I had just thrown my back out, but Rixie’s class was my saving grace. I allowed her wise asana choices to test my body and its movement again in a safe and purposeful way. I allowed Rixie’s kind and knowing manner to heal my broken spirit by showing me I can still move and be present in a community of others who might be injured, healing, or on a challenging body journey.
Read moreVocalized Deliciousness: Yoga with Jennifer Eubank
Somehow she seems to know exactly my problem areas and missing links, offering solutions with soothing calmness. “Mmm hmmm”: like the bite of a chocolate chip cookie just out of the oven.
Read moreWith A Sense of Accomplishment: John Sherburne's Ashtanga Yoga
Did I think about paying my bills or what I had to do tomorrow for work while holding downward dog for another of John’s five long breath counts? No. Did I wonder if I fed the cat or obsess about that thing I said to someone yesterday while teetering in revolved triangle pose? No. John’s kind but stern focus on the proper poses and forms worked its magic on me.
Read morePossibility, Reassurance, and Routine: Yoga with Pooja
The whole practice is an analogy, she says. Like seasons, this isolation/pandemic period, too, will come to an end. We will come out the other side, the same way a season inevitably comes to a close.
Read morePersonal Connections: Class With Roger Panetta
Roger kneels down to floor level to check in with each person before class begins. “How are you doing today?” he asks gently, with namaste hands.
Read moreA Body That Can: Therapeutic Yoga with Amir
Amir offers wisdom on anatomy and how to bring the lessons of healing into daily life – for knees, neck, back, shoulders, hips, and other parts that have been beaten down from work, injury, disease, aging, or disuse. He provides the tools to practice at home and then wants you go out there and live: play sports, climb mountains, expand your reach with a body that can.
Read moreLike She Already Knows You: Class with Jackie Shaffer
Jackie Shaffer’s voice is like sipping tea with an old friend on a front porch. It’s as if she already knows you before you have met and before you even know yourself.
Read moreThe Yoga Play of Flow and Yin: Class with Vicki Christian
With bright eyes and a big smile, Vicki brings excitement and positive energy to yoga class, like that of a beloved teacher you might remember from childhood.
Read moreA Magic Carpet Ride: Meditative Yoga with Alex Levin
Small, little movements that don’t seem to be doing anything, but then when it’s over, you feel really great!
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