YOGA
Drop-in Class Costs
Drop-in: $15
Student drop-in: $10
Under the new ownership, we will honor any card purchased before September 1, 2011. These cards will expire on December 31, 2011. If you bought a 25 class card in July or August, please let us know as we will extend the date.
Cards purchased on September 1, 2011 and beyond will have the following expiration applied:
5 Class Card: $65 ($13/class) – 2 month expiration from date of purchase
10 Class Card: $120 ($12/class) – 4 month expiration from date of purchase
25 Class Card: $275 ($11/class) - 6 month expiration from date of purchase
Donations: Please understand, donation based does not necessarily mean free.
Our teachers put a lot of energy into preparing and instructing classes – show your appreciation! Pay what you can.
Descriptions
Anusara™ Style Yoga
A concise philosophy and alignment based approach to yoga.
Anusara means “flowing with Grace” and points to that Grace as resting in your own Heart. When you practice yoga with the backdrop of Grace, or higher purpose, Grace becomes personified and identifiable throughout life, and each experience may be viewed as something full of beauty. Anusara offers clear, systematic principles of alignment that are highly effective in developing strength and flexibility of body, mind and spirit, as well as therapeutic benefits. This is a creatively and conscientiously designed class that will integrate intention, breath, postures, meditation and relaxation.
1 hour 30 minutes.
Awakening Flow
This early morning class offers the ideal way to get your day started.
Awaken yourself through asana and pranayama and feel prepared to move through your day with focus, clarity and vital energy. 1 hour.
Balancing Flow
Discover balance that follows you off the mat.
The class begins with breath work to enhance the transition into dynamic Vinyasa Flow. Moving at a slower pace than a Power yoga class, this class is equally challenging yet accessible to all levels allowing you to find the balance between a high energy buzz and relaxed bliss. Dynamic movement leads into longer holds on poses to develop core strength and focus. Through the union of breath & movement you can find more balance in your practice and your life!
Clear instruction makes this class a great next step from our Beginner Series or a great way to refine your practice and experience the subtleties. Even seasoned practitioners will find this class helpful in deepening their practice.
Body Glow on the Go!
Lunch time and evening classes that work with your busy schedule.
A balanced yet vigorous practice designed for those days when you are on the go. See the schedule for times, teachers & locations.
50 minutes.
CLASSICAL HATHA YOGA
In this class postures function to interrupt habitual patterns of body and mind.
It aims to keep the mind in the present moment with ujjayi breathing so yoga postures can unfold when the mind acknowledges accordance with the body’s optimal functioning. This often occurs at that point before your willfulness takes over and pushes you into some “idealized” form of the asana.
This more modest approach uses heightened awareness to develop joint alignment that brings about deep and profound changes in the body and mind.
This class is perfect for anyone desiring a basic understanding of yoga postures as “meditation in motion”, or anyone who desires a slower pace, as well as those with injuries. Even experienced practitioners can benefit to recognize their habitual patterns and, if they desire, to change them. Andrea may use props in her class and focuses on an individualized teaching style in the classroom setting.
Andrea Cartwright will teach Classical Hatha Yoga on Tuesdays from 4-5:30, and three Saturdays a month from 1-2:30 (except 1/21, 2/18, 3/17 , and 4/21).
Connection Yoga
This class moves a bit slower and offers Iyengar alignment techniques to guide you through poses and breath that support connection. Connection is deepened by comparing & contrasting yogic theory with Christian theology. A theme for class is based on scripture (bible verse or inspirational text) and a short group discussion (depending on size of the group) allows participants to offer their thoughts on the matter – i.e. yamas & niyamas vs. ten commandments.
60 min of Power yoga provides scripture to posture comparison, 5 min of closing to revisit the theme and 10 min of shavasana to seal your practice with reflection.
Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga
Dissolve obstacles that are are blocking you from experiencing the full flow of of your practice!
Core Strength Vinyasa YogaTM is a creative style of Hatha Yoga which blends the principles of Hatha Yoga and a set of physical and energetic alignment principles. Developed by Sadie Nardini, this method is a totally new idea of the practice, one that will cause more weight loss, toning & true core strength.
Get more benefit in less time by drawing inward to seek, and find, your inner strength! Break the habit of moving only from the outer body and loading layers of tension onto yourself. You will discover how to use your Deep Core Lines along the skeleton to make all of your poses more possible as you keep your body healthy for years of yoga to come. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Full Body Glow Yoga
Health is wealth!
A safe, welcoming environment for every size, every age, every fitness level but designed for those of us with full figures or extra weight and who are new to yoga. You can develop a mind-body connection for real transformation at any size! 1 hour 30 minutes.
Friday Night Community Class
Gentle Yoga
Focus on the healing and restorative effects of yoga through gentle flow movements and propped postures.
Forrest Yoga
Forrest yoga is a powerful approach to the healing process specifically developed to work with both physical and emotional injuries.
The practice involves:
- A deep connection to the core allowing for a new sense of stability and strength.
- Room temperatures between 80-90 degrees help to keep muscles safe and warm.
- Longer holds in postures creating space to intimately explore sensation and subtle movement in the body.
- Many hands on assists to correct alignment while opening new channels in the body.
- Stretch and strengthen most of your muscles.
- Tone your abdominal muscles and organs.
- Create spinal traction.
- Stretch your shoulder and chest muscles.
- Deepen forward Bends and backbends.
- Safely Invert.
This level one class is ideal for those who have just finished the beginner series, those who are newer to yoga, or for more experienced practitioners it is a chance to learn the principals of Forrest alignment and experience a more restorative-type class.
There will be a special emphasis on proper alignment in order to find comfort and ease in asana. Attention will also be paid to pranayama (breathing techniques), mudra (hand positions), and meditation. This class is appropriate for beginners as well as experienced yogis and anyone looking for balance, restoration, and inner peace. 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Hot Flow Yoga
In this class a series of poses are performed in a toasty 90-degree room. The heat is challenging, but liberating!
Muscles are warmer and stretching is easier, sweat pours out of the body and takes toxins with it. Yoga postures are performed with focus on rhythmic breath and proper alignment. Some of the benefits of hot yoga include reduced injury risk, relaxation, trimming of unwanted body fat, enhanced immunity, increased circulation, exhilaration and happiness! Students can take poses deeply or gently as they need.
Please drink lots of water before and after class, and bring a bottle of water into class. Avoid caffeinated drinks for two hours prior to class. Try drinking water during the practice before you begin to feel thirsty. Dress in less and bring a towel. This class is for all levels, however if you are brand new to yoga a regular class is suggested first. This is class in not advisable for pregnant women. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Hot Power Yoga
The practice that can tone your body, sharpen your mind and therapeutically align your structural system.
Based on the Ashtanga Vinyasa system of Hatha yoga, developed by K. Pattabhi Jois (one of the originators of modern yoga), this is the calorie burning, body sculpting, kick you asana yoga workout! Building on a foundation of serious core strength, breath control and the meditative flow of Vinyasa, this awe inspiring practice will purify your body and mind while sweating away pounds and systemic toxic build up.
Come and learn the method of practice that made the world aware that yoga can be a serious workout.
Intro. to Hot Power Yoga
Get back to basics and broaden your views about yoga and yourself.
The priority of this class is to familiarize students with asana (postures), proper alignment and to equip students with the knowledge necessary to move forward into more advanced practices. Practicing within a heated room torches calories, gets the heart pumping and makes muscle more supple.
After a 5 minute silent meditation, class progresses into a powerful flow that illustrates the mechanics and movement of the postures covered in class. Lots of breath and core work help you to develop a keener sense of awareness and presence.
We are all beginners and remembering this allows for a fresh perspective on your yoga practice. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Karma Yoga I
The Glowing Body’s commitment to intentional action and to making yoga accessible to anyone.
This is a mixed-level vinyasa class primarily geared towards inexperienced yogis, although experienced yogis are invited as well! This class is donation based. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Intro to Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga works on everyone and every body, and you don’t have to be flexible, skinny or even in shape to do your first class!
Are you ready to unlock that ball of tension at the base of your spine, that coil of stress at the back of your neck? Then get to Kundalini Yoga! As a matter of fact, all that will come in time the more you practice it because it all starts with your breath. For those who are mostly out of shape or are modest about their body (don’t like wearing fitted clothes), then Kundalini Yoga is for you.
We will focus on your breathing first and once you have your breathing working correctly all aspects of your body, mind and spirit come into balance. It’s the breath that keeps you steady; it’s the breath and the power from it that give you energy; it’s the breath that stills your busy mind, quiets your thoughts; it’s the breath that slows you down and gives you perspective.
Not only the breath, but also the postures, the music and the meditations – all are an intricate dance of succulent spirit. If you can breathe, you can feel the powerful benefits in your digestive system, your nervous system, and in the abdominal muscles, making it easy for you to release weight from your body.
This class is good for all levels. 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Melodic Flow
Experience mindful, melodic movement.
In ancient Hindu traditions, deities are sometimes shown playing the flute (murali) which symbolizes the spread of the melody of love. Come experience a unique combination of a yoga flow which focuses on rhythmic breath and is designed to accommodate to all flexibility levels to help you experience mindful, melodic movement. You will be soothed by live flute playing in shavasana to help you access even deeper levels of relaxation which in turn helps us all spread the melody of love!
This class is good for all levels. We would describe it as moderately vigorous. 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Mindful Hatha Yoga
A beginner-friendly yoga class that focuses on relaxation, stretching, and alignment.
The goal is to allow you to fully experience each pose in such a way that you consciously relax where you should relax, and be strong where you should be strong. Come learn to let go of the tensions you don’t need. Build your body awareness. Clear your mind. Find your calm center. Carry these lessons with you into your day to day life. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Prenatal Yoga
During pregnancy, yoga is an excellent tool to calm the mind and allow us to enjoy the journey towards motherhood.
We can quiet the fears of the future and learn to be more in touch with our bodies and babies. Women who practice yoga tend to be more aware of the difference between discomfort and pain, allowing them to cope more easily with common pregnancy complaints.
Practicing prenatal yoga is an opportunity to take the time our bodies and our minds need to be nurtured during pregnancy. When we are relaxed, calm, strong, and centered (the fruits of a mindful yoga practice) it empowers us to handle pregnancy and motherhood with more grace and confidence. Soothing the body and calming the mind has a direct effect on our growing babies, as well, considering we share everything with our babies! Prenatal yoga helps counter the effects of the stress hormone cortisol by releasing hormones associated with relaxation and joy.
The class is led by local Doula and mother of four, Anne Webb.
Restorative Yoga
Savor the deep relaxation of restorative postures.
Restorative Yoga uses props and cushions to allow you to rest fully in the postures. You will be given the time to get comfortable on your props so that you can melt away tension. Reward yourself after a long day by easing into a place of deep contentment and peace. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Ropes Wall Yoga
The best yoga tool EVER!
The yoga ropes wall is beneficial for both beginner students as well as for advanced students. Students will explore the potential for increased movement and realize muscular imbalances as the leverage of the ropes encourage you to maintain proper form — even difficult asanas can be done easily and safely. The class warms up with a progressive series of Core Salutations. Creative rope work is interspersed to deepen the benefits of poses.
With assistance of the ropes you can:
Students should have a regular practice, Level 1 or above. No absolute beginners please. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Stress Less Yoga
Stress reduction is one of the most sought after benefits in our fast paced and high stress society.
This class will be geared towards lowering stress levels through movement and breath. It will be begin with a flow sequence focusing on areas in our bodies that typically tighten up due to stress and lead into more restorative postures that will prepare you for a restful and stress-free evening.
Much of the class will include focusing on a relaxing and easeful breath, with the intention of “letting go.” This class will give you the tools that you need to live a more stress-free life, even off your yoga mat.
A great class for students, beginners, and anyone dealing with high levels of stress in their lives. 1 hour 15 minutes.
Svaroopa Yoga
Svaroopa® yoga is known for its “core opening”, which facilitates profound changes in the body.
Svaroopa® yoga — poses (asana), breathwork (pranayama), and meditation — are based authentically in the ancient texts of yoga. These texts, which date from some 2000 years ago in India, focus on practices that open you to the bliss of your own being!
With regular practice, Svaroopa® yoga can help end the pain cycle, promote healing, and bring about transformation on all levels. When the poses and breathing practices of Svaroopa® yoga release deeply held tension in your spinal muscles, you move into a natural healing state. Through class attendance and home practice, students typically lower blood pressure, pulse rate, and cholesterol, improve or resolve digestive issues such as heartburn/gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), ease sciatica and hip discomfort and release spinal tension. Western medical researchers have called this the relaxation response. It is a state of deep rest that restores the healthy balance and function of all of the internal systems of body and mind.
A great class for students of all levels. 1 hour 15 minutes.
Yin Yoga
The practice of the Yin Yoga technique can help increase flexibility and overall body awareness.
Yin Yoga targets the deep, dense, rarely touched connective tissues- the tendons, ligaments and cartilage. The areas of the body generally targeted are between the navel and knees; the lower body. Yin postures are done primarily on the floor and held with little to no muscular effort for 2 to 5 minutes each. Connective tissues require long-holds and reasonable amounts of traction to be stimulated properly. The essence of Yin is yielding- learning how to not struggle and how to allow things to unfold naturally.
Since Yin Yoga postures gently stretch and rehabilitate the connective tissues that form our joints, it is the perfect compliment to Yang activity (vigourous yoga, running, weight training, etc.). You may enhance your yang practice dramatically with this technique. Active people probably need Yin Yoga more than anyone else! This may prove to be one of the your best yoga experiences yet as you develop new levels of awareness in each posture and alignment corrections.
1 hour 30 minutes.
Yinyasa
The fusion of Yin yoga and Vinyasa Flow creates an integrated, balanced practice.
In the first part of this class, we will focus on the yin yoga style to find release in our connective tissues and create space and integrity in both our joints and our minds while removing deep blockages to internal energy flows. The yin postures focus on the hips, pelvis, lower back, and knees, helping the body to remain supple at its core.
The yin portion of the class transitions into a more active yang portion. Yang yoga is the rhythmic, flowing repetition of movements that require strength and balance. A Yang practice emphasizes breath work and bandhas (internal locks) to facilitate heat generation and deep internal awareness thereby building on the release cultivated in the yin portion of the class.
Practicing in this way does amazing things for your back! Each class will consist of about 30 minutes of Yin Yoga and 1 hour Yang Yoga with Savasana (relaxation) at the end of class. 1 hour 30 minutes.
Video of Jennifer Beyt Coffin’s Yinyasa class is available here online at yogavibes.com.
PRIVATE LESSONS
Privates may be scheduled by contacting the studio or by contacting the instructor directly as listed below. Privates do not have to be ongoing – schedule a session to address an injury, a goal, or to gain insight on ways to improve your practice at home or in group classes. Once you experience a one-on-one session, you will understand why this is the original and classical manner in which yoga is taught.
PRIVATES WITH PHILIP CLIFT
Contact Philip at 865.406.7901 to schedule
PRIVATES WITH JENNIFER BEYT COFFIN
Visit Jennifer’s website for more information.
PRIVATES WITh Ajeet
Contact Ajeet at 865.789.2794 or ajeetyoga@bellsouth.net to schedule.
PRIVATES WITH BETTY KALISTER
Visit Betty’s website for more details.
PRIVATES WITH Kim Lomonaco
Contact Kim at kim@glowingbody.net or 865.465.YOGA to schedule.
PRIVATES WITH Sarah Crook
Contact Sarah at Sarah.yoga.massage@gmail.com or 865-896-YOGA to schedule.
PRIVATES WITH Lauren Hughes
Contact Lauren at lauren@connectionyoga.com or 865.226.9642 to schedule.