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Yoga Class Menu
Gentle
Restorative Yoga lets gravity and relaxation do the work. This supported approach is perfect for students with limited
mobility, recent and chronic injury, as well as those wanting a peaceful
meditative experience. A gentle way to release stress, experience calm,
balance, healing, and wholeness. Yoga
Basics
is a beginning level practice suitable for new students or those
wanting a gentler experience. The fundamentals of Hatha yoga with a
slow, conscious exploration of posture, alignment, breath, and movement
will benefit those new to yoga and reinforce the practice of more
experienced students. Yoga
Basics Plus continues basic Hatha yoga instruction and introduces intermediate
topics and asanas placing greater emphasis on movement, form, breath and
meditation. It is suitable for all levels of students by
incorporating props to accommodate those with individual needs. All levels Yoga Stephanie Brown, Laura Colvin Private Yoga Classes are individual sessions where you work with an experienced and knowledgable teacher to establish a home practice, work with specific challenges or injuries, deepen the effects of your practice, or to help you get a jump start on beginning Yoga classes. Instruction is customized to meet your specific needs. Call (928) 526-1961 extension 1 to schedule.
Yoga is one of the many modalities we offer at Mountain Waves to achieve the union of body, mind and spirit. Breath work is included in all of our classes to allow deeper healing to take place. Students leave yoga class feeling restored, energized, calm and balanced. Different styles and levels of yoga are offered to meet the varying needs of clients. Special workshops are also periodically offered to deepen one's practice. All levels of yoga practitioners are welcomed in our classes. We invite you to start where you are; our teachers are skilled at assisting students and creating a healing space within the community of Mountain Waves. As for the physical benefits of yoga, numerous research studies have demonstrated its effectiveness for relieving lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, stress, anxiety and depression. Yoga has been shown to improve the conditions of people with heart disease and diabetes [1], mental health disorders, asthma, high blood pressure and high cholesterol [2] [3] and multiple sclerosis[4]. [1] Sood, Amit. Director of Research, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Top 10 Recommendations for Complementary Medicine by the Mayo Clinic, 7/18/07. [2] Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Relax and Refocus with Yoga, 11/1/06. [3] Ali, Katz, and Bracken. Mind-Body Practices of Hypertension: Systematic Review and meta-Analysis, 8/24/07. [4] Oken, et al. Randomized controlled trial of yoga and exercise in multiple sclerosis, Neurology, 62 (1): 2058-2064, 2004.
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Pilates classes you will need a mat and towel or blanket These are all available for sale or rental at Mountain Waves
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Yoga
is a discipline that has been practiced for over 5,000 years.
