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2025-11-08 How To Eat a Mango -- Joined by special guest Oliver, this class begins with some Mahabharata context and a story told in the Great Epic, of King Jarasandha; who was born in two halves from his two mothers after each eat half of an enchanted mango, then abandoned and fused together by the rakshashi Jaraa. Inspired by the twists and turns of the story, we practice a backbend infused sequence with props, activation drills, and plenty of options along the way, culminating in Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow Pose) as the inside-out mango pose. Props: mat, blanket, block, strap, bolster, wall, angled plank (option). Read more

2025-11-07 Ride Your Peacock – Explore the story of Skanda (aka Kartikeya, Kumara, Subrahmanya, Muruga), the emergent son of Shiva and Shakti to address the demonic, who carries the spear (Vel) and rides a peacock. Inspired by the mythic story, embark on a sequence of progressive shoulder openers and shoulder strengtheners into variations of Pincha Mayurasana (Peacock’s Tail, aka Forearm Balance). Props: mat, blanket, block, strap, wall, chair. Read more

2025-11-04 One Quarter is Known, Three Quarters More is Concealed – This full moon practice weaves meditative awareness, moonlight (vimarsha-shakti), and mythic story in a practice of pranayama, gentle stretches, twists, supported forward folds, and restorative poses. Whether on a full moon, or whenever you need a restorative practice, this class offers deep nourishment and rejuvenation. Props: mat, bolster, 4+ blankets, strap, cloth to cover eyes. Read more

2025-11-03 Durga’s Story – Durga, whose name means “Tough Going,” is the goddess you call on in the most difficult of circumstances, in the times of greatest urgency and need. Her name also means moving in little bits; go little by little, bit by bit, moment by moment; to break into little pieces and make progress in small successes and incremental victories. Listen to Durga’s story and embody qualities of Durga in an upper body and core strength focused practice of Chaturanga Dandasana progressions (pushups, falling/catching yourself on your hands, hopping like a crocodile etc) and step-by-step work into the arm balance of Eka Pada Koundinyasana II (Koundinya’s Pose, aka Flying Splits). Props: mat, 2 blankets. Read more

2025-10-31 Narasimha’s Story & Pose – Explore the parallel myths of the Kali’s Rakta Bija story (in our previous class “Feed Your Demons”) with the story of Narasimha; in which Vishnu emerges as the ferocious “Man Lion” to address another demon. Both tell stories of ferocity and anger teetering on the edge of destructive rage, and offer strategies and insights of deeper truths of how we might navigate these intense emotions and experiences without ourselves becoming demonic. Class begins with story time and reflection, builds heat through sun salutations of increasing tempo, fierce strength in handstands and challenging transitions between standing poses, with deepening hip openers and variations of Simhasana. Props: mat, wall, blanket. Read more

2025-10-30 Feed Your Demons – Halloween tells the story of feeding (your) demons (cause fed demons are better than hungry demons), told through the act of giving treats to masked children who come to your door to demand treats with a thinly veiled threat of “or else you will be tricked,” so that all ghosts and monsters and princesses leave happy with food (if candy counts as food) and go on their way. We juxtapose Halloween to the Kali myth of Rakta Bija, “Blood Seed,” a story of assimilation and transmutation of the demonic as the ferocious process of intervention into injustice (imbalance, inequality), in a yoga practice of progressively asymmetrical poses and transitions to challenge your ability to bring balance/integrity/alignment to imbalance. Props: mat, wall, 3 blankets. Read more

2025-10-29 Be a Deeply Engaged Person – Explore the archetype of the hero as a deeply engaged person, aka a yogi, as one who lives in the questions of mythic consciousness, pursues deeper truths, and skillfully intervenes in crisis to create order, again and again and again… Begin with conversation and centering, then warm up and embody your heroic heart in a focused #legday practice featuring variations of Virasana (Hero’s Pose), Utkatasana (Fierce Pose), Virabhadrasana I and II (Warrior Poses). Props: mat, 3 blankets, strap, block, wall. Read more

2025-10-28 Jack O’Lantern – Become every character in the story of Halloween as we explore further sociological and mythic meanings of this occasion and season. You are the pumpkin, and yoga is the process of carving your jack o’lantern - in a practice of contemplation, mythic symbolism, movement, and yoga asana. Come ready to engage your creativity and progressively build heat in sun salutations, planks and side planks, and inside-out backbends. Props: mat, blanket. Read more

2025-10-05 Sunday Stretch – Join Noah and Oliver for a #sundayvibes full-body stretch class, with a dynamic mix of deep openers, breath-based sun salutations, energizing backbends, and restful restorative poses. Props: mat, strap, 2 blocks, bolster, blankets. Read more

2025-10-03 Hip Flossing – This “deep hip massage” of a class sequences supported hip & leg openers that will have you working strongly and deeply in mostly supine and standing poses while allowing the floor and wall to have your back. Experience how supporting the back body increases proprioception, lends support to allow you to hold poses for longer durations, facilitates deeper awareness, and increases your ability to create and maintain the many actions within each pose. Props: mat, strap, wall, blankets, sandbag. Read more

2025-10-02 Shoulder+Core Strong – Strengthen your shoulders and stabilize your deep core through progressive arm and shoulder movements and positions as you refine your motor skills. Come ready to repeat familiar movements with deep awareness (lots of chaturangas), explore creative variations and changing relationship to gravity (supine, prone, standing, inverted), increasing and decreasing load (hand weights), increasing and decreasing surface stability (sliders), and more. Props: mat, sliders, light hand weights, wall, blankets/props for shoulder stand. Read more

2025-09-29 Slow & Strong – This full body practice, with “special guest” Oliver, starts with centering and some slow stretches to mobilize the spine, progresses into sun salutations with many “bonus” chaturanga opportunities, explores strengthening plank and side plank variations, handstands, headstand, leg burning utkatasana wall squats into Surya Namaskara B, and deliciously restful legs-up-the-wall and relaxation. Props: mat, blanket, wall, strap, block, bolster. Read more

2025-09-25 Hip Strong – This #legday hip focused practice will activate and strengthen all your hip muscle groups through isometric prop drills as the constant and continuous action as you move through variations of sun salutations, vinyasas and into standing poses. Props: mat, blanket, block, strap. Read more

2025-09-19 Stay Low, Work Strong – When you need to get low to the earth, feel grounded and calm your nervous system, while still working strongly, this class is for you. This seated_and_mostly_supine practice utilizes isometric activations, props, and resistance training in poses to wake up and attune your neuromuscular pathways, open your hips, and mobilize your spine. Props: mat, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, strap, resistance band, light hand weights. Read more

2025-09-18 Recover Strong – This active “recovery day” practice invites you to slow down, release unnecessary tension, and embody steadiness in a wobbly world. Use this practice as a refuge anytime you want/need to tap into your body’s wisdom and rejuvenative healing capacity through meditative awareness, deep stretching, supported poses, and restorative yoga. Props: mat, bolster, 3 blankets, strap, eye pillow/cloth. Read more

2025-09-17 Upside-Down Strong – This full-spectrum practice layers in specific activations and mobilizations to prepare you for inverted poses at the wall with introductory stages and options. Come ready for plenty of shoulder strengthening and spending time upside-down. Props: mat, wall, block, 3+ blankets. Read more

2025-09-16 Welcome Back! – In this first “back to (yoga)school” practice, we welcome ourselves and each other back to the mat in a moderately paced, well rounded sequence of centering, sun salutations, balance poses, standing poses, backbends and forward folds. Bring your wisdom and experience into familiar poses AND invite beginner’s mind to receive each breath and each movement as a new experience. Props: mat, towel. Read more

2025-05-16 Shoulder the Load – This shoulder-focused class unpacks the anatomy and explores the movements of the shoulder girdle in sun salutations, activates and strengthens the rotator cuff muscles in forearm balance progressions, aligns and stabilizes the shoulders to carry the load of Chaturanga Dandsasana. Come ready to learn, experience, and strengthen your shoulders. Props: mat, block, strap, wall. Read more

2025-05-15 Strong Knees #legday – This leg-focused class connects hip_to_foot to align and stabilize your knees (patella-femoral joint and tibial-femoral joint), strengthen your quadriceps, and will increase your knowledge and motor skills to align your legs. Props: mat, sliders. Read more

2025-05-14 Hip Strong – Building on our pelvis focused class, this hip (coxal joint) class practices the 6 movements that occur at this ball and socket joint, activates the muscles 360 degrees around this region, with a particular focus on strengthening the hip adductor and abductor muscles in seated poses, sun salutation poses, and variations of side lying (Anantasana) and side plank (Vasishtasana). Props: mat, block, strap. Read more

2025-05-13 Stable Pelvis – This pelvic (sacro-iliac joint) self-care class follows a rehab protocol of (1) gentle stretching/mobilization (2) facilitation of pelvic and lumbar stabilizing muscles (3) and strengthening progressions. Whether you have pelvic instability, or for regular/occasional self-care, this class will help release tension and increase stability in your pelvis, spine, and hips. Props: mat, strap, 2 blankets, 2 blocks. Read more

2025-05-12 Spine Power – This class focus on and explores the alignment and movements of the spine; fine neutral/natural curves of the spine in poses with that alignment, explore flexion and extension (sagittal plane) movements of Surya Namaskara A and B, feel how each region of the spine twists/rotates a different amount, and combine multiple spinal movements in seated forward folds. Props: mat, chair. Read more

2025-05-08 Contractions, Load, Chains – Explore types of muscular contractions (isometric, concentric, eccentric), load dynamics (intrinsic, extrinsic), and open and closed kinetic chains in this practice of Surya Namaskar A and B sequences, variations, related poses and drills. Props: mat, bolster and/or blanket(s), sliders. Read more

2025-05-07 Exploring Relationship to Gravity & Surface Stability – As the title suggests, this class explores the movement principles of our relationship to gravity and surface stability, from the familiar “usual” way we do Surya Namaskar A poses and movements, to practicing similar shapes and transitional movements while consciously changing these dynamics. Expect lots of Surya A in familiar and unfamiliar ways as you bring your accumulated wisdom and experience AND invite beginners’ mind. Props: gravity, mat, sliders. Read more