Video Classes — Studio Mills "...a place to nourish your soul."

For you who want to join our LIVE Zoom classes, they are at 9:15 am Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. You can join Linda’s classes online or in person and you need to email Linda at YogaHealsWithLinda@comcast.net and we’ll send you a link that is reusable on upcoming classes and discuss an in-person class, if that’s your desire.

Linda’s Live Zoom Recorded Classes on YouTube:
2020
Pranayama Class 5 20 20 1:08
7 Steps to Willpower 32 minutes
Alchemy of Worry, 61 points of relaxation 1:04
Class 4 13 20 1:07
Twists and Santosha 1:08
15 Asanas for Low Back Pain-RESTORE 55
Yoga for Stress Relief/Reiki/RAIN
Flow Class, Reading on Kleshas, Finding Calm in the Storm
June 2020
June 3 Gentle Flow, Lying on back
Restorative for hips and shoulders with Metta Meditation-June 6
Hippy Flow, Energy of Prayer reading, June 8
Standing Balance warm-up, 15 poses to open the hips-June 10
Seated and Standing Flow, NadiShodhana, June 13
More for the Core, June 15
June 17, Gentle Flow with focus on neck
Summer Solstice Salutations and Kriyas, June 20, 2020
June 22, Yoga Flow, Readings on worry and being Happy.
Essential Poses to Increase Energy, June 23, 2020
6-28-20 Brian and Linda offering Sat. yoga
Yoga to Reduce Anxiety
July 2020
Finding Freedom in yoga, Restorative. July 4, 2020
Hip Focus in this gentle flow. Dharana reading.
Standing Balance, Shoulders, Vagus Nerve.
7-11-20 Sat. Yoga/Eye, Neck exercises. Energize!
7-13-20 Hippie Holds.
7-15-20-Energy Yoga. Healthy Back Asanas.
7-18-20 Energy Medicine Warm-up. Hip Flow.
7-20-20 EM/Flow to open shoulders, hips.
7-22-20 EM/Sun Salutations.
7-25-20 Purna Morning Series, Standing Warriors.
7-27-20 Metta Meditation, Heart Openers, 1/2 Moon Balancing.
7-20-20 Let’s TWIST again!
August 2020
8-1-20 Moon Salutation and Restorative
8-3-20 Restorative Yoga
8-5-20 Well Rounded Practice, Tips to start a meditation practice, Sankofa?
8-8-20. Body Scan Inquiry, Indra Series
8-11-20 Linda’s 1st practice of Energy Medicine Warm-up
8-12-20 Energy Medicine Yoga and King of Salutations
8-15-20-Low back pain Yoga Asanas Practice
8-17-20 Asanas to practice the skill of BALANCE
8-19-20 7 Steps to Willpower
8-22-20. Sitali Pranayama, Neck, Shoulders, Twists. Waterfall
8-24-20 Core Strength, 3 min. Meditation and Savasana
8-26-20 Pranayama. Soothe your sciatica.
8-29-20 Wabi Sabi Wisdom, Standing balance, Hip openers.
8-31-20 Moon Salutations
September 2020
9-2-20. Restorative with our first time using music on zoom!
9-5-20 Standing Balance, Triangle, Golden Seed, Some seated.
9-7-20 Sun Salutations, Seated poses, 3 min. Meditation, Savasana
9-12-20 Energization Series, Meditation, Intro to 1st limb of yoga
9-14-20 Monday morning yoga practice
9-16-20. Ahimsa reading Legs up wall, shoulder awareness, Balance
9-19-20-Ananda Yoga. Energization series. Asanas with affirmations.
9-21-20-Day of International Peace-Metta Meditation, Sun Salutations and Gentle poses
9-23-20-Welcome Autumn. Well rounded practice.
9-26-20 Cherokee Indian Balance, Well Rounded practice with talk on Satya
9-28-30 A bit of chair yoga and Salutations to the moon. Some restorative.
9-30-20 Restorative. Astheya-non stealing and generosity.
October 2020
10-3-20 Gentle, Morning Series and Yoga Nidra.
10-7-20 Low back, shoulders, Bramacharya
10-10-20 World Mental Health Day, Hips, Neck, Standing Balance, Warriors. 5 point meditation: Breathe, Relax, Feel, Observe, Allow!
10-12-20 Well Rounded Practice
10-14-20 Metta Meditation, Hips, Shoulders (new awareness), Apragraha.
10-17-20 Sun Salutations, Chakra Poses, Review of Yamas, Meditation.
10-21-20 Alternate Nostril Breathing, Hips, Shoulders, Balance and a bit about Saucha.
10-24-20. Gentle Flow Seated and Standing. More about the 1st Niyama-Saucha.
10-28-20. Salutations to the Moon followed with Restorative poses.
10-31-20 Halloween Full Blue Hunter Moon Restorative. Readings about meditation and Santosha.
November 2020
11-2-20 Gentle Monday morning practice. Standing balance practice.
11-4-20 Gentle Yoga Practice
11-9-20. Gentle Practice @ Linda’s Fla. Clubhouse
11-11-20 Veterans Day Tribute and Yoga
11-14-20 Gratitude Meditation and Heart Opening poses
11-16-20 Be an astronaut of your inner space. Focus on twists!
11-18-20 Neck, Back, hips come after Sun salutations to warm up. Learn about Svadhyaya (Self-Study).
11-21-20. Morning Series, Standing poses and Tonglen practice for others suffering.
11-30-20 Restorative Yoga
December 2020
12-2-20. Well Rounded Yoga class.
12-7-20 Centering, Well Rounded Gentle Yoga
12-9-20 Seated and Standing, Half Moon, Yoga Nidra. Acoustic X-mas Music with David Wood
12-14-20 Standing Balance, Seated. Choosing Emotions. Music of Contoma
12-16-20 7 Steps to Willpower
12-19-20 Divine Presence, Shoulder, and hip openers
12-21-20 Winter Solstice. Be the light! Yoga flow!
12-26-20 Keeping Christmas. Standing warm-up, morning series, pigeon.
12-28-20 Salute the Moon and then Restorative poses
12-30-20 Reflection readings for lessons learned and letting go of 2020. Restorative Yoga

January 2021
1-2-21 Variations on Sun Salutations. Heart Openers, mudras, affirmations. and Metta Meditation
1-4-21 Twists
1-6-21 Brain Health. Counting Meditation. Half Moon focus!
1-9-21 Sutras. Neck, shoulders, core.
1-11-21 Indra Series and Golden Seed Warm-up. Centering Prayer Meditation. Asanas for low back.
1-16-21-All about Balance. What are the gunas?
1-18-21 Creating Calm with Ujiyah extended breath, reflection and asanas.
Chair Yoga
1-23-21 Morning Practice. Seated shoulder openers, hips, twists. Some standing. Reading on Divine Presence.
1-25-21 Gentle Overall Practice

February 2021
2-1-21 Morning Series lying on back and Variations of sun salute
2-3-21. Poses to help Sciatica pain and low back
2-8-21 Chair Yoga
2-10-21 Heart Opening poses
2-13-21 Be Your own Valentine-Heart Openers
2-17-21 Lent Season begins. Metta meditation is a good add on. Well rounded practice.
2-20-21 Mindfulness. Surya Namaskar. Shoulders and hips.
2-22-21 Mindfulness. Shining Skull. Yoga!
2-24-21 Chair warm-up. Moon Salutation using a chair. Alternate nostril breathing. Meditation. Short Savasana.
2-27-21 Restorative yoga and Yoga Nidra with inspirational readings

March 2021
3-1-21 7 steps to Willpower. Power of affirmations.
3-3-21 Cultivate Joy. Prana Mudra. Slow flow in standing poses.
3-6-21 Gentle Yoga
3-8-21 Reading about embracing change. Gentle yoga
3-10-21 Sheaths, hips, shoulders, gratitude.
3-13-21 Slow Sun Salutations. Morning series lying on your back.
3-15-21 Reading about purpose. Sciatica and back strengthening poses.
3-17-21 Celtic Music to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Seated and standing poses for a well rounded yoga class.
3-20-21- Spring! Balancing poses.
3-22-21 Pranayama. Seated yoga.
3-27-21 Restorative yoga.

APRIL
4-3-21. Introduction to the 7 major chakras.
4-5-21 Gentle yoga with a Focus on shoulders and arms.
4-10-21 15 poses to open hips.
4-12-21 Tangerine Meditation, Morning Series, Vipassana Meditation
4-14-21 Energization Series
4-19-21 Slow Sun Salutations. Sitali Pranayama. 2 Hip Series.
4-24-21 Alternate Nostril Breathing. Salute the Moon. Restorative back bend, shoulder and hip opener with hip release.
4-26-21 Gentle and Restorative yoga for hips, shoulders, back. Brief Yoga Nidra while legs in the chair or up the wall.
4-28-21 Reading about saying no. 3 min. Meditation. Asanas for back. Indra standing series. Savasana.

MAY
5-1-21 Beltane -May Day music with Yoga core and flow.
5-5-21 Cumbia warmup for Cinco deMayo salute. Standing shoulder openers, asanas for the back focus.
5-8-21 Mothers Day Salute. Slow sun salutations and some seated poses.
5-11-21 Twists
5-12-21 Morning Series. Standing balance and Warrior 2 and 3.
5-15-21 Centering. Seated and standing sequences with an awareness on the liver, kidneys, stomach and spleen. Prayer and Savasana.
5-17-21. Practice of sending peace. Heart Openers.
5-19-21 Breathing practice of Thich That Than. Request for the back.
5-22-21 Alternate Nostril Breathing. Salute the Moon -Mostly standing poses using chair or blocks.
5-24-21 Reading: Sending blessings out. Seated twists, standing balance, a focus on helping a grumpy back.
5-26-21 Restorative Yoga. Why? Readings from Thich Nhat Than.
June
6-1-2-1 30 min. 7 Steps to Willpower. Includes 2 min. plank and the 5 Tibetan Rites.
6-2-21 Reading about listening to your body. Slow Flow, including core and hip. 60 min.
6-3-21 30 min. class Standing balance and cross directional movement. 4 poses for low back pain. Silent meditation.
6-5-21 Cultivating Peace. Lying on back hip and back releases, coming to standing for lunges, Reverse triangle and ending in Savasana.
6-9-21 Movin and Groovin. Fitness incorporated into this yoga class.
6-12-21 Breathing practices and readings. Linda’s version of the Cherokee Indian dance flow.
6-16-21 Balance-Taught by Linda and Brian. Seated, on knees and standing challenges to keep it together.
6-19-21 Juneteenth. Morning Series. Very gentle yoga on back and seated.
6-21-21 Summer Solstice. Gentle Flow.
6-23-21 Restorative with readings on the 1st limb of yoga-the Yamas.
6-26-21- Alternate Nostril Breathing. Hip series, back release, Childs pose and Reclining cobbler.
6-30-21 Poem Morning Offering. Focus on twisting and neck.

July
7-3-21 Metta Meditation. Slow flow for hips, shoulder, twists. Readings on freedom.
7-5-21 Alternate Nostril Breathing. Proven poses to reduce stress, anxiety and worry.
7-7-21 Mindfulness Reading. Seated and standing poses to create freedom in the hips, hamstrings.
7-12-21 Energetic warm-up, Asanas to relieve sciatics.
7-14-21 Indian flow. Neck, hips.
7-19-21 Salute the moon. Series of asanas moving in a circle to your right, center and the left using blocks or a chair.
7-21-21 Restorative. 3 poses and Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep and deep relaxation)
7-24-21 Restorative with Yoga Nidra
7-31-21. Gentle flow for all body yoga

August

8-2-21 Meditation. Seated to standing flow.
8-4-21 Gentle Yoga
8-7-21 Morning Series lying on back, twists, hips. Meditation-I’m not my body!
8-9-21 Finger Breathing Mindfulness technique. 15 poses to help open hips and help back pain.
8-11-21 Sutra Reading. Hips, shoulders seated. Standing balance using a strap.
8-14 Standing balance fun. Playing and doing yoga with upbeat instrumental popular tunes today.
8-16-21 5 Tibetan Rites are included in the 7 Steps to Willpower. Set Affirmations to manifest what you want in life.
8-18-21 Tonglen practice of compassion. Chair Yoga. Mostly seated postures to open shoulders, hips. Some Standing. Legs on the chair savasana.
8-23-21 Timed Breathing. Sun Salutations. Core Asanas. Savasana.
8-25-21 Fall down and get up reading. Alternate Nostril Breathing then a gentle practice with seated and standing poses.
8-28-21 Readings from Paramahansa. Tree pose/challenge to move hips. Seated and some standing poses.Savasana.
8-30-21 Restorative heart opener on 2 blocks. Lying down back strengthening and hip openers. Warrior I, II and Wild Thing.

September
9-1-21 Neck, hips, back. Mostly seated. Tree pose. Savasana
9-4-21 Standing balance, hips, neck, hamstring asanas. Savasana.
Labor Day 2021 Honor the pause! In your life and in your breath. Gentle overall yoga class!
9-11-21. Happy Hips
9-8-21. National prayer day. Some prayers and some Gentle Yoga.
9-13-21 Body scan lying down. Gentle practice to open hips and shoulders.
9-15-21 Present Moment Reading. Easy and gentle yoga with only 8 min of standing poses.
9-18-21 S.T.O.P mindfulness meditation. Salute the moon. Restorative: back-bend, twists and legs up the wall. Includes breathing practices.LINDA GOES ON PAUSE FOR A NATIONAL PARK ADVENTURE

October
10-27-21 Gentle practice mostly seated for shoulders, hips and coming to standing for 5 poses each side.
10-25-21 Getting back into yoga after a month break. Well rounded practice, and gentle.
10-30-21 Hint of Halloween. Liminal time reading. VERY gentle seated and mostly for the low back and hips.

November
11-1-21 Indra Series, standing warm-up, 7 Steps to Willpower and fill in gratitude 8 times with the breath awareness. Mudita-Gratitude practice in Savsana.
11-13-21 Morning Series lying on back includes rocking, twists and hip openers. Gratitude reading while in restorative back bend. More hips and twists and ends in Thich Nhat Hanh's Smile Meditation.
11-20-21 Restorative yoga with breathing practices and 61 point relaxation.
11-27-21 Reading, 1 min. of silence, New dragon Standing flow that warms the body, opens the hips and hamstrings. Ends with poses on the back.

December
12-1-21 Starts with 30 minutes of standing poses, seated hip and shoulder openers with an explanation of Dedication of Merit. Some core focus. Savasana
12-6-21 2nd More for the Core. Seated, lying on back, standing postures to strengthen the core muscles. Ends with 61 point relaxation.
Nov 2021
12-13-21 Energy Medicine Yoga warm-up, Tonglen and 13 or more poses to release muscles of low back.
King Salutation Smile Meditation, King Salutations, Gratitude practice.
12-8-21 Choose things this season that bring joy. Calm Sun Salutations followed up with 13 poses that reduce stress. A message about Christmas and I leave you in savasana.
12-15-21 Breathing awareness. Salute the moon asanas. Legs up the wall. Hip openers.
12-18-21 Restorative yoga with breathing practices and readings in Staying Present and How to appreciate the Pause by doing yoga and being still.
12-20-21 Seated with a focus on shoulders, upper back, hips and a brief standing segment with chair poses and twists and forward bending. Neck hammock with strap and a reading about winter solstice. Can't hear I am the Light at the end.
12-22-21 Starts on back. Hip and shoulder mobility, standing triangle and revolved triangle. Help for low back and neck!
12-27-21 Inhale Gratitude, Exhale Love. It's about the neck, shoulders and thoracic spine today. Need 2 blocks and a strap.
12-29-21 Well rounded practice. Starts seated and includes neck, feet, hips, hamstrings. Some standing poses.

January 2022
Jan 3 22 Lymphatic system. Counting for breathing awareness. 7 things to improve the lymph system and a bit about it. Twists, forward bends and side bends. Energization Series.
1-8-22 Morning series -gentle yoga lying on back. Seated poses with a focus on neck. 5 min only standing. Nirohda. (cessation of suffering)
1-12-22. Low Back Asanas. Starts on back. Reading on being right or being loved. Asanas for low back, hips, hamstrings and includes neck towards end. 10 min. standing/balance. Savasana. Abrupt ending/no mic working.
Jan 22, Well Rounded Yoga 2. Perfect Spirituality Reading. Well rounded practice lying down, seated and standing asanas.
Jan 15 2022 Salute the Moon. Starts seated with centering prayer. Chair or blocks helpful! Salute the moon! 2 Restorative poses/readings. Seated ending with twists and neck rolls.
Jan 7 Winter Solstice:Steps to Willpower. Alternate Nostril Breathing. Winter Solstice ritual. & Steps to Willpower which includes the 5 Tibetan Rites.
1 17 22 Restorative. Present Moment and Meditation Readings. Back bend on 2 blocks, Childs pose with bolster, neck stretches, forward bends/blankets, legs up the wall or on the chair. Identify "thinking mind" vs. soul awareness, Atman.
1 22 21 Seated, standing, Thich Nhat Hanh tribute. Starts with Smile Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh with a tribute to his 95 years or life. Seated, then standing poses, addressing hips, hamstrings and neck. Concludes with 10 min Meditation of Thich for the bodily formations.
1 19 22d Chair Yoga. Chair yoga. Mostly Seated. Half Moon. Alternate Nostril Breathing.
1 24 22 Twists. Starts seated with neck focus, readings from Thich Nhat Hanh, A focus on twists.
1 26 22 Well Rounded Practice. Standing Indra Series. Reading about being perfectly you.
1-29-22 Cultivating inner peace. Gentle asana practice beginning with a body scan, a mindful focus on inhale and exhale/synching the breath with the movement. A reading re: responding rather than reacting.

February
2-5-22 Lying down warm-up (Morning Series), Seated/gratitude reading and plug to keep a 3 day list of your own gratitude, Warrior I, humble warrior, side angle, Warrior 2. Alternate Nostril Breathing.SAVASANA-YOUR CHOICE!
2-7-22 Compassion inquiry practice, Metta. Hip and heart opening poses.
2-9-22 Slow standing poses to warm up, heart opening (back bending focus), some thoughts about keeping the heart open and digging to find the diamond within.
2-12-22 Gentle, starts in hero's pose, using strap to open shoulders, side bends, twists, standing poses are brief. Culminates with Loving Kindness Meditation and 8 min. Savasana.
2-14-22 Love Is In the Air-standing warm-up, Salute the moon asanas, Reclined cobblers and flooding of self love affirmations in Savasana.
2-15-22 Chair yoga-Seated 30 min then standing poses. Ends with alternate nostril breathing.
2-16-22 Restorative-Begins with Alternate Nostril Breathing. This practice is helpful with bolsters, blankets and blocks and moves the spine in all directions: restorative back bend, twist, forward bend and culminates with legs up the wall .
2-19-22 Gentle overall practice.
2-21-22 Seated poses. Story of the Warrior I, ii and III. Reading concludes about Life being a short trip. Cuts off early.
2-22-22 Chair Yoga. Shoulder openers, twists, moving spine in 5 directions. Some standing-warrior 1, II and III with the mythology behind it.

March
3-5-22 Theme: Surrender. Let Go Meditation. Seated and standing poses. Guided savasana.
3-7-22 Reading. Neck and shoulder. opening/strap. Hip openers lying on back. Only 8 min. of standing. Savasana with 5 point meditation.
3-9-22 Prayers for Ukraine. Starts with legs up the wall, shoulder and hip openers. Full one hour class savasana.
3-12-22 Gentle Sun Salutations.
3-14-22 Salute the moon salutations. Chair or blocks are helpful. Some hip openers and twists on back. Savasana.
3-16-22 Restorative Yoga! Starts on back with bolster, neck and hip openings, Down Dog, Pigeon. Intro to Ayurveda and the Doshas: Kapha, Vatta, Pitta. Ends with waterfall.
3-19-22 Restorative/Gentle Yoga. Hips, hamstrings, neck and concluding in a brief Yoga Nidra.
3-21-22 Begins lying on back/Inquiry Meditation. Poses to release tension in hips. Happy Hips! Info about the psoas.
3-23-22 Become warriors of peace. More hip openers, seated, standing and lying down.
3-26-22 14 steps to create calm. Includes hip openers, shoulder and neck relief. 61 point concentration Yoga Nidra.
3-28-22 Create the day you want! Hip, neck, hamstring, back bends and 10 min. of standing poses. Very gentle stretching for this yoga class.
3-30-22 Ayurveda and Doshas explained some. Bhastrika Pranayama and blending Vata, Kapha and Pitta energies into a yoga class.

April
4-6-22 CPR Breathing. Ahimsa. Request for Low Back: Started on backs. Some standing and balance and shoulder openers. 4 part method to change the brain pathway for negative self talk. Mudra/Mantra: Peace begins with me.
4-9-22 More about ahimsa. A gentle flow (mostly standing).
4-11-22 Metta Meditation, Silence. Neck, Shoulders/strap. Lying on back with a focus on low back, gentle twists. 10 min. of standing poses. Savasana.
4-13-22 Salute the moon. Standing poses held for 3-6 breaths. 4 Restorative Poses: back bend, twist, Childs pose and legs up the wall.
4-16-22 Legs up the wall, Poses on the back, hip openers, shoulders, Standing forward and back bends 5-7 times. Readings about higher self (Divine Mind) and lower self (ego). Restorative and very gentle.
4-18-22 Low back and core strengtheners. Discussion about the 2nd Yama: ASTHEYA (truthfulness and authenticity).
4-20-22 Hips, Neck and Shoulder, Low back requested for this practice. Mostly seated. Time for a 5 min Savasana.
4-23-22 Earth Day! Earth Day Salute with readings, prayers, advice from a tree during tree pose. Indian Cherokee dance, hip, hamstring, shoulder openers.
4-25-22 Purna Yoga Morning Series. Lying on back, warm up for neck, hips, hamstrings. Supine pigeon, 1/2 half baby. Down Dog and come to standing for Triangle-Warrior II flow. Savasana. Info about the 3rd yama-Asteya (non-stealing).
4-27-22 Begins with legs up the wall and a lesson on Asteya (non stealing). Twisting today! Standing, seated and supine. Savasana.
4-30-22 Begins standing with a slow flow vinyasa. 45 min into these asanas we come down (at last) to the floor for a seated meditation. Concludes with corpse poses.

May
5-2-22 7 Steps to Willpower. Seated stretching and some standing with breathing awareness. Brahmacharya introduction.
5-4-22 Inhale Peace, Exhale Love meditation. Strap to open Neck and shoulders, Twists, hips and a bit about Bramacharya.
5-7-22 Ankles and feet focus. Slow Flow
5-9-22 Equal Breathing practice. Prep poses for Ardha Chandrasana (half moon). Gentle overall practice.
5-11-22 Begins with centering in supported bridge. Overall general yoga class to open hips, shoulders, neck, hamstring. 3 pose standing balance. Letting go poem.
5-14-22 Salute the Moon and Restorative. (back bend, forward bend and legs up the wall).
5-16-22 Alternate Nostril Breathing. Restorative Yoga with a review of the 5 Yamas.
5-18-22 Standing Warm-up. Focus on hips. Peace meditation.
5-21-22 Begins with shining skull breathing. Standing balance is the focus. Alas we come down to the mat for the last 15 minutes and learn about saucha-purity and cleanliness.
5-23-22 Starts lying on back with Purna Morning Series, Includes Standing balance -Eagle poses, Triangle and Reverse. Shining Skull Breathing with some talk of Saucha-the 2nd Niyama.
5-27-23 Tina Turner music tribute warm-up (probably can't hear it), but we did it. Standing and balance for 20 minutes, Come to the floor through downward dog, Sphinx, Quad stretch, hamstring. Side legged hip stretch, your choice of pigeon. Virasana and shoulder openings. Savasana.
5-29-23 Gentle Yoga practice. Memorial Day Remembrance. Mostly seated and on our backs. Hips, hamstrings and backs, neck and 3 standing poses that we flow in.
5-31-23 Begin centering in Hero's pose, using strap for shoulders and twists and on blocks enough to create comfort. Dog and cat with strap, thread the needle twists. We come to hands and knees and some core stabilizing. Standing forward bends, gentle squats, twists, balance for hips.

June
6-1-22 7 Steps to Willpower. Includes the 5 Tibetan rites and a 2 min. plank with twists. Seated hips and a brief standing sequence ends in Savasana.
6-3-23 Bolster, blocks helpful. Restorative today! Initiates with a gentle standing flow/4 part breath. Breathe in...hold...breathe out...hold. Restorative poses: Back bend, then back releases and pigeon on the back, cat cow on all 4-s. Forward bend in Childs pose or alternate, hip openers with foot on block. Alternate nostril breathing. Legs up the wall and chakra review. Savasana.
6-5-23 Root Chakra awareness today. We begin lying down on our backs on bolsters and with cobbler's pose. Back releases, hip openers. Dog and cat tilts. Root chakra affects the legs, feet and reproductive organs. We do a variety of standing and balancing poses.
6-6-22 3 min. Meditation to begin. Gentle overall practice. Seated (mostly) asanas with a focus on low back and standing balance with tree pose and variation, Warrior I, twisted and Warrior 2.
6-7-23 Strap and blocks helpful. Another class to focus on Root Chakra. We begin in Dandasana, Legs wide and energy to the feet, Hamstring/core stabilizer using a strap..Twists and Bull dog stretch for the neck. Calf stretch/block at the wall, Standing poses: Warrior III, Warrior I, Utkatasana, Eagle Pose.
6-8-22 Begins Seated. Side bends, Bird Dog, Thread the Needle, Down Dog, Standing poses and balance. Ends with legs up the wall and Santosha (Contentment-2nd niyama) words of wisdom.
6-10-23 Root Chakra Class. Overview of the base chakra, =Grounding, Security, Belonging, Financial and Home in order. We practiced asanas that included the legs and feet which the root chakra affect. Standing balance, Warrior I and II. Breathing awareness, Alternate nostril breathing, Affirmations and Savasana.
6-12-23 Root Chakra Awareness.
6-13-22 Gentle standing warm-ups, Face Yoga, Neck and shoulder release, Back bend, legs up the wall and corpse.
6-14-23 Sacral Chakra Awareness. We initiate today's practice with legs at the wall, listening to info about this chakra of joy, sensuality, creativity, and nurturing. Legs wide, twists. We come to standing asanas for a big portion of this class. Flowing waters, Warrior II, Reverse Warrior, Side Angle. Hip stretches.
6-15-22 Low back, Restorative, Standing Balance. 1 hr. practice of gentle yoga
6-17-23 Do you have a scarf to play with? We use one in our standing warm-up. Focus on postures and awareness of the sacral chakra (below the navel), color orange of sensuality, sexuality, nurturance, and creativity. Slow sun salutations, 2-standing tree pose variations. We lie on our backs for happy baby, and hip openers. Sacral water meditation from Anodea Judith while we are in restorative cobblers pose.
6-18-22Juneteenth Tribute. A good overall practice with standing and seated postures. Indra series that is standing and opens hips and shoulders. Balance includes Eagle pose, Concludes with a reading about finding inner peace.
6-19-23 Juneteenth A tribute to the 2 yr. young holiday-Juneteenth. We focus on the sacral chakra today-the power center of self-worth, and self-esteem. Asanas that connect with the abdomen and diaphragm-boat pose, Warrior II, reverse warrior and Bridge pose.
6-20-22 Summer solstice. Variation of Sun Salutes for 20 min. Come to seated for hips, twist, shoulder openings and core.
6-21-22 Breathe in Praise the Sun and Breathe Out Feeling the Warm Glow. Breathe in illuminating the world and Breathe out calling forth my own light. Sun Salutations, pigeon, twists, supported shoulder stand and Savasana. 40 min. total
6-22-22 Hybrid (live and virtual) at the studio today. Centering, core stabilizers, yoga for low back, triangle and revolved triangle, balancing pigeon.
6-25-22 75 min. practice. Begins with Yin/Yang Nostril Breathing. Slow Flow including forward, backward bends, twists and some core. The 2nd Niyama-Tapas is discussed. Last 15 minutes is restorative.
6-27-22 Morning series, a warm-up starting lying on back, includes 3 hip openers, twists, dog and cat tilt. A reading about living in the present. Side bends, down dog, Tree Pose, Pigeon. Savasana.
6-29-22 A lively standing warm-up. We focus on hip openers today.

July
7-2-22 Sitali Pranayama with a straw. Well rounded practice. Seated and standing. Restful Savasana.
7-6-22 Classical music in the background. A well rounded practice addressing hips, neck, shoulders and standing balance. Strap needed (or bathrobe tie or man's tie).
7-9-22 Begins with a lying down body scan and reading. Includes lying, kneeling, standing and seated poses to open shoulders, hips and back bends. Tapas....Self discipline talk-3rd Niyama of yoga in weaved into our asana practice.
7-11-22 Begins with lying on our backs with a body scan. Back releases and hip openers. Weaving the Niyama Svadhyaya (Self Study) into our asana practice. Salute the Moon. Restorative hip opener and legs up the wall.
7-13-22 Vagus Nerve and Restorative. Begins with toe opening/hips to assist the neck. I talk about how to turn on the off button of our vagus nerve. Restorative poses with breath awareness. This is the Full Buck Moon very restful practice.
7-23-22 Slow flow Yoga. Sun Salutations weaving Ishvara Pranidhana-A Practice of Surrender the last Niyama.
7-25-22 Centering with awareness and breath. Opening toes and focusing on the neck seated. Forward bends/squats. Balance with standing pigeon. Warrior II and Triangle. 3 Hip openers using strap. A metaphor of Surrender to white water rafting.

August
8-3-22 Begins with a standing warm-up. 15 poses for low back. 7 min. Savasana.
8-6-22 Standing warm-up/sun salutations variation for 15 min. Heart opener on back/abundance intention. 3 min Meditation/So Hum. Seated twists, forward bends, hip openers. Ardha Chandrasana (half moon) Triangle pose for balance. Savasana.
8-8-22 Begins seated with twists, hips, forward bends. Indra Series -a flow that is standing to open shoulders, hips, hamstrings. We practice attracting abundance during meditation with a new mantra. Back releases, twist and Savasana.
8-10-22 Begins seated. We stand and Salute the Moon. Restorative poses: Hugging knees, Hip opening twist, 12 min. legs up the wall, neck hammock.
8-13-22 A focus on the neck today-building strength for greater ease. We begin with a centering meditation using the mantra Sat Chit Ananda to attract abundance. Strap needed for standing poses, side plank, boat pose, camel pose and more. Hip and back releases. 10 min savasana.
8-15-22 Happy Hips! LOTS of hip openers (mostly seated). Blocks are helpful for this class. Do what you can.
8-17-22 Begins with 3 min. Meditation/Mantra. Lying on back-poses to release back and open hips. Standing balance and 4 flows. Pigeon. 5 min Savasana. Cultivating joy.
8-20-22 Blocks, strap, bolster and THE WALL helpful for this class. Begins with an abundance meditation/centering lying on two blocks. This class is all about strength/stability, mobility/flexibility for the thoracic spine. Progressive and developmental body work including twists and side bends, gate pose, puppy poses, rows, and more.
8-22-22 Morning Series.Starts lying on back and includes awareness scan, twists, cats and dogs tilts, hip openers. We come to standing and do side bends, forward and back bends. Pigeon.Savasana.
8-24-22 Begins with centering and breathing. Seated forward bends, twists, hip openers. Some planks, down dogs and Warrior I, humble warrior and more twists. Gentle overall practice. 5 min. Savasana.
8-27-22 Begins standing with a funky, groovy body yoga flow that lasts 20-25 min. We come to seated for twists, hamstrings, hips and core. Guided Thich Nhat Hanh 15 min seated meditation. Restorative pose your choice/Gratitude song by Karen Drucker.
8-29-22 Begins in a backbend/Karen Drucker singing Navajo Blessing. Various Twisting on the back. Native American music accompanies our standing poses which last about 45 min. Includes an awareness of the 4 directions representations. Come to seated for more hips. Bridge poses. Savasana.
8-31-22 Gentle practice. Begins with a Buddhist prayer. Seated poses, kneeling and standing. Several hip openers and low back stretches.

Sept 2022
9-3-22 Begins with Seated postures then silence. Standing balance. Stand Like Mountain and Move like Water. Hip openers and back bends. Last 15 minutes of your choice of restorative pose with Words and images for creating stillness.
9-10-22 Restorative yoga. Ujiya breath begins with a seated posture. Thru the backbend, dog and cat tilts, lying on back, twists and Child's poses, Bridge and supported down dog we weave in Metta meditation. Concludes with legs up the wall or pose of your choice in a Yoga Nidra.

9-20-23 National Gratitude Day! Heart openers! We begin in a Restorative back bend-feet at wall, on bolsters listening to Karen Drucker's song, I am Grateful. We stay on our backs, opening hips, hamstrings, move to seated and practice neck releases with a strap. Some technique about down dog. Using the strap we hold Warrior I and Humble Warrior, Uttanasana and moving Chair. A Gratitude meditation concludes.
9-23-23 Autumnal Gentle Flow. Today is the Autumn Equinox. We play the music from the Byrds/Turn Turn Turn with the words of Ecclesiastes. A reading by Mary Davis to let go and invite the new season. Seated, twists, kneeling, back bends/cat and dog, Warrior 1, 2, Reverse Warrior, Side Angle. We warm the body well before coming to standing and conclude with your desired pose in Savasana. Linda does some sound therapy which unfortunately people on zoom cannot hear. Enjoy!
9-25-23 What is your centering word today? Mine is trust! Begins with 2 min. of centering prayer focus. Morning series: Lie on back/cat cow, twists, 4- hip openers/rock. Triangle, Reverse Warrior and Warrior II flow. Savasana.
9-27-23 Salute the Moon. Standing: Tadasana, Mountain Pose, Star, Goddess, Side Angle, Triangle, Warrior 2, Hamstring, hip, Forward Bend, Down Dog. Both sides. 18min of Restorative Back bend then Your choice of Savasana.

Brian ‘s Classes on YouTube:
5 12 20 Standing Pose Flow 42 minutes
4 14 20 Elements of Yoga 57 minutes
4 7 20 Poses to improve your balance 30 minutes
3 31 20 Shoulders and Glutes 22 minutes