movement class descriptions

Nia is a fun, low- or no-impact aerobic workout combining simple dance moves, martial arts and healing arts. No prior experience needed. Nia is user-friendly for everyone at any fitness level - whether you are a high-energy athlete or if you just need to get moving. Reap the benefits: cardio conditioning, stress relief, joint mobility, increased strength and energy.

Vinyasa means “breath-synchronized movement,” so in this yoga class the teacher will instruct you to move from one pose to the next on an inhale or an exhale. The poses run together and become like a dance of a flow. A familiarity with yoga is helpful.

Kundalini Yoga incorporates physical movement, breathwork, mantra, and intention-setting to co-create with the vital life forces and is a dynamic, powerful tool for radiant wellness. No experience is needed as all classes are suitable for first-time yogis.

Yoga for EveryBody is a class for everyone and everybody – all ages, sizes & shapes. This Hatha-inspired class will allow a newcomer to yoga, as well as the experienced practitioner, to discover where the poses can go and beyond. A familiarity with the poses is helpful but not necessary.

PreNatal Yoga is for mothers-to-be in their 2nd & 3rd trimesters. This class not only prepares your body for childbirth through gentle but strength-building yoga, but also your spirit and mind by giving you time to share with a community of women also preparing for childbirth and an experienced teacher

Hoop Dance Yoga Burn as many calories as aerobics or running - and have twice as much fun! Hoop Dance Yoga is an exhilarating total-body, low-impact workout guaranteed to shake up your fitness routine. Creative, fluid moves reshape your waist, build power in your core, and get your heart pumping. And as you spin the hoop around, you'll feel the joy of movement just like when you were a kid. This class explores the connection between the sacred circle and yoga as a way to increase balance, coordination and flexibility, correct poor posture, unites the breath with movement, cleanses your body of fat and toxins, and leave you feeling alive, creative and de-stressed. We use weighted hoops. Please bring your own hoop; weighted hoops will also be available for purchase at your class.

Beginner and Intermediate Belly Dance

Belly Dance is an art to celebrate our femininity! It is one of the oldest dances in the world and, traditionally, was performed for women by women, often used as a birthing ritual. This course will allow students to explore movements that have been long forgotten in the rigidity of our busy lives. It is designed for both students new to belly dance or those want to touch up on prior belly dancing experience. But, no prior dance experience is required.

We will cover techniques essential for solid foundation in belly dance. This includes appropriate posture and stance, arm poses, hip work with shimmies, isolations, undulations and traveling steps. We will then link these step into brief combo and choreography series. Along with our dance technique, we will familiarize ourselves rhythms common to the Middle Eastern music. As students progress with their learning, we will begin to explore the use of zils, veil and floor work.

I encourage students to bring a scarf to tie around their waist during the class, this helps us to be aware of our hips and also helps show the emphasis of particular movements. Coin scarves aren’t necessary, but if you have one, feel free to bring it!

Yoga for Kids

yoga classes for kids
Winter session 2012

Our Winter Session runs for 10 weeks
beginning Jan 16th.

10 classes prepaid $85
10 classes first week of class $90
DropIn $10/class

Fee is per child; parent is free!
Teen DropIn $7

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YogaKids® & Itsy Bitsy Yoga®
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YogaKids® & Itsy Bitsy Yoga®

Yoga: Baby and Me
This baby and mom yoga class is a time to bond with your
baby while learning yoga postures. This is an ideal post-partum workout. Bring
your infant 2 months to 1 year (no walkers please).

Itsy Bitsy Toddler Yoga (1-3 year olds with a parent or caregiver)
A fun-loving, supportive, and active yoga practice filled with dozens of Itsy Bitsy Yoga poses just
for tots. Itsy Bitsy Yoga continues to build the parent/child bond, helps our tots feel
happier and more confident in their moving bodies, and encourages their creative
spirit. Experience the shared joy when Tots move into yoga poses on their own!

Family Yoga: Parent and Child 3 - 9 year olds
This class will feature a variety of musical movements, yoga postures, and yoga
games. Participants will develop strength, balance, coordination, focus and concentration.

YogaKids 4 - 9 year olds
Children will gain strength, concentration, focus, balance,
body awareness, self-esteem, and more while having a great time! YogaKids
® is a nationally-known yoga program that teaches anatomy, math, ecology, and
earth elements through yoga postures and games.

Hoop Dance Yoga for Kids & Teens 6 - 17 year olds
A colorful mix of hooping, dance, play, movement and yoga designed to support physical fitness, encourage ecstatic expression and nurture self-esteem. All classes allow students the opportunity to share what they have learned through dance, play, performance and hoop games. This unique fun fitness program enhances total body awareness, hand–eye coordination, increased flexibility and core strength. Spatial awareness, locomotors and fine motor skills, group participation, creativity and self-expression are just some of the many benefits of hoop dance with children.