Class Descriptions

Aerial Yoga general description
Aerial Yoga blends traditional yoga poses with the support of a hammock, offering a unique and invigorating experience. In this class, you'll use the hammock to deepen stretches, build strength, and improve flexibility, all while floating above the ground. Aerial Yoga helps to decompress the spine, relieve tension, and enhance body awareness. Whether you're new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, this class provides a playful and accessible way to explore balance, core engagement, and inversions. Expect a mix of stretching, strengthening, and relaxation, leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Please read the disclaimer below.

Aerial Yoga (Swing at hip height)
In this dynamic Aerial Yoga class, the hammock is set at hip height to provide support for a variety of inversions, standing poses, and core-strengthening exercises. The elevated swing allows for deeper engagement and more challenging poses, helping to improve balance, strength, and flexibility. You’ll explore a blend of traditional yoga postures with the added benefit of suspension, enabling you to safely practice inversions and open up the body in new ways. This class is perfect for those looking to deepen their practice while building confidence in more advanced movements, leaving you feeling energized and empowered. Please read the disclaimer below.

Gentle Aerial Yoga (swing at knee height)
In this relaxed Aerial Yoga class, you'll use a hammock set at knee height to gently support your body as you explore slow, flowing movements and deep stretches. The swing offers a sense of weightlessness, helping to release tension, improve flexibility, and enhance relaxation. This class is designed for all levels, providing a peaceful environment where you can unwind, decompress, and connect with your breath. Expect a soothing, low-impact experience that promotes balance and gentle strength, leaving you feeling centered and calm. Please read the disclaimer below.

*Aerial Yoga DISCLAIMER:

By participating in Aerial Yoga, you acknowledge and agree to the following safety guidelines:

1. No Jewelry: Please refrain from wearing jewelry that could potentially cause injury or damage to the equipment. This includes rings, bracelets, necklaces, or any other items that may get caught during your practice.

2. Appropriate Clothing: For your safety and comfort, please wear shirts with sleeves to avoid any direct contact between your skin and the equipment, which helps maintain cleanliness and prevents soreness or irritation.

Your safety is our top priority. Thank you for adhering to these guidelines to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all participants.

In this all levels class, through the use of props, very clear cues, and imagination, you’ll be invited to deeply explore yourself through the lens of a yoga asana practice.

In the direct lineage of BKS Iyengar, Tara’s accessible classes are  taught with a strong understanding of anatomical relationships, purposeful and safe alignment customized to your body, and are created around purposeful themes.

This is an all levels class, which means that we will explore everything on the spectrum from yoga for functionality to inversions to restorative yoga and more, depending on each class’s theme. Modifications will always be offered because Tara teaches that the essence of a pose is far more important than the shape, so bring both your possibilities and your limitations! 

This class is ideal for students who are interested in both practicing in class and learning how to utilize the technology of yoga effectively for themselves in personal practice and for students curious about anatomy. 

All levels is a hatha class appropriate for all levels. After centering the mind and warming up the body we will move mindfully through a traditional hatha yoga sequence: sun salutations, standing and balancing poses, forward folds, backbends, twists and inversions. With three primary goals: Physical Vibrancy, Emotional Balance and Mental Clarity, this class will serve as a foundation for the discovery of deep peace and true personal power that lies beneath the activity of the mind. All levels welcome.

Let yourself completely relax by candlelight. Restorative yoga enables deep relaxation that leads you towards a healing experience. Restorative yoga can be practiced by anyone, from beginners to advanced yoga practitioners. Postures are typically supported poses by props to allow the body to release held tension and enter into a state of deep relaxation. Slowing down the pace of life allows you to disconnect from activity of daily life, especially if you are in need of stillness and balance in your life. Restorative yoga also soothes the nervous system, slowing your breathe and mitigate the effects of the regular fight-or-flight response that can be damaging to your physiology and well-being. Some other benefits of a restorative practice is to opens the doorway to a deeper understanding of your body, strengthening self-awareness, self- acceptance and creating a feeling of nurturing and safety. The main focus of Restorative Yoga is to relax into the pose, with the aid of props, without strain or pain, you can achieve physical, mental and emotional relaxation. This practice is great for anyone looking to slow down, to relieve stress, to calm the excessive mind chatter. Props: Mat, bolster, blanket/large towel, two blocks.

Gentle Peace yoga is geared toward the student who wishes to move at a slower pace. Gentle yoga because of its innate gentle nature, is perfect for those who cannot meet the demands of a physically straining exercise due to age, health complications, recovery from injuries or surgery or just in need to slow the pace of life. We will focus on movement for all the joints and muscles in the body, including a deep focus on spinal movement.

The combination of movement and breath techniques with an experienced teacher will help create enhanced range of motion, flexibility, balance and peace through both movement, stillness and challenging times. These techniques will enhance and deepen relaxation to assist in softening muscle tension and calm the mind. 

This class will guide you into decreasing physical, mental and emotional stress while calming the nervous system and leading you to a path of peacefulness. Studies have proven beneficial for many health concerns, including pain, reducing the heart rate and blood pressure, as well as relieving anxiety and depression.

This practice will revitalize your body, relax your mind, increase your energy and reduce stress. Simple movements will increase the range of motion of the major joints and improve flexibility. This gentle approach is ideal for those looking for a less strenuous practice. This class is appropriate for all ages and levels of yoga. Slow flow is not as gentle as gentle restorative but not as intense as all levels. Recommended props: 2 blocks, blanket, strap, bolster.

"Journey to the Self" in the context of yoga, often described as "Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self," emphasizes a holistic practice that encourages self-discovery, inner peace, and personal growth through movement, breath, and mindfulness.

We will combine stretching , strengthening, mind focus and breathing techniques in a soft, gentle way to provide a comprehensive yoga experience that benefits both mind and body.  

• Benefits
  Flexibility: Increases range of motion and reduces stiffness.

• Strength: Builds muscle tone and endurance.

• Focus: Enhances concentration and mental clarity through balancing poses and breathing techniques.

• Relaxation: Reduces stress and promotes overall well-being.

Unwind and recharge in this deeply relaxing Rest & Restore Yoga class. Designed to soothe your nervous system and release tension, this class begins with a series of gentle, restorative poses supported by props to promote deep rest and relaxation. You'll be guided through slow, mindful movements and held stretches that invite stillness and ease.

The session concludes with a calming guided meditation, helping you ground your awareness and leave feeling refreshed, centered, and renewed. Perfect for all levels, especially those seeking stress relief and restoration.

Vinyasa yoga is a dynamic and fluid style of yoga that emphasizes the synchronized movement of breath with a sequence of poses. Also known as "flow yoga," Vinyasa encourages a seamless transition from one posture to another, creating a harmonious and continuous flow. This practice cultivates strength, flexibility, balance, and mindfulness. Each movement is linked to an inhalation or exhalation, creating a rhythmic and meditative experience. Vinyasa yoga offers a creative and adaptable approach, allowing practitioners to explore various sequences while fostering a deeper connection between breath, body, and mind. 

This 60 minute class will allow for a deeper connection between breath and body. Yin yoga poses are held from 3 to 7 minutes and use body weight and gravity to affect deep connective tissue and  energy meridians. Come prepared to use props to support your body in the poses and release stored tension.  

Build strength through balanced motion using the Pilates method. This low-impact workout focuses on controlled movements that promotes core stability, mind-body connection and increased range of motion resulting in improved  posture and flexibility. Come and discover a balanced approach to fitness that leaves you feeling rejuvenated and empowered. Designed for all levels. 

This will be a 45 min class.

Flow helps you build on your flexibility and strength in a yoga and Pilates inspired class. Choreographed moves and poses to music will guide you through controlled breathing, stretching, and strengthening of your entire body, leaving you feeling centered, balanced, and strong! All levels are welcome to this class.

Core Conditioning uses resistance and light weights to condition your entire core. This quick and effective workout strengthens the muscles of not only your abs but also your back, butt, legs and shoulders. (Think of your core as everything between your shoulders and knees!) This workout is highly recommended for runners, bikers, swimmers, skiers...it's a great foundational class to make you better at all other activities! Functional strength training means you are strengthening the muscles you use in everyday activities! All levels are welcome and equipment is provided. 

Combat Cardio is a high-energy, no contact cardio workout inspired by martial arts. You can work this class at any level. Fast paced music and choreographed moves will lead you through multiple kicks and punches that will leave you drenched in sweat and feeling like a super hero! This class is not intended to teach defensive combat but to help release all your stress and get a fantastic workout at the same time!

High Intensity Interval Training class that packs a serious sweat session into a quick cardio/strength workout.
Intensity: High, best suited for intermediate to advanced.

Duration: 30 minutes

Low Intensity Interval Training class, like HIIT, focuses on cardio and strength but with less impact.
Intensity: Low, best suited for beginner to intermediate.

Duration: 45 minutes

This class is devoted to learning proper stretching techniques, as well as building foundational strength to improve overall fitness in all other areas of life.
Intensity: Low, best suited for beginner to advanced.

Duration: 60 minutes

A full body toning class with mindful connections, using Barre, Yoga, Pilates & Stretching to strengthen from the inside out.  These movement work on strength, flexibility & balance using your own body weight, opposition, allowance and resistance.  This is mindful body work using all muscles with purpose.