Tonglen (or giving and receiving) is a practice of meditation to be in relationship with the world around you. We use this meditation throughout our practice today to reduce suffering, both our own internal struggles and those from the world around us. This is a strong shoulder practice, includi...

This is a second chakra class--working into our watery nature. We set up strong conditions, creating the perfect buoyancy for ourselves. We play with some transitions of moving toward compass. Think lots of hips and revolutions. Suggested props: whatever you might want to use (I use a wall and s...

Today we focus on being present, but specifically, we use tools of realizing the uniqueness and unexpected in each separate moment, all in order to interrupt our habitual patterns of thoughts and behaviors. This class will help you find some freedom in the shoulders, neck, and upper back. Suggest...

Want to be more in service to those around you? Need to practice your listening? Want to feel more connected? Want to practice your handstands? If any of those speak to you, this practice is for you! This is a Katonah-inspired practice where we connect to core, connect to polarities, and find o...

This is a strong leg practice, using our stability to keep taking steps on our journey forward through life. Expect hamstrings and a little shoulder work. We end with some fun headstand variations. Suggested props: wall; strap; block

This class is all about loving yourself, creating healthy boundaries, and making sure you're taking care of yourself. We do A LOT of twists to really WRING IT OUT. We work the double helix rotation in the arm to really find how our arms can be the base of the backbends. Peak pose: fallen angel ...

We move fully into the FEELING body today--getting out of the thinking mind and connecting more deeply to our intuition. We practice holding space for ourselves so that we can hold space for others. We concentrate on chakras 2-4: hips, core, and heart. We start w a water flow, move into a core/b...

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." ~Lao Tzu. There is nothing lacking. Today's practice is an energetic Katonah flow type class. We work stability in the hips (and into the butt a bit!) in ba...

The Katonah metaphor for yoga is that hatha (physical) yoga is origami for the body, and specifically, the creation of a cup (after practice extra credit: https://www.origamiway.com/origami-cup.shtml). The pranayama (breath work) is the filling of the cup, and the meditation is the drinking of th...

Today we work with comprehension: listening more deeply to internal messages and external messages for deeper understandings. We play with the power of inversion (tripod headstand) and end with a 10 min fun approach to meditation--all in service of getting over ourselves. Welcome to the work! S...

Today is all about grounding. But that doesn't mean "slow and low"--this is an INVIGORATING grounding practice, including some Kundalini breath work. We work a playful "arm balance" which I think I am dubbing "the hovering jet"--so much fun! We also get into some core work (with headstands) and ...

You know when someone gets all up in your space? Today we reclaim our space and give ourselves peace on our mat. We work the energetic space of the mat by really flying around it and opening the shoulders. We work into several gomukasana variations in our flow, and work to really soothe the ene...

Centering ourselves can be a full time job. And we are here to do it over and over again. Today we start with alternate nostril breathing, and we utilize the alternate nostril breathing over and over through the practice as a tool to make it through what feels hard. (Metaphor for life, anyone?...

We are all the same, and today we tap into that through our heartbeat. We open our hearts metaphorically and physically. But first, we start in our hip flexors and quads to build the fluency for the backbends and the ability to work into our peak pose Little Thunderbolt Pose (Laghu Vajrasana). S...

Change the impossible into I'M POSSIBLE! Think about how many things you've accomplished that you thought you would never be able to make it through. Today we broaden, we smile, we work, and we know that we are amazing humans of action. This class is great if you are having some shoulder tightnes...

How do you bring the sexy back into your body and into your life? Well, first we examine, what is sexy to you? Is it playfulness? Creativity? Flow? Then we play with getting out of our heads and into our hips a bit. Expect some stability work and opening work for the hips. We transition into flo...

This class starts with some grounding breathing so that as we move into some hard transitions and poses (double compass! and some deep hip work at the wall), we can practice how to stay calm when we start to feel overwhelmed. Because off the mat, the overwhelm is REAL! So we come to this safe sp...

Today we get loose and a little dance-y in our hips. We explore in out and around them and get comfortable with ourselves and the moment. And then we bring it all into focus with a long hold of Archer's pose on each side. We end up as blobs of yoga jelly that are right exactly where they are sup...

King Dancer is our pose of the day, and we will build it from the ground up, working with our: balancing, hips, hip flexors, backbending, and shoulders. And, all along the way, we will use our boundaries (physical and metaphorical), we'll self-adjust, and use our contact to keep the safety in our...

How do we practice patience? We observe what comes up, and then try some tools and see which ones work for us. This class is marked at level 3 because of the lack of cues--you get to practice your own skills/tools a little more today! We move through a moon flow and then move toward some pincha p...

If you need a class to help lean into feeling supported, here it is. Today we call in our angels for protection and support and allow them to help us. We become a little more receptive and open and use this to move toward flight. This class gets HIPPY and fluid. We also work some arm balances,...

Today we tune into our 3rd chakra--how do we stand on our own two feet? Let go of your self-doubts and judgments. We start with some core (where our 3rd chakra lives), and accent core throughout the class. Mountain pose is also an exciting ALIVE part of this class. Expect to leave feeling stable,...

This is a high energy flow that leads toward hanumanasana (splits). We open our hamstrings seated, standing, folded, and in balance poses, all in preparation for leaping into our next adventure. Suggested props: blocks

This class goes DEEP on understanding the Katonah theory of polarities--both physically and metaphorically. We also apply the polarities in the magic square to take ourselves out of the linearity and move more toward our spherical nature. We use the polarities to expand each asana and breathe mor...