Bikram · Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 postures (asanas) and two breathing exercises done in a hot studio intended to facilitate musculature elasticity, detoxification through sweating, self awareness, and a balance between strength and flexibility. The familiar and predictable sequencing of the asanas is like taking a walk on the same lovely path every day. You learn the route intimately, yet the nature of one's own personal journeys, both physical and emotional, lead to new places with each practice.

Vinyasa · Vinyasa yoga helps to cultivate an awareness that links each movement to the next. This class builds on the beginning Bikram series, adding more hip openers and asanas to strengthen the upper body. Drawing from many teaching styles, the class is a slow flow, practiced in a warm room. Anyone grounded in the Bikram series or seasoned in a regular yoga practice is welcome.

Yin · Yin yoga is a relaxed practice of floor postures characterized by long sustained holds for 3-5 minutes, emphasizing the connective tissues of the hips, thighs, pelvis and lower spine. By drawing awareness away from the muscles and deeper into the bones, a profound level of relaxed focus is achieved. In an aging body, connective tissue contracts and hardens when not stimulated, resulting in a loss of range of motion and joints that are stiff and tight. With long holds that rely on gravity instead of muscular effort, we can soften these tissues making them stronger and keeping them loose.

Hot Yoga · Hot Yoga is practiced in a heated room to allow for a deeper release and to avoid injury. This class is recommended for everyone, from first day beginners to advanced students. The beauty of Hot Yoga is that everyone is practicing the same posture at different levels of ability. We practice two sets of most postures allowing for the second set to become a meditation in motion and stillness. Hatha yoga was originally intended to be used as a tool to forget the body's consciousness, quiet the mind and transcend our limitations, granting us the freedom for self-realization.
      Lisa Levangie is a certified "Hot Yoga," (R.Y.T) instructor who trained with Jimmy Barkan from the Yoga College of India.  The Barkan Method is founded on knowledge handed down by Bikram Choudhury and rich with Jimmy Barkan's own approach to Hot Yoga.

Middle Eastern Belly Dance · 12-1:30PM, Tuesdays, March 16 to April 13. $55 for 5-week series. $15 drop-in. To register call Shari at 563-2292.
     Come enjoy this ancient and eternal dance form. Ideal for women seeking fun, fitness and camaraderie. We will begin with gentle non-stressful movements warming up major muscles, then learn basic steps of belly dance which are organic to a woman's anatomy. Enjoy the benefits of enhanced body awareness as we build a movement vocabulary of fluid spinal undulations and powerful shimmies and hip movements. Each class will conclude with a cool down and stretch.
      Sabah (Shari Stahl) has been studying Egyptian style belly dance and yoga for many years and wants to share the joy of dance and freedom of expression with others. For a more complete biography go to sabahdance.com