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Katonah: The Universe Wants Peace
Today's theme is Ahimsa, or non-violence, working toward being peace-full. We start with a focus on our core and by going in. Then we move to some gentle twists and then backbends to take it out into the world. And finally, we turn it upside down in our headstands, wrapping our thoughts in peace...
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Katonah: Drop the Story; Be Embodied
Today we play with all the ways that we can drop out of our thinking brain and find our way back into our bodies. And wow is it powerful! I recommend coming back to this class every few weeks until it becomes second nature. We do some side body lengthening and some hip stability and flexibility...
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Katonah: To Infinity, and Beyond
Today, we move toward infinity, toward expansion, toward our futures. This is a gently themed "new year" practice that you can use whenever you need a little bit of a reset. We work to fully lubricate all of our joints for a healthy journey full of ease. Suggested props: blanket, blocks, strap
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Katonah: Yoga is Magic
Set your magical intention to feel better, to feel happier, to live in more abundance... whatever it is, and then allow your practice to provide it to you. We work our folds, a lot of balancing (standing and arm balances), and some twisting. We also include some pranayama practices focusing on im...
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Community Flow: Joyful Vibrations
This class is guaranteed to bring joy into your body! We use two variations of the Kundalini breath of joy and sandwich is with some releasing in the hips to really allow the joy to flow! We work a lot of figure 4 variations and throw some balance work in. Suggested props: blanket, blocks.
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Katonah: Remember Your Wings
Today we embrace the suckiness and move on through it! And then acknowledge how far we've come and how much beauty and strength we each embody! This is a strength-focused Katonah-based class, building toward pincha mayurasana (forearm stand). We set ourselves up well and use our props to assist i...
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Repeat: I am WORTHY!
In this Katonah-based class, we up our ceiling of worthiness and claim what is rightfully ours! Expect to expand yourself in today's practice! We get into hips, shoulders/upper back, and the sidebody. We use some breath of joy to inspire us and then move into the compound bow shape and end with ...
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Katonah: Attention to the 3rd Floor
Today is THROAT CHAKRA DAY! This practice is good for when you need to speak up for yourself, speak your mind, or when you need to check in and do some deep listening, because it is always about balance! This class focuses on the head and neck and is also great if you have been having pain while ...
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Flip it (again)!
This is a Katonah-based practice where we make space for several types of inversions (wide legged entrance to headstand, pincha, and handstand). Set your intention to shift your perspective, and then just allow it to happen over the course of your practice. If you're feeling stuck or unable to ma...
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Community: Fluidity/ Flowing
In today's class, we get a bit into the hamstrings/butt and work for an idea of fluidity and flowing in our physical, emotional, and energetic bodies. If you are feeling fearful, come here to explore your inner landscape. If you are feeling unsettled, come here to gather energy in this grounding ...
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Community: Staccato Expression
EXPRESS YOURSELF! Today we go into the rhythm of staccato and play with how we move things out of our body; how we move out into the world. We process anger and un-expressed truths through our Katonah-based practice. Think adding some punches and vocalizations! We finish with some big backbends...
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Community: Chaotic Release
Today we amplify our energy to create a portal, and then we dance our way through it! The energy of chaos helps us process sadness and grief and fully release so that we can break through. In this practice we flow, we expand, and we completely release--expect some shaking, dancing, letting go of ...
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Community: Lyrical Flight
We bring the light and joy of the lyrical rhythm into today's practice, to find our own rebirth. We fly in many balancing poses and keep our sense of being grounded and open throughout. We work into being as expansive as possible as we also practice some backbending, arm balances, and inversions....
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Katonah: Seat of Stillness
The last in the exploration of the 5-Rhythms-thorough-yoga series! Today we embody stillness through a slow-moving Katonah practice. We work to really find our seat of stillness, moving into the hips toward lotus and meditation. Expect lots of breath wraps and to end with a feeling of near-enligh...
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Community: Hanuman's Heart's Desire
Today we tune into what passions are driving our hearts and use the inspiration of Hanuman to carry us through our practice. This is a Katonah-based practice--moving through the hip flexors and hamstrings to stretch ourselves and move into standing splits, splits (hanumanasana), and splits variat...
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Community: Grasshopper Spring
It's Heidi's birthday, so expect her to request grasshopper pose! This practice will challenge you to let go of the hibernation of winter and find the mighty fierceness of spring blossoming. We get deep and playful with our hips: stabilizing, opening, and nurturing our own emergence... without a...
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Community: We got this!
Come home to yourself, be your own sanctuary, find your power, and let the rest GO... because we got this! Today is a playful practice with some hopping and some opening and some resetting and everything you need to feel like yourself again. Focus is on the lower half of the body and we move tow...
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Community: Clear Balance
This is a Katonah-based practice that goes deep into presence in order to truly find balance. We use the wall and blocks to set up our shapes and feel confident in our alignment. Use this practice when you feel overwhelmed, off-center, or unsupported. Expect a lot of one-foot-on-the-ground poses...
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Community: Something Better
Shift your disaster-mindset to an attitude of openness toward new opportunities on the horizon. In this Katonah-based practice, we frame it up, and then re-frame, over and over. We strengthen our backbody in this practice (think trusting your past as informing experiences) to trust the universe. ...
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Katonah: Grounded Grace
Today we bring our energy toward grounding and find our full connection with the earth. Simultaneously we practice bringing grace toward our reactions, our responses, and our experiences. We do a lot of foot/ankle, hand/wrist work, and shoulder stability work. We work from the ground up, working...
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Katonah: Strong Energetic Boundaries
We work a lot today with our energetic boundaries so that we feel safe moving through the outside world. We fill our boundary bubble with positive mantras and energy to support us in our practice and in our day. We get into hips and shoulders, moving toward compound bow, but all with this energet...
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Community: Embodying the Tree
Today is tree day! A great practice for grounding and feeling more connected to the world around us. We work strength with flexibility, feeling the ability to bend rather than break. We do a lot of tree variations and move toward lotus and some inversions. Expect lots of balance and hip work. S...
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Community: Power UP!
Whether you're feeling low energy or high, this class focuses on pulling our energy up. The request was for "high energy and jumping" and I was feeling low energy. But wherever you are on your energetic scale, this class will assist in pulling you up! We work on jump-throughs and finding our pola...
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Katonah: Committing to Shifts
Today we work on little shifts. How can we shift a little at a time to move toward a new mood, a new goal, or a new perspective? This is a slow, subtle class. If you need to slow down, stop here. We work with elements of balance, pouring our weight/energy, and inversions. Props needed: blocks, bl...