Class Descriptions – Heights School of Yoga

Pam Johnson

Slow Flow (Vinyasakrama)

  • Tuesday 9 – 10:30 am  |  Wednesday 6:30 – 8 pm  |  Saturday 9:30 – 10:45 am

Emphasis is on coordinating movement to the breath. Importance is placed on balancing body structure, staying focused and de-stressing through movement, breathing techniques and meditation. Classes are challenging, rejuvenating, contemplative.

Slow Flow yoga matches movement to long smooth even inhalations/exhalations, grounding the student in breath and balance. These vinyasas are specifically sequenced to build on one another allowing the student to reach their maximum potential in an asana. Special attention is given to alignment, relaxation, breathing techniques, and meditation.

Kristin Maresca

Slow Flow Yoga, All Levels

  • Thursday 10 – 11:30 am (until June 6th)

Emphasis is on coordinating movement to the breath. Importance is placed on balancing body structure, staying focused and de-stressing through movement, breathing techniques and meditation. Classes are challenging, rejuvenating, contemplative.

Slow Flow yoga matches movement to long smooth even inhalations/exhalations, grounding the student in breath and balance. These vinyasas are specifically sequenced to build on one another allowing the student to reach their maximum potential in an asana. Special attention is given to alignment, relaxation, breathing techniques, and meditation.

Olga Abreu

Slow Power

  • Sunday 10:30 – 11:30 am

Mindful, slow flow class with plenty of challenging postures, from hip openers to arm balances and time dedicated to practicing inversions safely. Because the pace is slow, you’ll have time to deepen the postures and modify them up or down. All levels.

Hatha Yoga

  • Monday 6:30 – 8 pm

A heart-felt hatha yoga practice linking body, mind and spirit celebrating our innate goodness. Breathing techniques combined with principles of alignment for the inner and outer body, and balanced energetic action create noticeable revitalization in every practice session.

Beginner Yoga Series

  • Friday 9:30 – 10:30 am  (until May 31st)

This series will introduce you to Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga, with emphasis on the Yamas and Niyamas, posture and breath. Class will focus on proper alignment and strategies for approaching the physical practice with feeling and intelligence to either prevent injuries or work with existing ones. Special attention will be given to hands, knees, shoulders and spine and to creating space for optimal breathing. Brief informal presentation followed by physical practice will introduce you to the basics of yoga.  Expect handouts and time for discussion. Bring family and friends. The studio offers a relaxed atmosphere that’s conducive to learning and having fun.

Series runs until May 31st. $17 / class. Contact Olga Abreu, olgaluizada@gmail.com or 832-788-9509

Stephanie Thomas

Meditation Class

  • Thursday 7 – 7:45 pm
Got stress?  If you’re like most everyone, life can get stressful, but life doesn’t need to be overwhelming.  This class focuses on demonstrating techniques to facilitate well-being and relaxation through various meditative practices: being with the breath, chanting, and relaxed movement.  The benefits of meditation are well known: pain relief, stress reduction, and spiritual growth.  No meditation experience is necessary, only a willingness to sit and be.  Meditation is a bold and beautiful act of self-care: come join us!

Sharon Hughes

Fundamental Flow

  • Saturday 11 – 12:30 pm

Grounded in tradition, but informed by modern science, this class incorporates basic yoga poses in a meditative flow with the breath, making it accessible for beginners and appropriate for experienced students. Class ends with deep relaxation and /or meditation.

Harry McMahan

Beginner Yoga Series

  • Tuesday 6:15 – 7:15 pm

Begin or reestablish your yoga practice with our Beginner Yoga Series. This 4 week series is designed to give the beginner student a solid foundation in basic poses and breathing techniques. Every Tuesday from April 2-30 from 6:15 – 7:15 PM. $75 for series (5 classes) or $17 / class. Contact Harry McMahan, harry@bayouyoga.com or 713-320-3534

Yoga Basics

  • Tuesday 6:15 – 7:15 pm

New to yoga or would you like to review the basics? Learn the fundamental aspects of yoga. Strong focus is placed on breath awareness. Explore beginner postures, standing, forward and backward bends, twists and their alignment, relaxation and meditation. Emphasis is on personal instruction.

Sowmya Nandakumar

Yoga for Stress Release

  • Thursday 5:45 – 6:45 pm

“Stress” is stored in the back, shoulders, hips, stomach, and the psoas. Intense stretching with relaxing deep breaths can release it. Although stress is perceived as a mental strain, extremely simple physical routines, and focused stretches enable the mind to release stress, through the body and the breath.  Open the shoulders, the back, the hips, and the psoas, gain hamstring flexibility, strengthen and engage the core, improve balance and poise – this is the focus of “Yoga for Stress Release” – to make you stress free, stretched out, relaxed and energetic. Even if you have never done Yoga before, please come by and discover yourself.