Yoga Den Mandarin Class Descriptions

Sun Power Bhakti-Personal Practice

Alyson’s Personal Practice is a heated Sun Power Bhakti class, where only the postures and breath transitions are called with no detailed instruction or hands-on assistance, as Alyson Practices along with the class. 

Room Temperature Averages 90 degrees to promote detoxification through perspiration.

Yin/Restorative

Yogi’s choice. Are you looking for more Yin or more Restorative? How deep you go is up to you. Come enjoy mental and physical relaxation as you nourish your muscles, connective tissues and joints. 

Room Temperature averages 78 degrees to facilitate deeper, safer stretching.

CPF Yoga

In CPF Yoga, a class designed specifically for the cancer community, you will learn how to do yoga sitting on a chair or using the chair as a prop. If you always wanted to try yoga but have some concerns about your flexibility, balance or falling, chair yoga is a good place to begin. With stable support, you can focus on your movements, yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation.

Sunrise Slow Flow

Ease your way into the weekend with this heated Slow Flow class. Modifications and variations will be offered to take it down or kick it up a notch, as this class will provide a mid-level energetic output opportunity practiced in a room heated to the mid-upper 80s.

Sun Power Bhakti

Bhakti Vinyasa combines the mental practice of gratitude with the physical practice of Power Vinyasa yoga. The physical practice combines both held shapes and sequence flows, with a core-strengthening component to stimulate metabolism. A key element is the breath, which is linked to a mindful rhythm while practicing, to encourage students to focus on pranayama, specifically deep breath control. Vinyasa was intended to be practiced with a balanced breath pace to cultivate a balanced mind state. With movement, sound and vibration, this class helps to instill a deep sense of gratitude for our many blessings. 

Room Temperature Averages 90 degrees to promote detoxification through perspiration.

Mind Body

A Yoga Den Original Mind Body yoga is an all levels class based on the Kripalu tradition, perfect for beginners and accessible to anyone not needing adaptive (chair) yoga. Grounding and static in nature, this practice provides ample time to explore safe alignment in each posture, providing a deep stretch while maintaining an awareness of breath. Modifications and variations are offered for different levels of strength, flexibility, and desired energetic output. Permission language is given throughout, to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment.

Room Temperature averages 78 degrees to facilitate deeper, safer stretching.

Sun Power

A Yoga Den Original Sun Power yoga is an athletic practice that begins with Sun Salutations and is followed by held postures mindfully sequenced to increase strength, stamina, and flexibility. Pulling from an eclectic blend of lineages and styles such as Ashtanga, Jiva Mukti, and Anusara, Sun Power classes are taught with a post-traditional perspective, inviting students to listen to their bodies, modify if needed and rest any time.

Room Temperature Averages 90 degrees to promote detoxification through perspiration.

Sun Power Flow

Sun Power Flow is an athletic heated practice that offers dynamic sequences with held postures like Sun Power, but in addition will also repeat the sequences multiple times to maintain continuous movement, elevate heart rate and create a flow state, or moving meditation, in both body and mind. You will learn to coordinate breath and movement and flow through sequences designed to strengthen and unite your musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems.

Room Temperature Averages 90 degrees to promote detoxification through perspiration.

Restorative

Restorative yoga is a therapeutic class that promotes healing and well-being on all levels. Only floor-based shapes are taught, and offered with longer holds to provide the stability and time needed by both body and mind to decompress. Props are offered throughout the class for added comfort and support, and students are encouraged to settle into maximum ease to remove any discomforts and/or distractions to achieve mental, emotional, and physical relaxation.

Room Temperature averages 78 degrees to facilitate deeper, safer stretching.

Yin

Yin yoga is a special practice designed to improve flexibility, energy flow, and range of motion by targeting the connective tissues of the body in very controlled practice. The perfect complement to any dynamic yoga practice or sport, Yin yoga benefits athletes of all types in terms of injury prevention and muscular rebalance. Postures are held for 2 to 5 minutes in order to stretch the fascia and connective tissues surrounding the muscles and the joints.

Room Temperature averages 78 degrees to facilitate deeper, safer stretching.