that bring attention to the parts of the self that are out of awareness, the Method enables you to include more of yourself in your functioning movements. Students will become more aware of their habitual neuromuscular patterns and rigidities and expand options for new ways of moving. By increasing sensitivity the Feldenkrais Method assists you to live your life more fully, efficiently and comfortably.

Hatha - This class incorporates many facets of a complete yoga practice: philosphy, breath awareness (pranayama), postures, and mental focus. Each session will include some discussion, some breath work, some flowing sequences of poses, and some longer, static postures. The goal is to increase strength, flexibility, and awareness of sellf concurrently. In actuality, Hatha Yoga is a generalized term referring to any of a number of approaches based on Patanjali's 8-path approach to yoga (Ethics toward others, Discipline toward self, Breath awareness, Postures, Sensory Control, Concentration, Meditation, Enlightenment).

 

Intro - These classes are aimed at beginning students who are looking to learn about yoga and begin a practice. New students are welcome to drop-in at any time. Occasionally, 6-week series are offered so that beginning level yogis can introduce themselves more systematically to the basics of yoga. Please check the schedule occasionally to see when a series is starting..

 

Iyengar - The Iyengar method places special focus on developing strength, endurance and correct body alignment in addition to flexibility and relaxation. The standing poses emphasized in this system of yoga build strong legs, increase general vitality, and improve circulation, coordination and balance. Iyengar Yoga is meditation in action - the mind is focused on the actions of the posture and the movement of the breath. As the mind unites with the body and the breath students move into a meditative state. Self exploration occurs through discovery and release of physical tension patterns and psychological resistance. As practice continues, a student's ability to relax and to concentrate improves and inner awareness is enhanced. Only teachers that have passed the stringent certification may be classified as Iyengar teachers.

 

Viniyoga - Learn about the traditional Hatha yoga, Viniyoga. Viniyoga is a safe and effective approach to yoga practice that is often used for individual yoga therapy. Integrated yoga practices are therapeutic and healing for all levels of your being: physical, energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual. This class is appropriate for beginning and intermediate students.. Visit www.viniyoga.com for more information.

 
Tibetan Heart Yoga - Like twins seperated at birth and now reunited, Tibetan Heart Yoga, THY,brings togetherthe 'outer' methods (physical postures and breath) with the traditional 'inner' methods (ethical living, meditation, philosophical training, and correct worldview) into a powerful synthesis the ancients called "royal yoga". THY Series1 reveals the foundation of Yoga as practiced in the Lineage of the Dalai Lamas. Tonglen compassion meditations are weaved into asanas which are used to cultivate one of the six perfections: giving, kindness, patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom. This is a deep practice of beginning to relate with friends, enemies, and strangers with an ultimately compassionate mind. Using this 'inner method' during your yoga practice will transform it from merely a physical into a transformative spiritual daily practice.