Soothe your mood with Mindful Mondays. This specially curated series features a different style of class every week drawing from the broad spectrum of yoga and meditation practices to build resilience and calm the anxiety and stress accumulated over the last year. We’ve invited instructors with highly specialized areas of expertise to provide your mind, body and soul with the nourishment it needs to thrive under any circumstances.

Every 3rd Monday

Prana: life force, Yama: extend. 

Pranayama is the practice of breath expansion. It is one of the eight limbs of classical yoga as defined by Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Pranayama helps to regulate the body’s nervous system and is a helpful precursor to meditation. Through pranayama, the parasympathetic nervous system is activated to help calm the body which in turn promotes physical and mental ease and reduces stress. In addition, it often awakens a sense of spirituality. This particular pranayama practice is based on Dr. Vasant Lad’s Ayurvedic series of seven breathing exercises. Since the breath work is done in a seated position all that is needed is a yoga mat or blanket to sit on and comfortable attire. The class will take place in a socially distanced arrangement and masks will be worn until seated. All Covid-19 precautions and regulations will be required.