Welcome to Our Studio: A Guide to Our Classes

Avital Flor
Jan 11
4 min read

I created this studio with a clear vision: to offer a space where movement becomes a path to wellbeing. Here, we combine traditional practices with modern understanding to help each person find their way to better physical and mental health. Whether you're new to movement practices or have years of experience, you'll find classes that meet you where you are.

Our Approach

In my years of practice and teaching, I've found great wisdom in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, which describes yoga as "the stilling of the fluctuations of consciousness." This principle guides our approach in every class, where we balance stability with comfort, effort with ease. It's a practical framework that helps us move and breathe with greater awareness.

Our Class Offerings

Ashtanga Yoga

A dynamic and flowing practice rooted in ancient tradition. In our 90-minute sessions, we move through the First Series (of six traditional series), following a carefully structured sequence that includes:

Sun Salutations
Standing Postures
Seated Positions
Balance Poses
Back Bends
Inversions
Concluding with Deep Relaxation

The practice is characterized by its meditative quality, maintained through a consistent rhythm and steady, comfortable breathing. Through this breath awareness, we discover ease within the intensity of the practice.

This powerful system was developed by Sri Krishnamacharya in the early 19th century and was further evolved by his student Pattabhi Jois, who introduced this tradition to the West in the 1970s. The name "Ashtanga" refers to the eight limbs of yoga, a fundamental text in yoga philosophy that outlines the complete yogic path:

Daily life practices
Physical training
Breath work
Meditation techniques

All these elements work together to develop deeper awareness and consciousness, making Ashtanga a complete system for personal transformation.

Vinyasa Yoga

The word "Vinyasa" means "to place in a special way," and this intention guides our 75-minute practice. While rooted in Ashtanga principles, Vinyasa offers a more flexible approach to movement and breath. Each class features unique sequences tailored to the practitioners' needs and may focus on specific themes such as breath coordination, particular body areas, or philosophical concepts.

Like Ashtanga, this practice maintains a flowing and dynamic nature, but with greater versatility in pacing—sometimes slower, sometimes more vigorous. We typically explore fewer postures than in Ashtanga, allowing for a more concentrated focus on each movement and transition. This adaptable style makes it perfect for practitioners of all levels who seek both structure and creative freedom in their practice.

Yoga For Women

A nurturing 60-minute practice that weaves together traditional yoga philosophy and postures with a specialized focus on women's holistic wellbeing. This therapeutic approach centers on pelvic health through mindful engagement and release of the pelvic floor muscles, along with strengthening and mobilizing the surrounding joints and muscles that support the pelvis.

The practice incorporates gentle, repetitive movements designed to enhance range of motion throughout the body in a holistic way. This healing and balancing practice is particularly beneficial for women during pre and postnatal periods, as well as for women at any stage of life seeking to deepen their connection with their bodies.

My approach to Women's Yoga is grounded in extensive training with Meital Oved, a student of Mira Artzi-Padan, the creator of the Feminine Yoga method. I enhance these teachings with my expertise as a Shiatsu practitioner, where I've witnessed firsthand how pelvic balance can transform overall body alignment and wellbeing.

This practice offers a safe space for women to explore, strengthen, and nurture their bodies through mindful movement and breath awareness.

Vijnana Yoga

The meaning of the word “Vijnana” is discernment, understanding, recognition, wisdom, and knowledge. It refers to an understanding that does not stem from external information but rather from inner clarity.

In practice, the focus is on seven principles: connection, quiet mind, relaxation of effort, grounding, elongation, intention, and breath.

Developed by Orit Sen-Gupta in the early 2000s, this profound practice is taught in our studio by the dedicated teacher Karin Aldouby.

Pilates Practice

"Change happens through movement, and movement heals."

— Joseph Pilates

The Origins of Pilates

Pilates is a unique training method developed by Joseph Pilates, a visionary who dedicated his life to understanding the human body. From childhood, he was deeply fascinated by anatomy, physical training, and body mechanics. His diverse background included studying various movement practices like gymnastics and yoga, and he was also a professional boxer, self-defense instructor, and circus performer.

Initially, he called his method "Contrology," which he began developing during World War I to rehabilitate wounded soldiers and prisoners of war in England. After the war, he immigrated to New York, where he and his wife Clara opened a studio to refine and teach their groundbreaking approach.

His students included many dancers who learned to strengthen stabilizing muscles and prevent injuries, as well as professionals with sedentary lifestyles who discovered how mindful movement and breathing could lead to physical and mental healing.

My Pilates Practice

In my classes, we practice the classical Pilates exercises with precise sequences that help maintain the method's core principles. Each movement is carefully executed to enhance body awareness, alignment, and muscular control.

This practice is suitable for everyone, regardless of age or fitness level. I believe that when we strengthen our core, we strengthen the body's center—a transformation you'll feel not just during the practice, but throughout your daily routine.

Our practice focuses on: