Class Descriptions

Basics Classes

Yoga Basics, an All-Levels class is the perfect class for those who are new to yoga or those who would like a slower paced practice. This class focuses on improving strength, flexibility and balance. You’ll learn tools and techniques to enhance your mind, body connection. Basic yoga philosophy is interwoven throughout the classes. No yoga experience necessary.

Beginners Yoga this class is perfect for someone brand new to yoga to learn the basics of poses, alignments, and the intention and philosophy behind the asanas. You’ll also learn the etiquette of yoga. No yoga experience necessary.

Back Care Yoga focuses on specific yoga poses and sequencing that is beneficial for the spine, spinal muscles, as well as the “core” of the body. This class focuses on supporting the spine through strengthening actions and maintaining/increasing mobility through the five primary movements of the spine. No yoga experience necessary.

Yoga for Healthy Aging focuses on specific techniques and approaches to the practice that are helpful for aging anatomy. This class focuses specifically on strength and endurance, flexibility, mobility/agility and balance. This class is great for beginners. No yoga experience necessary.

Gentle and Restorative Classes

Moving Into Stillness is the perfect class to wind down your day. The class will begin with some gentle movement to slowly calm the energy of the body and the mind after an active, busy day and prepare the body for stillness. The class will progressively slow down ending in restorative stillness to allow you to focus on calming the mind, connecting with the breath, and setting you up for a great night of rest. No yoga experience necessary.

Rest and Restore does exactly what it says! Being busy and rushing through life can tax our body and well-being. We all need time to slow down and nourish ourselves. Rest and restore both the body and the mind. Fully restorative class with poses that are done on the floor using a variety of yoga props to support the body. The poses are held for a several minutes at a time which allows you to relax fully. This class is a perfect complement to your weekly yoga classes! No yoga experience necessary.

Sunday Evening Stretch Unwind from your weekend and prepare for your week ahead! A mindful, slower paced class that includes gentle floor movements, longer held stretches and breathing practices that increase relaxation. Practice is done almost completely on the floor in a soft candlelit setting. No yoga experience necessary.

Yoga for Healing and Restoration Yoga can be a powerful part of our toolkit when healing from chronic stress, difficult emotions, and emotional trauma. Our bodies carry stress and trauma, whether you are recovering from grief, childhood trauma, addiction, or any life-changing event. Connecting the body, breath, and spirit can help you on your healing journey resulting in greater emotional balance.
Join Gayla as she guides you through a gentle, nourishing yoga class that includes breathing practices, mudras, and meditations to shift tension and difficult emotions that can impact our bodies. Gayla will bring techniques from her SheRecovers® trauma informed training, as well as her own addiction recovery journey. No yoga experience necessary.

Yoga for Stress & Anxiety focuses on specific techniques for calming a stressed and agitated nervous system including mindfulness and breathing techniques that you can use off your mat and in your daily life. This class strives to teach you tools to use on and off your mat for managing an anxious mind. The class consists of gentle movements and longer held restorative poses. Restorative poses are done on the floor using a variety of yoga props to support the body, and the poses are held for a few minutes at a time which allows you to relax fully. No yoga experience necessary.

Accessible Classes

Accessible Yoga (Chair Yoga) is the yoga class for people who don't think they can "do Yoga". Options will be provided for students to use chairs, the wall or poses can be done in the middle of the room. Regardless of age, shape, physical limitations or health circumstances, the teacher works with each student to create unique yoga poses in a safe and comfortable setting. Chairs are provided, and no yoga experience is necessary for this class.

Flow Classes

45-Minute Sunrise Flow is an early morning flow to wake you up and get you energized for your day! We’ll have an active practice for 45 minutes, then offer an optional short meditation. For those that have to leave to start your day, you can quietly exit after the asana practice. For those of you who want to stay to deepen your meditation practice, you’ll be offered a variety of guided meditation techniques. Some yoga experience is recommended.

Yoga Foundations Flow This is a great mixed levels class for those who want to experience a flow style class. This class will break down the elements of the basic foundational flows from which all other flows derive. Great for anyone looking to play with rhythm and pace or for anyone looking to slow it down and get back to the basics. Link movement to breath as we explore the “blueprint” of foundational poses common in most classes, along with some poses that build on. Suitable for beginners.

Chakra Yoga Flow is a 75-minute class that focuses on learning about the different energy centers of the body. The energy centers are associated with different areas of the body, as well as different emotional states and qualities. This class will use a variety of poses, mudras, and breath practices to increase your awareness of the various energy wheels as well as find balance within each Chakra. This practice is a strong flow class that includes a long savasana to end our practice in a state of calm. Yoga experience required.

Morning Flow focuses on energizing movements that prepare you for the day ahead! Both alignment and creative flow sequences are the focus for this practice that emphasizes strength building and improving concentration. This class incorporates the use of props like blocks, straps, resistance bands, and light weights to build strength. Yoga experience is recommended.

Slow Flowis a mixed levels class focused on creating meaningful transitions with Pranayama, or breath awareness and control. This slow flow practice starts by warming the body and then progresses into a strong flow with longer holds. The class ends by cooling the body with deep relaxation. Slow flow yoga provides more room to breathe with awareness, which helps us regulate the nervous system. With a slower pace comes more emphasis on alignment as well as accessibility options and variations to explore what you may need. Some yoga experience recommended.

Power Flow is a challenging practice that emphasizes working toward more vigorous yoga poses. This class focuses on increasing muscular strength and endurance by moving through a rigorous yoga sequence. This class is perfect for experienced yogis who have a strong regular yoga practice, are familiar with yoga poses, well versed in sun salutations, and know how to modify their own practice based on their individual needs. Yoga experience required.

Yoga with Light Weights incorporates light weight repetitions and sets while in yoga poses. Using light weights strengthens your bones, increases your muscle tone and and combines great with traditional yoga poses! 2 - 5 lb. weights will be provided for the class. Some yoga experience recommended.

Yoga for Strength & Endurance is an active vinyasa flow practice that focuses on building strength throughout the body as well as increasing endurance. This is accomplished through using a combination of dynamic movement and longer help poses to activate muscle engagement. Some yoga experience is recommended.