Yoga & Meditation
Join me on the mat! Whether you’re just starting your practice or a longer term learner, my classes are playful, exploratory and inclusive. I bring in different modalities to my yoga classes, including pranayama (breathwork), meditation, asana, Ayurveda, and aromatherapy.
About Yoga & Meditation Offerings
I offer intimate small group classes and private sessions, to allow the optimal setting for individualized support, sharing yogic knowledge, and allowing you to deepen your practice. I blend modalities in my yoga classes to help create a practice that serves your needs. You can attend both virtually and in person. My yoga classes are gentle, encouraging you to listen to your body and bring balance to the mind, body and spirit.
Class types
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A lying down meditation that encourages the body to go in a deep, relaxing state where the body can rest, digest and rejuvenate. The practice involves setting an intention, going through a body scan, and visualization techniques. Yoga nidra, also known as “yogic sleep” or “conscious sleep”, is a great alternative to seated meditation, and the accessibility can provide space to reach higher states of meditation more quickly than during seated meditation. Studies suggest 20min of yoga nidra is the equivalent to 2hr of deep sleep, where you withdraw from your senses, allowing your brain to go through all the waves, eventually reaching the "delta" waves which is where we rest and digest. Suitable for all bodies; suggested to lie down however being seated or in another comfortable shape is fine.
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A slower, more passive and meditative style of yoga. Shapes are held for 3 to 8 breaths, can be seated, standing or lying down.
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In restorative yoga, we move through a series of long-held asana (yoga shapes), sometimes using various props for support and comfort. With time, the nervous system eventually receives the message to let go. Each shape has many specific benefits for the body, and the practice as a cumulative whole brings with it immense immediate and long-term benefits for the body and mind.
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Yin is a passive, meditative, slow style of yoga practice. Students hold shapes for longer (between three and seven minutes) than in contemporary western postural yoga and there is more emphasis on the lower body. While the ultimate goal of restorative yoga is comfort and nervous system health, yin yoga emphasizes the health of the soft tissues of the body and asks us to “meet our edge”.
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A highly accessible and effective type of yoga practiced mainly seated on a chair and sometimes standing, using the chair for support. Great for anyone, especially those new to yoga, those who sit at a desk, and people with an injury or health condition that may make being on a mat inaccessible.
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Vinyasa is a way of doing yoga in which students flow from one shape directly into the next. The breath is generally used as a guide for this flow. Vinyasa is a more vigorous style of yoga although the pace and the intensity of the poses can vary.
