Class Descriptions

Welcoming seasoned practitioners as well as relative newcomers seeking to deepen their practice, this class moves from moderate to advanced postures by injecting the mystical into the physical. Ancient yogis understood that the body comes into the alchemy of movement when instilled with intention, purpose, and connection. Postures are skillfully introduced and sequenced, infused with non-dogmatic Yoga philosophy and awareness of one’s own breath. Variations to optional advanced poses are offered so practitioners can work at their own level, moving through arm balances, deep hip openers, twists, chest expanding backbends and inversions.

Through a feeling of integration, greater stamina, and inner poise, expect increased vitality and greater clarity in all modes of self-expression. Open to advanced beginners and seasoned practitioners.

An invigorating class priming you for Strength & Sensitivity! Begin with breath-led Sun Salutations, move into a vigorous sequence with strength building, body-opening postures and a few twists and turns along the way. Close with a restful shavasana. The resulting awakening of the spine will render your body alert and intuitive. You will leave feeling strong, energized and clear. Open to all levels.

Led by one of our seasoned SOUK teachers, the SOUK Community Class contains all of the goodness of a regular SOUK Flow practice for a drop in rate of $12 - our gift and thank you to you and your friends!

Open to practitioners of various fitness & lifestyle routines, this medium intensity class seamlessly transitions you from one posture to the next, working & stretching in equal measure arms, legs, hips, glutes, front & back body. Poses in this challenging, multi-level class are weaved together in a rhythmic manner through the incorporation of breath at every step of the practice.

Expect to feel the power of your breath while developing full body strength and stability.

Our beloved old-school SHALA Vinyasa classes emphasize the breath-movement connection and intelligent, creative sequencing. All major categories of postures are included for a strong, steady, well-rounded practice. Taught by co-directors of The Shala, Barbara Verrochi or Kristin Leigh.

SOUK Basic STRETCH & VINYASA is ideal for beginners, those seeking more flexibility and athletes looking to integrate yoga into their routine, or anyone looking for a slower flow. This slower moving, exploratory class provides the student with the underlying basics of how a vinyasa practice works, while encouraging proper alignment and a deeper stretch. Expect to spend some time close to the ground in poses like reclining twist, supine hip-openers and pigeon.

An established lineage with a strong focus on anatomy, the Iyengar method allows you to experience and envision longevity in your practice, as your body incrementally builds and refines sensitivity, strength, and stamina from the surface to the core. With a greater understanding of your body in a posture, you will experience increased confidence and courage. Iyengar Yoga deepens students’ awareness of the more subtle and profound aspects and effects of asana.

Align & Flow – IYENGAR
Suited for practitioners of all ages and levels of practice, this class is a great opportunity to learn the foundational actions of Iyengar Yoga and how alignment improves range of motion and flexibility. The class offers a dynamic approach to standing postures, back arches, forward bends, twists and inversions (such as shoulder stand).

IYENGAR Yoga INTERMEDIATE
After having learned the fundamentals of Iyengar Yoga, this faster paced, intermediate class encourages students to cultivate a consistent, personalized, and informed practice. This class introduces students to a range of poses including forward and back extensions as well as twisting and arm balance postures. Having attained a level of stability and ease, students may hold asanas for longer periods of time, learn variations and begin the journey to reflection and meditation in asana.

Ashtanga Yoga is a traditional sequence of postures that was developed in South India practiced either in a Led Format or in the Mysore tradition where practitioners proceed with the sequence of postures without being led, under the guidance of a teacher offering assists and adjustments.

The Led Format, taught on Sundays at 9am, is counted off in both Sanskrit and English to mark off the timing of vinyasa movements and breath. Expect to sweat and be challenged by the pace and progression of postures. Familiarity with Vinyasa or other Flow Styles of yoga is helpful in this class.

For more information on the Mysore program, which takes place every weekday from 7am to 10am, please check out https://www.sadhanainthecity.com/

This carefully sequenced vinyasa flow enables you to release control to a movement practice that shifts mind+body connection and invigorates our collective spirit.

Expect music, repetition, and creativity to reach a more advanced awareness of body, mind and purpose – and experience the beauty of how props enable us to thread one pose into the next. The foundations of Katonah Yoga™ as well as some structural alignment work, are used in class as a basic structure toward fluidity and ease.

Restorative yoga is a gentle, grounding practice that invites stillness and ease. With the support of props like bolsters and blankets, the body settles into restful shapes, allowing the nervous system to unwind and the mind to soften. There is no effort, only an invitation to let go into support.

As layers of tension release, this practice supports clarity of vision, a quiet return to your original nature beyond the noise of daily life. Whether you're feeling depleted, stressed, or simply seeking balance, restorative yoga offers space to reconnect with the clear, calm, spacious and boundlessly loving presence that always exists within you.

Each class ends with a meditative gong bath to guide you to deep states of rest, integration, and inner stillness.

Feel the immediate impact of deep listening bathed in the sounds of rich and immersive instruments, guided by an intuitive sound practitioner. Even when our mind is too overrun to hear even itself, the cells in our body are listening.

Our Thursday evening offering opens with an introduction to the practice of sound meditation, focusing on gentle, inspiring, and lightly cleansing tones created primarily with singing bowls, chimes, and overtone emitting instruments, closing with silence, and stillness. It is perfect for those first coming into a relationship with sound as a guide and tool for meditation practice, and offers a rebalancing and restoring hour for all.

With your nervous system recalibrated, return to your daily routine in your capacity to be receptive and responsive.

Kirtan is Call and Response chanting of ancient mantras! Mantras are melodic phrases in the ancient language of Sanskrit that allow us to travel beyond the incessant rumination of our mind and touch a part of ourselves that can only be reached by the sound of our own voices.

Kirtan is a time to come together as a community and connect through deep spiritual principles. We sing in kirtan with a common purpose of uplifting our consciousness via sacred sound and we share wisdom and stories from the yoga tradition that inspire us and give insight how to navigate the challenges and circumstances that inevitably come in life. It doesn’t matter your background or level of experience. All that is required is an open heart and enthusiasm to connect to something beyond the material.

The self calling out to the SELF and being heard! You will feel something in you being awakened at the cellular level.

Breathwork is an active meditation practice that uses a repetitive breath pattern to drop into an altered state. A powerful self-healing practice, breathwork can help you shift out of old patterns, confront limiting beliefs, and move stuck emotions.

Through breathwork you can touch feelings of deep self-love, bliss and unity consciousness. Tears, laughter and unexpected feelings and emotions often surface as we move through layers of conscious and unconscious programming, patterns, stories and behaviors.

The breathwork activations help you connect with your intuition (higher self) and your creativity (divine purpose).

PRANAYAMA Level 1: Breathing into Balance is designed for beginners and for anyone wishing to deepen their relationship with the breath. Discover the transformative power of conscious breathing in this ongoing weekly class rooted in ancient Pranayama teachings. We’ll explore foundational breathwork techniques step-by-step, beginning with simple, accessible practices to improve lung capacity, balance the nervous system, and cultivate inner steadiness. Over time, you’ll build a sustainable home practice, experience greater calm and focus, and access the profound stillness that lies beyond the mind’s constant activity.

FREQUENCY Breathwork creates a space of awakening, self-love, expanded consciousness and healing. Breathwork has been scientifically shown to improve mental health by helping to reduce stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression while improving sleep and increasing energy. FREQUENCY was co-founded by Vivian Rosenthal. Vivian is a healer, spiritual guide and breathwork teacher. She leads monthly retreats in CT at the Diamond Rose Sanctuary.