(928) 526-1961

Instructors

Stephanie Brown
Laura Colvin
Patrick Martin
Lisa Oliver
Keelyn Riley
Holly Troy
Sarah Witham

Gentle Restorative Yoga

Let gravity and relaxation do the work in this class.  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.

Class Length:  75 Minutes 

Yoga Basics 

A beginning level class that is 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.

Class Length:  75 Minutes 

Yoga Basics Plus   

We continue basic Hatha yoga instruction in this class, while introducing intermediate topics and asanas placing greater emphasis on movement, form, breath and meditation.  It is suitable for all levels of students with the incorporation of props to accommodate those with individual needs.

Class Length:  75 Minutes 

Joyful Morning Yoga 

Join us for a delightful morning practice of yoga that will leave you radiant and full of energy with which to meet the new day.  Utilizing a variety of yoga principals and philosophies, this class will provide time to move inward and intuit your movement and other time to learn efficient use of posture, muscle strength and breath to increase the flow of prana (energy) between your mind, body and spirit.  While this class can be as challenging as you want it to be, it is still suitable for all levels of practitioner with the modifications provided by the instructor.

Class Length:  75 Minutes 

Private Yoga Sessions 

Experience an individual yoga session where you work with an experienced 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 classes. Instruction is customized to meet your specific needs.  Call (928) 526-1961 extension 1 to schedule.

What people are saying about our Classes

Yoga is a discipline that has been practiced for over 5,000 years.  It is comprised of a series of body positions and movements developed to help relax the body and calm the mind through breath control, physical exercise and meditation.  

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].

[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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