This 7-week yin yoga series invites you into a quiet, inward exploration of the body’s energetic landscape. Through long-held yin postures, we will work with both the chakra system and the meridian pathways rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, supporting the flow of life energy (qi) throughout the body.
Each week we will focus on a different chakra, observing how physical sensation, emotional tone, and subtle energy shift with time and stillness. Poses are held for several minutes to encourage deep release, nervous system regulation, and mindful awareness of what arises in the body and mind.
This practice offers space for reflection, balance, and reconnection—meeting yourself exactly where you are.
Join Carrie Schaefer for this 6-week gentle flow yoga series. This class will set you up for a smooth week. This gentle flow yoga series is suitable for all experience levels, beginners through yogis. The practice will stretch your body and soothe your mind, helping you sail through the rest of your week with ease and grace. Modifications will be suggested, to allow for EVERY body to participate in this series.
Each class in this series offers a coordinated collection of the challenging, slow-moving, ballistic and/or controlled muscle- building workouts. As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass and with it the ability to do the things that we would love to be able to do for the rest of our life, but we don’t have to lose that muscle mass. We can defend our muscle mass, mobility, and co-ordination.
Strength training doesn’t just enhance the benefits of yoga, it increases a yogi’s ability to not only achieve challenging poses but also enhances their ability to perform activities of daily living with less fatigue. When we build muscle, our bodies naturally burn more glucose even at rest; increase bone density; and demonstrate more muscle definition. As you get stronger you will notice that your balance improves, and your yoga practice improves.
A yin yoga practice that gently explores the edge between sensation and strain - physically and mentally. Through long held supported poses and steady breath, we’ll soften areas of tightness in the body while easing mental tension and overactivity. This class is about easing not pushing - edging toward challenge with curiosity, then allowing space and time for it to unwind.
This Yin/Yang Yoga series leads you through a balanced practice appropriate for all age groups. Take this opportunity at the end of your day to dissipate the busyness of the day with a gentle Yang slow flow that soothes the muscles with gentle movement and evolves into the stillness of Yin Yoga. The Yang Yoga portion of the class targets moving the body thereby calming the mind during a movement flow carefully synchronized with the breath. The Yin portion of the class enhances improvement in joint mobility by gently allowing the body time for the connective tissues to slowly release into each pose.
Each week the focus of the class changes so that over the course of several weeks every area of the body receives special attention.