Basics

Basics

A slower, informative practice great for beginners and all seeking a more detailed practice.

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Basics
  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: hamstrings

    This practice explores how the opposing forces of pushing out and pulling in create the a necessary energy loop, in breathing, in most poses, and in life. Expect hamstring openers moving towards standing hand to big toe. Have a strap handy!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    Sometimes life is hard! And often, it is made harder by questioning why or wishing that it wasn’t so. In this practice, we engage with the hard tasks and attempt to disengage from the story and narrative around it, while also acknowledging that what is hard sometimes shifts without warning. Full ...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: core strengthening & hamstrings

    The curiosity and not knowingness of something trying something new opens up the space for possiblities. How can we approach familiar expereinces with this same beginner’s mind so that we can be open to the lessons of the moment? In this practice we will work to strengthen this openness. Hamstrin...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: dancer pose

    Seasonal shifts can be very unsettling and call for extra intention around grounding. With this in mind, we will use the principle of Open to Grace and extra attention to how our breath enhances each pose. Practice hip and quad openers to prepare for dancer pose. Have a strap and wall or chair ba...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: bound side angle

    This practice focuses on shoulder health through the lens of outer spiral. Use shoulder stretches to help relax the neck and upper back, working towards bound side angle. Have a strap, hand towel, or scarf on hand!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    This practice goes into the alignment principle of inner spiral of the legs. We will practice inner spiral in lunges, hip stretches, standing poses, and backbands in this full spectrum practice.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: hip openers

    This practice offers outter hip openers while intentionally supporting the earthiness of body, and the airyness of breath and spirit. Have blocks nearby!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: tree pose

    This practice focuses on honoring support of the earth, gravity, and other systems of support in our lives. Work accessible tree pose variations to practice balance, and close with calf and foot stretches.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: airplane

    WE CAN DO HARD THINGS. The pandemic is the the most prolonged, hardest thing that many of us have had to go through. This practice aims to strengthen the part of ourself that remains steady during challenges. Expect a few pushups, funky twists, and the number one agreed upon tricky balance: airpl...

  • 60 min basics w/ Suzanne: down dog

    Breaking a goal down into bite-sized digestible pieces can make achieving that goal more manageable. This thought can apply to learning a new asana or attempting a familiar but challenging one. This practice focuses on adho mukha svanasana (downward facing dog). You’ll leave with several prep pos...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: peaceful warrior

    Finding calm in a world of struggle and violence can be an act of resistance, and a fight all it’s own. Focus on side stretches and knee alignment to prep for peaceful warrior. End with hip openers and quad stretching to keep the body in balance.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: dancer pose

    Destruction is required for rebuilding to occur. This practice aims to honor the powerful force of destruction as a necesary aspect for growth by moving towards dancer pose, or Natarajasana, which represents the dance that Shiva does while destroying the universe. Practice upper back opening, thi...

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: eagle pose

    Vision practice focusing on drishti (the gaze, or outer vision) and third eye wisdom (intuition, or inner vision). Vision assists balance and supports the practice of eagle pose with a funky transition into lunge. Close with gentle poses to support the low back.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    Class begins with a mountain meditation and the imagry of the mountain carries through as we practice hip openers, side bends, and neck stretches. Have two blocks ready to go!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    One breath after another takes us through days, months, and years. The simply yet vast awareness carries us through a full spectrum practice of simple poses that aim to stretch and strengthen each muscle group at least once. Have a blanket handy if your knees need support for kneeling poses.

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: malasana

    This practice centers letting yourself be as you are as that shifts from day to day and moment to moment. Hip openers, forward folds, and lunges lead to the deep squat of Malasana. Blocks are handy here!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: front body

    This practice is great for brand new beginners and focuses on listening and caring for body, mind, and heart. We break down side plank and move towards the strong pose of goddess. End with hip stretches and a generous savasana.

  • 20 min basics w/ Katrina: reclined poses

    This brief practice happens (mostly) reclined, for those days when you want to move your body, but don't want to get up! Have a strap prop handy.

  • 75 min basics w/ Katrina: hamstrings & standing balances

    Root chakra and center of gravity awareness: 75-minute basics class focusing on stability of the hips through the legs. Hamstring stretches and balances moving toward utthita hasta padangusthasana. Cool down with lower back release and soothing reclined poses. Have a strap handy!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    Sacral chakra and creativity practice: 60 minute basics class focusing on strengthening creative energy within a framework. Flowing movement including stepping forward to lunge, side plank, and side stretches. Cool down with twists and gentle hip openers.

  • 75 min basics w/ Katrina: backbends

    Solar plexus awareness and strength: 75 minute basics class focusing on turning intention into action, focusing on spine mobility. Moving towards bow and camel pose.

  • 75 min basics w/ Katrina: chest openers & leg strengthening

    75 minute basics class focusing on practicing self-love in the face of suffering. Chest openers and leg strengtheners, moving towards pigeon with a twist. Have a block handy!

  • 75 min basics w/ Katrina: ujjayi breath

    Breath is life energy, shared among all humanity. Practice honoring it in yourself to honor it in others. This practice breaks down ujjayi breath and explores how it can support the physical practice of yoga, in the way all breath supports life. Have blocks handy!

  • 60 min basics w/ Katrina: full spectrum

    In response to imbalance, first notice, next correct, then keep going. Use the work of inner spiral in the legs to support half moon pose. Cool down with hip openers. Have a block handy or be close to a wall!