Class

Level

Description

CREATIVE YOGA

for Kids

Satrudays

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Ages 7-12

In this monthly (soon to be twice-monthly) Yoga Boost Camp, children use their imaginations as well as their bodies. Games and music encourage yoga poses, offering kids the techniques they need to build a life-long yoga practice. Stories are told to help remember the flow of yoga movements, and kids can create their own stories to bring home and share yoga with the whole family.  Guided relaxation at the end of class promotes concentration and stress reduction.

Children leave happier, more relaxed and calm.

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Dynamic Yoga Practice

Intermediate

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

Like all classes at Dream Yoga Studio, this practice--while physically demanding--encourages moment-to-moment awareness and honoring your body as you increase strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. The pace is a little slower than Sunday night’s “Vigorous Vinyasa Flow” class, allowing more time to demonstrate and emphasize good alignment and safety in poses, and to give students alternatives/adaptations for poses as needed (including Inversions).

Class ends with relaxation/meditation for integration of body, mind and spirit. Come to learn and practice challenging poses, and to feel more alive and inspired! 

FUN YOGA

for Kids

Saturdays

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Ages 3 to 6

In this monthly (soon to be twice-monthly) Yoga Boost Camp, children enjoy fun yoga-style moves that release restless energy.  The use of music and stories encourages children to move and use their bodies in fun and imaginative ways…leading to greater physical fitness, motor skills, and confidence. 

They engage in games that 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 children are given lavender lotion for their hands and feet.  They go home relaxed and calm. 

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Beginner,

All Levels

Come to experience the calm and awakening of Gentle Flow! Beginners and seasoned yogis alike will enjoy and benefit from this class (which is a gentler version of Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. “Yin & Yang” class) that will help you slow down, reduce stress, and feel renewed and ready for the week ahead.

You’ll be guided through gentle flowing movements suitable for all levels that will stimulate blood flow and increase your range of motion, balance and strength.  Engaging in willful “yang” movements that initiate from and connect with your breath will bring balance—quieting your mind and invigorating your body. Potentially challenging poses—like Warrior I, Planks and Down Dog, will be adapted as needed (for example, Dog with knees down), and done at a slow pace.

In addition to vinyasa (flowing from one pose to another with coordinated breathing), our practice will include “yin”-like restorative poses to help you open and release deeply-held tension in your back, neck, shoulders, hips and other areas. When class ends, you’ll feel more relaxed and energized!

GENTLE YOGA

for Every Body 

Private Sessions Only

Email Luann or call her

at 703-448-YOGA (9642)

or 703 917-0067 to

arrange a Private Yoga Session with Luann or another Dream instructor.

All Levels

Enjoy the calm, peace & self-acceptance of yoga no matter what shape you’re in. Your instructor will take a gentle approach to help you learn & move deeper into yoga postures, even if you have minimal flexibility. You’ll find that a deep yoga practice doesn’t have to be intimidating or painful. You’ll embrace postures with greater ease as you reap yoga’s many benefits.

Your instructor will break postures into increments & use props to provide an accessible yoga experience. You’ll learn to breathe more deeply, strengthen concentration/focus, and discover new strength & increased flexibility while honoring your limits. Your instructor will  offer practical suggestions from working with his/her own and their students’ experiences of specific conditions, including back problems, arthritis, pregnancy, organ prolapse, panic disorder, breathing problems, and recovery from injury. You'll find greater balance and a sense of well-being as you engage in a compassionate, stress-relieving and deeply relaxing practice.

Good Morning! YOGA

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.

Good Morning!

MEDITATION Practice Class

Tuesdays & Thursdays

7:15 - 7:45 a.m.

All Levels

This class is a great way to establish and/or nurture your Vipassana or other silent meditation practice. The strength generated by students meditating together will help you relax, better focus, and go deeper into your experience. And sitting mindfully first thing in the morning will give you greater clarity and insight you can take into your day to work and live more thoughtfully and creatively.

Dream Yoga Studio provides a welcoming, supportive, quiet and comfortable environment for meditation. Cushions, blankets, chairs/other props are provided, or you can bring your own. Please come as you are: Work clothes or pajamas are fine! To experience the gift of silence, no instructions are provided during this class which is led by fellow practitioner Mark Clark. In his 30 years of meditating, Mark has experienced the wonderful power of group sits and is delighted to introduce this practice at Dream Yoga. The class is run on a drop-in basis and dona/donation is appreciated to cover studio costs.

Introduction to Mindfulness MEDITATION & Stress Reduction

6-Week Mini-Course

Tuesdays

7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Beginner

& Continuing Beginners

A special opportunity to become familiar with the time-tested, relaxing and restorative qualities of Mindfulness Meditation. We'll explore how meditation helps lower stress levels, and be more balanced and healthy. We know that many folks are often intimidated by the thought of sitting still for long periods of time. So we’ll first explore gentle flowing movements that release tension and stress, to prepare for meditation.

As weeks progress, instructions will cover meditation while sitting, kneeling, standing and walking. Each class includes deep relaxation in the reclining posture. Jon will also offer short talks which include a relaxed blend of Applied Mindfulness—a secular approach to teaching meditation similar to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and some traditional teachings from the path to enlightenment.

This series is primarily for those new to meditation and/or want to reduce stress. Props such as chairs, sitting cushions, blankets and eye masks will be provided.

Introduction to

The Five Tibetans

Email Luann to inquire

about the next  class

or to schedule a

Private Yoga Session

to learn The Five Tibetans.

The Five Tibetans are known as the ancient "Rites of Rejuvenation" or the "Fountain of Youth." In less than 20 minutes a day, the Tibetans will strengthen, energize and balance you. You’ll feel healthier, more alive! The Tibetans are known to enhance bone mass, eliminate double chins, boost memory and immunity, improve eyesight, posture/spinal health, and more.

The Tibetans can be strenuous, but modifications are shown and practiced in this introductory class open to students brand-new to the Tibetans and to those who want a refresher course. You’ll learn relevant warm-ups, how to perform each Tibetan with proper alignment and breathing, and how to avoid injury/ramifications of this powerful practice.

We’ll discuss the impact the Tibetans have on the Chakra energy centers, glands and organs, and you’ll get your questions answered about your practice. You’ll also receive lots of handouts and teacher support to aid your home practice of the Tibetans. Luann has taught students The Five Tibetans since 2003. For information on learning the Tibetans in a private yoga session with Luann go here.   

Introduction to

YOGA BASICS 

Private Sessions Only: Please Contact Luann 

to Schedule a Private Session with Luann or another Dream instructor.

Beginner

This PRIVATE CLASS provides a solid foundation for starting your yoga practice…or starting anew to refresh your knowledge of important Hatha yoga basics. Come to learn the basics you need to practice yoga safely in our other classes and to begin a practice at home.

All of the major categories of yoga postures are explored—standing & balancing postures, seated & reclining postures, cleansing twists, beginning backbends and basic inversions. You’ll learn proper alignment of poses, and breathing techniques that calm/energize you. We’ll engage in yoga stretches and “warm-ups” that increase range of motion and prepare the body for the deeper postures, and end with relaxation. You’ll experience greater flexibility, strength, stress relief, improved posture and mind-body-spirit harmony. You’ll be encouraged to practice mindfulness, challenge yourself appropriately, and honor your body's individual needs.

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Mastering ' Not-So' HOT YOGA

Beginner,

All Levels

Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class—a carefully crafted series of postures and breathing exercises done in a hot room—is well known for its specific physiological benefits. But the heat and intensity of the practice tend to keep some of us from going anywhere near a Bikram studio.   

Now in this class at Dream Yoga, you can reap the healing physiological benefits of the Bikram series in a more gentle and supportive environment, using props and modifications suitable for YOUR body. Your teacher, a long-time certified Bikram yoga instructor who has also studied Kripalu Yoga, will help you master each pose.

This series is excellent preparation for Bikram or any other type of yoga.  It is also a perfect adjunct or compliment to other, more traditional, forms of physical exercise helping to prevent strain and injury. Systematically work every muscle, organ, gland and system in the body…we leave nothing untouched!  Simultaneously cultivate a sense of exhilaration and calm which you can carry off your mat and into your daily life. 

Mastering

YOGA BASICS

Beginners

& Beyond

This moderately-paced class provides a solid foundation for your yoga practice…or refining your knowledge/practice of important Hatha Yoga basics.

You’ll explore the major categories of yoga postures—standing, balancing, seated & reclining postures, cleansing twists, beginning backbends & basic inversions. We’ll also practice the Sun Salutation and other "flows" of yoga poses, and progressive relaxation. You’ll learn proper alignment of poses, and breathing techniques that both calm and energize you.

We’ll engage in yoga stretches and “warm-ups” that increase range of motion & prepare the body for the deeper postures. You’ll gain greater body awareness & learn ways to adapt poses as needed to practice to your safe yoga edge. You’ll also learn the Kripalu Yoga Practice of “Being in the Moment...in the Process of Transformation” … as you Breathe, Relax, Feel, Watch and learn to Allow. You’ll experience greater flexibility and strength, stress relief, improved posture and focus, and mind-body-spirit harmony. 

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Intro to Yoga

and Energetics 

(Yoga for Wellness)

Beginners

& Beyond

This special class is for anyone who wants to live more mindfully, with a greater sense of well-being and healing—whether you’re brand new to yoga or want to deepen your practice.

In this class, we’ll practice yoga asanas (postures) to open and strengthen the physical body, being mindful of good posture and alignment, as well as the effects of yoga on our nervous, endocrine/hormonal and other physical systems. We’ll also pay special attention to how yoga effects the energetics of our “subtle body”—which includes energy centers called the chakras. Subtle and dynamic movements will increase the flow of energy or prana—our lifeforce—and help unblock “stuck” energy throughout our body/mind to increase our capacity to experience greater energy, health, love and joy.

Each class also includes pranayama (breath work), mantra (chanting), and meditation/relaxation techniques that will become great tools for your home practice. You’ll leave feeling more like a human “being” than just a human doing.

McLean Area

LAUGHTER YOGA –

Available for

Private Family & Group Sessions at

Dream Yoga Studio

or Your Location   

Laughter Yoga provides an excellent aerobic workout. Just one minute of hearty laughter equals 10 minutes of rowing or jogging.

All Levels

Laughter Yoga is a new yoga technique—developed by a family physician from India—now spreading across the United States and the world. It’s based on a simple truth that children know inherently—that laughter makes you feel better. (Children laugh about 400 times a day; adults 15 times.) 

People do Laughter Yoga because it feels so good: You can feel a difference after your first Laughter Yoga class.   It reduces physical, mental and emotional stress simultaneously. Boosts your immune system and your mood. Tones tummy muscles, aids digestion, and helps you lose weight. One class burns about 200 calories!

This class combines simple, easy-to-do laughter exercises (spontaneous, self-directed laughter) and yoga breathing to enhance health and happiness. Included will be short talks sharing wisdom and research on ways to increase happiness. Class ends with a brief yogic relaxation.

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Moderate Yoga 

Advanced Beginner, Intermediate

This moderately-paced class is geared to students who know some yoga basics. You will learn and refine yoga postures and breathing practices that will take you to your next level of strength, flexibility, balance, stamina and over-all well-being. Classes might include the Sun Salutation or other Vinyasa or posture flows (active/Yang yoga), as well as Yin/passive practices to release deeply held tension/tightness.

Based in the Kripalu tradition of Hatha Yoga, these classes always include warm-ups, mindful practice and deep relaxation. You’ll be invited to breathe and relax, go inside and feel, explore, watch, allow…and open to new possibilities for health, wholeness, personal discovery and transformation. Students are encouraged to challenge themselves...and also honor their body's limitations, modifying poses as needed to gain the greatest benefit from their practice. Classes this Fall and Winter emphasize wisdom & techniques for stress reduction. 

In the Winter session,  students will focus on building flexibility and strength. Yoga practices for STRESS REDUCTION will also be covered.

Partner Yoga

“This isn’t just a yoga class! It’s a unique experience and a great Friday night date.”

Next Class

Friday, May 14th

A perfect Mother's Day Gift!

All Levels

Studies have shown: Two things that help you live a longer, healthier and happier life are--connecting with others and having fun.  Partner Yoga helps you do both!   Bring a “significant other”—a partner, spouse, friend or child age 16 or older—to share a playful evening learning partner-assisted yoga poses you can do at home.

The poses will stretch you and help you become more flexible and strong.  We’ll share a little Thai Yoga massage to relieve stress. We’ll end with deep relaxation.

Partner Yoga is a great way to introduce someone to yoga.  No yoga experience required.  Working with a partner also helps the experienced yogi stretch more deeply. 

Space is limited. Register early in "Workshops."

Vigorous

Vinyasa Flow

Intermediate

Come to enjoy an intense body-mind workout!

The term "vinyasa" refers to movement synchronized with breath. In this physically-challenging Kripalu-influenced practice, students connect with the rhythm of the breath while flowing through a series of yoga asanas (postures) at a pace faster than in other classes. As heat and intensity build, students are also able to experience "meditation in motion" which calms the mind. Students gradually deepen their practice as they develop increased awareness, core stability, strength, endurance and flexibility. Emphasis on alignment and breathing ultimately lead to improved concentration and stress reduction.

Clear instruction on alignment principles, and encouragement to practice at your own comfortable pace, help to decrease risk of injury; but this class is best for those with some previous yoga experience. Class ends with stretching and final relaxation that allows the full extent of the practice to integrate in your body-mind-spirit.

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Yin & Yang Yoga

A yoga class that's

perfectly balanced ...

to bring you into

greater balance! 

Continuing Beginners

& Beyond

Half of this class can be Physically Challenging

Come explore body—mind—heart—spirit balance through the play of opposites!  Yin and Yang derive from Chinese Taoist philosophy and represent complementary but opposite universal forces.  We all have varying amounts of Yin and Yang within us, yet we often tend towards one or the other.  This class is divided equally between the two to bring your energy into a state of equilibrium. 

First, you will practice centering and warm-ups, followed by an invigorating, yet mindful set of vinyasas (Flow Yoga -- a Yang practice). Then you’ll experience a combination of deep, satisfying stretches (Yin Yoga), followed by the rejuvenation and relaxation of Restorative Yoga. The use of props such as blankets, straps, and blocks will support deep release and healing.

This class will help you work out and let go of the day's stresses, replenish physically and mentally, and prepare for nourishing sleep!   

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Yoga for TEENS

Email Luann or call her

at 703-448-YOGA (9642)

or 703 917-0067 to

arrange a Private Yoga Session or convey your  interest in Group Classes.

Ages

12 to 17

Students will enjoy learning classic yoga postures to become stronger and more flexible. They will be introduced to breathing and relaxation techniques that will help them focus their mind, reduce stress, have more energy, and temper hyperactivity.

Teens often find that yoga helps them cultivate body awareness and acceptance, resulting in higher self-esteem. The class is open to students of all ability-levels. Teens enjoy this class with Kelly, who has lots of experience working with children, athletes and young adults.   

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YOGA NIDRA:

Profound Relaxation & Stress Reduction 

Occasional classes and private sessions.

Next class on Saturday, April 10

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

to Benefit Haiti. 

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.

Yoga Stretch

& Strengthen

Beginner,

All Levels

This 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:

• 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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