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Description of Classes

Yoga for Beginners

This class is for those new to yoga as well as a chance for all yogis to "return to beginner's mind." Focusing on the practice of Hatha and Vinyasa styles of Yoga each class will build on the one prior as students are introduced to breath focus, postures that facilitate balance, strength and calm. Through this series students gain a solid foundation of basic instruction, personalized support and encouragement to respect where the body is and find way for Yoga to easily become a part of daily life.

Vinyasa Flow

Experience the beautiful art of Vinyasa Yoga which means to flow with the breath. In these classes and workshops students will learn and observe fluid movements that creatively link Yoga postures with the breath allowing for a natural flow and rhythm of contraction and expansion in the body’s movements. Through Vinyasa, students gain strength, focus, and balance while finding greater flexibility and freedom in body, mind, and spirit. Vinyasa Yoga assists students in finding a natural sense of grace and harmony within. 

Yoga to Relax and Unwind

For students who wish to experience deep relaxation through the practice of Yoga, this class balances comforting, gentle poses with hands-on supportive adjustments to provide students with the optimum experience of deep relaxation. Sometimes called Restorative Yoga this class is an opportunity to observe a thoughtful practice to heal and nurture both body and spirit. Breath awareness, mindful movement, and contemplation offer a gentle class suitable for everyone. Students will experience a collection of postures using a variety of props that will bring deep rest to the body and mind allowing for an experience of profound regeneration and respite.

Yoga Clinic

Students are afforded a unique opportunity to have in-depth posture focused instruction with a teacher who has vast knowledge and experience with physical anatomy and the nuances of asana postures. Through this series students receive detailed instruction and experience as they learn ways to make numerous subtle adjustments to their postures that deepen and expand the benefits of the asana experience. Each 6 week class series has a unique focus, so be sure to check our calendar and receive our newsletter for updates.

Yoga for Managing Stress

This class is taught by an experienced yoga teacher who is also a licensed professional counselor with specialized training and years of experience helping people with stress management. This series offers students an opportunity to learn the origin and nature of stress in the body and the mind and how to manage it through the practice of Yoga. Students will experience an unwinding of tension in the body and the mind, a sense of settling into a very relaxed state and a relief from the effects of stress in the physical body. The skills learned in these classes can be life changing, helping students to increase awareness, catch stress cues before they grip the mind and body and help students to know how to relax even in the face of stressful events.

Prenatal Yoga

The practice of yoga during pregnancy offers a wide range of benefits. With specialized training and certification in teaching prenatal yoga, this class series will provide an environment of personalized assistance, support and instruction on the practice of yYoga during pregnancy. Yoga can help minimize a variety of the discomforts that often accompany pregnancy, such as swelling, back and leg pain, and insomnia. In addition, yoga offers special benefits for breathing, posture, stability, flexibility, inner focus, pelvic floor strength, relaxation and general fitness. A signed note from your OB/GYN giving your clearance to participate is required in order to participate in this class

Yoga for Kids

The Grounded: Yoga, Laughter, Elevation program is based on the core belief that yoga can have a profound and positive effect on kids and teens. By empowering kids and teens with the positive aspects of yoga (mind-body awareness, searching for the good in all things, moving with their breath, etc) we aim to heighten or elevate their sense of who they are so they can become more stable and confident - physically, mentally, and emotionally. That's what we call being "grounded". In Grounded classes, we share experiences and fulfill the universal desire to be connected and belong to a group.

Go Grounded

Tai Chi/ Chi Kung Basics

This class teaches 18 standing movements that combines Tai Chi with Chi Kung for an experience of flowing with ease and a balance of invigoration and profound calm at the same time. These movements are excellent for achieving balance in mind and body, often touted as "Chinese Yoga.

Meditation and Mindfulness

Mindfulness is about learning to experience life fully as it unfolds--moment by moment. This practice of Mindfulness is an opportunity to experience the fullness of life, and change the way we relate to our problems, our fears, and any pain and stress in life so that they don't erode the quality of life. Putting Mindfulness into practice is a journey.

Sitting Meditation, is the foundation of this journey. It is important to learn how to work with our mind, breath and body in a very simple way first. Meditation is more than just sitting and this 6 Week Series will provide an introduction and a foundation to the simple but powerful practices which can bring transformation to your perspective and to your life. Through this 6 Week Series of class sessions you may achive the following:

• Fully experience everyday living by being fully present in the moment

• Reduce stress by responding creatively rather than reacting mindlessly

• Bring greater clarity and understanding to the smallest (and biggest) tasks

• Reestablish full connection with your physical body and breath

• Reduce addictive or self-destructive behavior patterns

• Develop a strong daily meditation practice
  
  

Mindfulness Meditation can help you discover what it's like to see the world you actually have, not the one you think you are missing, and to live the life that is yours to live in its fullness, moment by moment and day by day.Check the calendar for dates or contact us for more info.

Pricing

Prenatal Yoga and Yoga Clinic and other Special Classes on the Calendar not described above please contact us for pricing.

Advanced Meditation (90 minute class) $20
Beginning & Continuing Meditation (60 minute class) $12
Yoga for Kids

Kids ages  3-6 (45minute class) 6 week session  $75  - Monday from 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Kids ages 7-11 (60 minute class) 6 week session $90  This includes a $10 materials fee for print-outs, stickers, bandana etc.  – Monday from 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm.   Once the kids start working on the quest for the orange bandana they can arrive at 3:30 pm, which will give them 15 minutes before class to work on their sequence.

Vinyasa Yoga, Yoga to Relax & Unwind, Yoga for Stress Management and Beginning Yoga & Continuing (75 minute classes)

10 Class Cards are available for $110 for 75 minute classes.


Private Sessions

Individual 1 hour instruction sessions are available by appointment with many of our instructors. Private sessions allow for individualized, personal instruction to assist people in going deeper in their yoga practice and providing specialized modifications and adjustments to poses as well as instruction on pranayama (breath exercises) and with some teachers nutritional information in line with Ayurvedic philosophy.

Weekend Retreats

Come and experience a weekend of retreat in a newly built and ideally appointed mountain lodge called Wonderidge. A small group of people gather at each weekend retreat to experience gentle yoga classes, meditation sessions, delicious organic and vegetarian meals with majestic views of the North Georgia Mountains in Ellijay, GA. Please visit www.wonderidge.com for photos, descriptions of retreats and a calendar of upcoming weekends available for registration.

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