Where to Begin...

Beginner: We focus on detailed instruction in the techniques of aligning the body as a way of entering into experience. The results are released tension, greater mindful awareness, and inner peace and tranquility. This class is good for first-time students as well as those with some experience or who are returning to yoga after many years. Continuing with detailed instruction, we begin to explore the subtler, more internal stages of the practice.

Gentle and Mixed-Level: For beginners and beyond (see descriptions, below). Beginners are encouraged to explore all their class options.

All Levels: These classes begin the early day and end our busy week. Time to care for ourselves through the practices. Beginners and more experienced welcome.

Yoga for Arthritis
This class will focus on enhancing: flexibility, range of motion, strength, balance and at the same time reduce stress and increase well-being. Postures will be modified for individual needs and can be done in chairs or on mats. Please call to connect with the teacher before arriving.

Monthly Meditation Series
w/ SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER Sivanand Thomas Amelio
Details to follow
$115 registered and paid by 1/15, $125 after

Teenager's Yoga: Calling ALL high school students! Feeling stressed out by the start of the year, too much homework, worries about the future? Relax and de-stress with us as you begin your week.

Beyond Beginner...
Gentle: Classes with mixed ability and knowledge of yoga are guided in gentle, rhythmic movement and breath. Here we learn to approach ourselves with gentle, loving compassion in body and heart.

Mixed-Level: Designed to meet the needs of beginning and more experienced students alike, allowing individuals to have a deep experience by meeting ourselves where we are.

Moderate to Advanced: We continue with more advanced postures and posture flows, and we learn deeper practices. Classes require at least six months' experience with postures, pranayama, and meditation.

Yoga and Meditation w/ Brahmani (Moderate & All Levels): Meditation is the primary practice in yoga. In these classes you will receive clear instruction and guidance in your meditation practice that can be carried into your asana practice. These classes are an invitation to dive into the practices of sitting meditation, passive (Yin) and active Yoga, pranayama and deep reflection. Each class will be filled with yogic practices integrated with inspirational dharma teachings. Brahmani weaves the yogic practices and teachings together with a Buddhist perspective, which allows us to access a deeper connection to the wisdom of our own true nature and realize that peace is possible right now. The contemplative teachings and practices are offered to support their integration into daily life.

Meditation, Yin Yoga & Pranayama
"I feel like I was on a 2 week vacation." TN "We cannot really experience anything without being present to it. True presence requires that we be attentive to what is happening ... here and now." Gunilla Norris This contemplative class is a time of deep inquiry. Time to deepen our meditation practice. In the quiet of meditation, presence simply allows everything within it to unfold. Yin Yoga is a perfect complement to our more active yoga and lives. In the long holdings the meridian system is nourished and prana awakened. The mindful practice continues here in the poses and as pranayama practice is integrated it enhances the practice and its benefits. Brahmani will give teachings while in the practice to support our living in awareness, our true home. Please join us for this opportunity to see what keeps us from living from our true essential nature; present in body, open in heart and awake in mind.

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