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Therapy Ball Roll-Out: Shoulders!
Focused therapy ball work to roll out and revive your shoulders  Explore how the variety of therapy balls and techniques can knead into your shoulder’s nooks and crannies, releasing energy-draining tension!

Tricky Arm Balances Workshop
Curious about getting into arm balances and where you can go with them?  Join in to roast, toast, and identify key muscles needed for fun yet tricky arm balance poses and their transitions. This workshop is for those with an emerging-to-established arm balance practice.  Leave feeling stronger with a new understanding of where they can take you in your yoga practice!

 
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Vinyasa & Alchemy Sound Bath
Flow though a warming and invigorating vinyasa yoga practice incorporating intention-setting, breath, movement and strengthening poses.  After the physical practice, experience a full-body sensory journey that intentionally uses the pure tones of the crystal bowls to slow the brain waves and shift into a more relaxed state.  Leave feeling balanced and restored.  
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What the NECK is Going On?!* $30/member
Join Houstonian instructor Larry Thraen for an anatomical exploration of the upper back and cervical spine to discover the why, the what and the how to prevent that "crick" in the neck. The workshop is particularly suitable for people that sit at a desk for a living. In particular, we’ll focus on posture and back and neck strengthening exercises for teenagers and young adults to address "tech neck”.   MindBody reservations are available.  For more information, contact Larry at lthraen@houstonian.com.

Wrist Relief
Wrist Relief builds stronger, more resilient wrists capable of handling daily stress and strain!  Learn to improve wrist functionality and alleviate discomfort with proper alignment and gentle stretches.
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Yin Yoga Teacher Training*
This two-weekend immersion is designed for dedicated students and teachers desiring to incorporate Yin Yoga into their practice and teaching. 

Yoga and Mythology: An Introduction to the Stories of Yoga Postures

Come off your yoga mat for this presentation of the rich mythological traditions of India connected to the yoga asanas or postures.   Learn how to transform each yoga pose into a lens through which to discover hidden parts of ourselves.  No physical yoga practice yet, the next time you’re on your yoga mat, you’ll carry with you a deeper understanding of yoga and of yourself. 

Note:  Participants will be sitting on the floor in Refine.  Blocks and bolsters are available.    

For more information, please contact yoga@houstonian.com.
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Yoga and Mythology: An Introduction to the Stories of Yoga Postures* $50
Come off your yoga mat for this presentation of the rich mythological traditions of India connected to the yoga asanas or postures.   Learn how to transform each yoga pose into a lens through which to discover hidden parts of ourselves.  No physical yoga practice yet, the next time you’re on your yoga mat, you’ll carry with you a deeper understanding of yoga and of yourself.   
$50

Yoga Body

A well-rounded, moderately-physical hatha yoga practice that will lightly warm you up and stretch you out while beginning to train your body for more advanced work.  Includes classical yoga asanas such as sun salutations, standing poses, arm and leg balances and more.  Most appropriate for active beginners and the next level up from Yoga Therapy and Yoga Stretch.  No prior yoga experience needed.

Yoga Body - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
A well-rounded, moderately-physical hatha yoga practice that will lightly warm you up and stretch you out while beginning to train your body for more advanced work.  Includes classical yoga asanas such as sun salutations, standing poses, arm and leg balances and more.  Most appropriate for active beginners and the next level up from Yoga Therapy and Yoga Stretch.  No prior yoga experience needed.

Yoga Bootcamp
Play hard to feel better!  Develop your strength, range of motion and freedom from joint pain through intense yet smart work at your edges.  Not a beginner practice and the ability to chuckle as you fail is helpful.

Yoga Flow
A physically challenging yoga practice that combines traditional yoga poses with the vibes of today’s music. May include on-your-own flow work to music, advanced-level asana work, deep hip openers and inversions. Previous yoga experience recommended.

Yoga Flow & Yin
Advanced-level, vigorously-physical, flow-based practice followed by yin stretches all accompanied by the vibes of today’s music. High levels of body awareness recommended and plenty experience to safely negotiate advance variations, deep hip openers, unexpected sequencing and classical inversions such as forearm balance and handstand. Come and play for longer!

Yoga Flow on the Meadow
A physically challenging yoga practice that combines traditional yoga poses with the vibes of today’s music. May include on-your-own flow work to music, advanced-level asana work, deep hip openers and inversions. Previous yoga experience recommended.

Yoga for Teen Athletes* $20/class
A resilient athlete is unstoppable!  They are focused, injury-resistant, quick on their feet and calm in their heads.  Athletes ages 13 to 18 train their physical and mental resilience through movements, breathing techniques, and meditationa.    Led by long-time PE teacher, sports coach and parent of high school and college athletes Susy Crosser, these practices guide teens on how optimize their performance on the field, in the classroom, and beyond! 
 
Contact Susy for more information at scrosser@houstonian.com.  Online registration available.

Yoga Lab - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
This active beginner-level and higher practice develops functional strength and flexibility. Instead of classical yoga poses, instructors move the class through eclectic processes. Expect a range of poses from the simple to the challenging.

YOGA LEARNING: Hatha & The Eight Limbs* $150
 
There’s a lot more to yoga than what happens on the mat.  When you’re ready to broaden your yoga experience, teachers appear and opportunities such as Yoga Learning welcome you to study yoga beyond the postures.  

Consider this workshop - the first of a series -  on hatha yoga, Patanjali's limbs of yoga and how both can be relevant in your modern life.  Explore essential hatha poses and how they steady minds and bodies as preparation for deeper stages of yoga.  Then discuss the mythical character Patanjali and his recommendations for a yogic path.  Most helpful prerequisite: a curiosity to learn.  No specific physical abilities and/or yoga experience are required.  Suggested readings will be emailed to participants upon registration.  

Reservations available online or via email at yoga@houstonian.com.  For complete workshop information, contact Marizol Cabrera at mcabrera@houstonian.com.

$150

Yoga Nidra & Sound Journey
Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation also known as "yogic sleep” that takes us effortlessly into a state of restful ease a place where we can be healed, restored and awakened.  During the meditation, Farida layers on the healing sound and vibration of her alchemy sound bowls and aromatherapy to enhance the experience. 
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Yoga Nidra Relax into Greatness

Yoga Nidra literally means yogic sleep. This type of meditation is an ancient technique where the practitioner enters deep states of conscious relaxation.  By moving awareness from the external world to the inner world, enter a deep sleep where senses, intellect, and mind relax.  Yoga nidra taps into our autonomic nervous system, which is the system in charge of the things our bodies do automatically, like maintaining heart beat, blood pressure, body temperature, digestion, and metabolism.  Beginner-friendly.  No previous meditation experience required.  


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Yoga on the Meadow
 
Enjoy practicing an all-levels, fun and friendly yoga class outdoors!  Bring your own mat; towels provided.  In case of rainy weather, the class is cancelled.

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