Yoga for the Back

A gentle, (mostly) floor-based class focused on releasing tension in the low back, hips, and surrounding areas. While not a traditional restorative class, this lightly guided practice offers a restorative feel- with supportive, unhurried movement designed to calm the nervous system and create space in the body.

There’s no flow, no strict format, and no pressure to perform- just time to unwind the physical and energetic knots that tend to gather in the lower half of the body. Ideal for all levels, especially those seeking relief, grounding, and a softer complement to more active practices.

Claire designed this class for all the basketball players out there who want to enhance performance, prevent injury, and increase flexibility and mobility. Basketball requires endurance, balance, and sharp mental focus and this practice will help you quiet your mind while opening the spine, hips, legs, shoulders, and chest. Invest a little time so you stay on top of your game.

Enjoy a standing room only type class to kickstart your day and/or reenergize your body for the day ahead. This practice includes mostly standing poses. Let's get moving!

Flow through a warming practice to help you tap into your inner strength, softness, and heart power as you backbend, balance, twist, stretch, and breathe deeply. This balanced, heart-centered flow is designed to help you release tension in your chest and shoulders while strengthening your back, allowing for more openness and freedom in body, mind, and heart.

*This class has no background music, so you can enjoy the quiet, play your own, or listen to my curated Spotify playlist. Click the link below or follow me on Spotify (Jackie Mahrou) to find the playlist with this class title.

Spotify playlist for Flow with Heart

Ready to enhance your performance on the golf course? This well-rounded yoga practice is designed specifically to address the unique needs of golfers. We'll focus on opening tight lower backs, shoulders, and legs, as well as creating more mobility through your center. We'll work to bring both sides of your body into balance to avoid injury. Yoga's focus on breathing mindfully will help you sharpen your focus and mental game. Try it today and see how it affects your swing.

Whether you've been on your feet all day or are coming from a workout, this practice is a great way to wind down from it all! A few shapes, each held for several minutes promotes a calm and steady mental state, spinal decompression and low back relief. You can tack this class on after any Yoga/fitness class or do it as a stand-alone practice for stress relief. Revisit it often!

Welcome to the fourth class in the Daily Decompression series, a group of classes designed to help you release tension in both your body and mind. In this class, you'll move through postures that encourage length and incorporate all movements of the spine, along with stretches for your wrists, neck, and hips to help create a greater sense of freedom and ease throughout your body. Take this time to breathe deeply, stretch, lengthen, and nurture yourself. Enjoy!

This class has no background music, so you can enjoy the quiet, play your own, or listen to my curated Spotify playlist. Click the link below or follow me on Spotify (Jackie Mahrou) to find the playlist with this class title.

Spotify playlist for Daily Decompression 4: Freedom & Ease

Claire designed this therapeutic class for anyone wanting to keep their spine healthy, recover from chronic back pain or injury, and avoid future pain. This Yin class will help you open your back, hamstrings, hip flexors, and create freedom along your spine. The long holds and support from a bolster will enable you to truly relax, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Enjoy!

This hour-long, energetic power yoga class offers a well-rounded practice, complete with lots of flow, arm and leg balancing, ab and core movements, twisting, heart opening, and a fair share of chaturangas—making it a strong and warming practice. As you move, breathe, strengthen, and open, the invitation is to honor your body and meet each moment with steadiness and grace.

This class has no background music, so you can enjoy the quiet, play your own, or listen to my curated Spotify playlist. Click the link below or follow me on Spotify (Jackie Mahrou) to find the playlist with this class title.

Spotify playlist for Power Hour

Claire's back with more fast-paced, smartly sequenced Pilates practice to challenge you and target every aspect of your core. You'll flow from exercise to exercise while working your powerhouse–abdominals, back, glutes, and legs. This class is NOT for beginners. Please make sure you're familiar with basic Pilates moves. Have fun! (No music but feel free to add your own upbeat playlist)

Boost your mood with this short practice focused on opening up the sides of your body. Whether you need an attitude adjustment or a subtle lift in your mood, this class should heed that call. Explore opening up the sides of your body and feel awake and alive!

If your low back is acting up and feeling cranky, then this stay low stretch session is just what your body needs today. We'll focus on all of my favorite low back stretches to help lengthen, massage, and hydrate that sticky low back area. I promise your low back will say thank you after this short but sweet session.

Think of this class as the antidote to working on a computer, texting, driving and caring for small children! All of these activities promote rigidity through the middle and upper back while putting too much pressure on the lower back. When we mobilize the middle and upper back, the low back has the chance to stabilize and the whole spine can work together. This class is a nice mix of seated, standing and balancing poses.

Release stress and tension in the back and hips with this yoga sequence to bring relief and relaxation to your back and hips. Whether you've had a long day at the office, an intense workout, or simply need some rejuvenation, this sequence will help you release tension and promote flexibility in these crucial areas of your body leaving you feeling refreshed, more flexible, and ready to take on the day with a sense of ease and well-being.

This class focuses on easing stress and tightness in the shoulders, neck and upper back, especially if you spend a lot of time on the phone or computer (who doesn't these days)! Through gentle stretches, mindful movements, and targeted exercises, this practice helps to improve posture and alleviate discomfort caused by daily activities. If you suffer from pain and discomfort in this region this class will bring relief and leave your upper body feeling refreshed and aligned.

This class will consist of holding static postures to help release the hips, shoulders, and spine.

*There is no background music so feel free to add your own playlist.

Ready for a fast-paced, expertly sequenced Pilates practice that will have you sweating, smiling, and shaking? Claire designed this class so you'll never stop moving. You'll flow from exercise to exercise while working your powerhouse–abdominals, back, glutes, legs, and even some Pilates push-ups. This class is NOT for beginners. Please make sure you're familiar with basic Pilates moves and form before jumping in. Enjoy!

Nurture spinal health and enhance flexibility through fluid movements and gentle twists. This class encourages you to explore the full range of motion in your spine, releasing tension and promoting a sense of ease and suppleness in the back and torso.

The classes in Elise's Sweet & Simple series provide an adaptable experience and are designed for mixing and matching with each other.

Specific modified yoga poses target kinetic (movement) lines and deep muscles to promote mobility, healthy flexibility and prevent injuries. This class focuses on opening up the myofascial tissue connections from: chest to armpit, wrists to shoulders, and, neck to shoulders to promote healthy posture and mobility in neck and upper back.

Great class to support healthy mobility in joints and restore muscular imbalance.

Feeling stiff? Grab a bolster or block to sit on and join me for a short 15 minute class. Through gentle movement, we’ll release tension and enhance range of motion through the sides of the neck, the upper back, and the muscles of the upper arms. Come back to this class again when you need a sweet release.

This class is apart of a zodiacal series to attune the physical and subtle body to the energetics of the Moon in Libra. It works to balance the dual nature of the self-positive and negative. This is the equilibrium of desire vs devotion, postures will work to strengthen the lower and upper back and work the kidneys.These forces create balance through presence and help to neutralize external seeking, while stabilizing the regenerative pranic (lifeforce) line (meridian).

It can be practiced when the moon is in Libra, each month, or if your birth moon is in Libra or if you'd like to accentuate the physical and mental qualities.

Experience the soothing sensation of spinal liberation in our unique Midline Method Spine Opening Class." In this rejuvenating session, you'll gently lie back onto strategically placed yoga blocks to release tension, increase flexibility, and promote spinal health.

As you relax into this deeply therapeutic practice, the pressure and support of the blocks will encourage your spine to naturally unwind and expand. This helps alleviate discomfort, improve posture, and create a sense of spaciousness throughout your entire body.

Guided by Ali, you'll explore various gentle stretches and breathwork techniques that enhance the spinal release, leaving you feeling more aligned, invigorated, and blissfully liberated. Join us for this class and give your spine the care and attention it deserves, leaving you with a newfound sense of comfort and vitality.

This class is a fusion of core strengthening moves and therapeutic back work. You'll work on mobility and flexibility of the muscles surrounding the spine and build strong abs and back muscles. Planks, tough core series, bridges, spinal stabilization, and more! Alternately energizing and relaxing, this class is the perfect blend to have you standing tall and feeling great.

You asked for more Pilates/Yoga Fusion classes, so here you go! This short, focused class starts with a yoga warm-up, then moves into Pilates move to challenge and tone your core––abs, back, glutes and legs, and finishes with a yoga cool-down. You'll feel longer, stronger, and energized for the rest of your day.

Get ready for a twist mobility session that targets your spine and hips with familiar yoga poses and their variations to improve flexibility, release tension, and engage your core muscles. You'll feel better with an improved range of movement and less stiffness.

On the road without a mat or any space to practice yoga but still want to practice? No problem! Claire designed this standing series of postures so you can open your spine, strengthen your body, test your balance, and counteract the stress of planes, trains, and automobiles. You'll flow through standing cat-cow through a Warrior series and balance work too! ***And you've got your hotel bed for Savasana. Try it today!

Join Ali for a transformative journey through the ancient practice of Kemetic Yoga! In this enlightening class, you will explore your breath and reconnect with your inner selves through a unique blend of physical postures, deep breathing, and meditation. Rooted in the wisdom of the Nile Valley, Kemetic Yoga offers a holistic approach to wellness, promoting strength, energy alignment, and inner peace. Ali will guide you through this empowering practice, fostering a sense of balance, self-awareness, and spiritual harmony. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced yogi, come discover the timeless wisdom of Kemetic Yoga and embark on a path of self-discovery and holistic well-being.

Renew your lower back in a practice designed to release your spine and hips. Gather your props and marinate in Yin Yoga shapes that release and unwind lower body tension. Practice mindfulness and breath awareness in this slow and deep class.

"Freedom arises from a heart that is ready for anything." - Tara Brach

This warming and dynamic vinyasa flow class is designed to help you connect to your inner strength and heart power. On a physical level, you will practice postures that stretch the muscles in your chest and heart area, simultaneously strengthening the muscles of your back and legs. On an energetic level, you are invited to soften and open your symbolic heart as you connect with the strength within, so that you can live with more courage and trust. You will flow, hold balancing & backbending postures, and then wind down with half pigeon and forward folds so that you are left feeling strong, free, balanced, and more ready for what lies ahead. Enjoy!


Spotify playlist for Inner Strength Flow 3: An Open Heart

Join Yoga Therapist Shy Sayar in this essential practice for strong abs & a healthy back! The essence of Somatics is mindfulness of the body and proprioception (awareness of the body in space) - in this class Shy will lead you through simple exercises to strengthen the abs & back, while focusing on creating length in the spine and emphasizing the relaxation and release of the muscles at work, in order to deepen the mind-brain-body connection and train in letting go, as much as in strength & stability.