In-Person Yoga Class Schedule & Descriptions

Restorative Yoga with Thai Yoga Massage:  This workshop combines the relaxing practice of restorative yoga and gentle Thai Yoga Massage. 

As you settle into each restorative yoga pose, Julie will work her way around the room offering complimentary practice of Thai Yoga Massage techniques; encouraging your body to let go into a deeper rest. Restorative yoga uses blocks, blankets, bolsters, straps and pillows to set your body up for deep relaxation as you settle into each posture for an extended period of time, while fully and effortlessly supported by props. Thai Yoga Massage combines compression, range of motion, and passive stretching to release stagnant energy stored in the body. The practitioner/facilitator moves your body into different postures that sometimes resemble yoga poses, while you find deep relaxation. The greater your relaxation the more meditative the experience becomes. Extra time is given in Savasana for the Hanuman Dance, a dynamic Thai Yoga Massage experience, combining gentle shaking, rocking and movement to release any energy blocks that may be lingering. This passive/relaxed movement helps the body and mind to find balance, harmony, restore peace & and connect you to your heart. Class is open to anyone who can get up and down from the floor; no yoga or Thai Yoga Massage experience is necessary. This workshop will include hands-on touch including massage for relaxation, stretching and range of motion; if you have any injuries or restrictions, it is important to communicate them to your facilitator prior to class, modifications can usually be made for your comfort. Space is limited to 10 participants to allow each student the full hands-on experience. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.  

I am currently offering Restorative Yoga with Thai Yoga Massage at both Firehouse Yoga in Lakewood and One-to-One Fitness Center in University Circle, please check their websites and my Social Media for upcoming dates and sign-up information.

Yin Yoga with Myofascial Release:  This workshop will help you slow down, tune in and bring balance into your body. This hour and a half to two hour workshop with Julie will blend yin yoga poses and (self-administered) myofascial release techniques using aids like yoga blocks and myofascial release balls (solid rubber balls about 2.5 inches in diameter, similar to lacrosse balls). 

Myofascial Release (MFR) is a technique that applies gentle, sustained pressure or slow controlled rolling movements while gradually increasing pressure for several moments in targeted areas of the body to facilitate the release of tension in your fascial system. Fascia is a web-like, three-dimensional matrix that intertwines, surrounds, protects, and supports every structure in the body. MFR is an effective way to eliminate pain and restore motion where trauma, lack of movement, stress, poor posture, inflammatory responses, or surgical procedures have created restrictions in movement cause by fascia.

Yin yoga is a passive style of yoga in which we move into a yoga pose for an extended period, usually 2 to 5 minutes or even more. The goal is to relax in the position completely allowing your muscles to relax more and more. Through this relaxation, stimulation and pressure reaches into your deep connective tissue, where fascia, ligaments, tendons, bones, and joints can be gently stressed creating a release of the accumulated tension.

The powerful combination of Yin Yoga and MFR techniques relieves pain, increases mobility and range of motion while creating more flexibility from head to toe. By slowing down and settling into each pose for several minutes, you give your mind time to rest and turn your attention inward towards a physical and emotional experience in the present moment. This practice can increase your internal and external body awareness and thus develop a better feeling for what is currently serving your body and your energy system. Integrating intentional breathing techniques also helps release physical and emotional stress and blockages (which can manifest in your body as tension and pain, among other things).

This workshop is especially for people who have noticed their range of motion decrease and tension increase over time. Someone who has been working on flexibility and has noticed they’ve plateaued and are no longer increasing their flexibility.  Anyone looking to increase their range of motion or reduce (possibly even eliminate all together) pain that is caused by fascia or muscular tension. 

I am currently offering Yin Yoga with Myofascial Release at both Firehouse Yoga in Lakewood and One-to-One Fitness Center in University Circle, please check their websites and my Social Media for upcoming dates and sign-up information.