Yoga Classes for Various Interests
At Yoga Cville, we offer a variety of yoga practices!
What are you interested in exploring further?
Iyengar Yoga Classes
Intro to Iyengar Yoga:
This wonderful introductory series takes place several times a year, making it an excellent option for those new to Iyengar Yoga or with limited experience. It's designed for anyone looking to grow their body awareness while learning how to use props effectively. The next series will take place in March 2026.
Foundations:
A thoughtful continuation of our Intro series for new yogis, those newer to Iyengar yoga, or students returning to a regular practice. It emphasizes working methodically with postures, understanding, and refining alignment while practicing Iyengar principles in a weekly sequence.
An Iyengar yoga monthly sequence typically rotates each week, focusing on Standing, Forward Extensions, Revolved Poses, Backward Extensions, and Restorative/Breathwork. The weekly focus builds progressively, with foundational poses repeated and variations introduced as students advance, always emphasizing precise action and breath.
Level I:
This class emphasizes standing poses, seated positions, and relaxation techniques to improve your strength, stability, and flexibility. It incorporates props such as belts and blocks to assist with proper alignment, introduces core breathing and movement principles, and helps you understand and refine the fundamental poses.
Level I-II:
This class helps students progress from Level I by introducing more advanced movements, longer hold times, and basic breathing techniques, serving as a bridge to Level 2 or Intermediate classes. The focus is on proper alignment in standing and seated poses, including fundamental extensions and twists, as well as preparation for inversions.
Level II:
Students who thoroughly understand basic postures can confidently explore more advanced poses, including inversions like headstand and handstand. The class emphasizes precise alignment and the integration of multiple actions. It is dedicated to refining current poses and gradually introducing more complex variations from the official syllabus to prepare students for advanced practice.
Special Topics
Gentle Yoga:
This class offers a gentle and relaxed pace, making it perfectly adaptable to each student's needs. It's a great fit for yogis with limited mobility or those who are recovering from illness or injury, as well as anyone experiencing chronic fatigue.
Yoga to Strengthen:
Building strength plays a vital role in enhancing daily activities and excelling in sports that demand strength, mobility, and agility. Strengthening our muscles not only makes everyday tasks easier but also boosts our performance in dynamic sports. Combining strength training with practices like yoga creates a balanced approach, improving muscle power, flexibility, and balance—key components for maintaining agility at all ages and fitness levels.
In this class, we use a combination of body weight, light hand weights, various props, and the yoga wall to build strength in targeted areas.
Open Practice:
An open practice class offers a calm, self-directed environment inspired by the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India.
A certified teacher will be on-site on a selected morning, so students, teachers, and trainees can refine poses, deepen their understanding, and use props with ease. Open Practice is included at no extra cost for our monthly members. For drop-in students, a donation is appreciated.
Yin Yoga:
This practice is ideal for students of every level! It's slow-paced and created to help you sit longer and more comfortably by gently stretching the connective tissue around your joints, including your knees, pelvis, sacrum, and spine. You'll experience different seated and supine poses, typically held for several minutes, allowing you to access deeper layers of fascia. Plus, we often use props to enhance your experience!
Deepen Your Practice:
Workshops
These monthly topics are designed to enhance your practice and foster in-person connections with fellow yogis and instructors. Various classes in different formats are essential for maintaining the strength of the Iyengar community and our yoga program. If you haven't already, please review our workshop schedule. Just so you know, we require a minimum number of participants to offer these special sessions.
“I rely on Yoga Cville for my physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The classes are small, allowing each student to receive individual attention.”
