Please call me at (519) 803-0663 or email me to ask any questions.
PRICE: Melville Classes are all Drop-in
$10 for your 1st and 2nd class of each week and $5 for your 3rd/4th class of each week. Please note: if only Thursday = $12.00 drop in.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 10:00-11:00 VPSC In-Person ESSENTRICS (see below) 11:30-12:30 VPSC In-Person Standing & Seated Yoga | 10-11:00 Melville Gently Moderate Hatha Yoga 11:30-12:30 VPSC Movement for Healthy Joints & Muscles | 10:00-11:00 Melville In-Person ESSENTRICS (see below) 11:30-12:30 VPSC In-Person Standing & Seated Yoga | 10:00-11:00 Melville In-Person Gently Moderate Hatha Yoga 11:45-12:30 VPSC Standing ESSENTRICS(no floor work) | 11:00-12:00 Chair Yoga @ Melville in Heritage Hall |
| VPSC = Victoria Park Centre | VPSC class descriptions can be found in their guide and on their website. |
YOGA DESCRIPTIONS:
Tuesday and Thursday Gently Moderate Hatha Yoga: An all levels class with movement and variation options to challenge yourself when you want to. Warm-ups are done seated and then we stand for strength and stretching poses before coming to the floor again. We incorporate hands&knees postures as well as floor prone and supine ones. Giving yourself this time to share a practice is a wonderful act of self-care. Stretch, build strength, relax and just feel better.
Friday Gently Moderate Chair Yoga: With no getting down or up from the floor this class is great for a wide variety of yoga practitioners and also a great way to end the week! Your options will move from a more gentle one to those with more of a challenge. Our warm-ups will begin sitting on the chair and then we will stand for poses for which you can use the chair for stability (or not) but also to deepen postures as desired. We end sitting again for some final stretches and relaxation. You might be surprised how good you can feel doing chair yoga!
Yoga, May all beings find happiness, may all be free of disease, may all see what is auspicious, may no one suffer, OM peace, peace, peace.
ESSENTRICS® is a dynamic, gentle, full-body workout that simultaneously combines stretching and strengthening while engaging all 650 muscles. Perfect for all ages, this program will increase your mobility, flexibility and overall strength while relieving aches and pains. With a diverse music playlist accompanying each routine, this low-impact equipment-free workout leaves you feeling energized, youthful and healthy.
Increase your flexibility and overall strength –
- Unlock tight joints
- Rebalance your body
- Improve your posture
- Change the shape of your body
Karen was trained to teach Yoga in 2008 and has been teaching ever since while consistently learning more through countless workshops, a 500-hour training program through Himalayan Institute, and also as a Yoga Ayurvedic practitioner. The principles of Ayurveda greatly influence her approach as she teaches people who are primarily in the Vata stage of life which has unique requirements (post-menopausal/60+).
She also trained with the Centre of Activity and Ageing as a fitness instructor where the focus is on classes for this same age group. Building strength and agility while keeping active is so important for all ages but we know that maintaining muscle mass, strong bones and joint mobility is especially important as we age.
Recently she has also become a certified Aging Backwards Essentrics Instructor because their movement program aligns with and expands her values of a gentle and relaxed approach.
Healing the body and soul through gentle and relaxed movement, keeping active with low-impact activity, and just generally feeling good in your body as we age is her passion.