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Gentle Hatha Yoga Class
This full-body mat class uses alignment-based asana to explore the body and increase strength, endurance, and mobility. You’ll want a yoga mat, folded blanket, two blocks, and a strap. We use the chair as an additional resource, as needed, for stability touchpoint, or assistance getting up and down from the floor, depending on your body’s abilities (and aging or injury hesitations).
We work on standing, bending, folding, balancing, reaching, kneeling, squatting, sitting on the floor, and lying both prone and supine, using all our props to assist us in the fullness of the poses. We are not concerned with what we look like, or what our poses look like; we focus on how the pose feels in our body, and what our body needs to feel better, stronger, healthier.
Our practice takes the time to move mindfully into a posture, and then we stay in the pose to feel its effects on our bodies, joining with the breath. The class is intended to be accessible for various body shapes, sizes, ages, and abilities, and moves slowly for steadiness, but is geared for bodies who can safely get up from and down to the floor. No experience is necessary.