This gentle hatha yoga class will be oriented towards beginners. If you have thought "Yoga!? I'm not flexible enough!" think again. We will work through a series of stretches and postures to increase strength, flexibility, and health. Constructive relaxation and breathing helps to open our hearts and find the grace and love that is within. This class is also geared towards beginner to intermediate levels..

You are a beginner or have experience in Svaroopa Yoga. Interweave the essential poses for spinal release with poses that allow you to carry your openess into your life. In Svaroopa Yoga, precise alignments and support with props is emphasized to help you access and release the deepest tensions in your body. Additional benefits include reduction or elimination of pain, and profound relaxation.

You are an experiences Svaroopa Yoga student with an established home practice. Take your yoga to a new levelwith deeper poses, practices, and adjustments. Experience the benefit of ancient teachings woven through class. Instuctor's permission is needed before joining this class

For continuing students with a Daily Kripalu yoga practice and 1 year of class experience Focus is on Prana and it's guidance during posture flows. We also work on advanced poses and flowing from longer holding times. Permission from the instructor is required to attend.

Kripalu yoga is a meditative approach to hatha yoga asana practice. The class will offer detailed instruction for beginners as well as engaging and challenging poses for continuing students. All aspects of Kripalu yoga can be included in this class, alignment, pranayam, longer holding, witness consciousness, prana flow. We start and end with the ultimate goal - to simply be present. All are welcome to attend.

Kripalu yoga is a meditative approach to hatha yoga asana practice. The class will offer detailed instruction for beginners as well as engaging and challenging poses for continuing students. All aspects of Kripalu yoga can be included in this class, alignment, pranayam, longer holding, witness consciousness, prana flow. We start and end with the ultimate goal - to simply be present. All are welcome to attend.

***************Upcoming 2009 fall dates: Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 11**************** Based on Judith Lasater's book Relax and Renew, this workshop will take you through a series of poses designed to open your body in a safe and gentle way. Props are used to provide support so that your body can release and let go of tension beyond a superficial sensation of stretch. Stillness and quiet give your mind time to calm and de-stress. Start your weekend off by taking time to be nurturing to your body, mind and soul!

Join Annie for this early morning all levels Kripalu Yoga class. Wake up the body, mind, and spirit with a series of gentle warm ups moving onto a more dynamic practice to energize you for the day.

Hatha yoga is a classic yoga combining breath work, asana, and meditation. Classes will include a period of centering,breath work,asana,ending with a period of meditation and relaxation. Challenge yourself gently and come away with a feeling of relaxation and accomplishment. Make Monday evenings a time to re connect with your body and spirit. Please bring a mat to class.

Join us at Spirit Bear Power Yoga every Tuesday evening to learn yoga in a friendly, relaxed and encouraging setting. This series 'starts from the beginning' and in plain English teaches you all the elements to build a lifelong yoga practice. This is a perfect class for anyone who would like to try yoga for the first time or who has practiced but may have missed a few of the basics. This series is designed so that you can miss a class. If you do miss a class or just need a re-fresher, drop in to any of the classes the following month.

Join this class if you are planning a pregnancy or already expecting. Open your body, mind and heart for prenatal comfort, smooth delivery and fast post natal healing. Mother and baby benefit beyond measure form specialized pelvic release, heart opening and quieting of the mind and nervous system tha Svaroopa Yoga for pregnancy provides. Doing yoga with other moms also offers a network of support and community.

ABOUT THE YOGA Discover a stress-free way of practicing where the connection between the earth and your body becomes the central focus. In an effortless dance of gravity and breath, we awaken to the intelligence of the body. This is a creative approach to the classical yoga tradition. The emphasis is on understanding a way of practicing that applies to all positions and daily living. In settling down into a comfortable way of being, the yoga is reveled. ABOUT CAROL Carol Nelson has been captivated by the magic of yoga since 1976 when she first met and studied with Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar. Her 30+ years’ journey has taken her around the world studying and teaching. She founded one of Boston’s first yoga centers in 1977, the Creative Yoga Studio. “Creative” describes her method, an approach that embodies the simplicity and serenity of yoga. You can read about her in Dan Wakefield’s book How Do We Know When It’s God? (Little, Brown, Co.) and Roanne Weisman’s book Own Your Health (Health Connections.) She is a featured model in two books publish by Rodmell Press; Back Care Basics by Dr. Mary Pullig Schatz and Relax and Renew by Judith Lasater PhD., P.T. and contributed the yoga section to Margit Esser Porter’s book Hope Lives (h.ic. publishing.) Carol continues to teach at the Shambhala Meditation Center of Boston, The Arlington Center, and The Majestic Yoga Studio. She is yoga teacher in residence at Window’s to Sea on Martha’s Vineyard, offering private sessions, small group classes and weekend workshops with internationally known guest teachers.