One Pose at a Time: Wide-legged Standing Forward Fold

Sunday, Sept. 26
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Wide-legged Standing Forward Fold (Prasarita Padottanasana):

• Strengthens and stretches the inner and back legs
• Tones the abdominal organs
• Lengthens the spine
• Calms the brain
• Relieves mild backaches

* Next series begins in the Fall

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

One Pose at a Time: Warrior II

Sunday, Sept. 19
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Warrior II (Virabhadrasana 2):

• Strengthens and stretches the legs and ankles
• Stretches the groins, chest and lungs, shoulders
• Stimulates abdominal organs
• Increases stamina
• Develops concentration, balance and groundedness

* Next week’s pose: Wide-legged Standing Forward Fold (Prasarita Padottanasana)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

One Pose at a Time: Warrior I

Sunday, Sept. 12
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Warrior I (Virabhadrasana 1):

• Stretches the chest and lungs, shoulders and neck, belly, groins (psoas)
• Strengthens the shoulders and arms, and the muscles of the back
• Strengthens and stretches the thighs, calves, and ankles
• Improves balance, concentration, and core awareness

* Next week’s pose: Warrior II (Virabhadrasana 2)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

One Pose at a Time: Triangle Pose

Sunday, Sept. 5
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Triangle Pose (Trikonasana):

• Stretches and strengthens the thighs, knees, and ankles
• Stretches the hips, groins, hamstrings, and calves; shoulders, chest, and spine
• Stimulates the abdominal organs
• Helps relieve stress
• Improves digestion

* Next week’s pose: Warrior I (Virabhadrasana 1)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

One Pose at a Time: Cobra Pose

Sunday, August 29
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana):

• Strengthens the spine
• Stretches chest and lungs, shoulders, and abdomen
• Firms the buttocks
• Stimulates abdominal organs
• Helps relieve stress and fatigue
• Opens the heart and lungs

* Next week’s pose: Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

One Pose at a Time: Locust Pose

Sunday, August 22
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Locust Pose (Salabasana):

• Strengthens the muscles of the spine, buttocks, and backs of the arms and legs
• Stretches the shoulders, chest, belly, and thighs
• Improves posture
• Stimulates abdominal organs
• Helps relieve stress

* Next week’s pose: Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

Friday Night Sessions

Fridays, 6:30-8 p (except third Friday of each month)
with Kim Weeks, James Foulkes, Liana Brooks-Rubin, and Leah Barr

drop-in or use your Boundless pass

Kim, James, Liana, and Leah teach these sessions on a rotating basis. Each session – a unique mix of a workshop-style class and regular open class – will give you the opportunity to benefit from each teacher’s individual style and perspective. At the same time, there will be collaboration among them, connecting one session to the next.

Follow us on Twitter to see who will be teaching the session on any given week. You can also check the schedule page on the Boundless website.

One Pose at a Time: Four-limbed Staff Pose

Sunday, August 15
2:45-3:45 p
$10

The One-Pose-At-a-Time classes are designed for beginning and intermediate students desiring to learn or review the fundamentals of yoga postures. Vinyasa lovers will also benefit by learning safe and effective ways of performing each pose outside of flow sequencing.

At the end of each class, students can expect to have a thorough foundation in the pose that they can cultivate and work with on their own or in yoga classes.

Benefits of Four-limbed Staff Pose (Chatturanga Dandasana):

• Strengthens the arms and wrists
• Tones the abdomen
• Creates energy in the body
• Good preparation for more challenging arm balances

* Next week’s pose: Locust Pose (Salabasana)

Note: Online registration is not available for this class

Seeing Bodies

Saturday, August 14
3-7 p
Teachers: $50
Beginning students: $25

Ever wanted to know exactly why your body is tight here and loose there? Want to learn how to lengthen those hamstrings for good? Want to find out what’s keeping you from enjoying backbends/forward bends? Come to this workshop and find out!

This is a private class with Kim, except with onlookers. Open to teachers, curious students, and/or beginning-level students, this Teacher Training workshop creates an environment of spontaneous learning. We will discuss and learn how to see, understand, and adjust different kinds of bodies in an open-level class. This workshop will take us all into a deeper understanding of how to help a student make her pose more transformative and meaningful.

Yoga as Therapy with Doug Keller

THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT!!!

Saturday August 14
Time: 3-7 p
Cost: $65

In this yoga as therapy training session we’ll take a very close look at the sacrum and the psoas. First, the anatomy of the sacrum and pelvic girdle, including the muscles that form its support system for safe movement — which, as it turns out, can be quite individual in the nuances of structure and function. We’ll also be looking at the mischief and injuries that can result when the sacrum is not working right, or when the hips and sacrum are forced to move in ways that are harmful or destabilizing.

At the center of this architecture lies the psoas, which flows like a pair of rivers through the valleys of the hips, bringing graceful movement while maintaining our center, the ‘midline’ of our physical as well as emotional and spiritual being. Problems in the low back and sacrum often arise from — or are worsened by — dysfunctions and imbalances.

We’ll be exploring the anatomy and functioning of the psoas in relation to the structure and movement of the sacrum and low back, and will specifically emphasize how to assess problems with the psoas and ‘core’ — and how to release, activate, strengthen, and best support the work of this gatekeeper of the ‘midline’ in asana practice, as well as ‘off the mat.’

This will be an extraordinarily informative and hands-on session in which assessment of sacral problems as well as languaging of instructions for guiding students (or yourself ) through safe and beneficial practice of asanas will be the major emphasis.

Our activities will include practice of asanas (exploring alignment and action for the sacrum) as well as an in-depth look at assessment techniques for sacral health and the role of marma points in the process of healing (with hands-on experience).

Doug, ERYT 500, is registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is author of numerous books and CDs covering all aspects of the practice of yoga. He is well known for his Yoga As Therapy manual, an extensive look at applying the structural alignment principles, asanas, exercises and the energetics of yoga to healing the physical body.

He has a strong background in the alignment based styles of Iyengar and Anusara Yoga®, as well as in yoga philosophy and yoga therapy. He is a regular columnist in the internationally renowned magazine Yoga+ and is the author of several books covering all aspects of yoga practice. He holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Fordham University, and travels nationally and internationally, teaching workshops in philosophy and pranayama as well as hatha yoga.