Class Descriptions

Embodied Vinyasa

Through balanced and creative fluid sequences, we'll cultivate strength and flexibility, energy and centering. Each class integrates all major groups of asanas with the breath with the emphasis on finding the alignment within the flow.

Kripalu Yoga into Stillness

The purpose of breath work, stretching, and postures is to prepare the body and mind for seated meditation, which supports inner stillness. This 90-minute class includes a centering, warm-ups, moderate-level postures, seated meditation along with a relaxation session. Students are encouraged to maintain an inward focus on breath, sensation, and activities of the mind. This class is appropriate for all levels of experience.

Moderate Vinyasa

A flowing sequence of postures linked together with breathing. Builds strength and flexibility. Somatics movments to release stress patterns in they body are included. This class is suitable for beginners and intermediate students.

Yoga/Meditation Blend

This class offers a combination of mindful practices that are designed to release tension in the body and mind and promote an overall sense of peace and well-being:

  • Breath work-focuses the attention on the present moment
  • Postures-movement to bring strength, flexibility and balance to the body
  • Meditation-seated meditation on the breath to calm the mind, improve clarity and concentration
  • Yoga Nidra-a guided relaxation for deep physical, mental, and emotional rest and healing

About half of the 90-minute class consists of breath work and meditation, the other half is a combination of physical postures and yoga nidra. Yoga/Meditation Blend is appropriate for all levels of experience.

Pilates

Pilates is a mind/body exercise designed to improve overall alignment, strengthen deep abdominal and back muscles, and encourage good posture. Pilates emphasizes concentration and coordination of movement with breath. This is a Stott Pilates® class focusing on neutral alignment, core stability, and peripheral mobility. Appropriate for all levels.

Simply Somatics

This class will focus on somatic movements to release chronic holding patterns in the body. Somatic movements are precisely programmed to stimulate the brain's release of muscular tightness and pain. Marked changes in posture and skeletal function can be attained. Movements for spine, hips, shoulders, legs and feet, face, jaw, and eyes will also be included. This class will be expanded to include an experience of Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga releases connective tissue (fascia) and allows joints to achieve optimal mobility. A relaxation period will also be included.

Vigorous Vinyasa

If you want a vigorous mind/body/spirit workout, this class combines dynamic breath, postures, and focal points into a specific sequence of flowing movements. Somatic and conditioning movements will be included to mobilize the joints and increase fluidity in the body. Some yoga experience is recommended. Also, you should be in good physical condition.

Yoga for Bone Health & Muscle Strength

This class combines a yoga practice with weight bearing exercises to build bone and improve overall postural alignment. Increase your muscle strength, endurance, and bone health through weight bearing exercises using hand weights and/or a weighted "body bar", flex-bands, and balls. The key areas of the body that will be targeted for bone loading will be wrists, shoulders, spine, and hips. Practicing yoga postures and breathing techniques improves your posture and flexibility, and provides mental relaxation in today's stress-filled world.

Yoga for Therapeutic Alignment

This class will work with principles of alignment in relationship to the body's structure. Yoga is an effective form of therapy because it focuses not just on individual muscles but upon creating balanced tone along the fundamental lines of myofascial continuity that we will identify. Each class will include a basic sequence of movements and postures and specific postures for the area we will be working with.

Weeks 1 and 2 will look at 4 specific postural dysfuntion and target key muscles for core alignment. Weeks 3 and 4 will focus on hips and low back. Weeks 5 and 6 will focus on shoulders. Weeks 7 and 8 will focus on ankles and knees. Weeks 9 and 10 will focus on the jaw and neck. Week 11 will focus on marma points for the whole body. And week 12 will be a week of integration.

This class is for students seeking therapeutic change in the body . Class size is limited and a class application form will be required. All levels welcome.

Policies

Full payment for a session is due five days before the first class.

Your space in a class is reserved when full payment is received.

We will only pro-rate for one of the following reasons:

  • A new student joins a class after the session has started.
  • An existing student has a medical, or personal, emergency that prohibits them from attending class at the beginning of the session.

We will not pro-rate a session, for new, or existing students, because of vacations, work conflicts, or personal scheduling issues.

$15 per drop-in class if you are an enrolled student attending an additional class (please call first)

$17 per class for visitors (please call first)

Missed classes may be made up by attending a different class within the same session for which you are registered on a space-available basis. After the session is over missed classes are non-refundable.

It is a student's responsibility to inform the instructor if there is a change in their health status.

Fragrances

Please refrain from wearing any fragrances (perfumes, colognes, etc.).

Cancellations Due To Bad Weather

If Amherst Public Schools are delayed or closed due to bad weather, please call our answering machine at 603-673-7661 for a message on class status.