Santa Monica Yoga

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Katherine Bradshaw is back! Monday and Wednesday mornings at 7:15 AM and Friday afternoons at 4 PM. Katherine teaches a challenging and fun flow style class with breath-led movement building toward a peak pose. Each class includes hands-on adjustments (with your permission), breath-work, and meditation.

Prenatal Yoga with Rachelle Luczynski - Fridays at 2:15 PM, starting 6/7.

New Class! Friday 4 PM - All Levels Flow with Katherine Bradshaw, starting 5/17. A great way to start your weekend!

Yoga with a view! Beach House yoga with Cindy, Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 AM. Register and pay at the Beach House, more info on our website.

Take your stress level down a few notches... join us for an in-studio class today!

Breathe Easier with the Feldenkrais® Method

Class series with Stacy Barrows, Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM
4 weeks starting April 10

Stacy will lead a series of Awareness Through Movement® lessons focusing on both unconscious and conscious breath. These lessons will help release patterns and habits so that we can move and breathe more easily.

We're open on Easter Sunday, March 31. Join us for classes at 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM, and 12:30 PM.

Yoga with Essential Oils - 3/29, 6:00 PM
Pop-up class this Friday with Stacy TenHouten
https://santamonicayoga.com/schedule-stacy-tenhouten

Daylight Savings Time - Remember to "spring forward" this Sunday 3/10. Enjoy the extra light in the evenings, and prioritize getting enough sleep as you adjust to the time change. In the morning, get out in the sunlight to help reset your internal clock.

Roll, Release, and Mobilize
Pop-up class with Laura Gideon
Monday, March 4, 4:45-6:00 PM
Book at https://santamonicayoga.com/instudio-schedule

Sound Healing with Yoga Nidra
Pop-up class with Sharon Holly
Sunday 2/25, 4:00 PM
Book at https://santamonicayoga.com/schedule

Yoga with Essential Oils
Pop-up class with Stacy TenHouten
Friday 2/23, 6:00 PM
book at https://santamonicayoga.com/schedule

Blooms currently making an appearance in our window at the studio!
Kind of like a consistent yoga practice... nothing seems to be happening for a long time, but beneath the surface there is growth. And then maybe a blossoming you didn't even expect!

Sound Bath with Laura Penn Gallerstein - Friday, February 9, 5:30-6:45 PM
As the world spins, experience deep inner peace and relaxation with sound medicine. Soothe and nurture yourself with the alchemy crystal bowls, guided meditation, and self healing.
Laura Penn Gallerstein, founder of Whispers in Sound Durango and Sedona Sacred Sounds is an experienced and dynamic teacher of body, mind, and spirit. For over 40 years, Laura has been studying and teaching yoga, meditation, chanting, and for the past 10 years she has immersed herself in sound healing and sound vibration. Currently she leads workshops, trainings, sound healing sessions, retreats, yoga, and chanting. She integrates her expertise into private sessions and her yoga classes. Her passion resides in blending alchemy singing bowls, chanting, and guided meditations for healing and to empower others in their goals of higher consciousness and healing.
$35 registered by February 2, $40 after February 2

Roll, Release, and Mobilize: In-Studio Pop-up Class with Laura Gideon, Monday February 5th from 4:45 to 6:00 PM (please note new start time)
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With the use of a foam roller, this class will help you improve your balance & stability, strengthen core muscles and total body function as you move and stabilize on the roller. Release muscular and fascia tension through rolling self-massage. Additionally using special designed balls, experience deep muscle release, increased mobility by placing the balls on specific trigger points and myofascial junctions with the goal of decreasing tightness and muscle spasms. This class helps relieve pain, improve postural alignment and joint range of motion. All levels welcome and encouraged to attend. Foam rollers and other needed props will be provided if you don't have your own.
Laura Gideon M.S., CPT is a Corrective Exercise Therapist and Pilates Practitioner. She has been involved in the fitness/health/wellness industry for the past 34 years. Laura is an IM=X Pilates Instructor and N.A.S.M certified personal trainer. Her “MELT” inspired Roll, Release & Mobilize classes are geared toward self-treatment to help eliminate pain and feel fantastic, and are a great adjunct to any Pilates or yoga class. Laura enjoys educating her class “beyond training”, teaching students how to advance in an injury free setting. She also holds an M.S. degree in Exercise Science and a B.S. in Public Health.

TONIGHT! Restorative Yoga with Zora Shoner - In-Studio Pop-up Class, Monday January 29, 5:00-6:00 PM
Restorative Yoga focuses on cultivating relaxation in the body. In this class, we will move through a series of gentle supported postures designed to release tension and promote a sense of calm. Come ready to get cozy, relax, and explore the soothing realms of poetry, yoga Nidra, breath work, and mindfulness.

Schedule Updates - Please note these recent schedule changes:

Stacy TenHouten - Level 1-2, Tue/Thu - now at 10:30 AM (was 10:45 AM), In-Studio and Online

Cindy Fraser - Slow Deep Stretch, Tue/Thu - now at 12:00 PM (was 12:30 PM), In-Studio and Online

Juli McGene - Level 1 Flow and Restore - Tue 6:30 PM (new instructor/class at this time)

Juli McGene Level 1-2 Flow - Thu 6:30 PM (new instructor/class at this time)

Cindy Fraser's Slow Deep Stretch on Tuesdays and Thursdays will now start at 12:00 PM, in-studio and online (instead of 12:30 PM). Her Saturday class will continue at 12:30 PM. Cindy Fraser teaches a slow, deep practice influenced by Taoist and hatha yoga principles, offering students of all levels the opportunity to explore the power and the beauty of body and breath. A yoga practice of 15 years brought Cindy to teaching.
In-studio and Online Classes for Thursday, January 25th:
7:15 to 8:15 AM - Morning Flow with Nancy Goodstein (subbing for Thais Menendez - in-studio only)

9 to 10 AM - Pilates Level 1/2 with Laura Gideon
10:30 to 11:30 AM - Level 1/2 with Stacy TenHouten
12 noon to 1:00 PM - Slow Deep Stretch with Cindy Fraser
2 to 3:15 PM - Qi Gong with Xu Rocha (in-studio only)
3 to 4:15 PM - Restorative with Sonya Chapnick (online only)
5 to 6 PM - Iyengar 1-2 with Michal Lerman (in-studio only)
6:30 to 7:45 PM - Level 1/2 Flow with Juli McGene (in-studio only)
All online classes come to you via Zoom or YouTube Live. Most classes are available to watch later via Zoom On Demand (contact our office for more info).

Yoga in the Park! Join Cindy Fraser this Wednesday morning at 9 am at Clover Park. Dress in layers!

Iyengar Level 1-2 with Michal Lerman - Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00-6:00 PM (In-Studio Only)
Michal started her path into the Iyengar Yoga method 20 years ago at the first Iyengar Yoga Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. What followed was a dedicated journey into Iyengar where she studied extensively with senior teachers from all over the world and in the direct lineage of B.K.S. Iyengar, including practice with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. Based in LA, born in Tel Aviv, Michal became a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, received Certification by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS), and has since continued to study with senior Iyengar Yoga teachers and assisted senior teachers deepening her knowledge in the broad subject of yoga. Michal also holds a Master's degree in Art and design.
Michal offers classes to a diverse group of students: adults, seniors, kids and teens. Her teaching style is compassionate and creative, with a focus on making Iyengar yoga accessible to individuals of all identities and experiences. She believes in the power of yoga to heal and connect individuals and communities and is excited to share the gift of yoga to all.

In-Studio and Online Classes for Wednesday, January 17th:
7:15 to 8:15 AM - Morning Flow with Katherine Bradshaw (in-studio only)
9 to 10 AM - All Levels with Riayn Shumacher (in-studio only)
9 to 10 AM - Yoga for Inner Resilience with Kyra Haglund (online only)
10:45 to 11:45 AM - All Levels with Steve Jones
12:30 to 1:30 PM - Feldenkrais with Stacy Barrows
3 to 4 PM - Level 1/2 with Nathalie Kramer (online only)
2 to 2:45 PM - Adaptive Yoga with Cindy Fraser
3:15 to 4:15 PM - Kaiut Yoga with Gita Stulberg (in-studio only)
5:15 to 6:15 PM - Yin Yoga with Juli McGene (in-studio only)
6:30 to 7:45 PM - All Levels with Julian Walker

NEW TIMES: Stacy's Level 1-2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays will now start at 10:30 AM, in-studio and online (instead of 10:45 AM).
Stacy TenHouten teaches with an intention of offering tools to help navigate and alleviate stress, depression and anxiety. Stacy intimately and intuitively works with individuals and groups to help them cultivate sustainable, personalized practices of yoga that they can implement in their daily lives as a means of physical health, healing trauma and maintaining a sense of well-being.
Stacy has been practicing yoga for over 30 years with a focus on trauma-informed practices. She received her teaching certification from Santa Monica Yoga and her Trauma Informed Yoga Certification under her mentor, Kyra Haglund, and Hala Khouri.

Nathalie's back! Join longtime SMY teacher Nathalie Kramer as she returns to teaching online, this time from her studio in Vermont! Nathalie will be teaching Level 1/2 Yoga every Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 4 PM.