Strengthening More Than The Body
POWER
YOGA + PILATES + FITNESS
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Please arrive 15-20 minutes before your first class. This will allow us to get you registered, signed in, and ready to flow! Make sure you are hydrated and prepared for class. Below are class descriptions of what we offer at our studio, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Hot Power Hour & Power 80
Whether you join us for our Power Hour or for 20 more minutes in our Power 80, you can expect a high energy class combining balance and vinyasa style movement. You get in a full body workout with a burst of cardio. Although every instructor’s personality and music varies, it is the same class each time. Suitable for beginners and advanced practitioners. Expect to move at a good pace. Shapes are not held long in this class. We love seeing new faces in our studio. Just come hydrated and ask about “new student parking” for your mat.
Heat index: 99-103 with humidity 40-60%
Hot HIIT Bootcamp
Welcome to an invigorating class where your heart rate will ramp up within the first 15 minutes, followed by strengthening the entire body. Your heart rate will stay up during this High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) class using a variety of modalities such as exercise balls, thera-bands, yoga blocks, or weights. This is a heated class with the humidity ranging from 35-50% and the temp ~100 degrees. THIS is definitely a class you DO NOT want to miss out. Remember....this class is highly sought out, so do not forget to sign up on line via the MindBody app. Please make sure you come well hydrated and ready to kick your own butt!
Heat index: 95-103 with 40-50% humidity
Equipment required:
yoga/exercise mat, grip yoga towel, water
Heated Vinyasa Flow
A fun 60 minute class lead by skilled instructors. This class will vary with each class & instructor. Be prepared to try new things and have a good time while getting sweaty. This class is as unique as your instructor: you might fly, you might stretch, and you might question your instructor’s sanity. The class is suitable for beginners, but come with an open mind. The good news is you won’t be a beginner after your first day! You might be exposed to something new in this class, so hang around and chat with your instructor after class if you have any questions.
Heat index: 99-103 with humidity 40-50%
Pilates Reformers
Experience the Pilates Reformer in a small group setting, then add other small equipment. This class is designed with your specific needs in mind. It will improve strength, coordination, flexibility, balance, and stability. The Pilates Reformer is a piece of equipment that provides resistance with a series of springs and ropes. Adding rings, rollers, balls, and spine corrector barrels; you will develop strength and flexibility all in one class. Space is limited to 10 students. This allows our instructor to correct & modify for all fitness levels & ages. Reservation required. Don't forget those grippy socks! Please sign up using MindBody or contact our front desk.
Cancellation and late fees will apply if you cancel within 12 hours of your reserved class time.
Infrared Slow Flow
This class uses radiant heat (similar to the heat your body gives off) with Infrared wall heaters. You will gently heat up from a cellular level. This gentle slow flow vinyasa class is for ALL LEVELS and is designed to build flexibility and strength through longer holds in the asana (pose).
This class is perfect for students:
1) new to yoga
2) healing from an injury, or
3) students who prefer a slower, gentler practice which focuses on alignment and breath.
Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation
Come join us for Yoga Nidra (or Yogic Sleep). This is a class anyone can take, even those with significant injuries. Yoga Nidra is a systemic method of guided relaxation that promotes deep relaxation and profound healing on many levels. Muscular, emotional and mental tensions are released for a full body transformational peace, health and better sleep. We basically lay on a mat with a blanket over it, an extra blanket under the head, legs draped over a bolster, a folded face towel over the eyes and a blanket over the body while you begin working on your breathing and start to scan your body. You may fall asleep in this class as it is incredibly relaxing and meditative.
Evidence shows Yoga Nidra helps relieve stress, it calms the sympathetic nervous system and works with the autonomic system (heartbeat, breathing, digestion and blood flow).
Accessible for anyone. Wear loose, comfortable cozy clothing to rest and relax lying down.
Bring your yoga mat. Yoga mates available for $3 rental. Blankets and bolsters in the room provided for comfort.
Sign up on line via MindBody or www.poweryogalv.com
Candlelight Yin
This class is a chill and calming way to unwind after your day. We relax and meditate he Retreat room using candles and fairy lights. Our Yin classes are extremely restorative using props while we hold our postures for 3-5 minutes to open up the body. This is a beautiful class for all levels because it doesn’t get more mellow or approachable. A variety of props are used ranging from blocks, blankets, bolsters or a strap. You will leave feeling relaxed and de-stressed. A very enjoyable class!
Super Hot Chakra Flow
Chakra Flow is an all-levels class intended to educate about a specific chakra each class. Focus is on intention, breath and moving through a sequence of postures designed to focus on one of the one hundred and fourteen chakras moving throughout the body.
Heat Index 103 with humidity 60-70%
Please come hydrated.
Bikram 26 + 2 Yoga
Bikram yoga is a type of yoga in which practitioners perform 26 asanas (poses) and two Pranayama (breathing) exercises in a room heated to 104 degrees F with humidity ranging from 40-50%.This is a set series since the 90 minute practice is performed twice in the exact same order. Bikram yoga is considered the original hot yoga practice and invented in the 70's by yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury. Currently, it is called the "Original 26 +2".
Yoga can help bring piece of mind to the mind and body, meant to prepare the body for deeper spiritual practices such as meditation.
Come fall in love this 90-minute class.
Serene Sounds: Restorative Yin with Sound Healing (Room Temp)
Welcome to our blissful "Serene Sounds" class, a harmonious journey where Yin and Restorative, yoga unite with the transformative power of sound healing. Delve into a serene oasis of tranquility as you embrace gentle, prolonged poses that encourage deep relaxation and introspection, allowing tension to dissipate and restoring balance to body and mind. The soothing vibrations of carefully selected sound instruments resonate throughout the session, elevating the experience to new heights of rejuvenation. Unwind, let go, and be enveloped in the healing melodies, fostering a profound sense of inner peace and renewal.
No experience required
Wear loose, comfortable clothing
Bring a yoga mat
Mats available for rental
Chair Yoga (Room Temp)
Chair yoga is for all levels. We practice breath, stretches and modified yoga poses using folding chairs, blocks, bolsters and straps. If you utilize a wheelchair, you can join and not use the folding chair. This is the perfect class if you have injuries holding you back from faster paced yoga classes, balance issues and issues getting up/down from the floor.
