This class is designed for those who struggle to find time to make it to the mat because of work, family, travel, etc. This class is designed for you to stay for however long you can - 5 minutes or all 30. No judgement. No pressure. No crazy skills required. Just bring yourself, perhaps your partner (they deserve a break too), a friend, and a DESIRE to take time out for you so you can re-enter your world feeling a little refreshed and renewed.

Mark Nepo once wrote, "you can't separate the berries from the thorns that grow them, any more than you can separate the flowers of love from the prickers of loss that grow them." And so it is with the Invitation of Gratitude; to experience the richness and true texture of it in our lives, we cannot give thanks for just the seemingly obvious and 'good', but we must also soften ourselves to, and give thanks for the not so good moments, the hard losses and tough lessons, and the times we've been humbled to our knees. In this class, we'll use deep hip opening (via the external rotators), shoulder stretches, and hand-balances (such as eka pada koundinyasana, bakasana, eka pada galavasana, and bhujapidasana) to work our way towards kurmasana (tortoise pose), appreciating equally the berries and thorns we meet along the way, just as we strive to do in our everyday lives.

Anusara-Inspired

Movement -- quick movement at that -- is often thought to be synonymous with yoga in that it can be months, even years, before we finally recognize not just the importance of, but the true gift that cultivating and sitting in stillness can be. It is in the sacred equation of yoga and amidst the busyness of our lives. Let this class be just that for you: a gift. To slow down. To enter the stillness so that you can reenter the world feeling refreshed and renewed.

By you this universe is borne,
By you this world is created,
O Devi, by you it is protected.
- Devi Mahatmya

This Anusara-Inspired class is inspired by and dedicated to all the amazing women - mamas, grandmamas, (soul) sisters, wives, daughters, partners, girlfriends, teachers, weavers, lovers, dreamers, believers, fighters, mystics, space holders - in the world.

Throughout class you'll take the shape of the bow (dharnurasana, twisted mother, ardha chandra chapasana, natarajasana, kapinjalasana) so that your heart never forgets its target: to find voice instead of silence, hope instead of fear, courage instead of timidity, resiliency instead of victimization, community instead of isolation, and most importantly, STRENGTH and POWER to stand fully in all of who you are and were born to be!

Inspired by Louie Schwartzberg's time-lapse film, Gratitude, this class is to be, when practiced, a daily reminder that, "Today. It's given to you. It's a gift. It's the only gift you have right now. And the only appropriate response is gratefulness. " A perfect Align & Flow class to start your day, shift your day, or end your day with some beloved poses and a clear intention offered from the heart.

Inspired by and in honor of the Summer Solstice, we pay homage to the unconditional and luminous gift of light both inside and all around us. Mirroring the sun, this Anusara-Inspired class starts slow with a focus on the hips, hammies, and hand-balances; builds heat at its peak with surya yantrasana (sundial pose) and visvamitrasana preparation, and then finally towards the end, offers you reprieve and relaxation to bask underneath a setting sun with a short guided meditation. This class can be practiced any time you would like to connect with the radiant energy of the sun!

This life is an ever-present journey of binding and unbinding ourselves to people, relationships, jobs, behaviors, stories (of the self), addictions, and other "stuff." Some of these binds are life-enhancing and uplifting, driving us towards a more balanced and harmonious way of being, while others take us away from our heart center and the joy we seek to find and live from. This class is all about recognizing what we are bound to that is no longer serving us in our life. Through a series of shoulder-openers, standing poses, twists and hip openers, we bind only to unbind, to release, let go, and ultimately become free from that which we no longer need. Get ready to explore Svarga Dvijasana (Birds of Paradise), Parivrtta Svarga Dvijasana (Revolved Birds of Paradise), and Bound Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle with a full bind).

Rod Stryker once said, "Yoga has less to do with what you can do with your body or with being able to still your mind than it has to do with the happiness that unfolds from realizing your full potential." This class is all about awakening and igniting the navel center, the seat of your power and potential through core work, active sun salutations, twists, arm-balances, and various handstand variations so you can -- without a doubt -- recognize and remember that you power-full in every part of your life!

This is both a grounding yet celebratory restorative class that encourages you to press the pause button on a life which continuously tells you to keep doing. Enjoy the invitation to slow down enough to acknowledge the work thus far and then be blown open and blown away from where your story began, to how far you've already traveled, and celebrate the exquisiteness that is your life!

Using the uplifting and revelatory messages of the illumined sages of the Upanishads as our guides we open up and ground firmly into the fearless, eternal, and ever-present essence, or Self, that is in each of us. This class will take you deep into the legs with timed standing poses, hips, twists, and balancing poses to ground you into the all of who you are and will always be.

Being on the mat is never about the destination but rather a sweet savoring of a most exquisite and lifelong journey that sets us free. This class takes you on a journey through the whole spectrum of possibilities with handstands at the wall, core work, strong standing poses, hip openers and heart openers to all variations of vasisthasana (side plank), camatkarasana (wild thing), and dhanurasana (wheel). Get ready to let go, harness your strength and power, and experience freedom on the mat like never before.