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Yoga With A Hatha Twist
Inspirational class that takes you deeper into your yoga practice physically, mentally, and emotionally. Stephanie’s background in yoga therapeutics, both on physical and mental levels, is woven into the class to help you heal and progress further on your journey both on and off the mat.
Belly Dance
Belly dance consists of a broad range of styles from Lebanon, North Africa, Egypt, the Arabian Gulf, and Turkey. These styles are united in the use of isolation movements of the hips, chest, shoulders, head, and arms, as well as serpentine and undulating movements of the torso. The rhythms and instrumentation used vary greatly, but in most there is an emphasis on percussion.
This is a great way to exercise the core. It also helps to improve mental focus, as the exercises require each participant to isolate certain areas of the body. Belly dancing is appropriate for all ages, and all fitness levels. No prior dance experience is necessary. For those with some experience, we can add in layering and other more advanced options as desired.
Participants are encouraged to wear clothing that is comfortable, but that allows the instructor to monitor the movements of the torso and hips. Hip scarves (with or without fringe, coins, or baubles) are encouraged but not required. We may also experiment with veil work. Belly dance is fun for friends to come to together -- if you've ever wanted to take a class with friends, this is a great opportunity!
Deep Stretch and Release
This class will focus on breath work and yoga stretches appropriate for all levels. There will be a therapeutic and balancing quality to the class, which is cultivated from Lisa’s 25 years of movement and therapy and life experience to the class, which she has acquired by receiving different physical therapy modalities. being a professional dancer. She is a massage therapists, embracing and teaching many styles of yoga and most importantly having a daily self yoga practice for many years.
Express Yoga For Less
This class if Community Yoga's way of giving back to our students as well as offering new students to take advantage of a discounted price of $5 per class (No classes are removed from a purchased pass). This class can be a great break in your day. It is open to all levels of students offering stillness, subtle flow and strength. Great for shifting any stagnant energy and providing a more calm and productive day.
Gentle Yoga
Gentle yoga is yoga for everybody. It is an effective approach to developing flexibility and strength and encourages deep relaxation. Gentle yoga also offers a transformation for those with physical limitations: chronically tight muscles reduced range of motion in joints weakness, low muscle tone recovery from surgery or injury inflammation heart conditions This class may be done on mat or in a chair.
Beginner to Intermediate “Classic” Hatha Yoga style class with a slower more meditative style. Great class for anyone new to yoga or more advanced students who want to deepen their experience.
Hatha Yoga - Basic
Hatha yoga, broken down. Slower pace. Ideal for beginning students, or those wishing to deepen their experience.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is described as a merging together of sun and moon, left and right, or the masculine and feminine principles of the body through asana. It affects the mind as well as the body. It is the type of yoga which is widely practiced by westerns, the physical yoga, where we begin to consciously move through postures. The benefit of yoga depend on presence of mind during practice, making this practice much more than purely physical. Come to create balance and peace in your life by stretching muscles that you never knew you had. As we begin to strengthen and open the body through these postures, asana, we also encourage concentration, find inner stillness, perseverance, patience, and self-acceptance, which, will benefit our mind and overall health. Each teacher adds their own personality and wisdom to their classes, but in each Hatha yoga class you will find a connection with movement and breath, strength and relaxation, as well as meditation and release. Perfect for beginners and amazing for intermediate to advance students to deepen their practice and knowledge.
Kundalini
Kundalini is our natural unmanifest energy. In most of us, it is blocked in certain areas, sometimes by trauma, or just by not knowing how to release it. By practicing Kundalini Yoga we begin to remove these blockages, thus making this energy more available to us for use. This class is an eclectic Kundalini class. It is integrated with brief moments of stillness/meditation between the active heat building Kriyas (kundalini movements) to help balance the mind/body connection. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Kundalini Yoga is that it is fun and the energy of laughter may become unblocked, so don't be surprised if you end up laughing during the class. There is a belief in Kundalini that "The best way to still the mind is to move the body"...So, come on in and give it a try, the worst thing that can happen is you end up having fun...!!!
Kids Yoga
Roar like a lion! Stand strong as a tree. Float like a cloud in the sky! Your child will develop self awareness, self acceptance and self confidence with this comprehensive children's yoga class. Each class begins with centering, incorporates breath and movement and ends with coping and relaxation skill building. Classes will also feature the telling of an international folk tale! Participants will act out the story using yoga postures to demonstrate characters, action and mood. This form of yoga strengthens a lifelong love of literacy and fosters appropriate self expression. The children learn postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and dance moves. We create a respectful, creative, and supportive environment as we introduce the beauty of yoga to the children in our community and plant the knowledge of the sacred space within us and others. 8 Week Summer Session Kid Yoga 2009.doc
Pre-and-Post Natal Yoga / Gentle Students also welcome
This class is intended to welcome all students. Providing a gentle environment which invites all. Come to relax, unwind and rejuvinate. It is a great choice for both Pre and Post Natal women and their partners.
Meet other soon to be mothers in a calm, caring, and supportive environment. Adapt to your changing body; learn specific breathing techniques, meditation, and relaxation exercises that may support you through your labor. Occasional guest speakers and educational topics included. You are invited to join the Pre-Natal after your first trimester. A Doctors note is required.
Beginning Qigong
Qi Gong is a meditative exercise that uses an ancient series of movements to help people focus on, move, and manipulate the flow of qi through their bodies. Qi Gong enhances any medical treatment and one's potential for healing. Qi (pronounced "chee") can be translated as "vital energy' and is the life-giving energy that is within every living thing. Gong means "hard work" or "skill". "Qi Gong" refers to this type of ancient Chinese exercise that teaches us how to work with the energy within us and around us. Using gentle movement, breathing techniques, and visualization Qi Gong strengthens the connection between the mind and body and enables us to shift our focus inward. Qi Gong is gentle and safe enough for anyone to do and can have many wonderful health benefits. Stress reduction, enhanced focus, improved blood flow, and a greater awareness of the physical body are just a few of the many benefits you can experience through practicing Qi Gong. Cristin Gregory has studied Qi Gong for eleven years under Master Zhongxian Wu, Master Wang Qingyu, and Heiner Freuhauf in the United States and in China. Cristin Gregory has been trained in both the Mt. Emei School and the Jin Jing Gong Schools of Qi Gong. She teaches Qi Gong both privately to individuals and to groups.
Subtle Yoga
Beyond the Pretzel! Subtle Yoga is therapeutic and balancing. Subtle Yoga postures are accessible to most people, adaptable to most abilities, and help you: Improve circulation, flexibility and mobility Establish better body mechanics to prevent injuries Correct maladaptive movement patterns that cause bad posture, discomfort or pain Balance your physical and mental energy levels to improve overall health Release emotionally-charged holding patterns lodged in the physical body Enhance emotional well being, which in turn improves your physical health Personal Transformation – Subtle Yoga helps you become: Less stressed out, calmer and more peaceful Less depressed, tense and/or anxious More in touch with your inner Self – body, mind and spirit Better connected to your Spiritual Source More aware of your life’s purpose (and offers strategies to fulfill it) Rooted in the Yoga Tradition – Subtle Yoga will also take you beyond asanas to explore the deeper, more contemplative dimensions of yoga including: Breathwork for improving health and cultivating relaxation Meditation for centering and peace of mind – and to help you connect to your deepest Self and your life’s purpose Philosophy including the 8 limbs of yoga to help you move towards the ultimate goal of yoga: enlightenment and Oneness Subtle Yoga helps you understand how you learn about yoga and yourself, so that you can then use that skill to actualize your life and accomplish your goals.
Introductory Yoga Classes In The Svaroopa® Yoga Style
Experience the wonder of Svaroopa® Yoga with Kathy Gardner, a certified Foundations teacher ofSvaroopa® Yoga. Maintain your existing practice or begin the transcendental path ofSvaroopa® Yoga which combines asana, pranyam, and guided awareness in every class. Spinal release, pain releif, tension tamer . . . it's all there for you in this calss. This class is not designed for Pre Natal students.
Yoga for Athletes
Are you a runner and are experiencing tight hips, hamstrings, quads, and even shoulders? Would you like to improve your core strength to help your running form? This class is for you! An hour of strength and stretching starting with abdominal work, and then ending with stretches geared to those tight areas. I have personally experienced how yoga done before a long run or after a short run can benefit you and take your running to new levels. Class is also open to anyone wanting to focus on strength and stretching. Always ends with savasana (corpse pose) or legs up the wall. Stephanie Yewcic began running in Dec 2008 to train for a half marathon in Nashville, TN for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training. What she discovered was a new way of stretching her known limits and fell in love with the process. As she discovers new things about her body beyond what she learned from 10 years of yoga practice, she desires to share this knowledge with others. Stephanie has studied yoga therapeutics for years in order to prevent and heal injuries and believes yoga is the key to longevity in one’s ability to run for life. She recently completed the VA Beach Half Marathon, Chicago Marathon, and is training for the Half Marathon in The Outer Banks in November.
Yoga For Me!
Yoga For Me! Yoga is for everyone! In the Yoga For Me! class we use modified postures on a chair so that people who may not be as flexible or mobile can experience all that yoga has to offer. This class is great for people who think yoga might not work for them.... if you have limited mobility, if you don't or can't get up and down on the floor, if you are recovering from a physical issue,or if you are plus-size we go through a basic series of stretches and postures to get your body moving and keep it limber. Almost every posture can be modified to meet your own personal ability. Come experience all the wonders of yoga in a 'gentle on the body' class.
Sunrise Yoga
(see also Hatha Yoga) What a wonderful way to start the day! Beginning of class emphasis is opening, stretching and flexing to wake the body and mind, followed by a gentle vinyasa flow to energize for the coming day. As always, requests for specific asana or focus is always welcome. Please join us.
Vinyasa
Also known as Flow Yoga, promotes both cardiovascular and muscular stamina. It is a more rigorous practice linking breath with movement in a faster pace. If you enjoy sun salutations you will enjoy vinyasa!
Woman's Sacred Circle
Community Yoga is beginning a “Woman’s Sacred Circle” on the first Friday of the month beginning in March (at 7:30-9:00 PM). We are looking for ways to support one another in personal and spiritual growth. The evening will include group meditation, music and sharing.
