Yoga offers many benefits for healthy aging: improved muscles, bones, and balance; better organ function; and tools for relaxation and stress release. With appropriate support, anyone can benefit – no one is too stiff, too weak, or too damaged.

The 3 sessions will revolve around a simple sequence that you can do at home, but each session will emphasize a different aspect of the practice.

Nov. 4 –  Movement and breath

Nov. 18 – Outer body – Muscles and bones

Dec. 2 – Inner body – organ health

Besides learning the correct actions for the sequence, you will learn how to modify the poses for your personal needs. We will incorporate basic yoga philosophy as well as some anatomy and physiology so you gain a good understanding of what we’re doing and why. You will learn whether you would benefit most from a regular beginning class or a gentle class If you choose to continue with regular classes.

Come together with fellow yoga students and maybe even some family members, to begin this day of giving thanks with a lively yoga practice. This year’s Thanksgiving Day practice will be offered as a hybrid class, attend in-person at Jewel Yoga or virtually. This all-levels practice will inspire gratitude for the bounty that yoga offers and a recognition of all we have to be grateful for in our lives.

Class will be offered both in-person and online, but will not be recorded.

The witer solstice marks the shortest day of the year. While it is a time to celebrate the return of light, winter is just beginning. Practice a sequence of asanas that supports the natural slowing down that is inevitable this time of year. The restorative sequence will include a variety of asanas that support the nervous system and calm the mind while toning the physical body, bringing a renewed sense of vitality. Props will be used to encourage steadiness and a deep surrender as we embrace the cycle of changing light.

Class size will be limited for this in-person offering.

We know that core strengthening is one of the most important ways to keep the back healthy, to live a life free of pain and discomfort.

But most people think of strength work for the abdominals only. The core is composed of a series of muscles, not just the abdominals.

Following the principles of the Hip Flexor’s workshop, Roberto Astorga will share with you the keys to strengthening the core in a holistic and integral way to protect your spine.