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2026-04-16 Instruments of Consciousness – Listen to Ramayana stories about the sage Visvamitra (and Vasistha) teaching Rama and Lakshmana to acquire the instruments of consciousness (ayudha) they will need to fulfill their heroic dharma, then practice a sequence of hip openers and shoulder strengtheners into variations of arm balance poses Vasisthasana and Visvamitrasana. Props: blanket, block. Read more

2026-04-13 Uncruelty is the Highest Dharma – Listen to a Mahabharata story (The Drilling Woods) about kindness and compassion in difficult circumstances and practice a sequence of heart (and front body) opening poses and actions in a backbendy sequence, including Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (Handstand) and Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow / Full Wheel Pose). Props: 2 blocks, strap, wall, angled board (option). Read more

2026-04-10 The Cry of the Heron – Listen to a story told at the beginning of Ramayana, which establishes the epic’s presiding rasa of compassion/empathy (karuna-rasa) and grief (shoka), and practice a progressive sequence of forward folds leading to Krounchasana, Heron’s Pose. Props: mat, strap, 2 blankets. Read more

2026-04-06 Conversations with Silence – Practice being with yourself in a quiet practice of relaxation, pranayama, meditation and supported poses. Practice this class whenever you need to turn down the noise, slow down, get grounded, and go into quieter spaces with your thoughts and feelings. Props: mat, 3 blankets, bolster, sandbag or weighted blanket, wall. Read more

2026-03-30 The Creativity of Falling Apart – Consider how falling apart, entropy, is essential to creativity. Explore the Rg Veda hymn “Purusha Sukta” (RV 10.90), in which order breaks down (dismembers) into chaos and self-organizes into a new kind of order, one in which one-quarter is known and three-quarters more are concealed. Listen to the hymn of Purusha Sukta in meditative contemplation and move your spine in every direction in sun salutation variations and seated twists. Props: mat, blanket, strap, block, chair. Read more

2026-03-27 Singular Focus Meditation – Learn and practice the process of bringing your somatic consciousness into focus and experience the benefits that apply to both your life’s practical problems of distractions and disturbances, as well as your expansive possibilities. Take up the teachings of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1.32 in a practice of meditations interspersed with longer duration poses, timed plank variations, single leg balancing, and inversions. Props: mat, blankets and/or bolster, strap. YS 1.32 - tat pratishedha-artham eka-tattva-abhyasaha; “The practice of fixing the mind on one object will create the ability to eliminate these disturbances.” Read more

2026-03-25 Live in the Question – This contemplative practice considers the Rg Veda hymn “Nasadiya Sukta” (RV 10.129), a Vedic creation myth which queries non-existence and existence, creativity, and ends unfinished in a question. Listen, meditate, and practice supported poses in a restorative practice of inquiry and exploration. Props: mat, 2 blocks, strap, bolster, blankets. Read more

2026-03-23 Rudra Raudra – Join Noah and Oliver as we continue our conversation and contemplations of Rudra in Rg Veda, and what this fierce archetype represents in nature, culture, and conscience. Class begins in conversation and contemplation of one of the ancient hymns to Rudra (RV 1.114), then strong practice of Surya Namaskar variations, side planks, and forearm balances as you embody fierce Raudra-bhav in upper body strengthening sequences. Cool down with seated forward folds, pranayama and relaxation and listen to another Rudra hymn (RV 2.33). Props: mat, blanket, wall. Read more

2026-01-21 Inversion Euphoria – This rejuvenation practice of supported forward folds, backbends and inversions is great for when you need a recovery day, increased clarity of awareness and lucidity of mind, and/or to savor the euphoria of inversion practice. Props: 2 mats, bolster, 3 blankets, wall, 2 blocks, chair. Read more

2026-01-18 Yoga for Skiers – Join Noah and Oliver for this practice of hip openers and hip strengtheners. Inspired by skiing (specifically telemark skiing), but applicable to everyone with hips and legs, this class explores your lower body range of motion and motor control - come ready for lots of lunging poses and wall sits (Utkatasana). Props: mat, chair, blanket, sliders, strap, wall. Read more

2026-01-14 Back Body Awareness – Find your center in opening meditation, warm up and strengthen your core 360 degrees in sun salutation variations, then use the wall against your back for standing poses (Tadasana, Trikonasana, Ardha Chandrasana) for proprioceptive feedback and to expand your back body awareness. Props: mat, blanket, wall, 2 blocks. Read more

2026-01-12 Restore & Renew – Join Noah for a calming and delicious restorative yoga brunch. Practice this class anytime you need to slow down, breathe, meditate, and stretch deeply. Props: mat, bolster, 3 blankets, strap, blocks, wall, sandbag. Read more

2026-01-10 Core Strong – Join Oliver and Noah for a practice of deep core activation, variations of sun salutations with plank core strength drills (get your sliders ready), upper body strengthening in handstands, and play time in arm balances. Props: mat, sliders, wall. Read more

2026-01-07 Deep Listening – Cultivate receptivity and deep listening in this meditative practice of leg and hip stretches into chair-supported backbends. This slow-moving practice deeply expands and opens both the back of your body and your front body, for when you want deep release in supported poses. Props: mat, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, 2 straps, yoga chair. Read more

2026-01-05 Stand Strong – Come ready for standing poses and strong leg actions in this practice with Noah and Oliver. Begin with seated centering and some standing forward folds, then use the wall (and a block) for lateral standing poses with attention to alignment and muscular activations, then rest your legs up the wall to round out the sequence. Props: mat, wall, block, blanket, bolster. Read more

2026-01-03 Unhurried Spaciousness – Take your time in this heart opening practice as you breathe slowly, open your front body with support, and create spaciousness in your experience at the dawn of 2026. Some days we practice more strongly and work towards specific goals, like the first class of this series, and on other days we explore a postural direction without urgency, as in this backbendy class. Props: mat, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, 1 strap. Read more

2026-01-01 Twenty-Six in 2026 – Stoke your fire (tapas) and charisma (tejas) with Oliver and Noah and start the new year with a practice of 26 sun salutations to set the tone for 2026. Begin seated with centering and intention setting, ease in with modifications and variations of Surya Namaskar, progressively build heat and momentum through repetition, with standing balance poses between sets. Props: mat, towel. Read more

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