Yoga

Class Descriptions

Yoga Foundations

Level 1

Slow down so you can breathe, feel, strengthen, and heal. Perfect for beginners, students over the age of 50, folks working with injuries or chronic illness, and advanced students who need a more restful practice. This class will cover all the basics of pranayama (breathwork), asana (postures), and relaxation.

Forrest Yoga

(All Levels)

Designed for the beginning and intermediate student with up-level postures given for more advanced yogis. This class will help you experience the many benefits of Forrest Yoga: building core strength, stretching and strengthening your muscles and creating space in your joints so you can walk through your life with more grace and ease. You will also build the foundation for the thrilling advanced poses -- inversions, backbends, deep hip openers, and arm balances.

Forrest Yoga

(Level 2-3)

Go Deeper! Learn to feel and move energy as you ride your breath into exhilarating advanced postures. Excellent for working with physical and emotional injuries. This class will help you expand your breath, get strong, build integrity, and access the guidance of your intuition.

Vinyasa Flow

(All Levels)

This more athletic, aerobic style of yoga is built around sun salutations (surya namaskar). Linking postures with breath to melt stress and tension and build strength and grace, these classes are challenging and fun. Vinyasa classes are taught to a rockin’ and soulful soundtrack and will leave you feeling renewed, refreshed, and inspired.

HATHA FLOW

(All Levels)

With strong roots in classical yoga and mindfulness practices, Hatha Flow at Innerstellar is great for beginners and all students looking for simplicity and tradition. Our Hatha Flow teachers place large emphasis is on breathing skillfully and aligning the joints in a healthy way. In this class you will learn how to direct your attention to the present moment experience. The class offers a steady progression from meditation to a slow warm up and breath practice (pranayama) to postures (asanas) with long holds and fluid movements, and ends with some inversions and a restorative pose.
Each of our Hatha Flow teachers cultivates a warm, focused and nurturing environment with close attention to each individual student.

RESTORATIVE YOGA

(ALL LEVELS)

Restorative Yoga is a passive asana practice. By using gentle, comfortably supported poses that allow the body to surrender into the postures, and the mind to calm and quiet, the focus is on relaxation over stretching or exercise. It is an appropriate practice for beginners, pre-natal practitioners, and during recovery time from injuries, as well as for anyone hoping to bring a sense of peace and balance to their busy lives.

PRENATAL YOGA

ALL LEVELS

Jessica's Prenatal yoga classes provide a unique space for pregnant women to learn movements and yoga asanas to relieve many of the common discomforts associated with pregnancy. Through her own felt experience, each student can develop a sense of trust in the wisdom of their body for pregnancy and birth. Using challenging poses, we practice effective pain management and stress reduction skills. With consistency, expectant mothers make supportive connections with other pregnant women and discover resources in the birth community. With a focus on mindfulness practice, women are encouraged to acknowledge the challenges and celebrate the joys of pregnancy, and to fully experience the rite of passage into motherhood. Classes are suitable for all stages of pregnancy.

FAMILY YOGA

(ALL LEVELS)

Family Yoga is a safe and supportive class for mothers and their partners to connect with other new families and begin integrating the profound life changes that parenthood brings. New mamas should allow as much time as needed to heal and recover from the birth before then come [back] to yoga. With their little one and partner, mamas are encouraged to renew or begin a joyful and rejuvenating yoga and mindfulness practice. At Innerstellar, we cultivate a welcoming and gentle atmosphere for you to learn to better take care of yourself, your partner and your baby with your own breath and moment-to-moment awareness. Join us for this fun and delightful class!

This class is open to moms, their partners and their children three years and under.