This class is good for beginners and experienced students who prefer a more gentle practice. Awareness of the breath is encouraged to facilitate movement in and out of poses. Postures include spine lengthening, twisting, gentle hip and chest opening in a manner accessible to most people.
If you’ve never taken a yoga class, this is the perfect place to start.
Take time for yourself to indulge in an afternoon of complete relaxation. Still your body and quiet you mind in restorative yoga postures supported with blankets, bolsters, and blocks to ensure your comfort so that you may release all tension in the body and float into a state of peace and calm. In this state of calm we enter into the Yoga Nidra practice, a guided meditation, moving deeply into your consciousness, to bring insight, clarity, and peace.
Boost concentration, flexibility, strength and your inner peace through Hatha Vinyasa Yoga. During the practice of Hatha Yoga, breath and movement are linked while taking time to hold the pose to receive its full benefit. This fairly active approach to yoga provides a mind/body workout that relaxes and invigorates at the same time. These sessions are suitable for most levels. Participants should bring a water bottle, towel and mat. This course is not designed for individuals who have pre-existing medical conditions that can be made worse by exercise. Prior to the beginning of these classes, all course participants must read and sign an Assumption of Risk Release Form. (10 meetings)
This 200-hour course is offered in two parts, over two semesters. This program includes asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques. This course will be comprised of analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques, and guided practice of these techniques. This is a Yoga Alliance approved yoga course. Students are required to purchase Functional Anatomy of Yoga: A Guide for Practitioners and Teachers, by David Keil; The Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book: A Visual Guide to Form, Function and Movement, by Kelly Solloway and Samantha Stultzman; Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual Hardcover, by David Swenson; The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, by Sri Swami Satchidananda; and The Living Gita: The Complete Bhagavad Gita ‑ A Commentary for Modern Readers, by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Meetings will be once a week during the week and one weekend a month; a meeting calendar will be distributed at the first meeting. Please contact Andrea Dunkirk in the Office for Continuing Education at 631‑451‑4552 for additional information.
This gentle yoga class uses the support of a chair for yoga poses and gentle stretches. Participants will learn how to breathe more efficiently and move with mindfulness, while stretching and toning their bodies. Prior to the beginning of these classes, all course participants must read and sign an Assumption of Risk Release Form.
My online Zoom classes are perfect for students who want to experience yoga in the privacy of their own home. Through mindful work and attention to the breath, students will learn safe alignment in basic postures and sun salutations. Build strength, flexibility, balance, and awareness to prepare to enter more advanced classes safely.
This class is appropriate for students new to yoga as well as for more seasoned practitioners who want to refine their technique and refresh their understanding of the fundamentals. Through mindful work and attention to the breath, students will learn safe alignment in basic postures and sun salutations. Build strength, flexibility, balance and focus.
Chair Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting on a chair or standing using a chair for support. Frequently, the chair yoga student is unable to participate in a traditional yoga class, because of aging or disabilities. However, chair yoga is a great practice for everyone. It deepens flexibility while strengthening personal body awareness.
Chair yoga has helped people with the symptoms of many health issues, including: hypertension (high blood pressure), anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, vertigo, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, osteopenia, carpal tunnel syndrome, clinical depression, and chronic pain.