Class Descriptions

Unless otherwise noted, studio rooms are kept at approx. 71 – 75°

Beginner Basics & Beyond
Beginner Basics & Beyond is the perfect opportunity for new students and current community members to explore fundamentals of poses, alignment, breath-work and philosophy. The structure and slower pace of this weekly class encourages questions, prop support, safety, and how to cultivate a practice that fits your body.

Slow Flow (Beginner-friendly)
This slow flow vinyasa class focuses on breath, alignment, and mindful movement.  The teacher will break down poses and help students translate verbal cues to muscle memory. Props and modifications will be offered, allowing each student to find the right version of a pose for their body. This class is ideal for anyone wanting to “sink” into each pose a bit more as it moves more slowly than a typical vinyasa class.  You will also build strength and heat as you hold poses.  Great class for beginners looking to ease into vinyasa!

Vinyasa Flow
In a Vinyasa Flow class, the focus is on linking asana (poses) with movement and breath.  You will build heat with Vinyasa (flow) to warm and prepare the body for building strength, balance, and flexibility.  Modifications will be offered so that all levels of practitioners are welcome!

Power Flow
Our most energetic Flow class. Warms the body, awakens the spirit, gets the heart beating, helps build full-body strength, and allows the muscles to stretch. Plenty of flow and opportunities to try more advanced poses if you wish. Sweat, breathe, find your edge. Accessible for most levels with self-modification – guide your own practice to intensify or moderate.

Ashtanga-Based Vinyasa
This vinyasa class begins with a gentle warm up followed by sun salutations to warm and open the lines of the body. The standing and seated postures, which follow the Ashtanga method of yoga, are each held for five full breaths and are designed to improve physical strength and mental focus. The overall flow of this class follows the same basic principles each time allowing those who are new to yoga to learn through repetition and consistency and those who are more familiar the ability to practice a meditative flow while focusing on the breath. Should you have any questions, please feel free to email.

Gentle Yoga
Experience harmony and balance through this mindful practice designed to reduce stress, release tension and promote relaxation. Emphasis on self-awareness, breath, and honoring the body. No Yoga experience is required. Ideal for beginners, and/or those with injuries.

Gentle Flow & Restore
Find peace in this nurturing class.  Expect gentle movement to warm and soothe the body, mind, and soul followed by still restorative postures, ending with savasana. Give your body the safe space and downtime it needs after movement to calm the nervous system and find a sense of tranquility in stillness.  You will leave feeling calm and rejuvenated!

Gentle Yoga with Functional Movement
In this gentle yoga practice, we will explore moving our bodies in different ways to break out of habitual patterns. We will mindfully weave together somatic movement, yoga asana, yoga flow, and stillness, moving our bodies in healthy ways to support doing all the things we want to do as we age. Movement is Life! Appropriate for All Levels.

Yoga for Hips & Shoulders
Did you know that our shoulders and hips and can hold a lot of tension both physically and mentally? And that flowing movements and deliberate stretches with full, deep breath can help relieve this tension? This weekly 60 minute practice provides you the time to release habitual tension while also building strength into the core and back. Whether you work a desk job, take care of children, or are just feeling stiff, this class is for you. We will incorporate flowing movements, restorative releases, ball rolling, stretching, and core strengthening with profound effects. Whether new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, you will learn new and improved ways to move improving overall function throughout your day and a clearer mind to attend to all the wonderful things you bring to the world.

Yin Yoga
Unlike active yang yoga, which targets the muscles of the body, the primary intention of Yin yoga is to focus on the dense connective tissues of the body. Yin yoga is believed to help hydrate these connective tissues, assist in removing toxins from the body, prevent the shortening of the tissues around the joints, allow mobility in the joints, and maintain our spinal structure. During these Yin classes, we will bring our bodies into postures to experience moderate levels of sensation, relax the muscles of our intended target area, and remain relatively still in the postures for longer holds.

Restorative Yoga
Restorative yoga is a practice of slowing down and opening the body through passive stretching, gentle assists and quiet breath. Using blankets, bolsters and blocks to assist in longer holds, restorative yoga gives you a sense of peace and calm in an otherwise busy world. This nurturing class provides students the space and encouragement they need to slow down and allow the breath to support the body. Give your body the safe space and downtime it needs to calm the nervous system and find a sense of peace in stillness.

Prenatal Yoga
RCY info page: https://yogaacton.com/online-prenatal-yoga/
Whether you are a regular yoga practitioner or trying it for the first time, prenatal yoga is a beautiful way to connect with yourself, your health and your baby at any stage of your pregnancy. Build strength, confidence and peace as you ease common discomforts of pregnancy and prepare yourself for childbirth through dynamic flows, restorative poses and deep breathing.

Yoga for New Moms (Postpartum 6 weeks-18 months)
Focus on re-cultivating a sense of equilibrium in the mind and body after pregnancy while meeting new friends with this 60-minute community class designed just for moms! Class starts with peer check-in and support followed by 35 minutes of gentle yoga and 15 minutes of restorative practice. We’ll focus on regaining strength, flexibility and stability throughout the entire body and a sense of peace in the mind while supporting each other as a community of mothers with young children. Suggested period is 6 weeks to 18 months postpartum but all mothers are welcome if medically cleared by their provider.

Chair Yoga
RCY info page: https://yogaacton.com/online-chair-yoga/
Class includes breathing techniques to quiet busy minds, guided mediation, joint freeing, core integration, balance and poses suitable for all body types comfortable moving from a chair. Options to stand made available during the class.

Osteo-Flow
In this weekly class, you will embark on a path to better bone health if you have a diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis. A consistent yoga practice has been proven to halt bone loss and even improve bone density. Learn ways to reduce the risk of fracture by increasing balance, strengthening muscles, and stimulating new bone cell production. We will utilize props to provide resistance, stability, and variation to familiar postures. Beginners through experienced practitioners are welcome to attend.  Learn more at https://yogaacton.com/osteo-flow-yoga/

Roll With It: Myofascial Release
A self-maintenance practice that complements your Yoga practice!
This class was designed to explore our myofascial system. Our bodies have a covering of connective tissue called fascia. This fascia wraps and connects the muscles, organs, nerves, and blood vessels.  Restrictive movement, sedentary lifestyle, injuries/disease and/or stress on the body can be demonstrated in the fascia and underlying muscles.  This empowering therapeutic practice can alleviate chronic pain and help establish better postural balance, release deep muscle tension, aid in lymphatic drainage, raise tissue oxygen levels and release endorphins, increase joint range of motion. In this 60-minute class, students will learn how to use therapeutic balls, blocks, props and functional movements to release tight fascia, increase blood flow, and circulation to the soft tissues. We will also break up trigger points that individually cause restrictions, and discomfort.  The outcome is similar to the effect of a deep tissue massage. The goal is to soften and lengthen the fascia, and break down scar tissue or adhesions leaving you feeling lighter, energized and more fluid. The exercises for these sessions are practiced on the floor seated, lying on the back, and the belly. We welcome all Students from a wide variety of backgrounds, ages and degrees of flexibility. From beginner level to more experienced, we hope you leave the class inspired to continue the practice on your own!

Yoga Nidra
RCY info page: https://yogaacton.com/online-yoga-nidra/
Yoga Nidra or Yoga Sleep is one of the deepest and most profound meditations one can experience. As you are guided into a deep but conscious relaxation you are able to access and release samskaras (innate tendencies, impressions created by previous actions or thought). Traditionally, Yoga Nidra was used to reach enlightenment.

SPA Yoga®
SPA Yoga® is a slow-flow, floor-based, whole-body sensory experience based on Fluid Yoga sequencing. In this all levels class Lia will guide you through a mindful practice engaging all of the senses. Starting with Pranayama, and then moving through postures that progressively open the body and focus the mind. Gently building heat, and offering gentle assists throughout class, we will prepare for longer holds and deeper stretches on the floor. Class will end with an extended guided savasana, as you immerse yourself in newly recovered space in both body and mind. With candlelight, soothing music, and the element of touch, be prepared to feel like you just stepped out of the SPA!

Barre
Barre is a full-body, low-impact workout set to upbeat music that blends elements from a variety of exercise styles including ballet, Pilates and asana from yoga. Barre focuses on building lean muscle tone by utilizing a ballet barre, light resistance and body weight exercises. Clients of all levels will benefit from this challenging, accessible workout.

Strength & Sculpt Mat-Based Barre Class
This mat-based class will cover all of the foundational barre techniques, creatively utilizing equipment to ensure a full-body workout all from the comfort of your mat.

Mat Pilates
Pilates focuses on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength and centered breath. The practice concentrates on posture, balance, and flexibility with focused breath. This class is organized in a way that provides an accessible approach making it perfect for beginners, as well as regular practitioners. We will practice on the mat, and at times with use exercise balls, yoga straps, blocks and blankets. Benefits of Pilates include strengthening muscles groups such as the core, glutes, legs, and upper body, relieves tension from shoulders, back and spine, compliments yoga classes provides cross-training with other activities, and enhances mindful awareness.

Core Mat Pilates
Classic Mat Pilates class, with contemporary variations. In this class, we pay homage to the foundational 34 exercises developed by Joseph Pilates while integrating modern variations making this class suitable for all levels of practitioners.

Benefits:
• Core Strength: Develop a strong and stable core, enhancing your body’s overall stability
• Improved Flexibility: Expand your range of motion, leading to enhanced posture, reduced muscle stiffness, and improved overall mobility in your everyday movements.
• Mind-Body Connection: Cultivate mindfulness through intentional breath work and precise movements, fostering mental clarity, concentration, and relaxation.

Who Should Attend: This class welcomes Pilates enthusiasts of all levels, from beginners eager to explore the fundamentals to advanced practitioners. If you have a passion for the classical Pilates method and a curiosity for incorporating contemporary elements into your practice, this class is tailored just for you.

Sculpt & Tone is a 45-minute class designed to increase physical strength through low-impact, resistance exercises while listening to upbeat music! All major muscle groups are worked from head to toe ending with stretching for a complete workout leaving you strong, confident and calm.