Building on the foundation of the first two classes, Ana next guides practitioners through an exploration of the heart—our own personal drum beat. This practice explores gentle backbends to broaden and expand the front and side bodies for a heart that is open and nourished. Part of the Easy Does It series.
Learn to tap into the tantric definition of fire—that subtle ability to change, transform, and transmute that exists within us all. This fire vinyasa sequence will help you to harness your inner fire to increase digestion, assimilation, and willpower on both a physical and energetic level.
This well-rounded class focuses primarily on building awareness and tone of the knees, inner legs, and hips, while minimizing yoga postures that involve deep knee flexion. Melina’s creative use of props and the wall to demonstrate modifications of common postures will better serve the health of your knees.
Explore awareness of breath through the gentle breathing technique Anuloma-Viloma Krama. The word Krama means step in Sanskrit, and this type of pranayama builds depth and quality of the breath through a three step inhale, and a three step exhale. Practice this pranayama technique and enjoy a deeper awareness through breath.
This practice with Melina Meza is perfect for yogis with back injuries who want to continue using asanas as part of their daily movement practice, or for those simply looking to give their back a little extra TLC. Melina has carefully selected a wide range of postures and transitions to minimize the risk of injury for … Continued
For people with wrist or shoulder injuries who still love doing Sun Salutations, this class offers alternative movements that allow you to do the sequence you love without putting weight in your wrists or upper body.
Ana invites you to reawaken your relationship with your body by asking, what part of this can I do? Perfect for all levels, the practice begins slowly with pranayama and supine poses, and gently builds heat to prepare the body for standing poses. You will finish feeling refreshed, and re-energized in your mind body connection. Part … Continued
This is the full, extended breathing practice. Hatha yoga speaks to the solar and lunar currents that course through our body, which are nothing but the two channels of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. In this series of restorative postures we will be taught to prepare our body and mind for the in-depth and … Continued
Not only do we often hold stress in our hip flexors and groin muscles, the hours most of us spend sitting each day shorten these muscles and can even lead to back pain. In this slow, deep, and sometimes challenging sequence we will extend our hips and groin area to reverse the effects of sitting … Continued
Feel more relaxed, reduce all indices of stress, improve immune function, and sleep better by giving your body the “miracle” of 20 minutes of supported rest. Join Judith and her daughter, Lizzie, on this journey to true relaxation.
Feel more relaxed, reduce all indices of stress, improve immune function, and sleep better by giving your body the “miracle” of 20 minutes of supported rest. Join Judith and her daughter, Lizzie, on this journey to true relaxation.
Feeling heavy or stuck? Wanting to feel more energized and full of life? This Sun Vinyasa practice is designed to help you connect to the power of sun energy within and around yourself. “Sun” practices develop and expand your “prana” (the sanskrit word for life force energy and vital intelligence). Tap into the power that … Continued