Grateful Yoga Is Virtual

Because our space can only hold a few students with social distancing measures, despite a move to Phase 4, we have decided to continue holding all classes online through the Zoom platform.  You can attend through your phone, tablet or laptop.  The procedure is fairly simple:

• Register for class as usual through our schedule page.  If you have trouble with our website, try the Mindbody website or the Mindbody phone app
• You will receive a confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting. SAVE THIS EMAIL
• Before class begins, find a quiet place in your home large enough to fit your mat with space to stretch out in all directions. A stack of books can serve as a block, beach towels and small blankets work for cushioning and couch cushions can be bolsters.  Maybe turn on Do Not Disturb mode on your phone?
• When you are ready, click the link you received in the reservation email to sign in for class.  Please try to "arrive" at least 5 minutes before class starts so the teacher knows who is there.

Make sure you get our emails

Our auto-emails come from "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.".  That's how you'll get your class link.  If you're not getting them:

• Check your Spam folder and mark our auto-emails as "Not Spam", or
• Check your MindBody profile and make sure you're signed up from reminder emails, or
• Email or text us and we'll get it sorted.

A request

If you have several people in your quarantine pod who'd like to practice, we'd appreciate if each person attending class would pay separately. This helps us continue paying our rent and teachers. However, if you are experiencing financial hardship, you are welcome to gather more folks around the screen. We trust you!

Notes

Try a sample class with Lela here.

We are also offering a selection of prerecorded audio practices available to stream or download here.

If you cannot afford to pay your normal full rate, please contact us or feel free to purchase a discounted $12/single class or 6 classes for $60 card (available in the online store). We trust you!

Summer Events in the Cloud

• VIRTUAL Yoga for Bone Health - Strength, Posture and Balance with Becky Paulin-Liston, PT: Six Mondays, July 7 through Aug 10, 12-1p
• Nourishing the Nervous System - Yoga Practices for Pandemic Times: Mondays at 7p 
• • Breathing Practices for Covid Times with Luna Delgado-Dold: Monday, July 27, 7-8:15p
  • Gentle Yoga and Qi Flow with Lisa Devi: Monday, August 3, 7-8p
  • Somatic Movement Exploration Part 3 with Per Erez: Monday, August 10, 7-8:15p
  • Self-Regulation Strategies with Corinne Peterson: Monday, August 17, 7-8:15p
• Yoga for Labor: A Couple's Workshop with Cassie Rodgers, Saturday, Aug 8, 4-7p

New-ish Classes

• Mondays, 8-9a Sunrise Yoga with Abigail Smith
• Thursdays, 8-9:15a Sunrise Yoga with Abigail Smith (new longer time)
• Thursdays, 8:30-9:15a Gentle Unwind with Rose Campbell
• Sundays, 8:30-9:15p Postnatal Yoga with Rose Campbell

Prenatal & Postnatal Teacher Training

The Amala School of Yoga will be offering its 95 hour program online for 2020-21. Learn more and register today!

Nick's Summer Theme: Earth Practices

Yoga study begins with the root of our human experience - the physical body.  This summer, Nick will use yoga and meditation to explore the unique intelligence and power of our many bodily selves: bones, muscles, organs, glands, fluids.  We will contemplate the different histories that dwell in our flesh - personal, cultural, biological, cosmological.  Topics may include experiential anatomy education, freeing our posture from "do's and don'ts", evolutionary and developmental biology, the dialogue between effort and surrender, the lost art of relaxation, and what "cleansing" really means.  Learn more about our year-long syllabus here.

Supportive reading

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration and Human Development by Susan Aposhyan

Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray