Hey! Wanted to let everyone know that my Friday 10 am central class through Ahimsa Yoga Studio is changing format to Strength and Mobility Vinyasa (virtual only).

If you haven’t been able to catch the Thursday, 6:30 am edition, here’s what it’s all about:

In strength and mobility vinyasa, traditional yoga poses are interwoven with variations of squats and lunges, quadrupedal (on hands and feet) bodyweight exercises, and novel ways of moving around the mat.

Unlike most yoga classes, which employ static, or passive, stretching to increase flexibility, this class emphasizes breath-connected dynamic, or active, stretching to help us develop strength throughout the full range of motion in our joints.

As a compliment to an existing yoga practice, this type of training can fill in some of the movement pieces that traditional asana and vinyasa forms often miss, and from the standpoint of developing a body that’s functionally prepared to, say, load luggage into the cargo carrier atop your minivan or work low to the ground to pick Legos out of a shag rug while fending off an exuberant puppy, it’s hard to overestimate how useful it is to learn to move fluidly through multiple planes of motion as we do in this class.

Moreover, training these movement fundamentals can go a long way toward reducing bodily pain in a way that lasts longer than an hour after class, and you may even find that it will help you unlock yoga postures or athletic patterns in other activities that you’ve been unable to master by more direct approaches.

Oh yeah, and this class, like my other classes, includes breathwork and meditation. It’s still yoga, y’all.

So that’s my spiel. If you want to get the real flavor of the class, sign up, and if you want to see my other offerings, check out my Classes page.

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