Center Yoga Classes
Welcome to Center Yoga & Healing Arts!
At Center Yoga & Healing Arts, I strive to provide my students with a safe and welcoming environment where they can explore and deepen their yoga practice.
Yin Yoga and Meditation at Center Yoga
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga is a meditative approach to yoga that focuses on cultivating awareness of inner silence and bringing to light a universal, interconnecting quality. Unlike its more dynamic counterparts, such as Vinyasa or Ashtanga, Yin Yoga emphasizes stillness and the deep stretching of connective tissues around the joints, primarily in the hips, pelvis, inner thighs, and lower spine.
This gentle, yet profound practice encourages practitioners to hold poses for longer periods, typically three to five minutes or even longer, to promote the safe and therapeutic stretching of fascia—the connective tissue that surrounds muscles and organs—encouraging greater flexibility and flow of energy.
The origins of Yin Yoga trace back to the ancient Taoist concepts of yin and yang, opposite and complementary principles in nature. Yin is the stable, unmoving, hidden aspect of things; yang is the changing, moving, revealing aspect. In the context of yoga, Yin Yoga serves as a complement to the more muscular (yang) styles of yoga, focusing on passive, seated postures that target the lower part of the body. This approach is not only designed to improve flexibility and restore a range of motion but also to foster a deeper, inward connection with the body, mind, and spirit.
Yin Yoga is suitable for practitioners of all levels, offering a unique opportunity to slow down, reflect, and connect with a deeper aspect of oneself. Its benefits extend beyond physical flexibility and joint health, promoting stress reduction, mental clarity, and emotional resilience. As practitioners settle into postures, they are encouraged to breathe deeply and observe the sensations that arise, cultivating a mindfulness that can be carried off the mat and into daily life. These attributes make Yin Yoga not just a practice but a pathway to balancing the fast-paced and often stressful aspects of modern life.
Tues. 6pm and Weds. 8 am., $15. walk in, or $100. for 10x pass.
Restorative Yoga
Yoga Nidra
yoga nidra
Yoga Nidra is a state between sleep and deep relaxation. It involves a systematic method of inducing deep physical,
mental and emotional relaxation.
The practice is done while lying down on one's back with eyes closed and the body made completely comfortable. It involves deep relaxation with inner awareness while the instructor leads a guided session with her voice. The guide uses auto-suggestion cues, visualization and affirmation to create an environment in which healing can occur. A few of the benefits now being confirmed by the medical field are increased immune function, digestive function and better sleep. The gifts of Yoga Nidra are the releasing of old habits, fatigue, worry and stress. This is a technique for physical rejuvenation, mental relaxation, spiritual growth and overall wellness. The secret of Yoga Nidra, and to better health, lie in its ability to relieve tension and stress at its root and restore a balanced state of mind and a deeply rested body.
Nidra transcripts personalized for you
with pre-interview $75.00
(you may record)
Group sessions of Yoga Nidra are also available.
Slow Flow Hatha at Center Yoga
- $15.00 for walk ins when space is available. Or $100. will get you 10 sessions that you can use anytime. Fridays at 8 AM. Pre register or call for walk-in availability.