Class Descriptions
Yoga Styles and Pilates
PLEASE SEE DETAILED CLASS DESCRIPTIONS BELOW
IYENGAR YOGA is based on the teachings of living yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar. It is a complete approach to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual transformation, bringing the practitioner to physical health and vitality, mental clarity and wisdom, and emotional serenity and poise. Classes are taught in a systematic progression and the use of props facilitates learning and supports an individual’s needs. The Iyengar methodology is deeply grounded in the yoga sutras of Pantanjali, an ancient summation of the path of yoga, considered to be at least 2500 years old. This approach supports the integration of the yoga philosophy with the practice of asana. Classes
VINIYOGA is an approach that adapts the practices of Yoga to the unique condition, needs, and interests of each student. Classes include some or all of the following: yoga postures (asanas) that integrate breath with movement, breath awareness and breath practices (pranayama), meditation, and sound to promote self awareness, flexibility, strength, and well being. Classes
HATHA YOGA is commonly thought of as an eight-limbed tree, or path. Hatha Yoga concentrates on the third and fourth limbs. The third limb, asanas, or physical postures, develops strength, flexibility and endurance in the body. The fourth limb, pranayama, focuses on control of the breath. Hatha Yoga classes may also include meditation and other relaxation techniques. Classes
PRIVATE YOGA CLASSES for individuals and groups can be arranged at the Center, in your home, workplace, or other settings. Kathy Ornish, Tara Scott, Kathy Stover, Clare Collins, Wendy Kopitsch, please contact the Center for details and prices.
SPECIALIZED CLASSES are tailored for a specific group or toward a specific subject matter (e.g. prenatal yoga, meditation Classes
PILATES Classes
General Class Descriptions
THE FOLLOWING CLASSES REFLECT THE PRINCIPLES OF IYENGAR YOGA:
Iyengar Yoga Beginning to Advanced emphasizes correct alignment in the postures and develops strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. The use of props facilitates learning the poses. Its founder, BKS Iyengar, is known internationally for his teachings and was instrumental in introducing yoga to the United States.
Contact: Ruth Fisk or www.ruthfiskyoga.com
Yoga for Midlife and Older Beginners offers gentle, guided
instruction for the older beginner with the use of props for support.
You’re never too old to benefit from yoga!
Contact: Kathy Stover
Beginning Yoga
This beginning class emphasizes correct
alignment in the postures and develops strength, flexibility, stamina,
and balance. The use of clear instruction and props facilitates
learning the poses. Marie's teaching reflects her exclusive study of
Iyengar yoga for the past 11+ years.
Contact: Marie Volovsek
Alignment Based Yoga
Contact: Jane Nelson
Yoga Basics
Yoga Basics offers the opportunity to safely experience beginning yoga poses while exploring breath awareness and developing a deeper connection between mind,body and breath. Beginning Level: for those new to Hatha Yoga with Iyengar emphasis and returning students are welcome.
Contact: Candace Merkel
Continuing Yoga
This class is offered for those students who
have taken at least 8 weeks of Beginning Yoga and wish to continue to
explore and deepend their understanding of basic yoga asanas. From
these basis yoga postures, new categories will be introduced including
restoratives and inversions.
Contact: Marie Volovsek
THE FOLLOWING CLASSES REFLECT THE PRINCIPLES OF VINIYOGA:
Mind and Body Yoga (Classes include: Beginning, Gentle, Level 2 and Level 3 are all offered) emphasizes physical postures, breath, meditation, visualization, and stress management techniques as an integrated yoga practice. You will develop strength and flexibility, as well as relax, leading to greater awareness of body, breath and mind. Please see my website for more detailed class descriptions.
Contact: Kathy Ornish or www.goodspaceyoga.com
Beginning Yoga for EveryBODY
Yoga class for beginning students designed specifically for people with physical, physiological or emotional health challenges. Experience how the tools of yoga can be adapted for your specific needs. Class size limited to 8 students. Handouts included.
Contact: Clare Collins
Energizer Yoga
Leave the work week behind and re-energize yourself for the weekend! This class will have some flow and a few Sun Salutations, Viniyoga Style-- via the breath. And, before you know it you'll be on your way to enjoying an energized weekend!
Contact: Wendy Kopitsch
Viniyoga 1-2 incorporates the application of asana and breath
and adapts to the needs of the individual-- even in a group setting.
The practitioner is given the tools to further their yoga practice to
emanate the benefits of yoga, such as stress-reduction, strengthening
and flexibility, and self-awareness. Beginners and experienced
practitioners welcome.
Contact: Wendy Kopitsch
Yoga for Wellness is a yoga class for every level of students with a focus on creating physical and mental wellness. The class will consist of yoga poses that integrate the flow of the breath with the movement of the body (see description of Viniyoga), a time for deep relaxation, a pranayama (breathing practice), as well as some meditation. This should result in increased stability, strength, and flexibility in the body, as well as increased stillness and clarity of the mind to enhance the general well-being of the participants. Students will be encouraged and helped to develop a home practice that fits their own needs and goals.
Contact: Gabriele Kende
THE FOLLOWING CLASSES REFLECT THE PRINCIPLES OF HATHA YOGA:
Ashtanga Flow
Based off of Ashtanga yoga, this class will explore each individual
student's edge, focusing on the integration of breath and movement.
Beginners and advanced practitioners alike will be given the
opportunity to modify or advance the poses.
Contact:Angie Jackson
Candlelight Yoga
Honor the season of transition with mindful blend of dynamic and restorative yoga, meditation, and relaxation techniques. Space Limited. Registration required.
Contact: Tara Scott
Early Morning Yoga will carry you through your workday by warming your heart, energizing your body, and creating a peaceful state of mind. Focus on individual alignment will help you safely experience each pose . Find out how easy it can be to fit yoga into your busy life!
Contact: Candace Merkel
Integral Yoga
A peaceful form that focuses on enhancing relaxation. Each class is the whole package strengthenpng body, eyes, vocal cords, lungs, and mind. Great for everyone.
Contact: Ananadi Concannon
Restorative Yoga
This class focuses on relaxing the body in restful postures. Designed as an evening class to help calm the nervous system and give your body an opportunity to renew and heal itself! Restorative yoga is beneficial for anyone wanting to stimulate the immune, endocrine, or nervous system to help bring you back to balance in a gentle and satisfying way. Recommended for everyone!
Contact: Lauren Long
Vinyasa Flow for Beginners introduces postural alignment and breath awareness through gentle and slow-flowing sequences that build strength, endurance and flexibility. Includes relaxation techniques and foundations of meditation. Space Limited. Registration required.
Contact:Tara Scott
Vinyasa Flow Beginners & Beyond is suitable for beginning and continuing practitioners who wish to further develop alignment and breath awareness through slow-flowing and moderately-paced sequences. Space Limited. Registration required.
Contact:Tara Scott
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Specialized Classes
Private Yoga Classes for individuals and groups can be arranged at the Center, in your home, workplace, or other settings. Kathy Ornish, Tara Scott, Kathy Stover, Clare Collins, Wendy Kopitsch please contact the Center for details and prices.
Therapeutic Yoga: Classes focus on the use of yoga for health related conditions (ex: low back pain, sleep issues, depression). Taught by teachers with specialized yoga therapy training. One-on-one Yoga Therapy is offered by certified yoga therapists.
Contact: Kathy Ornish, Clare Collins, Gaby Kende.
Beginning Pranayama explores the art of breathing. Pranayama is the rhythmic control of the breath, it's extension and expansion. Pranayama cleanses and aerates the lungs, oxygenates the blood and purifies the nerves. Private instruction also available. taught periodically
Contact: Kathy Stover
Beginning Meditation will be a systematic approach to learning beginning meditation. Meditation decreases stress, and creates deep inner calm. This class will provide a foundation on which to build a long-term home practice. All levels welcome. Private and small group instruction also available. Taught periodically
Contact: Kathy Ornish or www.goodspaceyoga.com
Bigger Body Yoga
An introductory-level class for individuals who may not have felt comfortable taking yoga in other settings. Yoga can be beneficial for people of any size or fitness level.
Contact: Jane Nelson
Meditation
Meditation is conscious relaxation that can lead to complete stress reduction. Classes are taught in a non-denominational fashion, focusing on your direct experiences and occasionally referencing scientific studies or various traditions. We will use everyday language to help you understand the meditative landscape and we will spend as much time as possible practicing. Classes will help you build a daily practice or if you already have one, will help you go deeper. Individual guidance is given. Suited for beginners who simply want stress reduction and more joy, or for serious practitioners who want to experience the whole meditative process from beginning to end.
Contact: Kurt Scholler
Mindful Eating and Gentle Yoga
If you are battling weight control and would like to try a non-diet approach that will help you for the rest of your life, then this is a class for you. You will learn to eat mindfully and healthfully with experiential experiences in class and practices to do at home. The class discussions on the different concepts that are introduced and the student experiences and challenges regarding food have been extremely helpful to everyone during the first session of these classes. During these six classes you will also learn to relax with breathing techniques and gentle yoga movements. Taught periodically
Contact: Gaby Kende
Mothers and Babies Yoga, for infants through pre-walkers; gentle poses to strengthen and tone mothers’ bodies, and meditative postures to bring calm. Interactive yoga with babies, including infant massage, deepens the mother-baby bond.
Contact: Mary Ann Concannon
Prenatal Yoga is designed for beginning or experienced yoga students in their second and third trimester who do not have pregnancy complications. Gentle poses, breath awareness, and deep relaxation help relieve physical discomforts and prepare the body for labor and delivery.
Contact: Kathy Stover
Yoga for Anxiety
Are you often worried and nervous? Do you feel anxious in your day to day life? Yoga can help! Explore how a home yoga practice tailored to your needs can help you cultivate more ease and balance in your life. Students with any level of yoga experience are welcome. Taught periodically
Contact: Clare Collins
Yoga and Depression: Exploring the Mind Body Connection
Join Clare Collins, R.N., Ph.D., Certified Yoga Therapist to learn how yoga can help you balance your body and emotions. In this class, you will learn a home yoga practice to help you cope with low energy, restlessness and depressed mood. Individual yoga therapy sessions available at reduced cost for participants. Handouts included. Class size limited to 10 students. Taught periodically
Contact: Clare Collins
Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis
Yoga is a wonderful took for promoting wellness in our bodies, our physiology, and our minds. This class is specifically designed to use yoga postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, and visualization to encourage strength, flexibility, balance, and mental focus, while lessening stress, contraction, and fatigue. Our room will be climate-controlled. No previous yoga experience is necessary. If a caregiver is regularly required, they must be able to attend class with you to assist. Please contact instructor before registering for this class. Private yoga therapy sessions are available at a discount for class participants.
Contact: Kathy Ornish
Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Tension
Do you often have a "pain in the neck" or tightness in your shoulders and upper back? In this four session series, learn how the Viniyoga approach can help you release chronic neck/shoulder tension at home and work. Taught periodically
Contact: Clare Collins
Pilates and Gyrokinesis Classes
PILATES ZONE is a Pilates studio located in the Center for Yoga which focuses on the work of Pilates master teacher Ron Fletcher, entitled Fletcher Pilates®. Our studio offers a comprehensive Pilates program of privates, duets and small group classes on Pilates equipment, including Reformer, Wunda Chair, Step Barrel, and Tower, as well as our unique floor classes; Classic Mat, Fletcher Floorwork®, Towelwork® and Barrework®. We also offer GYOKINESIS® and TRX® Training classes. All Pilates and TRX® classes and privates sessions are taught by Linda Reiff, Qualified Fletcher Pilates® teacher and PMA-CPT. Further information about Pilates Zone Programs can be found at www.pilateszoneinc.com.
-Pilates Reformer Trio uses a system of weighted springs and straps to maximize the body’s elasticity and strength.
-Pilates Tower Class is a unique class utilizing the exercises developed for the
Cadillac and Ped-i-pul in an affordable class setting to create length and stretch while strengthening the core. A challenging yet therapeutic class!
-Pilates Bar/Tower Class
Standing Ballet/Pilates Bar and Wall Tower class combines elements of Ballet and Pilates technique, entitled Fletcher Barrework®, developed by Ron Fletcher, and Pilates Tower class. Walk out feeling taller and lighter!
-Pilates Mat and Floor Class
These classes combine Classic Mat and Fletcher Floorwork® to focus on a deepening of the core muscles while stretching the body using choreographed floor moves designed by Ron Fletcher.
-Pilates Barrel Class incorporates the Step Barrel and Fletcher Towel Work™ to focus on increasing the mobility of the spine while working deeply into the core muscles of the body. The Fletcher Towelwork® is a series of standing movements using a braided towel specially designed by Ron Fletcher, to increase range of motion and strengthen the upper body while working on alignment, balance and stability in all the planes of motion.
-Barrel Fundamentals A Pilates Barrel class designed for students who want to learn the basics of Pilates Barrel and/or who need modifications. This class is perfect for new students and older students who would like to try Pilates in a non-threatening and nurturing environment.
NEW!-TRX Training System®/Pilates incorporates core strengthening and Pilates principles using standing exercises and specially designed TRX® resistance bands. This class is an aerobic workout and utilizes all the major muscles groups. HARD + CORE= FUN!
GYROKINESIS®… is an exercise system that gently works the
entire body, opening energy pathways through rhythmic, spiraling
movements. Fluid movements that feel like dance are smoothly and
harmoniously connected through the use of breath, utilizing low stools
and mats. All fitness levels, from novice to professional, can benefit
from this system.
Contact: Jane Gamble
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Gentle Yoga
Beginning Yoga for EveryBODY
Yoga class for beginning students designed specifically for people with physical, physiological or emotional health challenges. Experience how the tools of yoga can be adapted for your specific needs. Class size limited to 8 students. Handouts included. Contact: Clare Collins
Gentle Mind and Body Yoga offers a very gentle physical practice, combined with breath awareness, to enhance strength and flexibility of body and mind. Restorative yoga poses, relaxation, meditation and visualization will end the class leaving you relaxed and renewed. All levels welcome.
Contact: Kathy Ornish
Gentle Yoga for Health Challenges
Everyone can do yoga!!! This three session series is designed for students who want to learn how to modify yoga for their specific health challenges. Limited enrollment class. No drop-ins, please. This class also will be offered in late October. Contact: Clare Collins