Class Descriptions

This class focuses on the techniques and philosophy of the Primary Series of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system, as taught by Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois. Also known as “Yoga Therapy,” it is designed to heal us physically and emotionally. This series links the breath with a progressive series of postures designed specifically to align and strengthen the body and nervous system. This process produces an internal heat and purifying sweat. Although this is a challenging practice, this class is taught with both humor and compassion. Benefits Include: a lighter, stronger body, a calmer mind, improved circulation, and improved digestive health.

We are all beginners! This class is suitable for both beginners and for those with some experience and will include basic breathing exercises (pranayama), foundational poses, sun salutations, and deep relaxation.

We are all beginners! This class is suitable for both beginners and for those with some experience and will include basic breathing exercises (pranayama), foundational poses, sun salutations, and deep relaxation. Since yoga is an extremely potent agent of transformation, and not simply a form of exercise, the emphasis in this class will be on poses combined with proper breathing, inner awareness and alignment, which will bring about deep changes in one’s energy level and release deep psychic blockages. You will be guided to use a non-aggressive approach and moderate pace and avoid injury. This is your chance to glean and discover the fruits of yoga: vigor and vitality, balance, peace, a sense of well-being, and joy.

An introduction to Vinyasa Yoga, the branch of yoga that mindfully links breath to movement while fluidly stringing postures together. This class will walk you through basics present in any level vinyasa yoga class: sun salutations, warrior postures, backbends, balances, and even some inversions.

Great for anyone new to the Vinyasa style or to yoga in general.

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Draws upon Pilates and Feldenkrais Methods to safely and effectively strengthen deep abdominal and back muscles. Improves posture, balance, flexibility, and personal empowerment.

A slow flow workout for body, mind and spirit synchronizing breath with movement through a flowing series of basic asanas and sequences. The flow is designed to develop balance, build strength and increase flexibility, leaving students with reduced stress, inner calm, and heightened awareness.

A gentle workout for body, mind and spirit synchronizing breath with movement through a flowing series of basic asanas and sequences. The flow is designed to develop balance, build strength and increase flexibility, leaving students with reduced stress, inner calm, and heightened awareness.

Learn new strategies to release stresses of the season and a new sense of calm. Following a short review about the latest mind-body meditation research, learn about this innovative and effective program, meet the program leaders. Bring your questions. The session includes some short meditation experiences.

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Enjoy a combination of balance and harmony through slow and relaxed movements. Emphasis on self-awareness, breath and gentleness to the body.

Based on asanas or physical poses, this traditional form of yoga helps balance mind, body, and spirit. This class starts with a breathing exercise or pranayama meditation that helps students find their quiet center and prepare for the somatics that follows. Ebb and flow links with the steady paced poses. Students are guided by description, visualization and being “in the moment.” The class ends with Savasana, personal time for deep relaxation. All levels are welcome! Bring an open mind and be prepared to enjoy an energizing and refreshing yoga experience!

Since the class is structured around Iyengar method of Hatha yoga, you can expect a flowing series of postures with emphasis on alignment, coordinated with the breath, to build strength and increase flexibility, self-awareness and ending in deep relaxation to integrate the practice. Students are gently guided through a dynamic series of poses, with hands-on assists when necessary to ensure optimal alignment. Increases flexibility, physical strength, and inner balance, in a joyful atmosphere.

Vinyasa krama means intelligently placed orderly steps. It is an ancient practice of physical and spiritual development. This class emphasizes an intelligent progression of movements synchronized with the breath, enabling both beginning and continuing students to explore higher levels of energy, vitality, strength, flexibility, balance, and alignment. The endeavor is to make each pose done as a worship and meditation. The class helps students combat stress and lack of energy, leaving students feeling refreshed after the class’ deep relaxation technique called “Yoga Nidra.” Suitable for all levels as level of challenge is individualized to needs of each student.

Gentle Therapeutic Hatha Yoga invites you to relax, renew and rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit in a healing yoga class designed for all ages and all levels of fitness. Enjoy a combination of balance and harmony through slow and relaxed movements. Emphasis will be on self-awareness, breath and gentleness to the body. By focusing on Yin yoga and Hatha asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), and other elements of traditional Hatha Yoga, this class will help you increase your flexibility and balance, improve your strength, and decrease your response to stress. Meditation, guided imagery, and relaxation exercises are incorporated to help you relax deeply. Incorporating elements of Soma Yoga, individual adaptations are encouraged and fully supported. This is not a vigorous, fast moving class; rather it will be a peaceful and gentle journey into a centered mind, body and spirit.

This workshop is a special blend of yoga styles, pranayama and meditation. Empower yourself and with combination of Vinyasa, Yin, Kundalini and Restorative Yoga; Pranayama, Guided Meditation and 8 Crystal Singing bowls. Designed for all ages and all levels of fitness, everyone can attend this class! The combination of styles will leave you refreshed, invigorated, inspired and ready for the journey of life. Breathe new life into your body, mind and spirit!

A Vinyasa class performed in a heated room designed to heal and detoxify. Practice energetic Asanas and sequences that focus on combining breath with movement. Build a strong flexible body and mind, detoxify and reenergize, and leave with a greater sense of peace and well being. All levels welcome, modifications will be offered.

Twenty-six sequenced postures practiced in a heated room. Work deep into your muscles, tendons and ligaments – change your body from the inside out. Increases flexibility, improves circulation and reduces stress. The class is designed for all levels. Bring water, a towel, and a mat. Plan to sweat! Detoxifying, healing and energizing. Change your body!

We welcome yogis of all levels and ages, and offers modifications to make each pose accessible to most people. Please note, however, that the first class can be intense for anyone not accustomed to working out in 105-110 degrees Fahrenheit.

Because of the heat, please consult your healthcare provider before undertaking this class if you are pregnant or have high blood pressure or a heart condition.

Hot Yoga is not recommended as a student’s first yoga experience, nor for those with a serious injury, illness, epilepsy, high blood pressure, heart condition, or pregnancy.

New to Hot Yoga? This is the class for you! Moving at a slower pace, in less heat (85-90F) we will focus on the basic Hot Yoga and Hot Vinyasa Poses with a focus on proper breathing, alignment and relaxation.

Enjoy all 26 Hot Yoga Postures with sun salutations added in a vinyasa flow sequence with a room temperature set at 95 degrees. This Flow class is for all ages and all levels of fitness, if you are interested in our Hot Vinyasa classes this would be a good introductory class.

Take your asana practice to a new level in this empowering yoga class! When we conquer the challenges in our life and yoga practice we empower ourselves to a new level of achievement with-in; we overcome our obstacles rather than letting them bog us down. In this class we will move through a challenging and invigorating practice and learn how to practice advanced asanas in a safe and effective way. We will practice (not do) advanced asanas such as arm balances, inversions, splits, and other poses designed to take your body, mind and spirit to a new level! Note that the practice is done in an 85-90°F heated room and is healing, detoxifying, calming. The only thing you need is an open mind, and a willingness to try new things. Remember in Yoga, it’s not what you do but what you undo!

Bring your towel and water. Be prepared to sweat!

What can children learn from karate?
Learning karate provides many benefits, for children of all ages! Karate develops character, self-confidence and awareness. Many children have told Takeshi that after starting karate, they begin to feel more confident at school and comfortable with themselves. Developing a sense of awareness leads to better judgment when entering potentially dangerous situations. Children also learn how to focus and practice self-control.

How does Takeshi teach karate?
Takeshi believes that one of the most important aspects of karate is stretching, and making a flexible body. Everyone has the ability to increase their own flexibility, and it is important as flexibility reduces injuries caused by stress and external forces. Being flexible also makes it a lot easier to do those high kicks! Takeshi will spend part of each class stretching. Takeshi will also teach proper etiquette within the dojo (classroom), explaining how to sit seiza (the traditional seating posture in Japan) and how to respect the others who are also in the class.

But karate is fun, too! Unlike other martial arts instructors, Takeshi hopes that the children he teaches will learn to love karate as much as he does. He uses games and game-like activities for muscle training, to increase endurance, to teach coordination and balance, and to even teach basic skills.

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Monday Night Class is the place for great chanting, sublime teachings, healing meditation, and good company. Give yourself a potent recharge for the week. Inspiring, uplifting, and relevant to daily life, it might just change the way you move through yours. Beginning students to advanced, all are welcome. Dan Johnson accompanies the chanting on tabla. Please visit the Monday Night Blog: http://www.suzingreen.wordpress.com for schedule, updates, and posts of teachings for the week. $20/door or use your PCYH sampler or pass. If you require a reduced fee, please pay what you can afford.

The Oneness Blessing is a non-denominational benediction.It is the transfer of Divine Energy, which enables the senses to be free from the interference of the mind. When the senses are unclouded by the mind’s interpretations, a natural clarity of perception occurs with accompanying spontaneous feelings of joy and connection to the Oneness in everything. Oneness Blessing is transferred by the Oneness Facilitator by placing his or her hands onto the crown of your head, usually for about 1 minute. The recipient may experience a tingling sensation in the head, or blissful energy flowing through the body, or sometimes nothing at all. Whatever the experience, the recipient can trust that the process of Oneness has begun.

A 1 Hour session immediately following Hatha Yoga: Vinyasa Krama that focuses on the practice of breathing techniques (pranayama). Class will also include purifying practices and end with a brief meditation.

This class is designed to help mothers-to-be prepare body, mind and spirit for birth, and motherhood. Become part of a supportive community of mothers-to-be, as you connect with your baby, and learn techniques that will help you relax, conserve energy, improve your mental focus,maintain strength and flexiblity, and make your delivery more comfortable. Muscles and joints that are affected by pregnancy receive special attention in order to help maintain tone, help your delivery, and help you recover more quickly from your birth experience. This class is suitable for women during any stage of pregnancy and in the early postpartum period.

Are you stiff in the morning? Do aches & pains bother you often? Have you been inactive for a while? Join us for this Relaxercise – Feldenkrais Methode based class. The exercise which massages your entire body and- Increase joint mobility and flexibility- Improve without soreness or fatigue- Release tension from body and mind- Reduce risk of injury in other activitiesPCYH Memberships, Coupons and Pass can not be applied.Join anytiime.8 classes for $108 or $17 drop-in (paid directly to instructor)

Experience the benefits of waking up to yoga as we stretch and tone the body, mind and spirit. This is a multi-level class and all are welcome, although familiarity with sun salutations is recommended. Synchronize your breath with movement through a variety of vinyasas that develop balance, flexibility and strength. Classes will also incorporate progressive balances, inversions, twists and breathing exercises.

Yoga has traditionally been practiced at dawn. Experience the benefits of waking up to yoga as we stretch and tone the body, mind and spirit on Sunday morning. This is a multi-level class and all are welcome, although familiarity with sun salutations is recommended. Synchronize your breath with movement through a variety of vinyasas that develop balance, flexibility and strength. Classes will also incorporate progressive balances, inversions, twists and pranayama.

Therapeutic/Restorative Yoga invites you to relax, renew and rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit in a healing yoga class designed for all ages and all levels of fitness. This is an alignment-based class, you will be held in deep opening poses designed to stretch the connective tissue that holds our muscles together. If you are working and healing from injury, want to reduce stress, need to stretch deeply, learn about alignment in practice and most importantly just relax; this class is for you.

The perfect way to unwind at the end of the day, the emphasis of this vinyasa style class is on promoting relaxation in the body, mind, and spirit. This class, which integrates physical poses (asana), breath work (pranayama), meditation, and other traditional elements of yoga, is designed to be fun and accessible for all experience levels. Variations will be offered so that each student can create their own space for connecting with their breath while listening to the needs of their body.

Yin yoga is a quiet practice suitable for students of all levels of experience. Practitioners are offered an opportunity to surrender, slow down and come back to balance. Many of the poses are seated, supine or prone and are held with muscles relaxed for several minutes. The Yin parts of our body are the parts that lie closest to our core, specifically the bones and connective tissue. Muscles prefer movement and repetition and are considered the Yang parts. Remaining muscularly passive for periods of time gently stretches dense connective tissue of the lower back, hips and spine, which may otherwise become stiff and less mobile as we age. There is a focus on the breath, being present in the moment, relieving tension and letting go. The Yin practice includes powerful mental and emotional benefits as its practitioner becomes quiet, still and mindful of the present.

Transition from the weekend into the start of the week with some deep breath work accompanied with mixed level asanas. Beginner and intermediate students welcome, as poses will be modified to meet the levels of each individual student. The purpose of this class is to deepen your level of practice with emphasis on being in the present/in the moment. This is not a vigorous, fast moving class; rather it will be a peaceful but intense journey into gradually opening up the joints, along with the mind.

This class is a wonderful option for the many people who have difficulty sitting cross-legged, or getting up from or down to the floor. Folding chairs on non-slip mats are used for the seated exercises, and as a balance aid for standing poses. The exercises are safe gentle and satisfying and offer the full benefits of a beginning yoga practice. Beginners, seniors, and adults with health challenges are welcome.

Using gentle Yoga asanas, pranayama (breathing) techniques,and meditation, this class will focus on relieving and reducing stress and creating a more peaceful state of mind.