SPECIALTY CLASSES
Willow Street Yoga is excited to offer a variety of specialty classes. These classes are often short-term, series based explorations of different elements of the practice of yoga or other disciplines.
Our teachers and world-renowned guests specialize in a variety of topics that encourage our community to learn and grow. Members receive 20% off speciality class registrations!
SPECIALITY CLASSES
Intro to Chair Chair Yoga with Alene Moyer
Sundays September 21st and September 28th
10 am - 11:00 am EST | In-Studio | Cost: $40 for the series | $30 per session
Please join Alene for this series as we learn to use the chair as an effective prop to increase the accessibility and variety of a gentle asana sequence.
Making use of a chair in our yoga practice can help us to access familiar poses in new ways, manage injuries, and simply release with greater support into a steady, comfortable practice.
Chair-Enhanced Yoga Flow ensures all the beneficial elements of yoga - strengthening, flexibility, balance, relaxation - using a variety of pose adaptations both on and off the chair.*
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As a result, you will learn how to use the chair to best advantage for your body and your practice goals. Everything you learn can be easily applied to your home practice as well!
This is a practice for every BODY!
* Please note this is not a fully-seated practice.
About Alene:
Alene began studying Iyengar yoga 24 years ago as a way to address work-related stress. After years of practicing various yoga styles, she was excited to complete her 200-hr teacher training in 2024 in alignment-based Hatha. Alene has since received certification in accessible/chair yoga through Jivana Heyman’s Accessible Yoga School and certification in Yoga for Seniors with yoga therapists Kimberly Carson and Carol Krucoff, based on the program they developed at Duke University’s School of Integrative Medicine.​​
Tai Chi Part I with Robert Anderson
Sundays September 14th, October 12th, November 9th
10:00 am - 11:00 am EST | In-Studio | $119 for full series or $49 per class
Tai Chi is a gentle, low-impact exercise that originated in China as a martial art. It involves a series of slow, controlled movements and postures, along with deep breathing and a meditative state of mind. Tai Chi is often called "meditation in motion" because its designed to harmonize the body, mind, and energy levels. It can help with a variety of health concerns, including flexibility and strength, balance and coordination, stress and anxiety, depression, and pain relief.
Tai Chi has evolved from a martial art for combat and self-defense into a sport and form of exercise that's increasingly practiced all over the world. There are five popular styles of Tai Chi, each with its own unique methods, principles, and lineage.
Balanced Arts classes around Tai Chi are designed to introduce students to the Yang style of Tai Chi. Using seated, standing, and moving forms, the workshops leverage partner drills (push hands), as well as some Tai Chi ball and Chi Gong.
Class participants experience introductory basics as well as advanced movements and exercises in order to gain a full understanding of Tai Chi’s philosophy so that they can begin to incorporate it into their everyday wellness practice.
In this workshop, experienced and beginning students learn Tai Chi’s four core mental health benefits: calming, grounding, letting go, and creating. Tai Chi’s gentle, low impact mind and body exercises incorporate graceful, relaxing movements that help generate physical and mental balance.
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9/14 - Tai Chi for Calming
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10/12 - Tai Chi for Grounding
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11/9 - Tai Chi for Releasing​
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The cost of this workshop is $119 and covers all dates. (9/14, 10/12, 11/9) from 10am-11am. Individual dates can be purchased for $49/class.
