Class Descriptions
Preparing for your first hot yoga class
Important yoga class etiquette
11th Step Yoga
All level
Unheated
Recovery programs nationwide are recognizing that an element of spirit is critical for letting go of self-harming behaviors. If you struggle with substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, gambling addiction, binge eating, anxiety – if you feel in any way that your life has become unmanageable – 11 Step Yoga is an island of sanity. In 12-step recovery programs, Step 11 is seeking through meditation to improve conscious contact with the higher power and spiritual union. It ties in to the limbs of yoga: Dharana, or training the mind against chatter and distractions; Dhyana, stillness of mind; and Samadhi, union and interconnectedness. Through light yoga poses, breathing exercises, meditation, and discussion, we will apply yogic principles to recovering from addictions and emotional imbalances. This class is donation-based. Whether you bring $2 or $20, we welcome you.
Ashtanga Yoga
All levels
Unheated
Ashtanga yoga is a series of postures that flow with your breath, healing and cleansing your body while building strength and alignment. This creates intense internal heat and a purifying sweat. You'll learn breath-synchronized movement (vinyasa), victorious breath (ujjayi pranayama), mental focus (dristi), and locking energy to conquer fatigue (bandhas). You'll create an inner fire that purifies the nervous system, detoxifies your organs, and gives you a powerful stretch. You'll leave class feeling lighter, stronger, and calm.
Core Twist
All level
Moderate heat
Core Twist is a total-body workout incorporating the best of Pilates and yoga! Your core is the very center of you: it protects your spine and internal organs, so protect it with strength and flexibility A strong core improves your overall strength, agility, flexibility, and balance. You'll learn specific training methods to stabilize the lower back, pelvis, and spine, which will improve your posture and alignment. You'll enhance your movement by integrating breath. Core Twist is low-impact, gentle on joints, and suitable for all fitness levels. This class is especially helpful for lower back pain, athletes (especially runners and cyclists), and anyone who wants to tone and firm muscles wihtout adding bulk. You'll leave class feeling refreshed and standing taller!
Dynamic Yin Yoga
All levels
Heat plus humidity
Dynamic Yin is the perfectly balanced mix of TriBalance Hot and Yin Yoga. For the first half of class, you will build strength and flexibility through a vigorous sequence. This dynamic practice will help raise your energy levels to break through tensions and blocks. The second half of class will bring you to a still, quiet space through long, relaxing floor poses. Yin focuses not only on your muscles, but also ligaments, connective tissues, joints, and gentle traction on bones of the legs, hips, and spine. Dynamic Yin is for you if you want more balance, if you want to build strength and flexibility, if you want to clear your mind, or if you want a full-body workout followed by a meditative stretch.
Kickboxing Conditioning
Unheated
All level
Enjoy a high-energy workout in a safe, noncompetitive, light-contact environment. A vigorous kickboxing session will boost your heart rate and your mood. You'll learn realistic self-defense techniques in this Muay-Thai influenced class. We will practice hitting and kicking mitts, but no sparring. The movement style teaches you how to transition from relaxed to exploding into strikes with legs, knees, and elbows.
Kickstart Yoga
All level
Heat plus humidity
Are you ready to mix it up a little? Kick start your TriBalance practice with our Kickstart class. The theme will change from week to week so you can explore many different aspects of your practice. We will often focus on a different realm of postures than you will experience in a TriBalance Hot Yoga class, broadening your vocabulary of movement. The poses will be all-level, with intermediate modifications available.
Mysore Yoga
Unheated
All level
The Mysore Style of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is named after the city in India where the late Sri K. Pahttabhi Jois started this style of asana. New students begin the practice by learning the sun salutations and a few of the initial standing postures. As you begin to integrate the sequence into your memory and feel a sense of ease in the postures, we add additional poses. All students begin with the primary series, “yoga chikitsa,” which means yoga therapy. This practice heals and strengthens the body, preparing it for a deeper physical and meditative practice. Because the Mysore Style is taught in an individualistic manner, adjustments and modifications will help you progress in the safest and most appropriate way.
Om Zone Warrior Conditioning
All level
Moderate heat plus humidity
The Samurai trained their bodies to be fast, flexible, and strong, and they trained their minds to face enemies without flinching. These elite warriors knew all about being in "the zone" – and you can learn how to summon the zone and become an Om Zone Warrior. Om Zone Warrior Conditioning is a discipline of action-meditation for anyone from athletes to dancers to chronically stressed-out computer jockeys. It will give you the physical strength to overcome fourth quarter fatigue, and the mental strength to deal with anything from traffic jams to the final shot. Through body weight dynamics, isometrics, and functional training, you'll build whole-body strength and stamina. Through focus training you will learn to strengthen and cultivate the mind. Body, mind, and spirit grow stronger together. The class integrates yoga to add flexibility, balance, and control. Whether you're overcoming stress, battling the bulge, or honing your competitive edge, train your inner warrior here.
Pranayama
Unheated
All level
Pranayama is the practice of breath control and the foundation stone of meditation. Throughout history, people have gone for surprisingly long time without food or water, but the current Guinness record for holding the breath is less than 20 minutes. Breath is life – yet since it's involuntary, we often take it for granted. When your mood changes, your breath changes. Pranayama will explore the reverse: when you change your breath, you can change your mood. Breath control improves yoga practice, athletic performance, circulation, digestion, and helps the body heal from a variety of imbalances and ailments.
Prenatal Yoga
All level
Unheated (we do not recommend hot yoga during pregnancy)
Relieve your aching back muscles, soothe the stress of hormonal shifts, and treat your body like the temple it truly is for the new life within you. Prepare for your baby's birth with a community of mothers-to-be. Explore and connect to your body and your baby as we move through gentle yoga postures and breathing exercises designed to nourish strength and softness. We can modify poses for any stage of pregnancy. Still have questions? Ask our founders Corey and Shawnda how yoga helped with their best project to date – their son.
Relaxation Through Meditation
Unheated
All level
Scientific research has proven that meditation helps your memory, your mood, your well-being, and your health. Relaxation Through Meditation will give you the tools you need to create your personal meditation practice. We'll begin the class with breathing exercises (pranayama) to bring the heart rate down, balance the blood pressure, and stabilize the energy. Next we'll do a guided meditation to deepen your relaxation and bring you a sense of peace. Class will end with a silent meditation. With time and practice, you will be able to create your own meditation practice at home as well as raising vibrations with the community.
TriBalance for Beginners
Moderate heat
Beginner level
Are you new to yoga? Then join us to demystify the mat! If you're flexible enough to get out of a car, and if you can tell your right from your left, that's truly all you need. We'll break the poses down step-by-step in an encouraging, noncompetitive environment. You'll learn the foundational yoga poses, how to use props like blocks and straps to do poses safely, and how to breathe through poses. No one ever gets to their hundredth yoga class without taking their first -- take your first step here.
TriBalance Conditioning
All level
Moderate heat plus humidity
Think you have to be in shape to get in shape? We'll change your mind – and body too. Enjoy this intense, full body workout at any fitness level. Burn fat, build confidence, get stronger. The TriBalance conditioning class brings core conditioning, endurance training, body-weight exercises, and yoga together to balance your body and center your mind. Your heart will thank you for the cardiovascular rush.
TriBalance Foundations
All level
Moderate heat plus humidity
Experience the difference between doing the pose and becoming the
pose. Our Foundations class covers different themes every week,
delving deep into the asanas. In this class you will work on improving your alignment, balance, strength and mind. We will explore philosophy, pranayama, and meditation in every session to strengthen your practice from the ground up -- because a strong foundation is essential for a strong practice. New and experienced students alike become more confident and relaxed.
TriBalance Hot Yoga
All level
Heat plus humidity
TriBalance Hot Yoga is the core of our practice: let it be the core of yours. You will sweat. You will struggle. You will relax. It's a unique, challenging yoga practice that heals, balances and exhilarates the body while also calming the mind and reducing stress. It's a cardiovascular workout that systematically strengthens and tones the muscles, builds core strength, and increases flexibility. It's a powerful combination of traditional and therapuetic yoga to help you uncover the mind-body connection through breath, allowing you to let go and become one with your inner self.
Warm Vinyasa Flow
All levels
Moderate heat
Go with the flow in our blissful Warm Vinyasa class. The movements melt into each other with a natural breath connection, a meditative experience that develops strength, flexibility, and body awareness. The poses and transitions will move at a deliberate pace, allowing you to find the greatest expression of each pose. Some sessions will explore inversions, the benefits of which include calming the nervous system, reversing the effect of gravity to slow the aging process, and strengthening immune function. You'll work your entire body in this exhilarating, feel-good session. Class will end with a short meditation. You'll leave feeling relaxed, calm, and open.
Yin Yoga
All Levels
Moderate Heat
Yin Yoga combines the traditional seated yogic postures with Chinese Taoist qi theory, balancing energy flow through chakras and meridians. This class will focus on long holds in a relaxed state to gently traction the bones of the legs, hips, and spine. Long holds of floor postures with relaxed muscles will restore elasticity to your fascia, ligaments, and tendons, restoring your joints to optimum health. This is particularly helpful for athletes, because most people don’t leave sports for muscle injury, but for joint or tendon reasons. Yin Yoga balances a lifestyle of vigorous movement with stillness, calming your nervous system. It is also beneficial for those who work at a desk, as Yin Yoga helps you sit comfortably for longer periods of time. You will be able to focus your awareness to areas that are out of balance, focusing and condensing qi and prana for healing.
Yoga for Kids
For children age 5-12
Unheated
Yoga for Kids takes a playful approach to an ancient tradition, designed specifically for school-aged childrens' rapidly growing bodies and minds. Each class will present a yogic theme in a way that children can relate to: the instructor will share stories, and guide the children to act them out with yoga postures. Young yogis will explore the breath, guided meditation, and active discussions. They will learn techniques to help them stay calm and centered in a fast-paced, stressful world. Yoga for Kids was designed by an elementary school teacher who has extensively researched social and emotional learning so that her own young yogis could have fun with their peers, exercise their bodies, open their hearts, and expand their minds. Just $5 per child!
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