Yoga for Absolute Beginners: Virasana

In this class, we will focus on releasing tension around the heart, shoulders, and chest to open up the upper body. By building strength and confidence through mindful movement, you'll be prepared to flow into a one-legged wheel with stability and ease. Key Pose(s) include:  Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana

Open the joints and fascia the Qigong way! This full-body routine will help you relax the tissues, create space in the joints, improve spine health, increase stability, and integrate the whole body. Learn gentle Qigong stretching and mindfulness exercises. Key Pose(s) include:  Side Lunge-Twist or Body Opening

Join Melissa and Basha for an intermediate hatha partner yoga class emphasizing communication, surrender, and trust in a playful yet strong practice. Modifications accommodate various levels, allowing everyone to find their flow. Key Pose(s) include:  Partner Headstand / Partner Plank 

In this beginner class, Helen guides you to explore the hips and spine, encouraging you to release resistance in your body. You’ll be invited to imagine what it feels like to fully sink into each shape and embrace ease in movement. Key Pose(s) include:  Wide Childs Sphynx Seal

Get your body moving in this creative, flowy class. Embrace movements and yogic practices to help you release and let go of anything you’ve been holding on to that doesn’t serve you. Finish up with some restorative twists and a lighter approach to your day. Key Pose(s) include:  Goddess High Lunge Lion’s Breath

Join Helen for a fully reclined yin yoga practice. This calming practice encourages you to slow down and stretch deeply, making it the perfect way to unwind and release the tension of a busy day. Key Pose(s) include:  Savasana Supported Bridge

Energize your body and move your breath through transitions and longer holds while we build upon lunge, triangle, and half moon. Repetition allows for extra space inside your twists toward the end of class. Leave feeling spacious, rooted, and ready for the day! This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 10 of Thrive in 2025 Yoga Challenge. You can find Day 11 here. Key Pose(s) include:  Twisted Triangle Twisted Ardha Chandrasana

Newton’s Third Law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. How does this pertain to our bodies and yoga postures? Can we access Newton’s third law and apply it to our practice to bring depth, expansion, and ease? With an overarching curiosity/intention of bringing peace into our bodies at a time when volumes of news speak to the disease of our time.  This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 4 of Thrive in 2025 Yoga Challenge. You can find Day 5 here. Key Pose(s) include:  Warriors I and II Triangle Tree Side Plank

Figure four stretch, often called thread the needle or FABER, doesn’t only have to be done on your back! In this class Julia invites you to have fun with some creative flows while you open your hips in your figure fours. This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 3 of Thrive in 2025 Yoga Challenge. You can find Day 4 here. Key Pose(s) include:  Standing Balances Plank Variations Figure 4 Stretch

Power and strength are our focus as we play with the intention of “I can, I am and I’m able”. Hips, core, and side body are open as we lift up and into Bakasana followed by the balance in Hastapadangushthasana. This can either be done as a stand-alone class or as Day 2 of Thrive in 2025 Yoga Challenge. You can find Day 3 here. Key Pose(s) include:  Bakasana Hastapadangushthasana