It’s Your Yoga
One yoga pose can be great for one person and yet harmful to another. The is true for all forms of body movement because we are all different. Our goal at Bend is to provide you with classes that suit you. We will always do our best to check in with you and modify the poses or even the entire class to help do what is best for you. It’s your yoga.
Yoga Classes
Beginner
This class is great for anyone starting on their yoga journey who wants to become familiar with the yoga poses and tradition. These classes will be more gentle in nature and can therefore be great for runners, athletes, or anyone feeling they need a starting point for yoga. These classes will generally have more instruction in them as they are designed for introducing people to the practice. These classes will involve pranayama (breathing), asana (postures) and some history and philosophy weaved in to help the newer practitioners.
This class is great for anyone who:
- is new to yoga
- has been sitting at a desk all day
- has been working out and needs to release muscular tension
- has pain in their low back, shoulders, hips and/or knees
Benefits of this class:
- Increased flexibility, mobility and strength – yoga is great for your whole body fitness
- Many report feeling more confident in themselves
- Breath awareness
- The meditation can calm racing thoughts
- Yoga can reduce stress, blood pressure and insomnia
- This class can start you on the path to further understanding your anatomical body, your energy body and the history and philosophy of yoga
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Gentle and Candlelight Yoga
While these are not beginner classes, beginners are welcome to attend as they are great for all levels. Within these classes we will explore stillness, breath and dive deeper into the inward reflection aspect of yoga. While these classes are traditionally done on a sticky mat, on the floor, for seniors or anyone with limited mobility the poses can be adapted to the chair.
Morning Classes: Here you will find the more gentle poses (asanas) that will help you strengthen and stretch your body, while using the breath to calm your mind and nervous system. Common areas of the body that are addressed in this class are shoulders, low back, hips and legs… or whatever aches and pains you bring with you. It’s Your Yoga.
Evening Candlelight Classes: These classes will help you unwind after the day and ease the nervous system, prepping you for getting ready for bed. These classes will help to soothe aching muscles and calm the racing the mind. As always, it’s your yoga.
These classes are great for anyone who:
- is new to yoga
- has been sitting at a desk all day
- is feeling stressed or anxious and needs some time for stillness
- has been working out and needs to release muscular tension
- has pain in their low back, shoulders, hips and/or knees
Benefits of this class:
- Increased flexibility, mobility and strength – yoga is great for your whole body fitness
- Many report feeling more confident in themselves
- Breath awareness
- The meditation can calm racing thoughts
- Yoga can reduce stress, blood pressure and insomnia
- This class can start you on the path to further understanding your anatomical body, your energy body and the history and philosophy of yoga
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Flow
Slow is the new advanced. Some might even call this a “traditional hatha yoga” class. Here we will flow from asana to asana (pose to pose) and take our time to explore while in each shape. We live in a fast paced world where we feel the need to move quickly from place to place and get things done. This class will challenge your wandering mind that wants to get there already and ask you to notice what happens when we don’t give in. Here we will ask you to just be. The poses selected may have some difficulty to them, but we ask that you don’t push yourself too far and move at your own pace, or even rest when you need.
This class is great for anyone who:
- enjoys a bit of a challenge in their yoga practice
- wants a mix slow movements and long holds
- likes a variety of poses
- likes a traditional style of hatha yoga class
Benefits of this class:
- Increased flexibility, mobility and strength
- Breath awareness
- The meditation can calm racing thoughts
- Can reduce stress, blood pressure and insomnia
- This class can start you on the path to further understanding your anatomical body, your energy body and the history and philosophy of yoga
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Yoga for Anxiety
This class will use a mixture pranayama (breathing), meditation, and traditional hatha and restorative yoga poses (asanas) to help you calm our nervous system, eliminate postural anxiety, reduce stress and help you sleep better. You will also learn tools that you can take with you to help alleviate the stress that you have in your daily life. Coming to a yoga class that is specific to yoga for anxiety can help those who suffer, even in though classes are generally silent, feel supported and part of a community. Bend has a very strict “no judgement, just love” policy… we heal in community.
This class is great for anyone who:
- is new to yoga
- has stress at work
- suffers from anxiety, depression and/or PTSD (while these disorders are all unqiue and different – we can adjust each class to who is in the class and their specific needs
- feels that they “hold their stress” in specific areas of the body resulting in pain – hips / low back / jaw / neck / shoulders
Benefits of this class:
- Relieves the physical pain caused by postural anxiety and stress – where we “carry our stress” from the effects of our daily lives
- Provides a deep and prolonged rest for the nervous system
- Some may see a gradual increase in flexibility, mobility and strength
- Lots of deep breathing is very calming for the mind and body
- Meditation calms the nervous system
- Allows a safe environment for people dealing with anxiety disorders to practice without judgement
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Fitness Classes
Kettlebells
This class is a workout and you will likely sweat. This class fuses yoga’s wonderful way of opening up the body and creating awareness, with the strength and cardiovascular benefits of kettlebell training. While yoga can be a wonderful stand-alone practice — it does miss the action of pulling. Also, it is easier to add a strength component with weights or kettlebells, than using your own body weight. It is for these reasons that Joanne added a kettlebell certification to her list of trainings. Joanne believes that adding kettlebells to your practice is safe at any age, if done correctly, as they can start to help rectify some of the imbalances in the body and help alleviate things like: chronic shoulder pain, low-back pain, hamstring and neck pain.
- Kettlebell Zen – This is a Yoga and Kettlebell Fusion class. You flow with different movements and get a great workout.
These classes are great for anyone who:
- wants a workout
- wants to incorporate strength into their yoga practice
- wants to incorporate yoga into their strength practice
- needs to release some muscular tension
- has pain in their low back, shoulders, hips and/or knees
Benefits of this class:
- Increased strength, mobility and flexibilty
- Can help you burn calories and lose weight
- An Introduction to yoga or kettlebells – depending on what is new for you
- Provides a great starting point for those wanting to try something new
- Stress Reduction
- You just feel GREAT after this class
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Masala Bhangra
Masala Bhangra® is an Indian-dance based program, designed for people of all ages and fitness levels who love to stay physically active. Specifically, it introduces high energy Bhangra (from Punjab, Pakistan) and Bollywood dance movements in an easy-to-follow fitness format, and is a mechanism by which thousands of people have been moved, touched and inspired to become physically active. With the dance choreography directly influenced by the music and dance of modern Bhangra and Bollywood styles, Masala Bhangra is a fresh and exciting addition to the world of fitness and dance… and now yoga. Each “move” can be modified to suit the individual – it can be lower impact of higher.
This class is great for anyone who:
- wants a fitness/cardio workout
- likes Zumba or Aerobic exercise but wants something different
- wants to incorporate yoga into their cardio workouts
- wants to incorporate cardio into their yoga practice
- wants to have a good time and laugh… this is SO MUCH FUN!!
Benefits of this class:
- This is a great cardio workout and you will sweat
- Can help you burn calories and lose weight
- The end of the class will have a yoga component, so your sore achy muscles will still get that yoga-love that want
- FUN FUN FUN
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Yoga with Weights
This class is a blend of yoga and a weights class. This all-in-one workout will tone and sculpt your body, give you a gentle stretch and a nice relaxing savasana at the end.
These classes are great for anyone who:
- wants to feel like they got a workout
- likes a good sweat
- likes yoga but waants more strength
- is looking for something different from their yoga practice
Benefits of this class:
- Increased strength, mobility and flexibilty
- Can help you burn calories and lose weight
- Stress Reduction
- You just feel GREAT after this class
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Spin Classes
Gentle Spin
This class is great for anyone starting who has never done a spin class before. You will get shown in a welcoming environment how to get set up properly on your bike (fitted) and how to find comfort. We will also gently guide you through all of the terms and safety. During the ride there will be opportunities to step up the pace, or turn up the tension, or even come to standing… but no pressure to do this. We understand that it can be scary and we understand that sometimes we need to build up the strength in our legs… because we have been there.
This class is great for anyone who:
- is new to indoor cycling but wants to give it a try
- EVERYONE – because you can go at your own pace.
- If you are an advanced rider and still want to spin… no problem… turn up the tension, peddle faster and enjoy the ride.
Benefits of this class:
- Spin is great for fat burning
- Increased endorphins in the body (happy hormones)
- Great cardio workout (working out your heart)
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Spin30
This is a 30 minute class where you just SPIN. It is suitable for all levels and we will give modifications for you to go at your own pace or push yourself to an advanced level. This is for when you just want to get on a bike and get a workout in.
This class is great for anyone who:
- wants to get on a bike
- EVERYONE – because you can go at your own pace.
- If you are an advanced rider and still want to spin… no problem… turn up the tension, peddle faster and enjoy the ride.
Benefits of this class:
- Spin is great for fat burning
- Increased endorphins in the body (happy hormones)
- Great cardio workout (working out your heart)
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Spin and Yoga
These classes combine the practice of Spin and Yoga. We start with a 30-40 minute spin (depending on the instructor) and then end with a 20-30 minute yoga class in our yoga room. It is suitable for all levels and we will give modifications for you to go at your own pace or push yourself to an advanced level. This is for when you just want to get on a bike and get a workout in.
This class is great for anyone who:
- wants to get on a bike – but loves the yoga practice for either the physical or emotional/mental benefits.
- EVERYONE – because you can go at your own pace.
- If you are an advanced rider and still want to spin… no problem… turn up the tension, peddle faster and enjoy the ride.
Benefits of this class:
- Spin is great for fat burning
- Increased flexibility from yoga
- Increased endorphins in the body (happy hormones)
- Great cardio workout (working out your heart)
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Spin/Yoga w/Weights
(Spin and Weights)
This class combines Stacy’s Yoga with Weights class with a half hour spin. You will start with the yoga with weights portion as physically this is best for our bodies (this has to do with glycogen stores, muscular fatigue and conflicting enzymes – basically if you do your cardio first you deplete the body of what it needs to lift… one could argue that if you lift first you deplete what you need to spin… sure… but the stores are depleted more slowly and do not use the same stored energy as in sprints or jumps on the bike – so we choose to do our weight portions first). It is suitable for all levels and we will give modifications for you to go at your own pace or push yourself to an advanced level.
This class is great for anyone who:
- wants to get on a bike but also likes a workout
- EVERYONE – because you can go at your own pace.
- If you are an advanced rider and still want to spin… no problem… turn up the tension, peddle faster and enjoy the ride.
Benefits of this class:
- Spin is great for fat burning
- Yoga with weights helps build muscle
- Increased endorphins in the body (happy hormones)
- Great cardio workout (working out your heart)
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Spin Kettlebell Yoga (SKY)
This class combines Joanne’s Kettlebell Yoga class with a 20min/half hour spin. You will start with the kettlebell portion as physically this is best for our bodies (this has to do with glycogen stores, muscular fatigue and conflicting enzymes – basically if you do your cardio first you deplete the body of what it needs to lift… one could argue that if you lift first you deplete what you need to spin… sure… but the stores are depleted more slowly and do not use the same stored energy as in sprints or jumps on the bike – so we choose to do our lifting portions first). It is suitable for all levels and we will give modifications for you to go at your own pace or push yourself to an advanced level.
This class is great for anyone who:
- wants to get on a bike but also likes a workout – but likes a workout as well.
- it is best if you have attended a kettlebell class before as we do only have 25-30 minutes for this portion and tend to go through it quickly
- If you are an advanced rider and still want to spin… no problem… turn up the tension, peddle faster and enjoy the ride.
Benefits of this class:
- Spin is great for fat burning
- Kettlebells is an efficient muscle builder
- Increased endorphins in the body (happy hormones)
- Great cardio workout (working out your heart)
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Signing In:
We ask that when you are planning on attending a class, even if you are new to the studio, that you sign-in. It is best to go to our MindBody site by clicking the sign-in tab on this page, create a profile for yourself and ensure you have a spot.
