Come as you are for Pike's weekly 45-minute yoga & meditation session! The perfect lunch break or midday reset, this class will start with tips and tricks for building your own meditation practice and lead into one or more guided meditations.

FREE Monday Meditations, NOON

Gentle flow classes are a combined gentle and vinyasa class, but the poses will often be held longer and moves slower between poses. The longer holds bring mindfulness to the practice. It allows you to move more slowly and practice steadiness while maintaining the breathe. Props and modifications are a part of this practice.

Mon. & Wed. 4:30pm

Sunrise Yoga is a 60 min class to start your day energized and relaxed. Class begins with gentle movements to wake your body up and continues with sun salutations and poses for strength and flexibility. The yoga practice ends with relaxation.

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This class will target the connective tissues such as ligaments and fascia. Most poses are done while seated or lying down and are held 3-5 minutes. This class is the perfect addition for your off training days to bring your body into balance and increase range of motion. All levels welcome.

Mon. 10:30am

Wed. 10:30am (VIN + YIN, 75 min)

Fri. 10:30am

Self myofascial release through body rolling is a powerful self care remedy for many chronic and acute issues in the body. A variety of sized balls and tools will help you release the tension from your fascia creating an over all feeling of lightness, ease and spaciousness throughout your whole being. Learning how to release the issues in your tissues is important for everyone, not only will it increase your range of motion, decrease pain, balance the nervous system,  and make you feel more fluid in your body but it will also increase awareness as to where you are gripping and holding trauma. This practice will also help decrease injuries as you start to connect with your body on a deeper level.  

Fridays, 12 - 1 pm

TRE® is a simple, gentle, and profound technique that facilitates the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle and the release of physical and emotional tension and stress. The TRE exercises mildly tire the legs, triggering an involuntary shaking and tremoring response, which begins in the legs and often spreads throughout the body. This natural response is the nervous system’s way of discharging long-held tension and unconscious muscle contraction, caused by everyday stress and traumatic life experiences.

Benfits:

• Less Worry & Anxiety

• Reduces Symptoms of PTSD

• Increased Energy & Endurance

• Improved Sleep

• Reduced Muscle & Back Pain

• Increased Flexibility

• Greater Emotional Resiliency

• Decreases Symptoms of Trauma

• Improved emotional wellbeing

Scheduled as a pop up on Saturdays at 11:30am

Yoga Nidra is a systematic approach to complete relaxation. Yoga Nidra is often referred to as yogic sleep, where the student hovers between sleep and wakefulness. This state of deep relaxation is reached by letting go of external awareness and turning inwards, following the guidance of a teacher. The students comfortably lie down on their backs, and there are no physical movements involved.

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WHAT IS MYSORE?
Mysore is a format of Ashtanga Yoga. Mysore style yoga class is a tradition passed down from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois as taught in the southern Indian city of Mysore.  Instruction is not “led” as a group but individualized for each student.  Students practice their own portion of the Ashtanga asanas at their own pace.  The teachers assist each student individually by giving physical and verbal adjustments.  Students are encouraged to memorize the sequence of asanas and as strength, stamina, flexibility, and concentration builds, additional asanas are added.

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF A MYSORE CLASS?
At the beginning of class the teacher leads the students in the opening chant. Sometimes students come a bit early to class and begin warming up with sun salutations before the class begins.  However when the teacher announces the opening chant, they come back to standing and chant with the group.  If you don’t want to chant no worries!  Just stand with hands at heart center or by your side and feel the vibrations of the room.

IF THERE IS NO TEACHER LEADING THE POSTURES HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO?
Everyone begins with the Primary Series and students gradually work through and memorize the postures. In this way, yoga becomes a “practice” which is done individually (like meditation, running or playing the piano) while noticing your breath, feelings, thoughts and sensations.

The practice always begins with 3-5 of both A & B sun salutations. This is followed by the same sequence of standing postures. Next the postures are seated postures. At this point you may see students skipping postures or going to second series. Remember it’s an individual practice. But no matter what series the student is following, closing starts with a backbend/bridge and the same sequence of postures shoulder stand, headstand etc. Finally there is a 10 minute corpse pose.  If a student finishes their practice early, they practice at least a ten minute corpse pose before quietly leaving.  Most students practice for 1 1/2 hours however students who are on a tight schedule or have an injury often practice a partial part of the sequence which may take 45 minutes or so.

HOW AM I GOING TO REMEMBER ALL OF THAT?
Don’t worry you do not need to know the sequence (a perfect class for beginners). Cheat sheets are available.  Never hesitate to call a teacher over that’s what the teacher is there for.  Just sit quietly if you need a teachers attention and they'll see you and come over to answer your questions, concerns or help you get into a posture.

A Mysore class can seem confusing; like everyone is just doing their own thing or are doing random postures. But once you understand the basic structure of the series, it starts to make sense. With a little patience and commitment, you will be amazed at how quickly you can learn to do yoga as a self practice.

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Intermediate

Ashtanga Short Form

All Level Vinyasa

Slow Flow

Yin

Tabata Warrior

Mysore

Self Myofascial Release

Yoga Nidra