Strength & Restoration: Active Yoga with Jules Mitchell
"Strength & Restoration" consists of powerful yoga classes focused on enhancing mobility, refining alignment, and building strength. Jules Mitchell combines her extensive knowledge of biomechanics with modern yoga asana, creating classes that deliver precise muscle engagement and ease of movement. Her teachings are grounded in science, blending somatic yoga with current exercise principles. Whether you're aiming for improved strength, mobility, or overall body awareness, Jules provides a well structured practice that supports students of all levels in reaching their goals.
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Sensing and Feeling
In this short moving meditation you practice with your eyes closed, sensing where you are in space and feeling your limbs navigate the postures while you test your balance and proprioception. This simple sequence presents new challenges as one of your strongest senses is removed… A perfect warm-u...
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Quad Squad
Did you know that some of the bigger backbends in yoga require quad strength in a stretched position, while others require eccentric strength to achieve them? Practice variations of these backbends using props while building strength and focusing on the quads like a pro in this class!
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Passive Stretching
Passive yoga poses can be very rewarding, as long as you perform them correctly. This restorative class will incorporate Jules’ research on the science of stretching, so you can minimize the risks of things going south.
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Skillful Inversions
The theme of this class teaches you complete body awareness. Inversions open you up to an opposite perspective - you literally turn your point of view upside down. Focus, presence and persistence are required when learning to invert. Knowing when to stay right side up is equally as important. You...
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Passive Restoration
Restorative yoga requires patience. The combined effects of time and gravity are the sources of change in the tissue. Too much stretch and the body will resist and fatigue, too little stretch and the body won’t be challenged. By using yoga props smartly to support you in the poses, you will optim...
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Foundational Standing Poses
Standing poses build muscular strength and endurance, increase mental stamina, and actively stretch major muscle groups through a variety of arm and leg positions. And if you need any more convincing? The actions presented in this class positively affect the spine, and are easy to follow for ever...
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Natural Spine
Encourage tri-planar movement of your spine though classic yoga postures infused with creative warm-ups and transitions inspired by multiple mind-body modalities. Cultivate the natural movement potential of your spine and discover what the phrase "a healthy spine is a healthy mind" really feels l...
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Hala-back
Halasana (Plow Pose) can be approached to require plenty of strength in the back of the arms - including the triceps, teres minor, rhomboids, posterior deltoids, and more. Learn some corrective exercises to help feel these muscles at work and then apply to bridge, shoulder-stand and plow.
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Foot This and Foot That
One of the many cool things about yoga is that you get to practice it barefoot. Give your feet some extra love through a somatic exploration of the foot tripod, followed by a solid standing pose sequence revealing how your feet inform your hips, pelvis, and lower back. Walk away feeling foot-frie...
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No Risk to the Wrists
Long hours at the desk in front of a computer are like a nightmare to our wrists… Find relief in this challenging class with protective wrist options and some everyday practices to help improve wrist strength and mobility.
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Limber Lumbar
If you’re leading a sedentary lifestyle, back pain here and there is almost inevitable… But it doesn’t have to be long-lasting! Try this science-based 60-minute sequence to alleviate and prevent low back discomfort right here and now!
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Keep Calm and Balance On
Fancy a full-spectrum class that feels like a journey through every body part? This foot-focused practice requires strength, balance and motor control that incorporates upper body strength and culminates in handstand practice at the wall. Talk about a holistic approach!
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Forward Bends
Have you ever noticed how much time you spend in a forward bend in each yoga class? You surely don’t mind, as the position feels very good and relaxing. That being said, let’s learn how to keep your hamstrings strong and injury free, so you can forward bend literally forever.
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Desk Job Remedy
Sitting is the new smoking. It's bad for your health. But don’t feel guilty yet…Desk Job Remedy is sequenced to gently undo the postural patterns and adaptations caused by chair time and screen time. Time to unwind and get active!
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Chair Poses for Hips and Shoulders
Time to embrace your creativity! This class explores a variety of ways to play around with a yoga chair. Results? Help in traction of the hips, increasing shoulder strength and mobility… Plus improved overall function of all these “strategic” points of the body!
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Back Strong, Body Strong
The truth is… Backbends require more strength than stability. For this reason, we’ll develop back strength for an overall stronger body with a simple, yet very helpful accessory… Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the yoga chair!
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Ankles Feet Stretch Repeat
Even your favorite shoes may restrict the feet, forcing your ankles to compensate and do most of the hard work. This simple yoga class will help liberate your feet, bringing back the strength and mobility they need.
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Butt, Yes, You Can
This class isn’t about right or wrong - it’s about changing your habits and offering you a whole palette of hip extension postures. With its insights, you’ll feel great, and you’ll definitely experience a satisfying glute practice.
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Breaking Habits
The more you practice yoga, the more comfortable you may get with your routine. Do you always start with the right side? Do you always clasp your hands the same way? Challenge your habits by first bringing them to your attention, then trying a new approach. You never know what you will learn!
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Back to Basics
A slow and gentle sequence without any fancy poses that settles the mind, stretches the limbs and tones the body. This class is perfect for beginners as well as experienced yoga students who want a simple yet fulfilling practice without a lot of complex instruction. This is one of Jules' favorite...
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Spine Practice
Would you like to take care of your back like never before? Explore these backbends, forward bends, side-bends, and twists to nourish and rejuvenate your spine! This comprehensive class will teach you to work at your own level - from the low back to the neck and all the segments in between.
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Shoulder Practice
Most group classes tend to be all levels, even when they are labeled with a specified degree of difficulty. Because upper body strength varies greatly among students… When students face limited options, they might either do more of the same or avoid loading the shoulder all together. This class w...
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Hip Practice
Enjoy a dynamic hip-centric sequence that can be modified to be suitable for a variety of individual needs. Class targets primarily the anterior, lateral, and medial hip while incorporating mobility work with yoga poses that you already know. You’ll be enthusiastically challenged and amazed by ho...