Levels

Level 1 Perfect for the new practitioner. Introduction to basic postures, proper breathing, and alignment. Depending on the instructor, these classes are either taught in the Iyengar method or they offer a gentle flow.

Level 1/2: Designed for the beginning level student who is ready for new challenges.  Introduction to inversions, arm balances, and deeper backbends.

Level 2:An intermediate level class designed to prepare students for more challenging, advanced postures.  Poses are held longer and sequences are more complex.

Level 2/3: An intense flow, with advanced postures, arm balances, backbends, and inversions. Not appropriate for beginners.

Level 3:  A crazy-hard flow class, including advanced arm balances and inversions.  Not appropriate for beginners.

Led Ashtanga:  Ashtanga Yoga is comprised of 5 series, or sequences.  These series place traditional postures in a specific sequential order that is designed to build focus, strength, flexibility and progress in level of difficulty.  In the Mysore tradition, classes are self-guided, under the supervision of a master teacher.  In Led Ashtanga, the instructor guides the class as a whole through the series.