Anusara: Anusara means “flowing with Grace,” “going with the flow”, and “following your heart”. Founded by John Friend in 1997, Anusara Yoga® is a powerful hatha yoga system that unifies a Tantric philosophy of intrinsic Goodness with the Un iversal Principles of Alignment. Its’ uplifting philosophy, epitomized by a “celebration of the heart,” looks for the good in all people and all things. Fun-loving students of all levels of ability and yoga experience are honored for their unique differences, limitations, and talents.

Baby and Beloved: This class is for newborns up to well-moving crawlers and their parent/friend/guardian. In this class, there are yoga exercises just for babies based upon their individual levels of development, yoga postures for the adult companions which incorporate the babes, songs, gentle movement, infant massage and quiet time. Come and meet your community of  babies and friends through this fun and playful approach to yoga with your little one!

Bodhana Yoga:  Bodhana means “to awaken” or to create the environment for awakening.  In this class, you will be led through an asana practice designed to open your body and energy channels to prepare for the higher practices of yoga.  Students are then brought into a supported sitting or lying down posture for pranayama, breathing practices that clear energy blockages and increase the prana life force.  After pranayama, we continue with chanting a specific mantra, the theme of which changes each month or so.  The mantra aids in focusing your mind, among many of benefits.  The class finishes each time with a group  meditation.

Gentle Yoga:  A gentle yoga class is a very basic yoga class which focuses on the relaxation aspect of yoga practices.  This class is great for someone wanting to de-stress, who is recovering from an injury or trauma, or who is very new to yoga.

Barkan Hot Yoga: Lyndsay is a certifired Barkan Hot Yoga instructor.  Her classes are sequenced as a flow of yoga poses linked with the breath (vinyasa) and the room is heated to 85-95 degrees. The heated environment allows for a deeper release within the body, lessens chance of injury, speeds healing and flushes toxins from the body.

Yoga Basics: Lots of instruction on alignment and use of props. This class is intended to help you get yoga in your body and to learn the language of yoga.  You will learn the most commonly practiced standing and seated poses and how to practice them safely, honoring your own body and level of strength and flexibility.  This is where your journey with yoga begins.

Jivamukti Yoga: The Jivamukti Yoga system was founded by David Life and Sharon Gannon.  Jivamukti Yoga – a powerful flow of postures built upon the steady rhythm of ujjayi breathing, using sound and music to transform negative emotions into fuel for enlightenment, along with learning practical applications of classical yoga scriptures, pranayama, and meditation in every class.  The pace in these classes is slow, deliberate, and attentive.

Moving From Within: Moving From Within provides an opportunity to begin your day aligned with your deepest intentions. Set aside peripheral concerns and, through yoga, discover space in the body for your intentions to abide. By aligning the body after opening to higher aims, movement becomes a prayer, transforming us into a living gesture of the heart. This class  focuses on the basic alignment and biomechanics necessary to safely and expansively access a wide range of postures.  Jason Moore teaches in the Anusara style.

Spiritual Warrior Jivamukti Yoga: This is a brisk guided vinyasa class in which the teacher calls out the asanas and provides the breath count but gives minimal instruction as to how to do the various asanas. The hour long class is based on the principles of Jivamukti Yoga and offers a well-rounded practice as a set sequence that includes a warm-up, the setting of an elevated intention, chanting, surya namaskar, standing asanas, twists, balances, forward bending, backward bending and inversions, as well as relaxation and meditation.   Spiritual warrior transforms, invigorates and energizes, while at the same time grounding and leading the student inward on an exploration of the deeper spiritual aspects of the self.

Skillful Flow: A deliberate, calming and steadying vinyasa class with focus on ujiai breath as the “one point” of concentration. Alignment-based instructions to inform each pose, and meditations to open and feel the heart.  Cat’s classes always begin with slow and deliberate sun salutations to build warmth in the tissues.  All classes who instruct Mindful Flow at this studio pay close attention to your alignment to avoid injuriesand help you to receive the full benefit of each posture in your body and mind.

Pre-natal: Specially designed to support mama in her journey of creation.  These classes focus on building strength around the hips and low back to support your changing body as well as stability around the pelvis.  You will also learn poses to strengthen your arms and stretch open your chest and shoulders to prepare for nursing and/or carrying your new sweet baby when the baby comes.  Standing poses and seated poses are incorporated through the practice.  No previous experience with yoga is required.

Tibetan Heart Yoga: This class unites the inner and out practices of yoga in a flowing sequence of Indian and Tibetan postures.  Built on a calm and steady breath, this class also includes a compassion meditation called tong-len, that empowers us to feel good now while sowing the seeds to feel good later.

Transitional Flow: Ashley’s Transitional Flow will allow students to gracefully and mindfully transition into the evening through a sequence of postures that promote self-awareness and presence. Students will learn alignment cues to support them through a beautiful moving meditation incorporating breathe awareness and opportunities to tune into the subtle requests of one’s own body. The environment of class will encourage a community effort to uplift, join and call in whatever may be present for students.  Class will include a seated meditation practice in order to tune into one’s center and deepen one’s relationship to the full spectrum of existence in order to pursue one’s true calling and dreams off the mat. Classes are open to both beginner and experienced students of yoga. Ashley is honored to have the opportunity to teach her own practice and share the abundance of wisdom that has been offered to her.

Yin:  Yin yoga is a practice designed to open your connective tissues.  This practice is done entirely on the floor.  You are guided into positions of safe stretch, and then you hold the stretch for at least a few minutes at a time, allowing the tissues time to unwind.