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a movement studio, gathering place,

and dynamic learning community

focused on creativity, freedom,

embodied spirituality and

evolutionary human potential.

3716 Montgomery Road   Cincinnati, OH   45207    513.702.7392

Cincinnati's Home For:

yoga

dance

movement

meditation

a movement studio, gathering place,

and dynamic learning community

focused on creativity, freedom,

embodied spirituality and

evolutionary human potential.

3716 Montgomery Road   Cincinnati, OH   45207    513.313.1018

Cincinnati's Home For:

yoga

dance

movement

meditation

CLASS PASS PRICES:

 

 

 

First month unlimited class pass is available for only $40 for new students!!

 

[Single class/drop in $16] [5 for $75] [10 for $145] [20 for $275]

 

Monthly auto-renewing unlimited class membership for $108/month

 

University Student/Faculty Discount 25% off class passes with I.D.

 

Friday night dance and “Dance Baby Dance” only $10!

 

(Click 'Buy Classes' button above to purchase your preferred pass.)

 

 

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WEEKLY CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

 

Mindful Morning Yoga Flow

with Suzie Nagy

 

The morning rituals we choose for ourselves set the tone for the types of days we end up having. By actively deciding to start your day with complete mindfulness, you will gain the tools to regulate your energy and emotions, position yourself to have more successful interactions with the people you encounter, and gift yourself the ability to feel strong, comfortable and capable in your body. This mindful yoga flow is an approachable and gradual progression of movement linked with the breath that will wake up the body, release early morning stiffness, and enable you to become grounded and centered. You will leave feeling energized, with a clear mind, and ready to take on your day. The class is suitable for yoga practitioners of all experience levels; and modifications will be offered to provide more or less of a challenge.

 

 

Vinyasa and Meditation

with Mer Hogan

 

A wise Progression from Asana into Stillness. Opening the energy channels with Yoga and Breath makes the guided meditation portion of this practice very easy to access. This is a beautiful way to begin the week. It's a class we longed for but could not find, so we created it.

 

 

BarreAmped®

with Kylie Hartman

 

BarreAmped® is a barre class and an intensive body shaping experience designed to produce reliable results, no matter the client. The method is influenced by classical and modern dance (though it is not a dance class) and utilizes a barre to achieve optimal positioning.


The precision-oriented technique focuses mainly on small, isolated movements within deeply held and challenging postures. BarreAmped is proven to increase metabolism, burn fat, and lengthen tight muscles. With commitment to the technique, you get recognizable results exactly where you want them.

 

 

Vinyasa Yoga

with Davidia Turner

 

Tune into the rhythms of the body. Release the fluctuations of the mind. In this vinyasa class every week is an inner exploration and moving meditation. Suitable for practitioners who are looking to realign, re-energize and reconnect with their body and spirit. Blending Alignment, Breathwork, and Mantra for a comprehensive, full practice.

 

 

Belly Dance for Beginners

with Emily Marie

 

This class is open to beginners and anyone with belly dance experience. This class we will learn fundamentals of belly dance, drills that build strength and also expands your own vocabulary of belly dancing moves. So weather you have been dancing for a while and want to brush up on your skills with Emily this is where she will take the time with you to explain the mechanics.

 

Are you are completely new to belly dance?

That is ok; this class is perfect for newcomers just come with an open heart.

 

 

Advanced Belly Dance 

with Emily Marie

 

Join Emily to further your practice. We will work on combinations and more advanced moves in belly dance. You will need to have belly dance or dance experience for this class. What to wear? Comfortable clothing that you can move freely in, you can bring ballet slippers, or a flat dance shoe. Bare feet are also acceptabe as well. A hip scarf or coin belt should also be brought to class.

 

 

Restorative Yoga with Reiki

with Suzie Nagy

 

Restorative yoga relieves the effects of chronic stress and promotes relaxation to calm the body--mentally, physically, and emotionally. Poses (the majority of them being seated or reclined) are held passively for longer periods of time while utilizing props to allow the body to truly relax, open up, and feel supported in deeper stretches. In a world where we can find ourselves in a perpetual state of overstimulation, the opportunity is given to find balance and slow down. Verbal cues are offered to guide you through how to untie the knots in the mind and body. Restorative yoga has been known to aid in the treatment of anxiety, depression, insomnia, headaches, injury recovery, back pain, and stressed-induced illness. The class is beneficial and suitable for yogis from total beginner to advanced practitioner.

 

 

Barre Fusion

with Thomi Marshall

 

Join us at the barre for an integrative experience bringing ballet, pilates, and yoga together. A movement class that ends in stillness. Wear comfortable clothes and bring your body ready to get toned, lengthened, and relaxed. No experience needed. Injury friendly and open to all levels.

 

 

Body Prayer

with Mer Hogan

 

This class is an unapologetically spiritual vinyasa flow class. Our focus is on the power of embodying that which we seek to become.The cadence is smooth and dynamic. Each breath, each movement, each moment is sacred. To be embodied is a great gift.

 

"You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light and you will return to these realms"- Terrance Mckenna

 

 

Vinyasa Flow

with Hadley Corpus

 

An invigorating Vinyasa flow that will help leave you feeling relaxed and inspired for both body and mind. A great way to release tension and stress, and prepare you for an amazing rest of your day. All levels welcome.

 

 

Yin Yoga with Thai Massage

with Davidia Turner

 

Unwind, restore and re-calibrate the body through the calming and passive practice of Yin Yoga. The practice of yin provides us with the opportunity to slowly and mindfully stretch the connective tissue and fascia. Thai Yoga Massage incorporates the mindful use of applied pressure on the bodies energy lines to facilitate healing and release in the physical and energetic bodies. During this class seated postures will be held for a longer period of time and will be fully supported, while Davidia uses Thai Yoga Massage techniques such as palm pressure, gentle rocking and thumb pressing. Be prepared for a deep, relaxing, meditative practice filled with sweet surrender and release.

 

 

Vin to Yin

with Randy Evans

 

An exploration of the duality between movement and stillness, we will begin the class exploring elements of standing, balancing, stretching, and strengthening postures, all set within a fluid movement of breath connection. Gradually we’ll transition towards the calmer, gravity-fed postures of Yin Yoga, allowing us to slow down and connect with the inner harmony that is within us all. Gift yourself the opportunity to slow down, breathe, and experience a sense of calmness that will you from the weekend into a brand new week.

 

 

Cincinnati Queer Yoga

with Trisha Durham

 

A queer positive yoga space. All identities, expression, bodies, abilities welcome. Radically inclusive, useful yoga so we can all just breathe and move.

CQY is not about achieving nice looking yoga postures or being flexible. It is about learning to feel good and safe and present in your body in a supportive environment. No yoga experience is necessary… desk sitters, stress misers and mortals encouraged.  

 

Cincinnati Queer Yoga is a community for those who may have experienced the following:
- If you ever felt like you didn’t belong in a yoga studio
- You do not see people who look like you doing yoga
- Your ways of moving in your body feel queer and you want to explore that

 

"Yoga is queer in its notion of time. To be truly present, even for a second, without past or future hovering, to connect in to the cosmic oneness, is to subvert all that seems permanent, and the most formidable institution of false permanence is gender. When we segment ourselves into two gender camps, we are only reinforcing the separation we attempt to dissolve on the mat." 
-Decolonizing Yoga

 

**CQY acknowledges that its focus is on sharing a yoga practice that is based on the physical postures (asanas), however, "yoga" is a whole spiritual system that goes far beyond just the physical. CQY acknowledges the cultural appropriation of the system of yoga that has and does occur here in the western world.

 

Learn more about CQY by clicking HERE!

 

 

 

Dance Baby Dance

with Lauren Pyne

 

Dance Baby Dance is a 40 minute movement experience for Mom's and Dads to share with their young ones. Rhythm is our mother, our heartbeat and the pulse that grounds, energizes, strengthens and inspires us. The beauty of sharing that kind of embodied freedom with with your child and getting a great workout at the same time is what inspired this class.We all need movement to feel vital and strong.We are all souls in motion, new and old we are on this journey together, so let's dance together!
This class is appropriate for babes in arms, crawlers and toddlers up to age 5.
The cost is 10$ for Mom or Dad and the young ones are free.

 

 

Lose Yourself to Dance

with Lisa Stegman & Mer Hogan

 

Every Friday evening we take a weeks end trip, an inner journey from inertia to ecstasy. This hour of empower will free your untamed spirit with a workout for body and soul. The dance is your own dance, from the inside out, not the outside in. Come join the tribe.
No booze, no shoes, move as you choose!

Dance till you sweat,
Then, dance some more.

Do it alone.
Do it with others.
Do it often.
Do it with an attitude.
Do it with an attitude of prayer.
"Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth"
-Gabrielle Roth


 

Vinyasa Flow 
with Andrea Kern

 

This refreshing, fluid Vinyasa Flow links movement with breath while weaving in a focus on Mindfulness. It encourages students to fully arrive and experience the bloom of each present moment through this union of breath, mind, and movement. This Flow offers a thoughtful balance of strength-building movement and static stretching to deepen flexibility. Folding together movement and stillness, this class will fill each student with a deep sense of peace, calm, and bliss.

 

 

Gentle Yoga 

with Julia Vonderheide

 

A mindfully slow Vinyasa class where we will connecting the natural rhythm of your individual breath with a soft, nurturing flow of movement. This class is designed to help you relieve stress and stiffness that may be stored within the body through a flow of opening Asanas (yoga postures). The Asanas will relax the body and calm the mind, enabling you to listen to your own body and feel the essance of stillness. This class will allow you to refresh and recharge yourself by using the body as an instrument of understanding.

 

 

 

Intro to Lyrical Dance

with Sarah Laubacher

 

Lyrical dance blends the technical foundation of ballet with the expressive qualities of jazz, allowing the dancer to closely follow and interpret the chosen music, which may include anything from pop, folk and rock to jazz or mellow hip-hop. Choreography often features continuous, flowing movement. Because lyrical emphasizes self-expression over technical precision, it is accessible to dancers of various levels, ages and body types. Previous experience is helpful, but not necessary. Warm-up will begin with the building blocks of ballet, as well as jazz basics. Students will then develop strength, flexibility and style while learning turns, leaps, essential connecting steps and combinations. Students are encouraged to modify movement according to their strengths, experience and individual spirit.

 

 

Hoop Church (a donation based class!) 

with Reverend Christie Bray
 

Hoop Church is a blend of hoop dance, Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation.  It will uplift and energize your body and spirit, creating connections with the Earth and within yourself. This is a holistic practice that blends postures and movement into a practice that is accessible for all ages and all levels of experience. You will be engaged in breath work, movement meditation, hoop dance and yoga all in one practice, gracefully guided, encouraged and uplifted from your core as you "feel yourself rooted in the center of your own personal universe".  LIFE IS AWESOME and you will feel empowered and enlivened by the experience.
No experience necessary!

Reverend Christie is a certified Hatha yoga instructor, certified HoopYogini TM instructor and Reiki Master.


 
Open Belly Dance Technique Class 

with Emily Marie

 

Its all about learning technique!!
This class is good for a beginner who wants add some skills or the belly dancer who want to brush up on their technique, this class is open to beginners but will be an open level class. Don't be shy come and shimmy with us! 

 

 

Beginner's Yoga 
with Cory Nowlin

 

Discover your breath, body, mind, energy, and spiritual connection through the dynamic practice of yoga. By uniting movement, breath, and postures (asana) we find our yoga, our connection to everything, and our place in this world. This brings us health and vitality to flow through life. Join us in building a foundation for your practice of self care and love.

 

"We begin where we are and how we are, and whatever happens, happens."
 - T.K.V Desikachar's "The Heart of Yoga Developing a Personal Practice"

 

As a massage therapist, doula, yoga practitioner and teacher, Cory intends to facilitate and hold space for your unique process and path.
 

 

 

 

 

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