Classes

Transform your well being, spark your personal growth, experience fulfillment with Radiant Path Yoga’s class offerings.

 
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Gentle Yoga
Gentle yoga is slow, deliberate, and respectful of each student’s unique physique. Great for seniors, recovering over-achievers, injured athletes and reforming couch potatoes. Slow down and gain the deeply rewarding benefits of safe, invigorating movement, guided concentration, breathing, and balance exercises, all amidst good company! Your nervous system will thank you. No experience necessary.
 

Gentle/Level 1

For new and continuing students. This is a less vigorous Level 1 class.
 

Slow Flow

This class is an all levels class. Slow Flow is all about meditation in motion. You will flow in and out of postures at a slow, mindful, nourishing, and graceful pace so that you have time to explore what feels good to your body. Emphasis will continue to be on proper alignment and connecting conscientious movement with conscientious breathing. You will leave this class feeling grounded and calm.
 

All Levels
This well-rounded, full spectrum class welcomes anyone familiar with a variety of basic yoga poses, and a desire to delve deeper into the breadth of yoga’s life-affirming practices. An All Levels class is meant to challenge but not discourage you, to nudge everyone to practice at their own, most astonishing level. Props and guidance are available to help make the class accessible but please no acute injuries.
 

Chair Yoga
Chair-Assisted Yoga is for those who find it difficult to get down on, or up from, the floor, for any variety of reasons. Anyone can enjoy the benefits of relaxation, conscious breathing, and gentle exercise in this class. Students are encouraged to use available props like chairs and walls to practice exercises that support balance, strength, and mobility. You’ll learn how daily activities are opportunities to practice yoga exercise that will improve your balance, coordination, concentration and sense of well being–and you can practice at home in your easy chair!
 

Meditation for Mind/Body Wellbeing

Meditation is deeply linked with yoga, as a vehicle for the union of mind, body and spirit. Meditation is recognized in mainstream medicine as a proven antidote to stress, with benefits for the heart, digestion, and restful sleep. There are many forms of meditation that can be easily incorporated into one’s life. Teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn said it best: “many doors, one room”. This class provides a chance to learn about meditation in theory and in practice. Each class will be unique and include some instruction and practice of various types of meditation—including mantra meditation, mindfulness breathing, mindful body scan, lovingkindness meditation and guided visualization. Classes will include time for questions and discussion.
 

Yin

This class is appropriate for all levels and abilities. Yin Yoga emphasizes passive, static, low to the ground postures, held for long periods of time (3 to 5 minutes), with muscles in a relaxed state the entire class. This way, the dense connective tissues in and around the muscles and joints are stimulated, somewhat stretched, rehydrated, and ultimately strengthened. All in all, the mobility of your connective tissues are enhanced. Use of props is highly encouraged. Yin Yoga is meant to complement and supplement your usual more active, standing, and dynamic postural sequences.
 

Healthy Joints, Vital Core and Vibrant Spine

This class will focus on practices that complement classical physical yoga practices. We will use the principle of directed awareness and movement to overcome stagnation and facilitate renewal to promote mobility in the joints, vitality in the core/abdomen, and vibrancy in the spine. All 3 are important for overall well-being. When done regularly, these practices promote the free flow of energy and the release of tension in the body and mind. Classes will also include breath work, Yoga Nidra (guided relaxation),and meditative practices of body steadiness, Suitable for all regardless of fitness level, health conditions, or age. Teacher will provide modifications for your unique needs.
 

All Levels Flow and Yin

This is an all levels class and the perfect balance of everything you need in one class. The first half of the class will be spent enhancing your strength, balance, alignment, and breath awareness by slowly moving in and out of a variety of sequences and standing poses. The second half of the class will be spent doing low to the ground longer held poses to promote vitality, hydration, mobility, and strength
 

Yoga for Healthy Bones with Weights
(Weights are optional)
Scientific studies have shown that yoga can prevent and reverse bone loss. In this class, we will practice poses that will safely build and strengthen your bones. This class is inspired by Dr. Loren Fishman’s “Yoga for Osteoporosis Method”. Practices will be taught in such a way that they are accessible to all. In these classes, we will hold poses for 30 seconds to 1 minute while strongly engaging our muscles and holding 1 to 4 pound weights. The weights help to further enhance bone density. Use of weights is completely optional.
 

Yoga for a Healthy Back

For all levels and abilities, this class will use yoga poses and sequencing specifically tailored to anyone looking to focus on strengthening, supporting, healing, and/or maintaining a healthy back and spine. Explore safe, adaptable, and effective yoga postures including standing, seated, backbends, twists, and forward bends. Specifically designed to enhance strength, flexibility, and core stability.
 

Extra Gentle Yoga
For all levels - This class is suitable for those with injuries and other health challenges. We will practice seated on a chair with optional standing poses and supine poses. No hands and knees or prone poses. Slow paced.
 

Beginner/Gentle Yoga
This class is suitable for all new and continuing students. This is a gentle Level 1 class that moves at an even slower pace with more modifications than a regular gentle/level 1 class.There are some hands and knees, prone, and supine poses.
 

Restorative Yoga
In this class, practices that promote relaxation will be emphasized. A short asana practice will be followed by pranayama (breathing), yoga nidra (restorative practice done in shavasana), and seated meditation. Incorporating these practices into one's yoga routine can bring great benefit to one’s overall well-being.
 

Vibrational Sound Therapy
VST is a singing bowl based sound relaxation therapy technique. The specially hand-made Himalayan therapeutic singing bowls are placed on your body and used as a focal point for your attention. The complex sound of the bowls is the perfect tool to maintain your awareness as the bowls are moved along your body through the structured technique. As your focus is held by the combined stimulus of the sound and direct on the body vibration, you are allowed a break from normal cycles of thought. Many people will fall into a deep restful state during the session. As the bowls are moved through a gentle framework, the vibration of the bowls provide a soothing massage to your soft tissues, This soothing and gentle technique brings complete relaxation. Sound based relaxation therapy techniques are a growing component of complimentary and integrative medicine. These techniques are increasingly being offered along with standard treatment for a wide range of conditions, Studies of the benefits of sound based relaxation therapy techniques are underway as the concept of using relaxation to help the body heal is a growing focus of a stressed out society.
 

Yoga’s Practical Applications

Yoga’s practical applications include stress reduction, rehabilitation after illness or injury, improved strength, flexibility, focus, and self confidence.  The yogic approach to exercise rehabilitation and personal growth reflects thousands of years of practice and refinement by people seeking happiness, health, and ease.  Yoga’s ancient and time tested formulas for healthy living can help manage contemporary stress related discomforts and ailments.