In this 30 minute flow we strengthen the connection with the deep core muscles as well as build up heat with a fun pranayama technique called Breath of Fire that is sure to get the belly moving!

This quick but powerful class fuses together elements of yoga, barre, and pilates for total core strength. Tap into the power of your breath in this challenging, fun, and dynamic sequence designed to increase functional core stability and up level your yoga and movement practice across the board.

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.

Yoga for Weight Loss: Sound of the Genuine. Join Kristin to get out of your head and into your body for 20 minutes of yoga with weights and then wind-down with some gentle yin postures to help you hear the sound of the genuine or the still small whisper of truth within. Release the weight of "sticking thinking" and get back to feeling strong and free!

Grab a light set of weights and join me for this full-body yoga sculpt class! While you can expect to break a sweat during this class, I won’t throw you right into the fire. This class will be a slow and gradual build to increased intensity, heat and movement. After a dynamic warm up, we’ll incorporate the weights with familiar movements for an eventual full body workout that will leave you feeling energized inside and out.

When you're short on time but want a balanced, calming yet invigorating Slow Flow, this is the class for you. Think Claire's Quick Energy Flows but more chill.

You'll challenge yourself with a standing flow, including balancing poses, twists, and all your favorite poses, without the chataranguas! It's the perfect yoga break! *Includes Savasana!

As humans, we can be very forward thinking. We can spread ourselves way to thin. If you think about dogs, a well-behaved dog doesn't live out on the edge of its leash always pulling toward the next thing. A disciplined dog knows how to heel. Since we aren't dogs, by no means is this practice meant to treat you like one - however through the playful exploration of many of the dog poses AND anchoring ourselves here and now, we will work on the discipline it takes to heel. And through this heeling, we might activate your own healing. This vinyasa class is well-rounded, but with a slight emphasis on hamstring opening.

This practice focuses on activating your upper body. Explore a few familiar weight-bearing poses to build heat and conclude with some prone backbends.

Give your neck, shoulders and back some well deserved love.

Find relief in your neck and shoulders in this Yin Yoga class focused on variations for the upper body. Explore familiar poses like Pigeon, Sphinx and Embryo with variations that stretch and compress the shoulder girdle bringing blood and chi circulation to your tissues.

A gentle practice ideal for post-training recovery, start by priming yourself with a whole body sensory rub down and notice the sensations of different touch receptors throughout the body. Wrap up the session with gentle stretches and dynamic movements in all directions to loosen up any stiffness and fatigue in the body.

This gentle yoga flow will clear the mind, create inner peace, lift your spirits and deepen the connection to your intuition. The sequence will increase flexibility and strengthen the body while relaxing into each pose. Finishing with a meditation to release into the flow of life and feel happiness in every moment.

Tap into your own solar nature in this dynamic and powerful Yogic Way class. Explore elements of pranayama, kriya, mantra, mudra, and a hatha-based postural practice. Drop out of the mind and into the body in exploration of some of yoga's subtler aspects. You will be left feeling enlivened, awake, and ready to step into the rest of your day with easeful grace.

Feeling a bit sluggish and blah? This class is like a cup of coffee for your body and mind! We'll tap into powerful breath and quickly get the body moving to increase blood flow, improve your mood, and leave you feeling recharged and ready to take on whatever life throws at you!

In this class we are focusing on stretching the hips, abdomen and back. This pose improves posture and balance. It relieves stress and calms the mind.

Socrates said, "If you would seek health, first look at the spine." Kristin has been working spinal mobility since her back surgery in 1998. Enjoy a 30-min. slow flow that incorporates the 6 movements of the spine to improved strength and flexibility, as well as spinal articulation focusing on sustainable mobility.

In this video, Yoga Therapist Shy Sayar teaches a special sequence that is fantastic for anyone, while also being appropriate for practitioners with back problems (as long as you are cleared for exercise by a medical professional). With a focus on back strengthening, and the only deep flexion exercises performed lying on the back (to keep the spine safe), this is an excellent practice for great training while healing your back!

This is a quick, powerful class that will have your arms shaking and your heart pumping! Bonus points for the sneaky core work! Expect a lot of jumping!

This class is apart of a zodiacal series to attune the physical and subtle body to the energetics of the Moon in Gemini. It works to open the side-body, chest, and diaphragm. It strengthens the inner to outer communication, focusing from inner self and intuitive expression.

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

H.I.I.T. + Flow is a fusion class that will consist of a 30-minute high-intensity interval sequence followed by a 15-minute dynamic yoga flow, cool down, and savasana. This class will give you the perfect blend of fitness and yoga.

*Hand weights are used in the H.I.I.T. portion of the class.

The first class in this Beginners Yoga series. This week I introduce the elements that make up a yoga class. We focus on stretching our hamstrings to improve overall flexibility and to help relieve stiffness from working at a desk.

Get off your seat and get ready to open and release your tight hips and hamstrings! This focused practice will help you create space and freedom for your back side. Whether you are an athlete or a desk jockey, this class is perfect for anyone suffering from tight glutes, hammies, and hips!

This class will focus entirely on forwards bends from both standing and sitting. Be prepared for some big stretches through the entire back of your leg.

Explore mantra, pranayama, and gentle vinyasa in another installation of the Yogic Way series. This class aims to offer up opportunity to soften into the subtleties of full spectrum yogic practices. Observe cosmic sensations through your physical experience on the mat, and drop into your own expansive and eternal nature through this slow moving, feel good practice.

This practice opens with an introductory talk about meditation and the technique "mindfulness of your mind". Then, sit for meditation with gentle reminders throughout. After meditation, Caitlin Rose shares about the journey of developing a meditation practice.

This meditation class is designed for those who have established a strong practice with Shy's video Meditation: Mindfulness of Breath here on Yoga Download, or a similar technique. This is a great video to return to again and again in order to become established in this excellent technique, tame the wild mind and trains in equanimity, mindfulness and peace.. The meditation is guided throughout the video, but you are encouraged to continue to practice in silence after the video ends - and can even set a timer with your chosen meditation length.

This practice focuses on the interconnected relationship of the body and the mind and how our awareness of one, directly affects the other. In a yin practice, we disengage the muscles of the body to access the drier tissues within and at the same time we can also observe the mind expand. Enjoy long holds in five different shapes to explore this concept and end the class with a short pranayama practice.

This practice will leave you feel Empowered and ready for a Healthy Transformation. By focusing on what your deep desires are to achieve with tapping into the motivation to successfully move forward confidence is created. You will feel competent, capable and strong from this practice.

This nourishing yin yoga class is perfect for any woman in perimenopause or postmenopausal. I this class I talk a little bit about why yin yoga is such a powerful tool we can use when our body is going through so many changes.

You will feel supported in each pose as you open and soften into gentle twists, heart and hip openers.

You can expect to slow down and fill you cup back up so you can carry on with life after taking the time to care for yourself.

Quell fear and calm down in this 40-minute Yin class, specifically sequenced to stimulate the Kidney + Urinary Bladder Meridians Lines (stimulates trust, wisdom, more energy, hope). Expect long holds to help the body + mind unravel and relax, followed by a sound bowl Savasana to leave you feeling super relaxed and reconnected to Self.