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Beginners are always welcome to join our classes at any time. In fact, most of our
classes are geared towards beginners and intermediate students.
Some of the classes are more gentle than others, and you may contact us to inquire
which would be more suitable for you. Enjoy the journey...
IYENGAR YOGA with KAREN WENC
Iyengar is a style of yoga which emphasizes anatomical precision and alignment to promote both strength and flexibility. Its use of props (such as blocks and straps) helps to enable students to more readily experience the essence of poses (asanas).
Karen Wenc has been a student of Iyengar yoga since 1981,
and has been teaching for over 18 years. A former competitive
runner, swimmer and cross-country skier, Karen's teaching
style emphasizes developing strength and flexibility
to prevent sports-related injuries. A Brookline resident, Karen teaches full-time
throughout the greater Boston area, and has taught at
the Yogashala in Santiago, Chile among other international
venues. Karen is a longtime student of Patricia Walden,
who Time Magazine called one of yoga's "leading
luminaries."
Karen's illuminating
classes provide you in-depth, technical cues on how to fully experience the asanas, while keeping your mind
present as she describes the eight limbs of yoga and decodes obscure Sanskrit terminology. Towards the end
you will be busy floating off to some other time and space, at which point she brings you back with her tiny
bells to close out the class. Invigorating, mindful and relaxing.
KRIPALU HATHA YOGA WITH SHERI GARF
Sheri is a certified Kripalu and prenatal yoga instructor who has been teaching at Inner Space since 2002. Her enthusiasm is contagious and she ensures that class is a fun, peaceful, and safe place to go deeper into your practice and try new things. Kripalu yoga is yoga of compassion, consciousness, and self discovery. Through posture sequences ideal both beginners and seasoned yogis, you will increase strength and flexibility while learning how to listen to the body and still the mind. On Monday nights you can choose to embark on a rigorous practice or be gentle on yourself – it’s your time and your space. Namaste.
KRIPALU HATHA YOGA with JOSIE GALYON
Josie is a certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor with Brookline roots. Her attitude about teaching is simple: teach to learn. As a dedicated practitioner, Josie believes in the unfolding, transformative process that regular practice produces, and embraces all levels of experience in her classes. As students move through asanas, they are encouraged to turn inward, connect with the breath, and cultivate strength in stillness. With an attitude of safety and compassion, Josie will guide you through a series of asanas that will soothe, invigorate and center the spirit. Beginners and continuing students will benefit alike by building strength and flexibility, while increasing body awareness and relaxing the mind.
VINYASA FLOW with CARO CLARK
Vinyasa Flow integrates the true traditions of Yoga, from those that focus on the holding of poses or asanas for many minutes - breathing and achieving the meditative benefit of the pose - to those traditions that emphasize movement from one pose to another in flowing sequences. This creates a very different experience both physically and mentally, allowing the student to ease safely through poses while maintaining a deep awareness of the breath and the self. All Vinyasa classes emphasize the precision and care of Iyengar Yoga while incorporating the movement and heat-building of Ashtanga Yoga and the therapeutic focus of Viniyoga. Vinyasa Flow is performed in a peaceful, open space with no heat. Through flowing practice, heat is naturally and safely created within the body to warm, soothe, heal and strengthen from the inside-out.
Open Class on Saturday morning is aimed at students with varying levels of expertise, special needs or at various stages of life. These classes integrate an energizing vinyasa class with a deeper look at specific poses, or themes that will help you to build a stronger yoga practice. This class is great for people who want to learn about the benefits of yoga for the first time, and also for those who are looking to expand and deepen their Iyengar or Vinyasa practice.
Carolyn ( "Caro") is a long-time student of Hatha Yoga, Integrative Nutrition, Developmental Psychology and Dance, and holds an advanced Instructors certification with YogaWorks in NYC. Through Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Caro incorporates a deep physical practice into an inspirational class that highlights the benefits of awareness and the process of yoga coming into, maintaining, and moving out of a pose on the breath over the goals of simply perfecting a pose.
Classes are founded upon graceful and continual movement that generates a natural warmth and release in the body,
strengthened and deepened through advanced breathing techniques and pranayama.
Caro is a graduate of Wesleyan with a major in International Affairs, a passion for children and their rights, a world traveler and fluent in French (she is half French). She is a patient and passionate teacher who loves to work with students from all backgrounds and all levels of practice. Through her early work in nonprofits and international welfare service, Caro grew a deep respect for the role of personal boundaries in daily life to acknowledge and accept our capacity in the moment allows us to develop and
progress without force or harm. This idea of development through self-awareness inspires all of her classes, and
serves to deepen both the challenge and healing art of all yoga practice.
CLASSICAL PILATES with LEAH BECKER
Pilates exercises focus on strengthening
your core muscles to support the lower and upper back
and develop overall strength and flexibility. Pilates
promotes balance, strength, flexibility and good posture.
An amazing workout which will leave you feeling
stronger and taller!
Leah is a classical Stott Pilates fitness instructor with over six years of teaching experience around the Boston area. She began her Pilates training at Northeast Pilates Certification Center in 1999, became a certified mat instructor in 2000 and has been teaching steadily since then. Leah also has a certification and practice in muscular therapy from The Muscular Therapy Institute in Watertown, MA., where she focused on sports conditioning, injury rehabilitation and relaxation, and to round things out, is also a registered yoga instructor. Leah teaches a very mindful, clear and focused mat Pilates class f or those who wish to make a clear difference in their lives.
KRIPALU HATHA YOGA with DEVORAH STEINBERG
Devorah will teach you the basics of yoga, while getting
a gentle workout for the body, mind and soul. A combination
of vinyasa (flowing) and holding postures, pranayama
(breath work) and meditation which is suitable for all
ages and all levels, including beginner.
Devorah is a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor who has been practicing yoga for twenty-four years. as well as a clinical social worker and body-oriented therapist. She likes to create sacred space in class for her students to enhance their mind, body and spiritual growth and awareness. Her classes include meditation, chanting, breath work and asana (posture) practice, and are created to be gentle enough for all levels, but to invite a deepening of one's practice as well.
KRIPALU YOGA with LARISSA CARLSON
Larissa is a 500-hour level professional Kripalu yoga teacher, Yee Yoga teacher, Prenatal yoga teacher, and Reiki I&II practitioner. Currently, she works at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA, the largest residential yoga center in the USA. She teaches all levels of yoga classes (Gentle, Moderate, Vigorous, Vinyasa, Meditation, Pranayama, Kids & Parents, and Yoga Teacher Training Sadhana and Workshop). Additionally, Larissa is the Manager of Yoga Education for Kripalu’s Institute for Extraordinary Living, through which she teaches asana, meditation, pranayama, and yogic philosophy to members of the Boston Conservatory, Berkshire Opera Company, Juilliard School, and Tanglewood Music Center.
NIA with SUE LANDERS
Nia is a creative fusion of yoga, martial arts, dance, music, meditation, a stretch in motion,
which is all the rage! It offers total cardiovascular conditioning and is also a great cross-training
method for any sport or activity. No prior training is necessary, and all levels of fitness and agility
are welcome. Experience the joy of movement and the benefits of moving your body...the body's way.
Instructor Sue Landers is a certified Nia white belt and has been moving for as long as she can remember! She is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who senses and believes in a strong mind/body/spirit connection to healing and well being. Sue invites you to experience Nia and the grace, energy and grounding that comes when we move the body's way.
TAI CHI with Dana Rosenblum
Tai chi is sometimes described as "meditation in motion." Originally developed in China as a form of self-defense, this graceful form of exercise has existed for about 2,000 years. Tai chi can be practiced alone or as a perfect complement to other activities - reduce stress and increase your balance flexibility and concentration!
Dana Rosenblum has studied T'ai Chi Ch'uan with the renowned, third generation Chinese master, Kai Ying Tung, since 1991 and has been teaching at the Shambala Center for many years. Her approach to teaching is based on the traditions and practices of Taoist philosophy as well as her respect for the unique individuality of each student. Dana is accomplished and skilled at creating a safe, supportive, and deeply engaging learning environment. For more information, visit http://www.mindfulbodytaichichuan.net or send an email to: taichiwithdana@rcn.com.
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