Absolute Beginner Series: Finding Your Savasana

Hormonal peaks and fluctuations around ovulation can result in discomfort for many people. Honoring this fact, Julia has created this class as an alternative to a more active practice at this time. Instead, slow way down and be nourishingly gentle with yourself. Key Pose(s) include:  Reclining Heart Opener

This class begins with a pranayama and meditation practice, then moves you through a smooth, expertly-guided hatha flow sequence that emphasizes effort and release, and finishes with a calming pranayama practice and guided meditation/relaxation. Key Pose(s) include:  Half Moon

In this class, we will explore the mobility of the hips as we move through funky transitions between the asanas. The heat will build from within as we play around with our twists in-chair pose and eventually find the earth to find balance for the day. Key Pose(s) include:  Skandasana/Half Squat 

The title says it all! Julia guides you through a gentle, yet all encompassing practice to address areas of the body that often play a role in neck and shoulder tension. Breathe and release. Key Pose(s) include:  Pigeon

This is a practice of arriving in the body. Beginning with setting intentions and eventually finding our way to the breath. From the external world to the internal world, we come back to balance and equanimity. Key Pose(s) include:  Meditation Seat

This 20-minute restorative practice is designed to help you hold space for yourself when you’re feeling low. This video is part of an up-and-coming series of short practices, each designed to invoke a specific mood.  Key Pose(s) include:  Child’s Pose Forward Folds Supta Baddha Konasana

This dynamic prenatal practice with Tara encourages the ease and momentum that come with a less linear circular movement vocabulary. It invites you to safely brush up against comfort levels with some of the longer upright squats to practice utilizing breath for ease and perseverance. Key Pose(s) include:  Warrior II Low Lunge Half Split Goddess Squat Low Squat Malasana Wide Legged Forward Fold

Please help us welcome our newest instructor, Eddy Bortzer! This vinyasa style class brings balance and cultivates awareness to begin the day or end the day with nourishment to the body, mind, and breath. The main focus will be on creating space around the hips as we explore fluid transitions from one lunge to the next. The class will begin and end on the ground, inviting us to root down to find strength.  Key Pose(s) include:  Lunges Warrior II and III

Support your body and healing process after a hysterectomy with Julia. You’ll focus on gentle stretching and gently reconnecting to the core. Key Pose(s) include:  Low Lunge Legs Up The Wall

This is a simple grounding and empowering prenatal practice that helps students access the strength of the core canister during pregnancy without over-effort. It also taps into pelvic floor awareness by utilizing breath and visualization. Key Pose(s) include:  Modified Forearm Plank Active Bridge Pulses Malasana