Class Descriptions

Everyday Practices for everyday people

 

Empower Vinyasa

This class will lead you through a unique strengthening and lengthening flow with opportunities to explore some progressive concepts of the yoga practice. Empower Vinyasa is designed to advance and refine your body’s strength, balance, and flexibility. Modifications and assists are given to support individual needs and experience levels. Come to this class to learn the fundamentals of vinyasa as well as advance to more challenging poses. This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 95°F.

Mindful Movement

Experience a soothing yoga class. We combine mindfulness with yoga, focusing on linking movement with breath. Mindful Movement allows for exploration and modification, encouraging a deep and connected practice. Slow down, take a breath, and deepen your mind-body-breath connection. This class is absolutely perfect for beginners, yogis with stress or injuries, and seasoned yogis. If you’re brand new to yoga or you’re feeling intimidated by the more fast-paced or heated classes, then try our Mindful Movement & Meditation class with slow and gentle movements throughout the sequence. This class ends with a 15-minute guided meditation. This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a lightly heated room of 80°F.

Yin Restore

Experience the best of Yin and Restorative Yoga in one class for total relaxation and restoration. Begin with a soothing 25-minute Yin session, targeting connective tissues and joints with deep stretching. Seamlessly transitioning to a 25-minute Restorative practice, we will guide you through a series of fully supported and nurturing poses, using an array of props to promote complete relaxation and restoration. Feel tranquility and renewal through gentle stretches, guided relaxation, and conscious breathing. Ending the class with a 10-minute guided yoga Nidra. This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a non-heated room.

Empowered Hot 60/75

This class blends the therapeutic benefits of practicing the Classic Hot 26 postures with the athleticism and enticing movements of a Rocket/Ashtanga Vinyasa class. Designed as a set sequence, the class becomes more familiar each time it is experienced. The blended, detoxifying class focuses primarily on standing, balancing, and hip opening postures at a flowing pace while offering ample time to learn and grow in each pose. This sequence allows time for you to find balance and fine tune alignment. Prepare to sweat, move, and breathe. This is a 60-minute class, set sequence, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 105°F with 40% humidity.

Classic 60/75/90

Experience the traditional 26/2 Hatha (Bikram) yoga practice of 26 asanas (postures) and 2 pranayama (breathing exercises). This grounding class offers numerous benefits, including increased strength, flexibility, oxygenated blood circulation and increased energy. The 60/75-minute class is a condensed form of the traditional Classic 90. Follows the same set sequence, with some postures only practiced once. The 90-minute class practices the entire sequence twice. It is designed to scientifically warm and stretch your muscles, ligaments, and tendons in the order that is most beneficial to the body. In addition to the physical benefits, this series cultivates self-control, determination, concentration, and patience. This is a 60- 75- or 90-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 105°F+ with 40% humidity.

Pilates Sculpt

Experience a total body workout that tones and sculpts every major muscle group. This strength training class utilizes various equipment/props like free weights, resistance bands, and blocks, provided by the studio, to build a strong foundation and achieve lasting results. Move through a series of body-conditioning movements to build lean muscle, improve cardio, and boost endorphins. Empowering music fuels your progress, leaving you feeling powerful. With an emphasis on form, all levels will feel confident and capable. This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 90°-95°F.

Hot Barre

Improve your poise, posture, strength and balance in our Hot Barre classes. A fusion of Pilates, yoga, strength training and ballet barre movements for a dynamic and efficient workout. Each class addresses every muscle group, but the class varies with each instructor (as does the playlist!). We use bands, balls, light weights, and high reps to up the BURN and fatigue all the right muscles. Experience low-impact, high-intensity exercises targeting and toning muscles, improving flexibility, and enhancing overall strength. Using the barre for support, you'll engage in core stability, glute toning, and muscle endurance movements. Break a sweat, build strength, and leave feeling energized. This class refreshes your body and mind, ignites your metabolism, and boosts your energy. Our Hot Barre classes are so addicting you’ll want to feel the shake every day! This intense, but easy to follow class will have your muscles burning. Come feel the difference with Hot Barre! This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 90°-95°F.

Therapeutic Yoga

Friendly Yoga that Bends to You.

This is a compassionate and adaptable approach to a yoga practice that meets you where you are. Ideal for beginners and/or individuals with chronic illnesses or conditions that require a gentle touch, these classes are designed to empower you on your journey to improved well-being. Each session is carefully curated with your needs in mind, offering a blend of gentle movements, breathwork, meditation, mantras and guided relaxation. In our Therapeutic Yoga classes, you'll discover a supportive environment where the emphasis is on your comfort and progress. You will be guided through sequences tailored to address specific areas of concern, such as shoulders, back, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. You'll learn how to use yoga as a tool for resilience, strength-building, and managing symptoms, all while respecting your body's unique limitations. This is a gentle and slow-paced class, and instruction is invitational, empowering you to always go at your own pace. This 60-minute class is suitable for all levels and practiced in a non-heated but cozy room. 80°F

Self - Discovery

This empowering yoga class is designed to elevate your practice and unlock your full potential. We will dive deep into a consistent vinyasa sequence that centers around an advanced peak posture. You will learn the necessary techniques and alignment principles to approach the peak posture. Consistency and commitment are key as we revisit the same peak posture throughout a three-month cycle, allowing you to refine your practice and deepen your understanding of the posture. Remember, the true essence of Self-Discovery goes beyond mastering a single posture - it is a lifelong journey of self-discovery and growth. Through this class, we aim to empower you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to continue exploring your own potential long after the cycle is complete. A new peak posture and vinyasa sequence will be introduced every three months. *Bonus - Enjoy a beautiful, harmonic steel tongue drum sound bath at the end of class. This is a 75-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a room heated to 90°-95°F.

Specialty Classes

 

Sacred Sound Oasis

Immerse yourself in the transformative power of therapeutic sound bath healing in this deep and rejuvenating class. Guided by our experienced sound healer, Julia, owner of Energy Healing & Divine Guidance. Come relax in a meditative state while soothing sounds of crystal bowls, gongs, and sacred instruments wash over you. Experience profound stillness and inner peace as the healing vibrations penetrate on a cellular level, promoting balance and restoration. Let go of stress and worries, quiet the mind, and discover a sense of clarity and well-being. This 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, takes place in a non-heated room and offers a sanctuary of deep healing and tranquility. This class is offered weekly to our Unlimited Members as a specialty class. All other members and non-members will pay a $15 drop-in rate that goes directly to Julia.

Partner Yoga

This class is not just for couples, but for friends, family, or two friendly strangers. In this class two people will support each other in poses, enhancing postures and building trust and communication. Working with a partner provides balance in a pose while establishing and maintaining proper body alignment. This class invites openness, patience, communication, and balance into your yoga practice and relationships. Partner yoga is not just for couples; it's a practice for anyone looking to enhance their well-being on all levels – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Embrace the benefits of touch in partner yoga, which can reduce the body's response to stress. The touch required in partner yoga is not intimate. We will teach the partners how to use touch to guide each other through deeper poses and adjust one another’s form. Don't worry if you don't have a partner – we can match you with one for the class. This is a 60-minute class, suitable for all levels, practiced in a non-heated room.

Shake Your Asana

Welcome to Shake your Asana - A transformative class designed to liberate your mind from the confines of your body. This sweet, sensual, high-energy class combines yoga, dance, and plyometrics with spinal flows and rolls. Unleash stagnant energy and feel the freedom coursing through your being. With playful, empowering sequences and high-energy intensive movements set to an invigorating beat, Shake Your Asana is the best way to OWN YOUR BODY. This class will create an experience that not only feels good but empowers you to connect with your body on a profound level. Elevate your practice and let the rhythm guide you to a state of embodied bliss. As the music pulsates and the energy rises, you’ll flow through a series of powerful asanas, incorporating spiral flows to activate your core, unlock your hips, and unleash your inner fire. Sweat and let go, experiencing physical and mental purification. This 60-minute class is suitable for all levels and practiced in a non-heated but cozy room. 80°-85°F

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Kids & Teen Classes

 

Empowered LittlesYoga

This class gives elementary aged yogis an opportunity to build their focus, strength, flexibility, mindfulness, and self-management. Children will learn asanas (poses), prana (breath) exercises and techniques to calm the mind. The most important component of a kids’ yoga class is making it fun with upbeat songs, active games, lots of laughter and play. Bring your kids to come stretch, breathe, move, dance, relax, create, and be a part of the Empowered littles yoga community. These classes will include age-appropriate yoga and movement. Your little yogi will get to practice fine and gross motor skills, social and group skills, breathing techniques, mindfulness, mind-body connection, emotions and self-calming tools. Almost all yoga poses can be found in nature, so kids learn how to be animals, trees, mountains and more! This is a safe space for kids to have confidence and self-expression. This is not childcare; please be on time picking up your kids after class. This is a 30-minute class, suitable for all levels for kids between the ages of 4-8, practiced in a non-heated class.

Empowered Tweens Yoga

This class is a step up from Empowered Littles. Tween classes offer more challenge and another level of mind-body connection, while still being fun. Kids will learn more advanced stretching and strengthening poses and flows, work together in partner and group poses, learn stress management and breathing techniques, and practice mindfulness. We will use music to set the positive mood, games, and activities to make the class active and fun, while encouraging them to begin to really listen to their bodies through modifications and variations and learn self-esteem building and love of self. Tween yoga is incredibly beneficial for kids as they enter adolescence. This class offers a constructive, non-competitive environment for kids to build physical and emotional strength. Your tweens will be taught to energize their bodies and calm their chattering minds, enabling them to approach their lives with a fresh, positive outlook and the strong sense of self-worth that comes from emotional and physical wellness. This is a safe space for kids to have confidence and self-expression. This is not childcare; please be on time picking up your kids after class. This is a 40-minute class, suitable for all levels for kids between the ages of 9-14, practiced in a non-heated class.

Empowered Teens Yoga

We will soon be offering a Teen lead yoga class for teens between the ages of 15-17.

**Coming Soon**

We will have Teen classes designed just for teenagers.