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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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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This is Spinal Map
Your spine could be compared to a long, winding road… This class will help you navigate it with ease, increasing the mobility of your spine through repetition and increasing difficulty. Ready to go?
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The Hips - Now in 3D
Who doesn't love a hip-focused yoga class? This one is a bit different, however, as we explore the full spectrum of muscles crossing the hip joint, going beyond those popular external rotators. Here, yoga asana is combined with mobility exercises and isometric holds to develop strength and improv...
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T-Spine, C-Spine
Owls are able to turn their heads at a very wide angle… While we, humans, may not be able to do that… We can certainly target our mid and upper-back, while also taking care of the neck, to achieve better movement and less stress around those areas!
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The Trendy Traveler
Traveling across time zones and airline travel in general wreaks havoc on many systems of the body. This active practice is designed to help alleviate the discomforts associated with dehydration, lack of sleep, and temporary dietary changes. The class will lead you through lengthening, twisting, ...
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The Chill Pill
Life can be hectic at times. Even worse, when you don’t have a plan to relax after a tough day… Fortunately, we’re here to save you! Calm your nerves, clear your mind, and enjoy the moment with The Chill Pill - it's better than an afternoon cocktail. And certainly healthier for the body!
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The Bees Knees
Let’s face it. Nobody likes a knee that misbehaves or hurts… That’s why, in this class, we will strengthen the muscles that control the knees and learn the importance of using the legs in backbends. Enjoy!
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Supported Backbends
Looking to release tension in your back? Look no further! This class is all about the balance of strength and flexibility, which are much needed for backbends. Tune in and stimulate your hips, shoulders, and back at the same time!
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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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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...
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Hamstring Practice
Are your leg muscles getting enough attention? If the answer is “not”, this class will change it in record-time. We will focus on the hamstrings, which are crucial for supporting the whole leg, yet often neglected - even by gym enthusiasts!