Group Classes

Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to class.

Leave shoes downstairs in cubbyholes. Bring valuables with you upstairs. Wellsprings yoga is not responsible for missing items.

It is highly recommended that you bring your own yoga mat/rug for hygenic reasons. We do have loaner mats for those just starting out, visiting, or wanting a double thickness mat. We provide an extensive collection of yoga props for your use during practice.

It is optimum to come to class well hydrated on an empty stomach. It is not recommended to drink water during practice.

Every individual's body is different and our needs change day to day. Always listen to your body as your primary influence! "Sthira suka asanam" Asana should be steady and comfortable. Avoid straining, maintain steady breathing, honor variations in flexibility day to day and from one side of your body to another. Practicing yoga consistently over months and years provides numerous benefits. Slow and steady is the most efficient path to improvements.

Please consult your physician before embarking on a new exercise program.

Inform your teacher(s) of any injuries, surgeries, medications, or other relevant problems before class.

Be especially attentive to your body in the case of injuries, surgeries, or medications. It's up to each individual to fully honor and safeguard his/her body. Only the individual is fully aware of bodily feedback such as pain and internal feelings. Be fully responsible for yourself!

Always speak up during verbal or hands on adjustments giving feedback before there is any strain or discomfort and to guide the adjustment to best suit your needs. Feel free to say "no adjustment please".

YOGA CLASSES

Open Mysore class Practice at your own pace with personalized teaching and assistance as appropriate. Arrive and depart anytime within the posted class time. *See below description for more details.

Breathe and Flow Develop strength, flexibility, and balance with a flowing approach that combines movement with breath. The perfect way to start your weekend with a sense of peace and acceptance.

Gentle Yoga This class emphasizes balance, strength, hip stability and maintenance of bone mass. Come and take care of yourself. No yoga experience required and suitable for all ages.

Mindful Yoga Using the breath as our guide, this class brings attention to the connection between mental focus and physical sensations. Adjusting postures to meet the student’s needs, we will create ease in the body and mind allowing for relaxation and self acceptance within one’s efforts.

Prenatal Yoga Enjoy safe yoga, breathing, chanting and meditation designed specifically for the expectant mother. This class will assist you in creating a sense of tranquility through this joyous and challenging adventure.

Release and Unwind Release the day’s stress with evening practice. Flowing asanas, passive restorative postures, breathwork and moments of silence help quiet your body and mind.

Tidalyoga An exploration of yoga appropriate for all practitioners including beginners. This class offers a variety custom tailored to group interests. Gentle and fun yet challenging and educational.

Meditation, Music, Dance, and Bodywork

TaoYogaZen Pranayama and Meditation

Breathing and meditation practices from three major traditions.  Gradually recycling and refining energy, grounding and centering, expanding breath and focus we will naturally grow into meditative existence. An experiential practice which imparts instruction in practices and encourages listening within for optimal states of being.

Worldwide Free Dance A short movement arts practice opens into flowing freeform dance set to conscious music from around the world. The intention set for this practice is one of grace, sustainability, and nurturance. With music which supports wellbeing and confrontation of problems in the world, our dancing together promotes healthy community, caring and celebration for our planet's abundant life.

World Sounds and Songs Together we explore sound through vocal warm-ups, toning, learning songs from around the world, and utilizing movement and percussion. A fun and supportive environment to enjoy playing with sound for everyone. Even the most musically challenged among us are very welcome here.

Surfing the Leading Edge of Bodywork

For certified practioners of Massage and Bodywork

Spend some time to update your wellbeing and mastery of giving and receiving touch. Further refine and embody your skills of presence, palpation, and technique. According to group interest we can focus anywhere along the spectrum of possibilities of touch therapy to share our expertise, nurture each other, and keep our fine tuned hands listening, working, discovering.

 

  FELDENKRAIS CLASSES

For more information about Feldenkrais classes please visit www.parishealingarts.com

Central Strength Learn to use the pelvis and trunk for power, so that the head, neck, arms & legs are free for more refined movements. This class will provide gentle strengthing, improve body mechanics, coordination, and awareness, and help prevent overuse/misuse of individual joints and muscles.

Improving the Hips & Low Back Relieve tightness in the hips and low back, and develop more comfort, movement, and power in the pelvis and legs.

Pelvis & Sacrum This class uses Feldenkrais lessons that emphasize awareness and mobility of the pelvis, hips, sacrum, and tailbone. Develop hip flexibility, sacral alignment, and pelvic stability.

 

CHI GUNG CLASSES

Qi Gong (Chi Gung) Qigong is an ancient Chinese form of mind, body and breath integration exercise that has provided health benefits to people for thousands of years. Like swimming in air, this dynamic sequence of postures combines joint opening, gentle strengthening, & internal organ massage.

 

*MYSORE PRACTICE

The mysore class is a self paced practice with personalized instruction and assistance by a teacher in a group setting. This style of practice is known from the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system Sri K.P. Jois of Mysore, India. The student is gradually taught a yoga practice gradually adding on new material over time and continuously refining their practice.

The mysore practice at Wellsprings Yoga is very open and accomodating to every individuals needs day to day. The traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa method is an option for learning which a practitioner may choose to focus on. Other methods of practice are welcomed into the room and taught as well. An individual may practice according to their chosen method within the basic parameters of yoga. Vinyasa Krama, Iyengar, Viniyoga, restorative, etc. are all welcome. The atmosphere is focused on the breath and inward exploration.

Guest workshops in the Mysore style may be limited to exclusively Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga practice and will follow the parameters designated by the teacher. Wellsprings Yoga encourages direct study with Lineage holders and senior teachers of respective methods. It is our aim to host such teachers to visit for our community's first hand experience of authentic teachings.

Wellsprings is a sanctuary for movement and meditation. Endeavor to use words sparingly and with specificity to practice and philosophy.