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DETAILED CLASS INFORMATIONBelly Dance with Jessica Leinberger Belly Dance is an expressive ancient art form. This class works on building strength and learning foundational techniques. Learn to follow Middle Eastern rhythms and improvise moves in combination to make a dynamic belly dance. This session includes one week with live musicians, another with costumes and a third with guest dancers!  Early Morning Guided Meditation Practice with Kathy O'Rourke The best hours to meditate are the early hours as the sun is coming up. Join us for 10-15 minutes of simple quiet stretching before sitting, opening the pranic pathways and slipping into meditation using the science of yoga. For new meditators or experienced meditators from other traditions. This is an excellent way to begin, reboot or expand your meditation practice. Come see what your day is like when you start out connected to Source! This class is just $24 for 12 weeks when you are enrolled in another class. If this is your only Tapestry Yoga class, it is $60 for 12 weeks. Gentle Yoga and Yoga Nidra with Kathy O'Rourke Gentle Yoga is a beginning level yoga class that is easier than Yoga I. It is ideal for students with injuries, chronic pain, illness or exhaustion. This class will focus on breath, gentle movements, the basics of yoga and the full range of beginning level yoga poses which do not strain the wrists. Often class will end with a 20-minute Yoga Nidra restorative relaxation practice. Intermediate Led Practice with Meg Abene Newlin The led practice is an opportunity for teachers and intermediate students to practice alongside an instructor. This is an amazingly effective way of refining and deepening your practice as well as developing the confidence to practice at home. We use the community and our own focus to take our practice to the next level. Nia with Gayle Nielsen Nia is a combination of movements from the martial arts, yoga and other dance movements. It is done barefooted to music and is all about the joy of movement and having fun while getting fit. Nia builds strength, agility, flexibility, and grace in the body and mind. Done in comfortable clothing that allows easy movement and the sensation of pleasure, the Nia students are allowed to connect with the body in their own unique way. Nia for Kids with Gayle Nielsen Nia for kids incorporates the principles of adult Nia in an exploratory and playful way. Give your kids the gift of non-critical, fun, creative movement to music. Classes may include animal-based movement, group creative movement and playful stretching. Watch your child reap the body and brain benefits of movement. Tai Chi with Lamont McPheron Tai Chi is movement training. This is a Yang Style short form class along with Chen style silk reeling and meditation. Learn the basics of moving in harmony with the universe and being in a space of "relaxed strength." Tai Chi teaches us how to move, breathe, stand, and sit in the most effective manner possible. Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Jessica Jerman Vinyasa Flow links postures together with the breath to create a dynamic practice. Attention is given to alignment as well as embracing qualities of fluidity within the body and breath. Instructor incorporates sun salutations with other creative flows and sequences for increased strength, flexibility and balance. One year minimum yoga experience — advanced beginners. Yoga 1 with Kathy O'Rourke Yoga I introduces the basics of yoga, including balanced breathing, increased body awareness, and foundational poses and principles. This class is for healthy people comfortable getting up and down from the floor with no major injuries. Class takes time for the basics emphasizing balanced action and increased range of motion. Yoga 1 for Every Body with Jon Passi Experience a larger view of yoga and learn three strengthening and relaxing sets of poses that you can use for health, tension release, and a greater sense of peace and wholeness. Learn how to integrate Yoga into all aspects of daily living, from seeing whole views, to non-violence, cooking, health, and energy flow. Classes are easy-going and beginner-level, with an emphasis on breathing, meditation, and steady balancing (both internally and externally) during each pose (and in the midst of your daily life.) Yoga 2 with Kathy O'Rourke Yoga 2 is for intermediate level students who have studied yoga for at least a year and are comfortable flowing through sun salutations, standing and balancing poses, inversions, back bends, forward bends, and twists. This class incorporates pranayamas into the practice including breath retentions and kriyas. Sequences systematically move energy in the body and prepare it for deep relaxation and meditation — all in the context of tantric yoga philosophy and science. Yoga & Abs with Jessica Jerman Yoga & Abs emphasizes support and stability from the core body, combines breath work, abdominal and pelvic floor exercises with asana for increased awareness, inner strength and flexibility of the core. Explores both static and flow elements for a dynamic and unique core practice. |
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