CLASS CANCELATION 1/20/12

Due to the weather, Brian's 7:30pm Candlelight Restorative class has been cancelled.
All Saturday 1/21/12 classes will be as scheduled.

Safe travels everybody....

Thanksgiving Schedule

Please join us for our annual donation-based class on Thanksgiving Day at 9am


Schedule for Thursday and Friday

Thursday: Donation class with Mary Lou 9am
Friday: Vinyasa 1-2 with Lili
Saturday regular schedule resumes

Give Thanks, Do Yoga, Eat Turkey....In That Order

Labor Day Weekend Schedule

We will host a class Labor Day Monday--
9:15 with Gina.

YOUR SUMMER PASS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE CLASSES THROUGH AND INCLUDING LABOR DAY!

Prenatal class on Sunday 9/4 is cancelled. All other weekend classes as usual.

Be on the lookout for our fall schedule and our new and improved website!

Have a beautiful end-of-summer weekend. Why not make it a perfect one by adding a yoga class?!

What Is Yin Yoga?

Yin Yoga is based on the Taoist concept of yin and yang, opposing yet complementary forces that can characterize any phenome-non. Yin can be described as stable, immobile, feminine, passive, cold, and downward moving. Yang is depicted as changing, mobile, masculine, active, hot, and upward moving. In nature, a mountain could be described as yin; the ocean, as yang. Within the body, the relatively stiff connective tissue (tendons, ligaments, fascia) is yin, while the pliant and mobile muscles and blood are yang. Applied to yoga, a passive practice is yin, whereas most of today's hatha yoga practices are yang: They actively engage the muscles and build heat in the body.

Much of the Yin Yoga practiced in the United States today was introduced by Paul Grilley in the late 1980s. Grilley's approach has a physical and an energetic aspect. He discovered the physical aspect when he met Taoist Yoga and martial arts teacher Paulie Zink and was immediately inspired. "I'd pretty much exhausted the power of vinyasa, Bikram—you know, anything heavy, hot, and sweaty, I'd already done it," Grilley says. "Paulie's practice was like a huge breath of fresh air, because his approach to the postures was first yin on the floor and then yang, and neither of them was that similar to my previous practice."

When you take a Yin Yoga class, you'll do mostly seated, supine, or prone poses, and you'll hold them, with your muscles relaxed, for long periods of time—up to 5 minutes or more. The theory behind this approach (proposed by Zink) is that staying muscularly passive for long periods of time gently stretches connective tissue, which gets stiff and immobile with age. The asanas focus mainly on the lower back and hips because the abundance of dense connective tissue around those joints requires extra care and attention.

To read the complete article: http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/2677?print=1

To try a yin class, join Chuck Frenkel on Wednesday nights, 7:30pm

To try it for $5 for a limited time, see our latest studio newsletter.

Spring Break Schedule Changes

Please note: Family Class on Sunday March 27 and Sunday April 3 are cancelled for Spring Break.
All other classes as scheduled.
We hope all our families enjoy their break and please bring us back a little warm weather if you're headed that way!

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2001

We've headed back to the mat and so should you!

We are back to our regular schedule beginning with Thursday's 9:15am class.
Join Gina as she helps work the kinks out of your aching back!

Studio Closures for Forecasted Blizzard

A winter advisory is predicting dangerous weather conditions over the next few days. While we strive to keep to our drop-in schedule, we sometimes must cancel when safety becomes an issue.

If there are cancellations, we will post them here at least 2 hours before the scheduled class.

You can also check to outgoing message on the studio phone (773-774-8444)

Stay safe everybody!