Classes

Live, experienced and professional! Practice correct form, posture, breathing, movement, stretching, toning, core and full body strengthening, cardio fitness, balance, relaxation and meditation. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary and thoughtfully self-paced. Respectful and accepting regarding health or lifestyle.

Come in comfortable clothes, nearly empty stomach, curious mind, open heart and soft smile! Yoga mats and water are available, however feel free to bring your own.

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Levels Of Expertise

Beginner: For students with little or no experience. An informative session.

Gentle: For those who prefer a more restorative practice or who have physical limitations or conditions.

Open: For students of all levels who are ready to experience a more challenging class.

Intermediate: For those with a consistent, self-directed practice, intending to explore more challenging poses.

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Class Descriptions

Ashtanga Yoga - (Open/Intermediate) Custom tailored to your ability and intention, this class includes guidance for safe, correct and effective breathing, posture, stretching, strengthening and balance, with traditional elements of centering breath, chanting, relaxation and meditation. Ashtanga yoga is a dynamic and challenging form of hatha yoga. Each pose is linked to the next through a series of connecting movements called vinyasa, allowing the body to create heat and leading to more flexibility. This powerful and vigorous practice purifies and realigns the body, cultivating a feeling of inner peace, and leading to a natural state of meditation.

Barefoot Cardio - (Open) Burn calories, increase your metabolism, lose weight, sculpt and tone your muscles, improve your cardiovascular health and enhance your yoga practice! This class will be stress relieving and body changing, taught for all levels of ability.

Chair Yoga - (Beginner/Gentle) Chair yoga offers the ability to improve your health through an amazing form of adaptive exercise. You are supported by a chair so you can receive yoga's healing and restorative benefits that have been known for thousands of years. This class is great for anyone with disabilities, weight challenges, or inflexibility. Yoga relaxes your body and mind, improves your musculoskeletal fitness and flexibility, and elevates your overall health and well-being.

Flow - (Open) This is a dynamic Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates workout that leaves you feeling long, strong, and centered. Classes follow a set sequence of exercises set to contemporary music that includes 45 minutes of simple yet challenging exercises followed by 10 minutes of relaxation and meditation. Options are given according to fitness levels.

Foundations of Yoga - (Open/Beginner)Whether you are new to yoga or you want to refresh yourself on the basics of Hatha yoga, this class is for you. Learn proper alignment, become familiar with terminology used in yoga, differentiate between yoga styles, and use modifications specifically designed for your body. After attending this class, you will feel more confident attending any yoga class at any studio. Bring your yoga mat and an open mind. No experience necessary and open to all ages, body sizes, and ability.

Gentle Yoga - (Beginner/Gentle) Taught with breath, stretching and relaxation. Students will find their bodies strengthening and lengthening with more confidence and proper alignment in their practice. This series is perfect for those new to yoga (or it has been a long time) or those who prefer a much more gentle style of class.

Hatha Yoga - (Beginner/Open) Incorporates fluid movements with deep, rhythmic breathing. Linking movement with breath enhances the health benefits of each pose including greater muscular strength and tone, increased flexibility and joint mobility, improved circulation and hormonal balance, as well as, creating a more focused, calm and meditative state of awareness. This class incorporates the fundamentals of step-back sun salutations, standing poses, hip-openers, seated poses, twists, and forward folds.

Hypnosis for Healthier Living - (Open)This class focuses on deep relaxation and creative visualization to keep you motivated on all parts of your health path. Safe group hypnosis to effectively integrate your goals and increase your will power for healthier living, whether that be to exercise more, eat healthier or stop addiction.

Kid Yoga - (Open) Children derive enormous benefits from yoga. Physically, it enhances their flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. In addition, their concentration and sense of calmness and relaxation improves. Doing yoga, children exercise, play, connect more deeply with their inner self, and develop an intimate relationship with the natural world that surrounds them. (ages 5 to 13 years)

Kundalini - (Beginner/Gentle) Kundalini Yoga is a science of technology. Using movement, sound (mantras), hand positions (mudras), and energy locks (bhands) it will help access the creative potential of the physical body (Kundalini) and expand awareness of yourself and your surroundings. A Kundalini class begins with a mantra to tune in to one's inner teacher. It generally consists of warm-ups, a kriya and a meditation. A kriya is a series of postures designed to bring about a certain effect. Breathwork is emphasized throughout the class. The class ends with a traditional song.Kundalini Yoga is a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual experience. The consistent practice of it will help one break through and heal the challenges of every day life.

Qigong - (Beginners/Open) - Sometimes called Chinese yoga, Qigong ("chee gong") is a mind-body practice that melds slow, graceful movements, mental focus and deep abdominal breathing to boost and balance a person's vital energy, or qi. You might be more familiar with Qigong younger cousin, tai chi. The latter is more martial-arts focused and flowing, whereas Qigong moves from exercise to exercise in a stop-and-go way. It aims to open the meridians, which are pathways in the body along which this energy flows. Qigong moves qi through those pathways to any stagnant places in the body.

Sun Salutations - (Open) This one-hour class will open with a brief warm-up, followed by a high-energy practice of the 12 traditional postures known as Sun Salutations. A few sets of the 12 posture series will set the pace--then the tempo will increase into a flowing practice of high & low lunges, forward bends & easy back bends, mild inversions & twists, and transitioning postures. You can expect a few variations including "add-ins" such as chair pose, side plank. pigeon, etc. Continuous repetitions will make this a fun, active and moderately intense workout leaving you ready for a busy, full week-end. A previous knowledge of the traditional sequence of postures known as sun salutations will make this class more pleasurable. This special class is only held on the first Saturday of each month.

Vinyasa Yoga - (Intermediate) This class takes students with a regular yoga practice to their personal next level. Students can expect to really "heat up" with variations on Sun Salutation that lead into an Asana (Pose) Study that can be worked on many levels so that students can move forward with a deep understanding of the Asana. Best of all, each class ends with a deep and thorough Shivasana, or guided relaxation.

Yoga MD - (Open) Explore how various conditions manifest in your body and take up residnece in your mind. Learn more than just yoga poses to treat your condition, but the vast universe of yogic tradition. Therapeutic yoga tends to be gentle and nurturing, though it also can be challenging. The class will place a heavy focus on body awareness and postural alignment with movements tied to relaxed, rhythmic breathing. Tune into subtle sensations of the muscles and joints, as well as the inner experience of the mind. There will be a heavy emphasis on relaxation. Learn "take home" practice for your specific condition. Open to all levels of experience, all body sizes, ages and those struggling with injury and illness.

FOCUS OF THE YOGA MD CLASS CHANGES MONTHLY:
JANUARY - Headaches
FEBRUARY - Heart Disease
MARCH - Menopause
APRIL - Obesity
MAY - Arthritis
JUNE - High Blood Pressure
JULY - Anxiety/Panic Attacks
AUGUST - Chronic Pain
SEPTEMBER - Cancer
OCTOBER - Fibromyalgia
NOVEMBER - Diabetes
DECEMBER - Depression

What Clients
Are Saying!

"For me yoga has made a huge difference in my life. I thought all my athletic days were behind me, due to the following: 2 six inch rods in my back and six screws, artificial hip, metal rod in my left femur and many issues with my right foot including two surgeries and an artificial toe joint. In addition to all that I have lymphedema from cancer, erythromelagia and mixed connective tissue disease. I never saw myself moving again. Through yoga I have found I can do quite a lot. It has made me stronger, leaner and much more centered and filled with joy. I really look forward to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I feel like yoga has saved my life and for that I thank you. "

CB
Age 59

"I am thankful for starting Yoga. Yoga has helped me get back a lot of my life after back surgery. I am so much more flexible. I am able to get up from the floor without help from a chair or using a wall. I sleep better than I have in years and most nights I sleep through without waking up and finding it hard to go back to sleep. I am happier and calmer. The staff at Sana Vida is welcoming, helpful and warm to everyone. Even the building is inviting and calming. Thank you for being here and a part of my life. "

AW
Age 65

"Since I started practicing yoga three years ago I have gained physical strength, especially in my upper body and “core.” I have more flexibility and better balance. And I also have the breathing techniques to use to relieve stress on a daily basis. Not only have I experienced physical benefits, but I’ve also benefitted mentally and spiritually with a clearer mind and a more positive spirit. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all I’ve been taught, the relationships I’ve made, and the help I’ve received from everyone at Sana Vida. "

SL
Age 42


"Yoga has helped me with my fibromyalgia/chronic pain, the mental and emotional aspects, as well as the fatigue associated with this illness. When diagnosed with Fibromyalgia last year I felt angry, out of control and depressed. I have always been an active person and in shape so as the fibromyalgia became worse I was unable to do some of the simple things I used to do, which has also affected my self esteem. Yoga and the Sana Vida staff have helped me by giving me information that I need in regards to the mind, body, and emotional connection. The meditation has helped me learn how to lessen the pain. Yoga in general has given me more energy and I can feel the difference in my overall physical health. Yoga has helped me feel empowered, and the feeling that I do not have to sit and doing nothing about my condition. All of these things have helped me regain my self esteem and self confidence. "

TK
Age 47


"When I walk up the steps leading to the front door and hear the fountain, I begin to feel the serenity that is Sana Vida. Even though I am not lucky enough to live in the area permanently (yet), the lovely staff and instructors at Sana Vida always make me feel welcome and at home. Every visit to the area always includes as many visits to yoga classes as I can possibly fit into my schedule. As a part time yoga instructor with a full time job, I do not ever get to attend classes in my home town. For that reason I really look forward to my time as a student of wonderful, knowledgeable instructors that are the yoga instructors of Sana Vida. Each of them is so willing to share information with me that make me a better instructor. It is like attending a workshop each time I take a class. My ayurvedic consultation and follow up visits with Gina have helped me learn to make changes in my diet and lifestyle to improve my health and well being. My massages with Connie always leave me feeling great. Thank you Patti and Sana Vida for all that you offer."

CB
Age 32


"I have celebrated two years as a stage 1 breast cancer survivor. Towards the end of my cancer treatment in January 2010, my radiation oncologist asked - have you been exercising your left (affected) arm and shoulder? He said I should as it is a natural tendency to protect our body where we have surgery, and in my case, radiation. Sure enough, my left side was stiff and I hadn't realized it. I started practicing yoga then for two reasons - one, to loosen up my unused muscles and regain the flexibility and strength. But most of all for the serenity of the meditation, breathing exercises, and as a treat for my body that I felt had betrayed me temporarily. I also added once a month massages to my routine. My first few yoga sessions were rather emotional because when the beautiful music played I reflected on the cancer and tears rolled down my cheeks. Now, I am healthy and I try to do the best I can with the poses and it makes me feel very strong. As a Christian, I feel close to God when I am practicing yoga and I often dedicate my practices to those sisters who are undergoing current breast cancer treatments. Thanks Sana Vida (and Lindsey Plante!). I love your opportunities for all of us! "

BA
Age 48


"As a woman who spent her younger years exercising and being slim and fit, it was an eye opener at middle age to be hit with onset osteoarthritis in my knees and to top it off it hit when I was on one of my morning walks. I was in a lot of pain for about a year when I decided to try acupuncture hoping it would ease the pain.....to my surprise, it worked much better than expected and I have been virtually pain free for several years now. After reaping the benefits of acupuncture, I finally decided to try yoga. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was everything the hype said and more. Not only does it make my knees stronger, it makes me more flexible, and the best thing it does is lift up my spirit and bring a sense of peace and serenity. Yoga has taken years off my life and added benefits that are immeasurable. Thank you Patti and Sana Vida for making my life better in so many ways!!!!!"

KH
Age 57