Class Descriptions
Welcome!
SUNDAY
10:30 am POWER VINYASA
12 pm GENTLE YOGA – PRENATAL FRIENDLY
All-levels gentle yoga class, prenatal & postnatal friendly. We will focus on luxurious stretches, gentle warm ups, stabilizing the low back and hips, chest openers and strength building for the legs. Deep relaxation to follow!
The format for our Sunday noon class will be prenatal friendly for the for-seeable future, however opening it up to the general public as a gentle yoga class.
1:30pm Runner’s Delight
This 75 minute class is the perfect complement to a Sunday long run and is beneficial for athletes and
non-athletes alike that seek to give their legs some serious TLC. We will begin class by strengthening the
muscles of our legs and core with special emphasis on those of our posterior chain. Next we will spend
time enjoying long holds in postures that stretch our legs, open our hips, and release our spine. Before
final relaxation, self massage and muscle release techniques are applied to our feet. A restorative
Savasana can be done in a number of ways including legs up the wall or with legs supported by bolsters.
3:00pm Barefoot Boxing
Put on a pair of boxing gloves and get ready for some seriously enjoyable cardio! In each class we will utilize classic boxing punches and combos to knockout calories and stress. Participants will take turns holding mitts to build in some active recovery between our high intensity punching intervals. Core strengthening exercises will also be a part of each class to enhance our punching power. No boxing experience or equipment required, we will provide all you need to become a barefoot pugilist.
6:15 Awaken Arrive Please note: No class 9/23 or 10/14
This is a series on Mindfulness for coming home to peace, radical acceptance, authenticity, and even healing the soul.
You can expect each session to include a lesson by Kathleen that combines teachings of Mindfulness, psychology, and her own personal experiences. There will be meditation, mantras, and movement (gentle for every body!) to deepen the theme of the session.
MONDAY
6:00 pm VINYASA
7:15 pm – KUNDALINI YOGA & MEDITATION
This offering includes mindful movement, postures, breath work, chanting and meditation. Each class will have a different theme to increase vitality. Exercises may be adapted to all levels. Beginners welcome!
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TUESDAY
10:30 am Hatha / Prenatal Friendly
A mid-morning refresh (or first thing of the day!) on a positive note with a blend of Hatha & gentle vinyasa easing into joints, stimulating glands & ending with a brief meditation. “Practicing in the style that we did at 5am at the ashram in India … it’s slowly invigorating and gets you ready to conquer the world (or a to-do list).” – Chelsea
6pm Hatha / Slow Flow
Slowly, mindfully move through classic Hatha postures for this early evening class. The philosophy for this offering is “the only perfect pose is the one that fits your own body. Yoga offers an opportunity to explore what the body can do rather than what it can’t. It creates the space to explore what we carry, who we are and how we relate to the universe.”
7:45pm CANDLELIGHT RESTORATIVE AERIAL YOGA – No previous experience required
Join us Tuesday evenings for a candlelight aerial yoga offering with no previous aerial experience required. Rejuvenate with gentle, restorative postures incorporating the aerial silk. Heart opening backbends, relaxing inversions, and a long savasana in a hammock. Only 6 spaces available, pre-registration for this weekly offering is recommended!
*If you have a spinal condition, injury, or medical issues that prevent you from inverting (glaucoma, heart condition, etc) or backbending, or are pregnant, please obtain your doctor’s permission.
Beth is also available for private events (birthday parties, bachelorettes, etc!). Contact us to inquire about times and rates, We have spaces for 8 to practice aerial (if parties are larger than 8, participants just have to kindly take turns!) Contact us here to inquire!
WEDNESDAY
6 am – KUNDALINI MORNING PRACTICE
Start your day with an invigorating morning practice that includes mindful movement, postures, breath work, chanting and meditation. Each class will have a different theme to increase vitality. Exercises may be adapted to all levels. Beginners welcome!
8:45pm Candlelight Yin
Spend long, slow, luxurious moments staying in postures to breathe space into joints and ligaments. Working with the breath to increase flexibility and calm the mind surrounded by candlelight and a soothing playlist.
THURSDAY
10:30am SLOW YOGA TONE
This 45 minute session incorporates yoga asana (postures), vinyasa (flow), core strengthening, breath awareness, and weight bearing exercise with 3-5 lb weights (optional!). Limited to 6 people for a personalized, slow, safely alligned, and challenging practice.
12pm – SLOW VINYASA FLOW
Luxurious, awakening mid-day slow flow. This class is great for those new to yoga as well as anyone looking for a gently-paced Vinyasa flow. Come ready to enjoy meditation, breath work, and a series of sun-salutation, twists, and lengthening stretches intended to awaken the body, mind, and spirit.
7:00 pm – YIN YOGA TUNE UP
All level yoga flow – Yin style. Less postures and more time in each gives every body a chance to “tune up” connective tissues, joints and energies. Great for athletes, busy people, the stressed, the fidgety and the curious. All levels welcome (many postures can be converted into a restorative version as needed). Inspired in part by Sarah Powers Insight Yoga “interweaving the insights and practices of Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and Transpersonal Psychology into an integral practice.”
FRIDAY
7:30am Morning Meditation & Flow
Come start your morning mindfully with guided meditation, followed by an all levels vinyasa
flow to kickstart your day. We’ll link breath to movement, integrating the body, mind, and
spirit. Enjoy music to match the flow of the practice. Each class ends in a wonderfully supported
restorative pose.
10:00am – Viniyoga, Breath, & Mantra
In this 75 minute class, we’ll practice a low intensity flowing practice, linking breath to movement, with emphasis on stabilizing the low back & sacral area, working with breath to move into and out of postures. Great for beginners and adaptable for those with injury.
After our asana practice (movement), we’ll work each week with pranayama (conscious breathwork) as well as a different mantra (chanting in Sanskrit or English) around a theme such as the Yoga Sutras, learning about different deities, or songs connecting us to the season or an archetype.
Viniyoga loosely means “proper application and adaptation” in accordance with the individual. Each day we are different, every body in every yoga class is different. How can we work with our bodies and optimize our breaths to find the most effective form and function in every posture? In our drop in classes, this means the asana practice (postures/movement) will be a low intensity, flowing practice that builds stability in the low back/sacral area, links breath and movement, offers modifications with props and/or alignment to suit your body – not to try and fit your body into something that doesn’t work. This class is an opportunity to build strength gently, deepen awareness to the breath and start exactly where you are.
12pm – SLOW VINYASA FLOW
Luxurious, awakening mid-day slow flow. This class is great for those new to yoga as well as anyone looking for a gently-paced Vinyasa flow. Come ready to enjoy meditation, breath work, and a series of sun-salutation, twists, and lengthening stretches intended to awaken the body, mind, and spirit.
6pm – 2nd Fridays beginning in August – PLANT BASED YOGA + Vegan Potluck (7pm)
Compassionate beings unite (all are welcome – being vegan is NOT a requirement)! In this class we will explore a lighthearted, gentle flow + Yin practice to stretch out, find balance and build community. We will begin our practice with a common intention: to reduce suffering in all beings and increase compassion. After our physical practice we will do a powerful, compassionate, heart-centered meditation technique to send healing and goodwill to ourselves, our neighbors, our world and possibly even to our enemies. After class we’ll share in plant-based refreshments (both provided by Imbue Yoga and potluck style if you want to bring something to share).
SATURDAY
8:30 am Off-site Community Yoga at Midtown Farmer’s Market
Every 1st + 3rd Saturday morning 8:30-9:30am Free / By Donation – 2225 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Luxurious, awakening morning Hatha. This class is great for those new to yoga as well as anyone looking for a gently-paced practice.
10am Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
This offering includes mindful movement, postures, breath work, chanting and meditation. Each class will have a different theme to increase vitality. Exercises may be adapted to all levels. Beginners welcome!
Angad Bani feels that Kundalini Yoga is deeply healing on a physical, spiritual, and energetic level and feels called to share this healing we can all find in ourselves through Kundalini Yoga. Her classes are for all levels and can be taken by anyone without any experience of yoga.
1 pm Yoga Basics
Are you new to yoga, find it intimidating, or feel like you need a little more foundation laid before checking out a drop in class? In this Saturday series, we offer ground-level introductions to numerous different styles of yoga with a rotating cast of instructors. This class is meant to be beginner friendly and classes may have a theme revolving around alignment, breathwork, meditation, technique in flow (vinyasa), and even yoga philosophy. We look forward to meeting you and are especially honored to work with beginners.