Yoga Meets Intention: Empowering Vinyasa with Marisa Weppner
"Yoga Meets Intention" is the perfect introduction to Vinyasa yoga, presenting functional poses that involve deep breathwork. The classes were planned with beginners in mind, allowing everybody to join and start their journey. During the flows, Marisa Weppner offers more than just physical poses – she creates a space for self-discovery and transformation. Prepare to engage every part of the body, gradually awakening your mind. Simple, easy to follow, but highly life-changing – that’s what Vinyasa is all about!
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Yoga for the Backbody
This practice focuses on forward bending which releases the back body from the spine to the legs. Let’s practice together and gain a new appreciation for the shadow part of the self!
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Yin Yoga: Blooming Lotus
Before getting to the Lotus pose, it’s worth preparing the body and giving it time to open up. This Yin practice is full of long holds and deep stretches that help our body relax before finally getting into this beautiful posture.
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Sun Salutations A&B
Feeling the heat of the sun makes us calmer and more energetic. We can achieve a similar sensation within us by learning the classic version of Sun Salutations A + B. This guided sequence is linear and well defined to make sure we all reach the goal!
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Yin-licious III
Join this class for a unique spiritual journey that supports courage, devotion, friendship and faith! We will gently move through low intensity stretches to open the mind for new emotions, and comfort the body with additional flexibility.
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Side Opening: Expanding Awareness
Let’s feel the wholeness of our being and the love that flows through us spontaneously! By opening the space across the front, back and sides of the heart, we will gain access to new, empowering sensations that will leave us more grateful and mindful than ever before!
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Shoulder & Chest Freedom
Inside this engaging class, we will experience a sense of freedom and spaciousness in the yoga poses. We will activate the shoulder girdle, external rotators, and rotator cuff through a variety of opening postures that help clear energy blocks in and around the heart.
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Review: Yoga for Inner Beauty
This sequence moves a little bit faster than our previous flows, linking each pose in one fluid seamless routine. Be sure to hold each pose for a breath or two in your most advanced version to make steady but sure progress!
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Review: Whole Self Integration
During this class, we will dedicate ourselves to the cause and try to perform at the most advanced level possible for each one of us. Our flow will consist of seamless transitions between poses and short holds for a unique experience. Feel free to modify each posture, but be sure to step out of y...
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Review: Riding the Breath
Inside this practice, we review the new postures and the fresh expressions of poses that we already know. We will move through each pose in a flowing, dance-like routine, focusing less on alignment and more on the movement of prana through the body by opening lines of energy.
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Prana Flows from the Mind
Seamless flow, from one pose to another, short holds! The postures shown inside can be modified to your own experience, but make sure to try the most advanced version for you today. This practice requires patience and staying dedicated to the efforts, but it will be well worth it!
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Playing Your Edges
Time to go back to the basics! In this class, we will revisit the poses from the beginning of our journey. But worry not, as we will play the edges in these poses and explore them in new and novel ways. Let’s adapt the mind of a scientific explorer, knowing that there is so much we don’t know, an...
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Integration III
Once again, we are going back to all the postures we already know from our practice together. We will give ourselves a quick reminder of each posture, holding it for a short time and smoothly transitioning onto the next one. This class is dedicated for all those who love a fast pace and lots of a...
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Own Flow: Self as Guru
Congratulations! This class is a celebration of everything that we have learnt so far. Now that we are confident in our yoga poses and breathwork, it’s time to explore these poses in our own unique way, letting the body guide our sequencing. The unguided flow inside this class will be a demonstra...
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Longevity Through Release
This empowering class incorporates an active flow to build heat in the body. And there are plenty of benefits to doing that! To name a few, this will help us burn away impurities while incorporating twists to release toxins and free stale energy!
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Integration II
It’s time for us to review all the poses we have discovered so far. Each posture will be held for a short time, and we will seamlessly move from one pose to another. The intensity will be quite high, since our transitions will happen without stopping. This particular class might take a bit longer...
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Linking Breath to Movement
With a few simple twists on the classic poses, we will practice Sun Salutation like never before! This fluid sequence will feel like a journey where we explore, adapt, and simply witness the free flow of energy.
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Integration I
Are you looking to feel at peace? This is an active vinyasa practice where we are invited to surrender into a place of acceptance. Inside this class, we will learn to honor the inner experience of calm above the outer experience of striving to make something happen.
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Hinge of the Body: Hip Openers
This time, we will work on opening the hips, low back, and strengthening the abs… But there’s more! When you tune in to this class, you will discover the practice of chanting the sound of OM. Together, we will also explore the movements in the Downward Dog posture. Multiple layers of fun await!
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Heart Tuning: Sun and Moon Alignment
When multiple senses align at the same moment, true beauty happens… But how do we achieve that? By integrating the mind, body, breath and spirit, and witnessing the polarities within. This dynamic yoga sequence with hints of visualization will be our path towards aligning the opposites.
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Drishti: Headstand Prep
By balancing the polar yin and yang energies, we are able to cultivate grace, inner peace and tranquility. During this calming class, we will transform our physical effort into stability and relaxation by learning to harness our dristi, also known as the focal point.
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Yin-licious II
The Frog Pose is a symbol of cleansing and rebirth… And in this particular class, we will go through two different variations of this posture! It will require long holds and deep stretches that ease the body and soothe the mind.
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Legs Alive
We can ground our 1st chakra simply by stretching the sciatic nerve, hamstrings, and IT band. This class aims to open all these vital parts of our lower body, so our legs can feel alive and truly taken care of!
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Yinlicious
This is a yin centered yoga class perfect for supporting the joints! It incorporates slowing down the body and mind through passive, long holds that go deep to the connective tissue around the joints. It’s time to relax, let go, and hit that reset button. You’ll be thankful you joined afterwards!