Yoga
Parkside
Foundation
Class Descriptions
In-Studio/Virtual Offerings
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Evening Flow
Beginner-friendly
Evening Flow Yoga is comparable to Flow Yoga but dialed down a notch honoring individuals’ energetic levels at the end of the day. This class allows you to arrive and enjoy quiet stillness, move the body and burn off excess energy, and wind down to a deeper state of relaxation as you prepare for your evening.
Flow
Prior Experience recommended
This class is appropriate for all beings with some prior experience. Vinyasa Flow yoga emphasizes the sequential movement between postures, coordinated
with and guided by deliberate breath. This class moves from pose to pose with each held for no more than five to eight breaths. Expect a balanced class of forward bending, twists, backbends with opportunity for inversions. In this class, modifications are offered as well as invitations to deeper versions of the postures.
Foundations of Flow
Beginner Friendly
Foundations of Flow is an excellent class for beginners new to vinyasa or experienced practitioners looking to explore the foundational poses. It improves flexibility and strength, while reducing stress. The pace of the class is lower than our regular flow class and allows for more time to modify and study the poses and alignment.
Luminous Flow
Beginner Friendly
This class will bring brightness into your mind, body and soul. We will incorporate breath-work and some TCM techniques to revitalize and restore. This class will be accessible for all levels. Here is to a bright and shiny YOU!
Pre- & Postnatal Yoga
all trimesters & Postnatal
Pre- & Postnatal yoga supports well-being throughout pregnancy, prepares the body for labor, and helps integration for postpartum bodies. These classes emphasize meditation, dynamic breathing techniques, movement and stretching to help you feel more relaxed and connected to yourself and/or your baby. Each class provides a welcoming container to connect with your growing baby, and other mamas in the community. Pre- & Postnatal yoga is appropriate for those new to yoga, as well as the experienced practitioner. All trimesters welcome as well as postpartum.
Restorative Yoga
Beginner Friendly
This class will ease your tension and help you connect with your inner self. Each class will consist of several restorative poses, which will be held for 8-30 minutes each. This allows for deep relaxation and resetting the parasympathetic nervous system which controls the body's ability to relax. This class is perfect for beginner or experienced yogis alike.
Trauma-informed Breathwork
No experience necessary
Breathwork allows you to quickly shift your emotional state, release stress and tension, increase relaxation or increase energy and bring in focus and clarity. Sessions are designed so that the practices can be integrated into your daily rhythm to allow more ease and flow. Sessions are led by a trauma-informed professional who will guide you through your breathwork session by empowering you in both voice and choice over your practice.
Tai Chi
No experience necessary
Tai chi is an art embracing the mind, body and spirit. This class will focus on cultivating awareness, concentration, relaxation and balance from the inside out. Through the practice of mindful breathing and slow precise body movements, we can strengthen both our body and mind.
Vinyasa Power Fusion
Prior Experience Recommended
This 75-minute class is designed to empower you to build the inner fire, physical strength and self awareness. In this moving meditation based on the Journey into Power sequence, infused with elements of Tai Chi, you will be challenged to work with breaths and to honor your body while recognizing your edges. Prior experience with yoga may enhance the enjoyment of this class, but all fitness levels are welcome.
Yin Yoga
Beginner Friendly
Yin yoga is a slower, deeper, more inward-turning style of yoga. While you won’t get a cardiovascular workout from this class, you will still need to focus, challenge yourself, and lean into more internal body and mind work. Focusing on the fascia and connective tissues in the body, yin can help strengthen the joints, adding stability and balance to the body.
Yoga Pilates
Beginner Friendly
These two physical disciplines have much in common yet plenty of differences. This class is designed to challenge your core, balance, muscle strength and length. The blending of these two fun and lively modalities will bring you vitality and joy. By using breath, mindfulness and abdominal integrity Yoga and Pilates are woven together to bring you to your center. No two classes are the same, come as you are and explore the possibilities. All levels welcome.
Yoga for Wellness
No experience necessary
This chair-based Yoga Class will offer the benefits of our other yoga classes but use a chair as a prop for support, balance, or advancing the pose as appropriate for each student. A series of options are given for each posture to allow students to find the optimal balance between support and challenge to meet them where they are at the moment. This class will incorporate an exploration of alignment, strength, balance, flexibility, breath, and relaxation. All are welcome to this class. No Yoga experience needed.
Pilates
This mat-based Pilates class focuses on strength, stability, posture, proper breath control, and flexibility.
Each class will work to balance all muscle groups' strength and flexibility, with an emphasis on challenging the core muscles with each movement. Classes will be taught using slow, controlled movements.
Class will be offered on the last Saturday of the month.
Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini energy is believed to be a powerful, primal force residing at the base of the spine, often depicted as a coiled serpent. Together we will combine breathwork, movement, and meditation to awaken your inner energy and foster spiritual growth. Explore powerful kriyas (sequences) designed to balance the chakras, increase vitality, and enhance mental clarity, while activating the dormant potential of Kundalini energy within.
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Yoga for Beginners
No experience necessary
Ages 10 and up
Nicole created this yoga class to offer a welcoming space to explore and support the physical and emotional wellbeing of folks ages ten and up. We'll practice forms, build strength, develop focus, enhance flexibility, and enjoy moments to practice mindfulness.
Hatha Flow
This 75 minute class attends to all parts of our psyche....body, heart, mind and spirit. A strong asana practice (designed to both help teach alignment and strength) is completed with breath practice, meditation and community togetherness. This class is based in community and the joy of being together in a non-competitive environment. We enjoy much laughter and encouragement of each other on and off the mat. Grow with us this spring!
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