Beginners Yoga Series with July Johnson
Are you new (or new-ish) to yoga? Are you looking to deepen your yoga practice by revisiting the basics? Whatever it is that brings you to your mat, we welcome you! Join July Johnson in this 6-class introductory series. This series is designed for beginners (those brand new to the practice as well as those who have been practicing yoga, but desire dedicated time on the foundational shapes, poses and alignment principles). Over the course of 6 classes we will cover Sun Salutations, standing poses, balancing, forward and back bending, twisting and many more as the class grows and evolves. At the end of the 6 classes, students will feel ready to join a Steady or Fiery flow class with confidence in their knowledge of poses, safe alignment and muscle memory. All classes will move at a beginners pace with modifications given to allow for tight muscles and different body types.
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Beginner Series 1
Class 1: Sun Salutes. Moving slowly and at a beginners pace, we will cover the foundational sun salutes
(Surya Namaskar A & B) that guide vinyasa flow yoga classes. Attention will be paid to safe alignment
and modifications will be given for tight muscles and restricted mobility. Class conclu... -
Beginner Series 2
Class 2: Standing postures. Building on the foundation we established in class one, we will review sun
salutes and move into standing postures. We will cover some of the common standing poses that
regularly occur in a vinyasa yoga class. As always, modifications will be offered and proper alignme... -
Beginner Series 3
Class 3: Balancing. As our comfort level with vinyasa yoga grows, we will review sun salutes and standing
postures before expanding our practice to include balancing poses. Modifications given include
approaching balancing poses with both feet on the ground (yes it still counts as balancing!) as ... -
Beginner Series 4
Class 4: Forward and back bending. We incorporate everything we’ve covered thus far and introduce
additional focus on forward folding and back bending. We will approach the idea of back bending from
an non-intimidating standpoint and realize that we’ve been doing back bends and forward folds all ... -
Beginner Series 5
Class 5: Twisting. After reviewing what we’ve learned in our past classes, we incorporate twisting into
some already familiar shapes and poses. We add twisting to the spine as another method to open areas
in the body that are in need of more space. As always, poses are explored in a mindful manne... -
Beginner Series 6
Beginners Series Class 6: Review and favorite poses. In our final class, we review everything we’ve learned over the past 5
classes and add in some new poses that are soon to be favorites. Upon the completion of this six-class
series, students will have a solid base and introductory knowledge of ...
