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  • Mission
    • Prison Yoga Teacher Training
    • Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Prison Dharma Library
  • Professional Training
  • New Studio
  • Classes
    • Online Classes
    • Class Descriptions
    • Our Teachers
    • Memberships + Donations >
      • Monthly Unlimited Online Yoga Membership
      • Drop In for Online Yoga
  • Retreats
    • Yoga & Ayurveda Retreats
  • Breitenbush Fundraising
    • Sanctuary Conversations
    • Breitenbush History
    • Rebuiding Breitenbush
    • Breitenbush & Sarahjoy History

Class Descriptions

AMRITA YOGA

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​amrita yoga, created by Sarahjoy Marsh, integrates vinyasa yoga with Ayurveda, neuroscience, yoga philosophy and psychology, pranayama, ​chanting, mindfulness, and dharma.

amrita yoga emphasizes the bio-mechanics of alignment, anatomy, kinesiology, and rehabilitative processes.

amrita yoga is taught in alignment with the rhythms of nature. Ayurveda teaches that our yoga practice should be in harmony with the changing of the seasons as well as the time of day (and your life cycle). To support these natural cycles, amrita yoga classes have different morning and evening rhythms (based on dinacharya) as well as seasonal focuses.
Mon, Tue & Thur | 7 - 8:15 am; Sun | 10 - 11:30 am
Sat* | 10 - 11:30 am
*On Teacher Training Weekends Only

COMMUNITY CLASS

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Join us for a unique opportunity to witness the growth and development of future yoga teachers. These classes offer a platform for our aspiring teachers to hone their craft while providing you with a chance to learn from their evolving expertise. What to expect:
  • Benefit from different perspectives and teaching approaches  as student teachers explore mindfulness, asana, and pranayama under the guidance of Sarahjoy's 200 and 300-hour programs.
  • Supportive learning environment: Witness the growth and development of these fellow students.
  • Inspiring classes: Enjoy a variety of yoga sequences and themes based on their current curriculum.
Join us every Wednesday to be part of this inspiring journey.

Wednesdays | 7 - 8 AM

THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI

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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali offer an amazing pathway to understanding the nature of our minds and what to do with the difficulties we face. An elegant text composed by Sri Patanjali, each sutra is precisely the words it needs to be.
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However, it can be difficult to understand or relate to the sutras without a helpful commentary or a place of discussion.

​These sessions will travel methodically through a few sutras at a time.  Understanding the sutras through their pairings will help to reveal the pathway being laid out before you.

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Each session will include meditation, chanting, and discussion of the Yoga Sutras for contemporary life.

PRANAYAMA

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Pranayama is powerful medicine capable of shifting us from a state of distress or disregulation toward one of contentment and presence.

As quickly as the nervous system can be hijacked by stress or tension, pranayama helps us to regain our inner leadership with our nervous system.

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Join us for this mid-day reset practice and learn how to choose and how to practice specific pranayamas. Each session will include meditation.

CHAIR YOGA

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Yoga is intended to be accessible to people of all ages and capacities. Chair yoga allows all students to adapt their practice to support their mobility, strength, proprioception, interoception, balance, and integration.

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Chair yoga is not only for beginners. Students of all levels of yoga experience can benefit from these sessions. In addition, coming together as a community of practice that is inclusive of our various levels of ability, helps us to recognize our interconnectedness. You can anticipate that these sessions will be mindful, restorative, and balancing.

RESTORATIVE RESET

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This guided meditative practice nourishes your endocrine system, helps balance your cortisol levels, digestion, nervous system and mood.

​Based on Ayurveda, the simple practices will support you to deeply renew so that you are not “Wired and Tired” for your evening time. These sessions can be helpful with insomnia, anxiety, hormone imbalances, brain fog, and overall well-being.
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