Forrest Yoga

This class is for Forrest Yoga Lovers and those that haven't tried Forrest but practice yoga all the same! Experience juicy hip openers, shoulder openers and longer holds helping us get deeper into the alignment of the poses and tissues of the body. One of the peak poses is standing pigeon, a pose that helped me heal an injured hamstring. In this class you will practice poses unique to Forrest and fun for all. If you love pigeon pose, there's several variations of pigeon to help your hips and heart get happy!

In this powerful journey to the core, you will get the experience of moving into challenging postures without straining or struggling. You will learn to root through your hands and rise up out of your shoulders with energy running all the way through the soles of your feet during arm balances and inversions. Learn to feel your center so you can be in a challenging situation without engaging in fight or flight mode.

Led by Cheryl Deer

In this class you will explore back bending movements in a safe way that frees energy and blood flow along the spine. Cheryl intelligently guides you through the Forrest Yoga breath work, abdominals, shoulder openers and sun salutations that prepare you for an energizing and strong wheel pose. This is an effective class that will bring new insights and space in mind and body!

One of the props for this class is a Forrest Yoga Mat Roll, you can also use a rolled up towel.

The steps to make a Forrest Yoga Mat Roll
1. Use an old yoga mat, or buy a thin cheap one at the store.
2. Fold the mat into thirds, lengthwise.
3. Move to the long end of the mat and roll the mat up as tightly as you can (sleeping bag style).
4. Once you see the width you desire (depending on hip size or personal preference) cut the tail end off with scissors. If it’s perfect as is, no need to cut.
5. Wrap your mat roll with something to hold it tight: rubber bands, fun colored duct tape, stretchy headbands, etc.
6. Voila! Mat roll complete.
Now, you have a tool that will expedite your healing process, massage your organs, and strengthen those inner thighs & abs like no tomorrow. Congratulations on creating one of the most useful props in yoga!

Tired of back pain? In this session, Ana will teach you how to use pranayama and asana to heal back pain. Learn how to bring fresh oxygen, blood, and nerve energy into your painful areas, while you release toxins and tensions that may have accumulated. You will also learn how to access and relax hardened muscles that have been used to stabilize an injury. With Ana’s guidance you can learn how to use Forrest Yoga to strengthen the muscles of the back and its supporting areas, including the abdomen and legs. Work, sweat and attain freedom from back pain.

Forrest Yoga takes you on a physical and mental journey deep into the core of your own being. You will create a heightened sense of awareness through breath and asanas, and open to the amazing quality of feeling that lives inside of you. Use Forrest Yoga to connect to your core, shed what is no longer useful, keep what is of value and "with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." Challenge and move your core energy into those areas where it has yet to be. Come sweat, breathe deeply and enter the incredible mystery of your core. You will feel cleansed, refreshed and alive.

With Forrest Yoga's heart-opening asanas, you learn to breathe in a way that opens your core and gives the heart the support and counsel of the rest of the primary chakras. Learn to remove the emotional shielding from your heart so it can truly and honestly feel each new experience afresh. This helps your heart and Spirit be more resilient, flexible and adept at surfing emotional waves. Begin building skill in accessing, cleansing and resolving emotional issues and move them out of the cell tissue, thus freeing your heart. This makes room for seeing and absorbing the beauty and sweetness in our world, which nourishes the heart.

Rekindle the fires of passion and pleasure with Forrest Yoga. Learn to reconnect to your energy, while you delight in your strength. Bring healing and inspiration into your personal practice. This Forrest Yoga workshop helps you cultivate and embrace a sense of compassion, while learning to make your practice exhilarating and delicious.

This class will get your abdominals totally warmed up and worked in the best way! Using Pilates exercises, Forrest Yoga abdominal exercises and some yoga poses to counter balance the core work, you will feel warmed up, tuned in, and strengthened from the inside out.

This short and sweet power yoga class is infused with Forrest-style abdominal work and a Forrest-style Sun A sequence that will be sure to open the front of your hips. With some basic poses like Warrior II, extended side angle, and triangle, your hips and hamstrings will thank you for the wonderful release!

Strengthen and firm your abdominal muscles through a series of deep and directed core work. This class will give you a full practice including other postures like horse, sun salutations and pigeon. You'll leave this class feeling energized and ready to take on your day!

Mix it up with this unique and fun blend of Pilates and yoga in one energizing workout. Cher's certifications in Pilates, Power Yoga, Yoga Sculpt, and Forrest Yoga make for a creative, dynamic, well-rounded class that will challenge you and send leg-shaking vibrations throughout your body. Experience the benefits of Pilates' core-strengthening moves while gaining the meditational and flexibility benefits of yoga, all in one fun class designed for those of you who might be beginning to tire of the usual yoga or Pilates classes.

Feel the magic of these heart opening postures as Jo leads a practice filled with mini-backbends culminating in a standing backbend toward the end of class. Counter your backbends with plenty of traditional Forrest Yoga core work throughout. Whether you are beginner or more advanced, this practice will challenge you and awaken your inner wisdom and intuition. Leave the practice feeling refreshed and truly alive!

This is truly a detoxifying class from head to toe, inside and out. Led by expert nutrition therapist, Jo Schaalman, the co-author of the best-selling book "The Conscious Cleanse: Lose Weight, Heal Your Body and Transform Your Life in 14 days." Jo leads you through a detoxifying practice that will help to improve digestion and boost metabolism. In this short yet dynamic practice you will learn self-care practices that you can also take off your mat.

This dynamic Forrest Yoga style class is designed to teach you to become struggle free in your yoga practice and ultimately the rest of your life. You will awaken your hips, strengthen your core, and feel the burn from this fun and engaging sequence. Jo's expertise as a yoga teacher shines through as reminds you to bring aliveness into your breath and to connect with your entire body.

This class is a great representation of the Forrest Yoga style, and it will kick your butt! Cher utilizes her signature intelligent and intuitive sequencing to carry you through a class that you will not soon forget. You will loosen and stretch the upper back and shoulders, open the hips in ways you've never tried before, and of course give the core something to remember as well. This class is fun and one of those that seems to fly by, leaving you worked, yet totally renewed.

An amazing Forrest Yoga flow that will both inspire and challenge you! Cher offers an unintimidating approach to yoga and provides variations throughout so you can tone it down or take it up a notch, depending on what your individual needs are that day. This is a great intro to Forrest Yoga class, and is also an excellent class for those more familair with this technique-driven style.

This is a beginning Forrest Yoga class, perfect for anyone new to yoga. Forrest Yoga is designed to awaken every cell in your body. You will radiate from the core using breath and focus. This class is a perfect introduction to the amazing style of Forrest Yoga.

This is the second class in our Forrest Yoga series. If you are new to Forrest Yoga, we recommend you first try the Forrest Yoga #1 class which is a beginning class. The focus of this class is to open and awaken your core. You will be lead through poses designed for this very purpose, and will continuously be instructed to send your breath through the region of the core to help open and lengthen tight areas.