Basic

If you are new to yoga this is where you start.
These classes are for students who are new to yoga or students who haven’t practiced in a while. This is the class where we learn to establish a safe and solid foundation for our practice. Basic level classes focus on building strength, flexibility and teaching students how to incorporate the breath into their practice.
We remind our teachers to give students a balance of personal attention and space, and modifications when necessary, which allow students to develop their own relationship to the practice.

All classes consist of flowing asana sequences as well as meditation, yoga breathing (pranayama) and guided relaxation.

Basic Iyengar (additional $5 fee)

Basic Iyengar Yoga, created by B.K.S. Iyengar, is a form of yoga known for its use of props, such as belts and blocks, as aids in performing asanas (postures).

A form of Hatha Yoga, Iyengar focuses on the structural alignment of the physical body through the development of asanas. Through the practice of a system of asanas, it aims to unite the body, mind and spirit for health and well-being.

This discipline is considered a powerful tool to relieve the stresses of modern-day life, which in turn can help promote total physical and spiritual well-being. Iyengar Yoga is characterized by great attention to detail and precise focus on body alignment.

Mr. Iyengar pioneered the use of “props” such as cushions, benches, blocks, straps, and even sand bags, which function as aids allowing beginners to experience asanas more easily and fully than might otherwise be possible without several years of practice. Props also allow tired or ill students to enjoy the benefits of many asanas via fully “supported” methods requiring less muscular effort.

Basic Yoga with our teacher training graduates by Donation

Join us for a donation based, Basic yoga class with our recent Prana Yoga teacher training graduates. Bring your friends and family! All donations received will be used to buy more props(blankets, bolsters, blocks and belts) for the studio. Minimum $10 donation suggested. Thank You!

Basic/Open

Not recommended for 1st time students
These classes are for students who have a basic yoga practice and are ready to transition to the next level.

Basic/Open level classes work off of the foundation of strength, flexibility, breath regulation we’ve built in our basic practice by taking us into a further expression of each pose, introducing inversions, pranayama and meditation.

Candlelight Yoga (Open/Intermediate Level Class)

Not recommended for 1st time students

Open/Intermediate Level Class
Step into the surroundings of a uniquely illuminated candlelit studio with soothing tunes to guide you away from the stresses and tensions of the day.

This class is open to all levels of students who have a regular, consistent yoga practice. The class is physically challenging and spiritually motivating.

Through posture, breath and unique relaxation techniques you’ll end your practice with the connection of mind and body, preparing you for a state of deep relaxation. Begin to gain a deeper awareness of your body and develop higher levels of strength, focus and flexibility nourishing both mind and soul.

Gentle Yoga

This ain’t you’re grandmother’s chair yoga class!
Come experience the softer side of yoga.
In this Gentle yoga class you will explore: Gentle asana without some of the traditional poses in regular classes such as….downward facing dog and chaturanga’s (sometimes referred to as “yoga push up”.
We practice guided systematic relaxation to calm the nervous system; Pranayama (yogic breathing) in order to prepare the mind for concentration; Selected Kriya practices to further the goal of meditation; and sit for a timed mantra based meditation.

*Please note ….We do chant the Sri Sutka in the beginning of these Gentle classes. This is a very powerful, very ancient mantra from the Rg. Veda given to us by our teacher Pandit Rajmani Tigunait PhD., Head of The Himalayan Institute, which is reverence to the Goddess Lakshmi. You don’t have chant or even know the mantra to get the benefits! You’re Welcome!

Gentle and Restorative

Join us for this gentle asana class that includes seated active poses that gently stretch and open the body followed by 3 fully supported Restorative poses, guided meditation and guided relaxation. Some classes will also include Reiki depending on class size.

Intermediate

For students who have a regular and consistent yoga practice
Classes consist of vigorous asana sequences and are only recommended for students who have a consistent practice of 2 to 3 times per week. Intermediate classes require a fundamental understanding of the alignment of certain poses, and a certain amount of strength and flexibility that you have already cultivated in your consistent practice

Asana sequences will incorporate the full expression of each pose with longer holds, inversions, bandhas, kryias, mantras, yoga philosophy, pranayama and longer meditations.

Intermediate Iyenger Series

(This is a paid series….Not a Drop In Class..Please Register on Workshop Tab)

This is a 2-hour practice Intermediate Level II Iyengar practice with Katrin. This intermediate level is class is for students who have had a consistent Iyengar yoga practice for a least 1 year. Regular class cards (5-,10-, 20, unlimited) cannot be used for this series. Please purchase a special Iyengar Intensive Card. Pre-registration for the entire month is required. No Drop-In’s allowed. Register on the workshop tab: pranayogamiami/workshops.

Kundalini Yoga

Not recommended for 1st time students or prenatal yoga students
All Level Class
Using asanas (postures), mudras, pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation, the practice of Kundalini Yoga balances the glandular system, strengthens the nervous system, and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions, so we can be in control of ourselves, rather than being controlled by our thoughts and feelings. This is yoga for everyday life, and every person. Kundalini Yoga works for you if you can breathe and move your body. The Kundalini yoga experience is said to go right to your heart, your core. These teachings are designed to give you “hands on” experience of your highest consciousness. By approaching Kundalini Yoga with openness and respect, you can change your life.

Light Vinyasa

This light asana practice is specifically designed to help you perform better at work, communicate more clearly, and enjoy greater focus throughout your day.
We’ll start with a gentle, safe, and deep yoga asana flow.
As well as a series of active poses to open up hips, chest, back, neck and shoulders and prepare your body for supported restorative inversions. Special focus is placed on mindful breathing and guided relaxation to help the body-mind integrate various muscle groups and subtle energy released during this practice.

Mindfullness-Movement-Relaxation

Open

These classes are for students who are ready to transition into a more Intermediate practice.
Classes consist of more challenging asana sequences with longer holds and offer the option for the full expression of each pose. Our inversion practice will include Sirsasana and introduces arm balances. We also incorporate bandhas, mantras, yoga philosophy, deeper pranayamas, and longer meditations.

First time students should take a basic class.

Open Level Iyengar (additional $5 fee)

*Not for First Time Students
This specially designed class is for Iyengar students who have been in basic Iyengar classes for a while and are ready to transition to a more intermediate practice.

We practice fuller expressions of each pose and begin to introduce inversions.

Iyengar Yoga is the yoga of alignment and will benefit students of any level who practice any style of yoga.

Open/Intermediate

These classes are for students who have been in Basic for a while and are ready to transition into a more Intermediate practice.

Classes consist of more challenging asana sequences with longer holds and offer the option for the full expression of each pose. Our inversion practice will include Sirsasana and introduces arm balances. We also incorporate bandhas, mantras, yoga philosophy, deeper pranayamas, and longer meditations.

First time students should take a basic class.

Rest

“Restorative yoga is the use of props to support the body in positions of comfort and ease to facilitate relaxation and health.” –Judtih Lasater PhD, PT.

This class is an invitation to surrender and receive. We practice restorative yoga poses to soft music, layered with self-awareness, breath-awareness and Reiki. Because of the hands on nature of this class, it is limited to a reduced number of people.

Reiki is a Japanese vibrational energy therapy facilitated by light touch, on or slightly off the body, balancing the human energy field. It is a technique proven to reduce stress, increase relaxation and promote healing by channeling the body’s healing energy.

The entire practice is done on the floor. This class is for students who want to practice at slower pace and move inward to promote healing. It is recommended for students with injuries, stress, fatigue, or for anyone who really wants or needs to relax. When we practice yoga this way we become more flexible in the body and mind, without effort.

This class is not recommended for our Prenatal Students.

Restorative Yoga (Relax and Renew)

Everyone Welcome

Relax and Renew taught in the tradition of Judith Lasater, PhD.
We practice restorative yoga poses (in a quiet room) slowly and with breath awareness using the support of bolsters and blankets, allowing the body to feel at ease and completely release. This class is for students who want to practice at slower pace and move inwards to promote healing. It is recommended for students with injuries, stress, fatigue or for anyone who really wants or needs to relax. When we practice yoga this way we become more flexible in the body and mind, without effort.

Restorative Yoga

We practice restorative yoga poses (in a quiet room) slowly and with breath awareness using the support of bolsters and blankets and sometimes chairs, allowing the body to feel at ease and completely release. The entire practice is done on the floor. This class is for students who want to practice at slower pace and move inwards to promote healing. It is recommended for students with injuries, stress, fatigue or for anyone who really wants or needs to relax. When we practice yoga this way we become more flexible in the body and mind, without effort.

Yoga Nidra (Sanskrit: यग नद्र) or yogic sleep) is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, like the “going-to-sleep” stage. It is a state in which the body is completely relaxed, and the practitioner becomes systematically and increasingly aware of the inner world by following a set of verbal instructions. This state of consciousness (yoga nidra) is different from meditation in which concentration on a single focus is required. In yoga nidra the practitioner remains in a state of light pratyahara with four of his or her senses internalized, that is, withdrawn, and only the hearing still connects to the instructions. The yogic goal of both paths, deep relaxation (yoga nidra) and meditation are the same, a state called samadhi.

Yoga nidra is among the deepest possible states of relaxation while still maintaining full consciousness. In lucid dreaming, one is only, or mainly, cognizant of the dream environment, and has little or no awareness of one’s actual environment.

The practice of yoga nidra relaxation has been found to reduce tension and anxiety. The autonomic symptoms of high anxiety such as headache, giddiness, chest pain, palpitations, sweating and abdominal pain respond well. It has been used to help soldiers from war cope with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Yoga nidra refers to the conscious awareness of the deep sleep state, referred to as prajna in Mandukya Upanishad.