Category Archives for "Class Styles"

HIIT

High-Intensity Interval Training High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) compliments yoga practice by building targeted strength and improving cardio fitness. HIIT is an efficient cardio session arranged around bouts of hard work followed by a less intense interval of active recovery. Studies show that working your hardest is a key to regulating insulin levels and losing body […]

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Vinyasa

Vinyasa: To Place In A Special WayVinyasa classes keep you moving. You’ll flow through creative sequences of Sun Salutations, standing postures linking your breath with your movements. Expect to build strength and endurance. In Sanskrit Vinyasa means “To place in a special way.” In vinyasa, you learn to sync your breath with your movement, as […]

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Yin

Experience luxuriously long holds.Long holds channel energy into your body’s meridians, or subtle energy channels. Yin yoga helps you to experience the depth of yoga postures when you hold them for longer periods of time. You’ll experience a deep sense of calm and stillness in each posture. Yin aims to open the hips, free the […]

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Align and Flow

Practice with attention and intention.Practice with attention to detail and intention in your heart. Our signature Align & Flow classes blend precision in alignment and breath awareness with graceful flow. Classes typically move through a warm up into strategically sequenced postures, working towards a peak pose or targeting a specific body part. Students enjoy demystifying […]

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Refresh and Restore

A relaxing form of yoga.This all-levels class takes place in a cozy, candlelit room, where you will refresh and restore the body, mind and spirit with a short, gentle, breath-centered hatha yoga sequence followed by active, therapeutic relaxation.Restorative postures are meditative poses held for extended periods of time with the support of bolsters, blankets, and […]

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Mysore-Style Ashtanga

Ashtanga at your own paceIn Mysore-style Ashtanga, you’re taught one-on-one in the supportive context of the community.You are carefully guided through the ashtanga series step-by-step at your own pace. You’re encouraged to memorize the postures over time so that you develop your own ritual of practice. This practice is yours to take with you and […]

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Led Ashtanga

Led Ashtanga is much more than a “good workout”At Balance Yoga, we’re committed to teaching Ashtanga yoga in a safe and intelligent manner. We pay special attention to anatomical alignment so that you’re always safe. We honor the internal forms of the practice: steady breathing (ujayii), and connecting to your core (bandhas), and focal points […]

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