Class

Level

Description

 Community Yoga Classes

6:30 - 7:45 PM

New Extended

Time

Start Your

Weekend

Off Right!

All Levels -

 See Descriptions

No on-line registration needed. 

Sign Up at DreamYoga Studio before the class or on Friday night when you come.

For just a $5 Donation to

Dream Yoga's

Scholarship

Fund

Dream is happy to provide  these special yoga classes taught on Friday Nights by Dream's newest teachers and other.

Experience 3 Types of Classes...and others:

12/30  Mellow Meditative Posture Flow - Caroline Hesse

1/6     Gentle Yoga  -- Lisa Danahy

1/13   Yoga Workout

1/20   Yoga Stretch & Strengthen -- Steve Aubuchon

1/27   Meditative Posture flow

2/3     Gentle Yoga

Gentle Stretch class-  Appropriate for beginning students & beyond -- anyone wanting to stretch & reduce stress. Appropriate for  folks recovering from illness or injuries, and for women who are pregnant. The class consists of flowing & non-strenuous yoga movements designed to gently stretch skeletal muscles and deeply relax the nervous system.

Meditative Posture class - Uses classical yoga postures to stretch and strengthen the body. Postures are led in a slow meditative manner with longer holding to generate heat and encourage the body to release deep-seated tension. All Levels.

Yoga Workout class - Recommended for students who want a more athletic yoga experience. Classes consist of a variety of postures that strengthen and limber the body.

All-Levels

Yoga

All Levels

This is a well-rounded class that helps students of all ability levels release chronic tension, boost energy, develop flexibility and strength in the body, and cultivate inner focus and clear awareness.

Classes include conscious warm-ups, posture flows & willful posture holdings, gentle supported postures for greater awareness and deeper stretches, simple breathing techniques, plus relaxation and visualization.  You will be encouraged to practice safe & proper alignment and to honor your body's limitations, while exploring your limits. You'll enter a safe space in which to breathe, relax, feel, strengthen and soften; & leave feeling stronger, more balanced, relaxed and alive!

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Weekly  Classes

Family Yoga

Ages 3-6 & 7-11

Pre-School Buddies

Yoga for Li'L Kids, Ages 3-6

Yoga for Kids,

Ages 7-11

Yoga for Teens,

Ages 12+

 See Descriptions Below

Kids of all ages enjoy Dream Yoga's classes for children, teens and families...and benefit greatly.

Yoga for Li'L Kids helps kids release restless energy and move and use their bodies in fun and imaginative ways…leading to greater physical fitness, motor skills and confidence.  Children will boost their listening and speaking skills as they learn to express feelings in a kid-friendly way.  At the end of class, soothing music is played and stories are told to encourage rest and relaxation.  A goal is to get the pose into the child rather than getting the child into the pose!

Kids Yoga....

• Music & Movement
• Fun & Creative Play
• Builds Strength & Flexibility     
• Boosts Listening & Speaking Skills
• Increases Focus, Concentration & Self-Regulation
• More!

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Beginner Yoga

Level 1

This class is for students with little or no yoga experience who want to learn and practice the basics of yoga. It will introduce you to the style of yoga mainly practiced at Dream Yoga Studio—Kripalu Yoga. Kripalu means “compassion” …and keeping within this philosophy, our Beginner’s class approaches yoga in a very self-accepting way.

Classes begin with centering meditation, breath work, and warm-up movements to increase range of motion and prepare the body for deeper work. We’ll explore foundational yoga poses (asanas) that lead to increased strength, flexibility, better posture, improved balance and greater energy.

Each class ends with relaxation and or guided meditation. Focusing the mind on breathing and the details of safe alignment will help you develop concentration and experience deep well-being and peace. You’ll also learn simple yogic concepts that can be applied to your modern day lifestyle. A perfect introductory experience!

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Beginner Vinyasa Flow

Level 1

This class is for students new to yoga who want to learn postures that can be used in a slow flow; & anyone wanting more of a Yoga Workout via Vinyasa—the popular style of yoga in which you flow from one pose to another with your breath. Y

ou’ll learn Vinyasa Yoga from the ground up—starting with warm-ups, pranayamas (breathing practices), and proper alignment of basic postures before flowing in those postures. We’ll take the time to settle into poses, stretch, breathe deeply & build energy. New postures will be introduced each week, so you can keep taking your practice to the next level. Current practitioners will be able to fine-tune their Vinyasa practice. Vinyasa activates your body, quiets your mind & frees your spirit! You’ll gain strength, endurance, balance, flexibility & keen self-awareness. You’ll enjoy a safe, nurturing practice...while still experiencing the energizing benefits of Vinyasa! Best suited for students in good health, free of major injuries.

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Be Bone Srong!

8-Week

 Mini-Course

For All Ages,

All Body Types &

All Levels

of Fitness

This Course offers a complete, personalized bone and joint health program that includes but goes beyond yoga stretches and other movements to increase bone density. Woody clearly and easily teaches you a step-by-step process to improve bone health. Some of the topics that will be covered are eating for a stronger body, stress and bone health, vitamin D essentials, reducing inflammation for healthier bones and bone health exercise strategies. Based on the principals and teaching of the Meeks MethodTM, this is the only program one of it’s kind in the Northern, VA, area.

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Dynamic

Yoga

Master Class

Level 2-3

Kripalu-style Dynamic Yoga is invigorating and powerful, as well as graceful and mindful. The practice includes warm-ups, Sun Salutations or other vinyasa flows, longer holdings of yoga poses, and advanced pranayama (breathing exercises) that relieve stress and infuse your body with energy (prana).

Like all classes at Dream, this practice--while physically demanding--encourages moment-to-moment awareness and honoring your body as you increase strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. So anyone who has a firm foundation in basic yoga postures (usually at least one year's experience) and pranayama can participate. Progressive teaching & alternatives for advanced poses, including inversions, are provided. Each class ends with a brief relaxation/meditation for intergrating body, mind and spirit.

Come to take your practice to the next level.  Work out...and feel more alive and inspired!

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New!

Family Yoga

Children Ages

3-6 & 7-11

All Families & Caregivers Are Welcome!

No Yoga Experience Needed

As the weather turns chilly, are you looking for a healthy way to stay active and to connect with your child(ren)?  Then Family Yoga is for you!  In this  Mini-Course, children  and their grown ups (parents, grandparents or other caregivers) learn and practice basic yoga poses; and enjoy yoga stories, games and songs.

Through yoga and community, we will create a fun, energetic and non-competitive  environment that supports our efforts to build stronger social and emotional connections, boost physical fitness and self-expression, and let go of unnecessary stress. Come join us!

Fee is $21/class for first two family members. $7.50/person after first two. Please register each family member separately.

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Gentle Yoga

Level 1, All

Start your day off right with this gentle class geared towards those new to yoga…or individuals looking to slow down and release the stress of everyday life. This compassionate practice uses gentle repetitive movements with rhythmical breathing and yoga postures to develop flexibility and range of motion, resilient strength, glowing wellness, inner connection and inner peace. Gentle Yoga also offers a transformation for those with physical limitations – including chronically tight muscles, reduced range of motion, unsteady balance, weakness/low muscle tone, recovery from surgery or injury, inflammation and heart conditions. Pregnant students also benefit.

This practice gives you a chance to create space for yourself, your breath, yoga and mindfulness…as you prepare for the rest of your day.

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Good

Morning!

Yoga

Beginners

All Levels

Enjoy the many benefits of an early morning yoga practice designed to start your day off right. We'll center, stretch and build strength and stamina through warm-ups and yoga poses, and breathing and relaxation/meditation techniques. You'll feel energized and, at the same time, calmly focused for a successful day.

This class is one hour in length to accommodate your busy schedule, yet give you a complete yoga experience.

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Healthy Weight TM!

8-Week

Mini-Course

Level 1-All

Kick-start your weight loss program for the New Year with this proven program that will have you rethinking your old weight loss strategies & substituting new, more effective ones!

 Losing weight is much easier when you recognize and eliminate the real cause of weight gain...stress overeating. Woody’s Healthy Weight! program offers you a simple, easy-to-follow system that eliminates the need for calorie counting, special diets, extreme Boot Camp workouts and unhealthy supplements.

Healthy Weight! focuses on fitness/exercise training for a stronger, more flexible & relaxed body; reducing stress & diet frustration; and simple but effective eating strategies. It’s designed to compliment an existing yoga practice, if you have one; boost your energy; and improve self-confidence and body image. Healthy Weight! provides the tools and support you need to successfully reach your healthy weight goals.

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Yin Yoga 

for the Deepest

Stretching & Release

All Levels

Yin Yoga is a gentle practice which approaches traditional poses in a non-traditional way…to stretch beyond the superficial tissues of our muscles and skin. It involves longer holdings of floor-based postures (often done with the use of props) to target the deep, dense connective tissues of the body—the tendons, ligaments and cartilage—which are difficult to energize and open. It promotes the overall health and longevity of the connective tissues and joints in the hips, thighs, pelvis, lower back and knees…thus helping your body remain supple at its core.

By drawing our awareness into the bones and connective tissues, an advanced level of relaxed focus is achieved. Meditative breathwork (pranayama) also helps create a deep, integrated and satisfying experience. Yin Yoga is complementary to—and helps balance the effects of—more active, “yang”-like forms of yoga or exercise. It’s suitable, and beneficial, for all levels.

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YOGA DANCE!

A Freeing, Healing & Exhilerating Experience

Occasional

Workshops

 Yoga Dance

attendees in the

past say it’s

“Very enlightening

as well as enjoyable…”

“I felt good afterwards

and lighthearted….”

It is very difficult

for me to let go,

but I did let go

a little today.…” 

All Levels

Go at your  own pace.

No

experience

needed.

It's very

 simple!

Let your

Yoga Dance!

Anyone who can move…can do Yoga Dance and receive its many benefits. You don’t have to do yoga, be a dancer…or even like to dance.  You can dance at your own pace and intensity, vigorously or gently.

Yoga Dance can tone your body and heart, boost your energy and spirits, and free you from tightness and stress.  It can be another useful “tool” in a yoga student’s tool box for transformation—offering an opportunity for finding your body's truth through mindful inquiry, and experiencing the pure joy of moving our body without judgment.  It’s been called a meditation in motion, as it brings you fully present in the moment.

The class starts with a gentle warm-ups and simple Yoga poses. We’ll gradually move into spontaneous movements to music from around the world. The session ends with a relaxation period that leaves the “chakra” energy centers of the body aligned and balanced.

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Li'l Kids

Ages 3-6

 Children will experience the magic of yoga through stories, music, games and more! Fun yoga poses will release restless energy and encourage children to move and use their bodies in fun and imaginative ways…leading to greater physical fitness, motor skills and confidence. Children will boost their listening and speaking skills as they learn to express feelings in a kid-friendly way. At the end of class, soothing music is played and stories are told to encourage rest and relaxation.

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Yoga for Kids

Ages 7-11

 Through poses, games and discussion, this yoga class is designed to meet the needs of children as they navigate their journey from childhood to teenage status. Yoga can help with self-awareness, emotional regulation and energy rejuvenation. It can help students build self-esteem, relieve stress, develop better focus, tone muscles… and best of all, ANYONE can do it! By challenging the body on the yoga mat and learning to connect to the body through breathing, older kids will learn how to take their yoga practice off the mat and into their daily lives to help them find ease in the face of today’s challenges.

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Yoga for TEENS

Tuesdays

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Ages 12 Plus

All the great

benefits of a

regular yoga class,

 but designed especially for Teens

Teens can feel pressed and stressed. Teen Yoga gives them a break -- a place to breathe, relax & learn new skills that can be used for school, sports, performing arts and life!

In this class, students learn classic yoga warm-ups and postures to become stronger & more flexible. They’re introduced to breathing, relaxation & meditation techniques that focus their mind and boost energy.  Improved mental clarity leads to a greater sense of well-being, as well as study skills. Greater body awareness & acceptance can result in higher self-esteem.

Yoga can help teens:

• Feel less hyper or stressed
• Feel more calm & peaceful
• Lose weight Ø Breathe better
• Sleep better
• Get sick less
• Perform better in sports, dance & other physical activities
• Improve memory, focus for better grades
• Cultivate discipline
• Be less injury-prone
• Reduce aches & pains
• Improve your posture
• Become more self-aware and accepting
• Feel more confident
• Live more fully & joyfully in the present

About the Instructor:  Kelly Monahan (RYT-C 200) has been teaching yoga to children for years.  As a lacrosse coach, she implemented yoga principles for the team to become calmer & more focused under pressure as well as more unified.  She knows that yoga is a seriously beneficial practice. But her sense of humor helps communicate yoga to teens in a way that makes them feel safe and free to be themselves.

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YOGALATES

East Meets West

Currently: Private Sessions Only

Group Classes

Coming!

Beginners

& Beyond

Yogalastes is a fusion of the ancient discipline of yoga with the modern pilates techniques.

Yogalates was developed by Australian Louise Solomon to give you the best of both techniques. You'll engage in a mix of both disciplines to help you develop core strength, tone muscles, increase flexibility, focus your mind, and reduce stress.

Your instructor is certified and experienced in Pilates, and has had a long-time yoga practice. While Yogalates is focused and intense, anyone can do it. Try something new to feel fabulous!

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YOGA NIDRA

Profound

Relaxation

& Stress

Reduction

Occasional workshops

Also private sessions.

All Levels

Yoga Nidra (YN)is a systematic method of guided meditation that's scientifically proven to induce profound physical, mental and emotional relaxation which leads to improved health. YN allows you to experience your inner sanctuary and awaken consciousness in areas in your life often dormant due to tensions.

Each class begins with gentle stretches to loosen your joints, free-up energy, and prepare you for YN. We then move to a comfortable lying down position for YN. The instructor guides you through a series of simple meditations where you bring your awareness to physical sensations, the breath and mental images. The tools/techniques learned can also be used at home for stress reduction and as a prelude to better sleep. No yoga or meditation experience needed. All props provided.

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Yoga Stretch

& Strengthen

Beginners,

All Levels

This popular class is perfect for a beginner—or the experienced yoga practitioner—who wants a less vigorous class to increase flexibility, strength, energy, balance, good posture, and greater ease in the body/mind.

A slower class pace helps you:

• Learn basic yoga postures and breathing exercises.
• Increase body awareness to avoid or recover more quickly from illness or injury; and
• Balance a life of more active yoga practice or physical exercise with more focused breathing and stretching.

Classes include total body stretching with a special emphasis on tension-prone areas—neck, shoulders, lower back, hips and hamstrings/legs. We’ll do joint-freeing movements, detoxing twists, and passive holding of poses—surrendering to gravity—to release deeply held tightness. Restorative Poses using blankets and other props to support the body might be used to help you experience deeper opening, relaxation and healing.

To strengthen, we’ll use holding of poses, repetition, props and lifting up and out of gravity. Focus on breathing and relaxation techniques will balance the nervous and endocrine systems. Each class ends with guided relaxation.

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