A Strong Foundation for Mind and Body

Hatha Yoga provides an excellent foundation for any yoga practice, making it suitable for all levels—from beginners to experienced practitioners. In this style, postures are held for longer periods, offering a classic approach to yoga that aims to revitalize the body, balance the mind, and awaken the more subtle spiritual aspects of the self through movement, breathing, and meditation.

The word "Hatha" translates to "Sun/Moon," symbolizing the balance of strength and flexibility, as well as mental and physical focus. The longer holds in Hatha yoga help increase muscle tone, improve bone strength, and enhance flexibility and concentration.

A key element of Hatha Yoga is deep relaxation, along with controlled breathing techniques that support mindfulness and mental clarity. The practice also emphasizes building core strength, which is vital for maintaining good posture. As you move slowly and deliberately through each pose, you challenge both your strength and flexibility while fostering relaxation and mental awareness.

Energize, Strengthen, and Transform

Vinyasa Flow is a dynamic and powerful yoga practice that enhances strength, flexibility, and focus. Each class includes a calming meditation, pranayama (breathing exercises), Surya Namaskara (sun salutations), and concludes with a deep relaxation (savasana). The seamless flow of postures, combined with controlled breathing, generates heat and helps detoxify the body. Modifications are offered throughout, making this practice accessible to all levels. Leave class feeling invigorated, confident, and energized!

While Vinyasa is often known for its intensity and physical challenge, it can also be gentle and restorative. By syncing breath with movement, you have the freedom to slow transitions and embrace a more mindful, relaxed pace. No two classes are ever the same—each session brings creative, playful sequences that keep your practice fresh and inspiring.

Flow with Awareness and Presence

In a Mindful Vinyasa class, we combine the core elements of a traditional Vinyasa practice with a focus on heightened awareness and presence. This practice encourages connecting breath with movement in a graceful, dance-like flow that feels both rhythmic and intentional.

Mindfulness in this class goes beyond just the physical postures; it encompasses awareness on mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual levels. Often, we find ourselves stuck in the past, which can lead to feelings of depression, or anxious about the future. Yoga helps bring us back to the present moment, raising our consciousness and helping us identify emotions or mental patterns that may be blocking our energy. When left unexamined, these blockages can manifest as physical pain, preventing us from fully healing.

As the class progresses, students are encouraged to move at their own pace and may be asked to flow through sequences with their eyes closed, allowing them to deeply feel the movements without external guidance. The teacher encourages self-reflection, helping students release judgment about their practice, letting go of any pressure to perform postures "perfectly," and instead connecting to a deeper sense of self-awareness.

Through the practice of Mindful Vinyasa, students cultivate a space for exploring their mind, body, and emotions. This results in a nourishing and revitalizing experience, leaving them feeling more centered, peaceful, and empowered.

Divine Within, Divine Without

Himalayan Yoga truly offers a rich and holistic approach to wellness and self-discovery. Kriya, breathwork, meditation, chanting and japa practice, the physical postures (asana) are all integral components of this ancient tradition.

Kriya, involves a series of physical, mental and energetic exercises that help align and balance the body, mind and spirit. It can be an extremely transformative practice that promotes physical strength, mental clarity and inner peace.

Breath work is another powerful aspect of Himalayan Yoga. By consciously working with the breath, you can regulate your energy and enhance your overall well-being. It’s amazing how something as simple as conscious breath work can bring about such profound effects.

Meditation, of course, is a fundamental practice in H.Y. It allows you to quiet the mind, cultivate mindful awareness and connect to your true Self, the Divine. Through regular meditation, you can experience increased vitality, reduced stress, a deeper sense of inner calm and great creativity.

Chanting and japa practice involves the repetition of sacred sounds or mantras. These practices help to focus the mind, purify the energy centers of the body and create a harmonious vibration within and around you. It’s a beautiful way to cultivate a sense of devotion and connect with the divinity within.

Of course, the yoga postures are also an important part of this practice; physically cultivating strength, flexibility and balance yet at the same time also bringing great benefits to the mind as you bring deep concentration and focus into practicing the wide array of postures.

As we are integrative beings, this is an integrative practice incorporating many components of the Yoga tradition to cultivate a state of unity within oneself and unity outside of oneself. Through these practices you will feel supported on the journey of inner transformation.

These practices move you towards stillness, and deep awareness while simultaneously bringing a sense of wholeness, aliveness, vitality and overall wellbeing so that you can be the best unique version of yourself. Let the light of your inner brilliance shine forth. Uncover the brilliance within You.

Expect the Unexpected!

Be prepared to practice a Hatha style class, or a Yoga Flow or a Gentle Slow moving flow class to a more rigorous and strengthening class to a practice blending different styles/lineages of yoga.

You never know what you are going to get!

The bottom line, which ever style or lineage of yoga you will be lead through the intention is consistent; it is to guide you towards a place of peace and tranquility yet simultaneously a feeling of aliveness.

The aspiration is to guide you towards feeling Whole moving you towards discovering your inner Divinity.

Awaken to the Sacredness of Life

Tantra yoga is an opportunity to awaken to the sacredness within all of life. It is the merging of the spiritual realm & the earthly realm. In this class, we will weave together asana, meditation, pranayama, mantra, & engagement of the chakra(s). Sequences may vary from class to class (some focusing more on meditation while others are more movement-based), but you can always expect the heart of the class to come from a non-dual, traditional tantric perspective (i.e. everything that arises within & outside of the body is sacred). Each practice is an invitation to dissolve the perceived boundaries between the physical & the spiritual. The benefits of tantra yoga are abundant and may include, deeper connection to the Self, expansion of awareness, and an opening to the sacred essence within and without.

Deep Relaxation and Rejuvenation

Restorative Yoga offers a gentle, slow-paced practice that focuses on long, passive holds in a series of 4-6 soothing poses. Supported by props, this practice encourages total relaxation, allowing you to deeply release tension and connect with your body.

Classes often incorporate therapeutic elements such as essential oils, gentle touch assistance, guided meditation, and calming music, creating a nurturing environment for both body and mind. Restorative yoga is the perfect complement to more intense practices like hot yoga or vinyasa and serves as an effective recovery tool for those healing from illness or injury.

Whether you're new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, restorative yoga offers profound benefits. It’s a powerful way to counterbalance a hectic, stressed-out lifestyle, helping to reduce anxiety, relieve tension, and improve overall wellness. This practice enhances flexibility, strengthens the immune system, stretches deep fascia, and creates the ideal foundation for meditation.

A Slower, Meditative Practice for Deep Connection

Yin Yoga offers a tranquil and meditative practice that emphasizes stillness, mindfulness, and deep release. In this style, poses are held for extended periods—typically three to five minutes or more—targeting the body’s deeper connective tissues, such as ligaments and fascia, rather than just the muscles.

This slower, deliberate pace allows you to turn inward, creating a space to connect with your body, mind, and breath. Yin Yoga helps stretch and lengthen underused tissues while teaching you to navigate discomfort with steady breathing and mindful presence.

The beauty of Yin lies in its dual focus: as you release tension within the body, you also nurture the mind. By holding poses and embracing stillness, you cultivate resilience, patience, and the ability to find calm in challenging moments. This practice not only supports physical flexibility and balance but also equips you with an inner strength to draw upon during life’s stressful situations.

Yin Yoga is the perfect antidote to a fast-paced lifestyle, offering profound relaxation and a deeper connection to yourself.

Start Your Day with Energy and Balance

Ease into your day with a class designed to awaken your body and mind. Through a blend of gentle, flowing movements, static poses, and mindful breathing, you’ll stretch and energize while creating a deep connection with your body and breath.

This progressive sequence is thoughtfully crafted to leave you feeling refreshed, centered, and ready to take on the day. Perfect for all experience levels, whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Rise & Shine Flow welcomes everyone to start their morning with intention and vitality.

Nurture Yourself and Your Baby

During pregnancy, staying active while caring for your body and baby is essential. Prenatal yoga offers a perfect balance, helping you stay in shape while fostering a deep connection with your baby and embracing the changes in your body.

In the midst of a busy world, prenatal yoga provides a calm and nurturing space to slow down, breathe, and focus on your well-being. Whether you're new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, this practice offers countless benefits for both you and your baby throughout your pregnancy journey.

A Special Class for You and Your Little One

Our Postnatal Yoga Classes (Mommy & Baby Yoga) are designed to help new mothers recover, strengthen, and reconnect with their bodies while bonding with their babies and meet new moms in the area. These gentle, restorative sessions focus on postnatal recovery, with a mix of yoga poses, breathing techniques, and soothing movements that support both your physical and emotional well-being.

In each class, you'll engage in simple exercises that are safe for both mom and baby, promoting strength, flexibility, and relaxation. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to meet and connect with other moms in a supportive, nurturing environment. Whether you're looking to relieve stress, build strength, or simply take a break, our Postnatal classes offer a peaceful, welcoming space for you and your baby to thrive together.

A High-Energy, Full-Body Workout

This 60-minute class combines traditional yoga postures with hand weights, sliders, bodyweight exercises, and bursts of high-intensity cardio for maximum calorie burn. You’ll recognize familiar poses from Vinyasa and Hatha, but the addition of weights and cardio takes your practice to the next level. Expect to challenge your core and get your heart pumping in this dynamic workout!

Yoga Sculpt is upbeat, energetic, and designed to push your limits in the best way. While it’s definitely challenging, it’s always accessible—and the sense of accomplishment you’ll feel afterward is nothing short of amazing. Get ready to sweat, strengthen, and leave class feeling empowered!

You should expect a challenging workout! Yoga Sculpt classes tend to be upbeat and super energetic. Classes are difficult, but not impossible. The feeling of accomplishment that you get after taking a Yoga Sculpt class is incredible

A Full-Body, Low-Impact Workout

Pilates is a transformative exercise method designed to strengthen your body while enhancing stability, flexibility, posture, and balance. This low-impact workout promotes body awareness, control, and alignment, helping you move with greater ease and fluidity in daily life.

Through controlled breathing and deliberate movements, Pilates focuses on developing core strength, balance, and flexibility. Mat Pilates classes incorporate precise, targeted exercises that work the legs, hips, abdomen, and back. The slow, intentional pace emphasizes proper technique, building physical strength, coordination, and stamina.

Benefits of Pilates:

• Low-impact and joint-friendly

• Builds core strength and tones muscles

• Improves posture, balance, and flexibility

• Reduces stress and enhances overall mental well-being

Pilates is a comprehensive practice that fosters both physical health and emotional wellness, leaving you feeling strong, balanced, and revitalized.