Themed Yoga Classes

Wednesdays, January 13 – February 3, with John Campbell
7:30pm-8:45pm ET, $80/4weeks, $23/class, on Zoom

Yoga nidra is a meditation practice with roots reaching back to the time of the Upanishads. Today, Yoga Nidra is widely used both as a meditation practice and as a therapeutic tool for psychological trauma and distress. Yoga Nidra produces a state of deep relaxation similar to sleep, but in which we remain aware. From this place of stillness, we notice and welcome the comings and goings of different aspects and layers of the self. These aspects/layers (referred to as the “koshas”) include physical sensations in the body, the breath, feelings, emotions, thoughts, beliefs and the sense of the self as separate. Each class in the series will touch on most, if not all, of the koshas; however, there will be an emphasis on a different kosha each week.

Monday, January 18 – Friday, January 22, with Paola di Paolo
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

“Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day.” (14th Dalai Lama)
Begin your precious day by exploring the connections between yoga postures, breath, and meditation.

January 22, February 26, March 26, with Tama Soble
1:00pm-3:00pm ET, $30/class, included in unlimited passes, on Zoom

Enjoy the pleasure of deepening your practice by taking time at the end of the week to unwind and revitalize. For students and teachers at every level.

Monday, January 25 – Friday, January 29, with Mar Jean Olson
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

Balance poses create stability and a centered way of being. We will practise coming into balance using breathing patterns and gentle Hatha yoga movements including eye exercises. No prior yoga experience necessary.

Monday, February 1 – Friday, February 5, with Monica Voss
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

Pranayama practice is composed of various exercises each highlighting some aspect of natural breathing, so it’s not a series of exercises as much as a continual opportunity to discover the truth of our breathing, enhance its power, fullness and efficiency and therefore support and enrich our lives, goals, and hopes.

Join me for a week of conscious breathing which, apparently, increases our “prana”, “chi”, or energy for life. Here’s to life! 

Wednesdays, February 3 – 24, with Sandra Campbell
4:00pm-5:15pm ET, on Zoom, $80/4 weeks, $23/class

Relax, breathe, engage memory with imagination and discover the stories in your body. As Thomas King says, “The truth about stories is that’s all we are.”

Consider what your hands do in a single day, let alone a lifetime. Then there’s the hands of your loved ones, past and present. And how about your feet that connect us to the earth and take us who knows where in the world from our first step to our last?

In a spirit of relaxation and quiet play Sandra offers poems, images and writing exercises to spark your memory and imagination. In this way you’ll discover the unique stories that are alive in your body. Expressing them by stringing words together on a page can lead to new perceptions that can delight and surprise. Who knows, you may even see anew. It’s all about process, not performance.

Sandra Campbell is a writer, videographer, and teacher…

Monday, February 8 – Friday, February 12, with Tama Soble
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

We rely on our feet to ground us physically and mentally and move us through our lives. And yet often they are neglected and ignored leading to misalignment, discomfort and instability throughout the entire body.  Using asana, movement and massage, we can recover the potential power, flexibility, and resilience in our feet that we had in childhood and still hold in our physical memories. We’ll explore connections between foot release and its impact on our skeletal and soft tissue structures, our breathing and our peace of mind. Let’s spend a week putting our feet first and see where it leads.

Monday, February 22 – Friday, February 26, with Della Croteau
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

Yoga for the sides! We’ll explore side stretching and side bending and some traditional postures on and from the side to help us open to new possibilities, ending our week welcoming the Full Moon with a Moon Salutation which includes many of those light, bright side bending poses.

Monday, March 1 – Friday, March 5, with Paola di Paolo
8:00am-9:15am ET, on Zoom

Kundalini yoga helps release energy blocks which prevent us from awakening to the vibrant life around us. We will practise Kundalini yoga sets and meditation that inspire us to greet our daily life with openness, compassion and joy. No prior Kundalini yoga experience is necessary.

Thursdays, March 4 – April 1, with Sarah Hunter
4:30pm-5:30pm ET, on Zoom, $85/5weeks, $20/class

In this class we will explore different techniques working with India Ink, including ink wash, patterning techniques, wax resist, line drawing and collage. We will draw inspiration from traditional Japanese and Chinese brush paintings as well as more contemporary artists using ink in their drawing practice.

We will explore creating images that include animals, people and abstract work. No previous experience in art is necessary – come with an open mind and a desire to increase your creativity and sense of fun and play.

Sarah Hunter is a visual artist…