This series offers the basic techniques of pranayama.

Students new to pranayama are welcome as are ongoing students. It will be an informative, restful and slow paced practice.

The benefits of breath awareness and a regular pranayama practice may include:

• deep physical and mental relaxation by balancing the nervous and endocrine systems

• strengthened immune system

• improved lung capacity and elasticity

• better regulated high/low blood pressure

Series runs Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm PDT from August 7-August 28, 2025.

Sessions will be recorded and available to all registrants after the class for 2 weeks.

This series is offered VIRTUALLY ONLY.

Single Day sign up is available for this course.

To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.

There are myriad styles of yoga which could be viewed as separate, but yoga is one.

According to Patanjali in Sutra I.43 yoga is an opportunity to build healthy intelligent memories, and let go of old memories.

In this series we will stimulate the heart as well as improve stamina, concentration and coordination through Surya Namaskar (sun salutations).

We will focus on poses that build muscle strength, improve cardiovascular resilience and develop mindfulness to the different qualities of practice, both stimulating and calming. Iyengar yoga is not only to address illness and injury, but to nourish all the layers of the body. Expect jumping and strong arm and leg work.

This series is good for those who enjoy a faster pace class with jumping and like to be challenged. Not appropriate for beginners or those with health concerns or injuries.

This series is hybrid. It is offered both in person at CYC and virtually. Single session drop-in not allowed for this series.

Senior Iyengar instructor Marla Apt will be teaching Taming the Mind Through Yoga on August 23-24, in person.

This is a special opportunity to explore yoga philosophy and how asana can support mental clarity, physical freedom, and spiritual steadiness. Her teaching style is encouraging and strong to help you go deeper in the asana that you would on your own, whether it’s the standing poses or more challenging poses like back bends or inversions.

You can sign up for the full workshop here or individual Saturday or Sunday session registration.

• Saturday Morning - 10.30 am to 1.00 pm PDT

• Saturday Afternoon - 2 pm - 4 pm PDT

• Sunday Morning - 10.30 - 1.30 pm PDT

This workshop is in person only.

The weekend is broken down into three segments.

Saturday morning Marla will work on the foundations of the asana. This will begin the process of taming the mind.

Saturday afternoon will leverage the newfound focus from the morning to continue drawing the mind to a more stable place, encouraging it to become more quiet.

Sunday we conclude with our last session, a combination of physically stimulating asana with an awareness beyond our bodies into our mind and consciousness.

We encourage Level 1 students to attend. Learning from a senior teacher like Marla can be deeply inspiring, and her clear, concise instruction can help you progress in your practice with confidence.

Single Day sign up is available for this course.

To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.

Asthma can show up in many ways, chest tightness, bouts of coughing, wheezing, and even episodes of difficult breathing. This workshop is designed for students with at least six months of yoga experience and for teachers who want to learn practical, yoga-based tools to manage asthma both daily and during flare-ups.

You’ll discover how to calm the nervous system, open the rib cage, and release the small muscles between the ribs. Learn the difference between shallow and deep breathing, how to exhale fully to clear carbon dioxide, and create space for more oxygen. Our goal is to help you clear the airways and make breathing smoother, leading to deeper, more complete inhalations.

We’ll practice poses to ease breathing during an asthma attack, along with asanas you can integrate regularly to help reduce the frequency of attacks.

This series is hybrid. It is offered both in person at CYC and virtually. Single session drop-in not allowed for this series.

According to a Harvard Health Digest review, up to 90% of all doctor visits can be attributed to stress-related complaints. Because the body, mind and breath are so intimately connected by our nervous system, when thoughts, feelings and emotions dominate our daily life, this has an impact on all of our physical systems; digestive, respiratory, endocrine, musculoskeletal and nervous to name a few. 

This series is for anybody wanting to learn how to support, improve and/or manage their overall health with a focus on the mind and emotions. By practicing asana, various positions and actions help us move our awareness away from hyper-kinetic mental states and towards body and breath awareness. This process creates the tools and habits needed for emotional health. 

You will learn to:

• Be more aware of the tension you hold in your body

• Use asana and breathing to notice and develop helpful mind states

• Tailor specific asana and breathing techniques to manage your unique situation/condition

• Cultivate a feeling of spaciousness - in the body, the mind and the breath

This series is for anyone looking to:

• Manage stress, anxiety, or depression

• Build emotional resilience and intelligence

• Ease tension from chronic conditions like IBS, high blood pressure, headaches, or general unease

• Cultivate a sense of calm, focus, and well-being

• Improve overall health

Conditions that you may be experiencing include: depression, anxiety, GAD, IBS, headaches/migraines, high blood pressure, hypertension or just a  general sense of unease or fear.

Schedule: 

Each session will focus on a different sequence and group of asana to support your practice and healing.  You can sign up individually or for all three workshops. 

September 13 from 1:00-3:30 pm - supported standing asana & supported inversions

October 19 from 11:00am-1:30pm  - Supported forwards bends & supported inversions

November 15 from 1:00pm- 3:30 pm - Supported back extensions & supported inversions

Cost: $150 for entire series and $60 drop in

Single Day sign up is available for this course.

To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.