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Yoga Class Descriptions

Whether you're looking to stretch, strengthen, slow down, or reconnect, you’ll find a class to meet you where you are. Explore dynamic, flowing practices alongside restful, rejuvenating offerings—each designed to support your body, mind, and spirit. All experience levels are welcome.

Dynamic and Flowing Classes

  • A grounding and accessible practice, Hatha Flow invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and move with awareness. Rooted in the classical tradition, this class emphasizes purposeful movement, steady postures, and breath as a bridge between body and mind.

    Expect a balanced sequence of standing and seated poses, breathwork (pranayama), and moments of stillness to support strength, flexibility, and inner calm.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations are offered to meet you where you are. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • An alignment-based flow class designed to build skill and longevity in your practice. Through precise instruction and a focus on postural technique, this class develops strength, stability, healthy mobility, and overall balance in the body.

    You'll explore movement patterns that support functional alignment, deepen the mind-body connection, and cultivate breath awareness in both stillness and motion. This practice offers a deeper understanding of both the physical and energetic aspects of yoga—supporting comfort in the body and calm in the mind.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations and challenges offered to meet you where you are. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • A mindful, flowing class that blends dynamic strength, functional movement, and gentle mobilization. Slower-paced than Vinyasa, this practice features longer-held postures, focused transitions, and strength-building sequences—all anchored in breath awareness.

    You'll leave feeling strong, grounded, and energized.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations and challenges offered to meet you where you are. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • Flow, breathe, and build strength in this dynamic class. You'll move through a creative sequence that links breath with movement, balancing effort and ease. Expect sun salutations, standing poses, balance work, and grounding stretches—guided with clear instruction and mindful pacing.

    This class offers thoughtful sequencing and plenty of options to support your unique body and practice. Leave feeling energized, centered, and more connected to yourself.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations and challenges offered to meet you where you are.

  • Join a class where you're part of the creative energy that shapes the practice. From gentle restorative stretches to building strength and power, each week's flow responds to the collective needs of those present.

    You can always count on a grounding warm-up and a rejuvenating savasana, with the possibility of hip openers, sun salutations, gentle twists, core work, balancing poses, or other lengthening and strengthening movements to support the body and nervous system.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations and challenges offered to meet you where you are. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • A dynamic combination of movement, mantra, and meditation. 

    This class opens with two simple mantras, followed by physical warmup exercises. 

    After a brief relaxation, we practice a series of specific movements (kriya) followed by a short mantra-based meditation designed to cultivate a positive sense of  well-being.  

    Class will conclude with a deep relaxation (Savasana), accompanied by the healing vibrations of the gong.

    All experience levels welcome. Variations and challenges offered to support your individual journey.

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Restful and Rejuvenating Classes

  • Gain strength, balance, and healthy bones in this slower-paced yoga class led by Yoga Therapist and optimal aging specialist, Katie Hay.

    Drawing directly from the evidence-based research of Dr. Loren Fishman, this class will have special focus on specific yoga postures proven to stimulate bone growth. You will be guided through these therapeutic movements with emphasis on alignment and safety. Learn how to support your bone density and manage conditions like osteopenia and osteoporosis.

    Beyond building bone strength, this class is sequenced to improve balance and reduce the risk of falls, a critical component of long-term health, especially with weakened bones.

    You will improve your balance, connect with your sensory and vestibular systems, and practice yoga movements that support healthy neuromuscular aging.

    Suitable for all levels. No experience needed. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • Ease into your week with a soothing blend of mindful movement and deep rest. Class begins with slow, intentional flow to gently open the body and quiet the mind, followed by soft, grounding postures to release tension from body and mind. You’ll then settle into restorative poses supported by props, inviting complete relaxation.

    Expect calming breathwork and a peaceful savasana to reset your nervous system and restore inner balance before the week ahead.

    Suitable for all levels. No experience needed, just a willingness to unwind. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • A restful, calming class that includes gentle movement and stretches in reclined, seated, and hands-and-knees positions. Supported postures using bolsters, blocks, and blankets invite the body and mind into a deep state of ease.

    Designed as a nourishing pause for mental and physical restoration, this class offers slow, intentional transitions—with plenty of time to settle and soothe between each shape.

    All experience levels welcome. Ideal for those looking to slow down, regulate the nervous system, and return to stillness. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • Guided by the rhythms of the season drawn from the natural world, this class offers space to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with yourself.

    Through fully supported, restful postures, stillness, and unhurried pacing, foundational restorative yoga principles are paired with the qualities of yin—patience, deep listening, and ease. Rather than focusing on stretch or effort, the practice emphasizes nourishment and attunement, allowing the nervous system to soften and settle.

    All experience levels welcome. Ideal for those looking to slow down, regulate the nervous system, and return to stillness. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • Slow down and soften with this deeply nourishing practice. Yin Yoga focuses on long-held, passive postures that target the deeper layers of connective tissue, encouraging mobility, stillness, and introspection. With the support of props and gentle guidance, you’ll be invited to settle in, breathe, and turn inward.

    Yin is the perfect complement to a busy life or more active movement practice. Leave feeling grounded, open, and restored.

    All experience levels welcome. Ideal for those looking to slow down, soothe the nervous system, and reconnect with stillness. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

  • Unwind in a softly lit, tranquil space with a soothing blend of Candlelit Yin Yoga and a Gong Bath. The class begins with Yin postures—long-held, passive shapes that help release tension, improve flexibility, and settle the nervous system.

    Then transition into deep rest, surrounded by the therapeutic sound of the gong. These vibrational waves support balance, clarity, and emotional ease.

    This class offers a peaceful sanctuary to leave you feeling rested, grounded, and renewed.

    All experience levels welcome. Perfect for those seeking rest, reflection, and inner stillness. Appropriate for those new to yoga.

Group of people in a yoga class in Black Mountain, NC.