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Community Yoga - Sundays All are welcome to this multi-level Sunday morning class. First and third Sundays will be taught by Kyle Thompson. He looks forward to sharing his passion and love for the practice of yoga with you. A percentage of all class proceeds will be donated to a community charity.

Cost: 10 sessions / $88.00
Drop in cost: $8.00 per class
Practitioner: Kyle Thompson Please call 269-344-0930 or email for more information or to sign up.

After being introduced to yoga by his mother-in-law, Kyle Thompson has been practicing for the past eight years and teaching for the past four. He received his teaching certification from the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago and is registered with the Yoga Alliance. He teaches traditional hatha yoga and incorporates asana, pranayama, and centering/meditation into every class. In addition to the teachings he has received from the Temple, Kyle has been strongly inspired by teachers from several other yoga and Buddhist traditions.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Kyle is primarily interested in the psychological and therapeutic benefits that yoga practice provides. Kyle believes strongly in the mind-body connection and in using hatha yoga and meditation to promote health, wholeness, and personal empowerment. He encourages everyone to breathe, relax, feel, watch, allow and to experience each moment as it truly is. In addition to his group classes, Kyle is available for individualized yoga-based psychotherapy. Visit Kyle's website here

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Hatha Yoga 1 & 2 It is "meditation in action." With each posture, the mind focuses on alignment, and the movement of the breath. As the mind unites with the body and the breath, students move into a meditative state. Self-exploration occurs through discovery and release of physical tension patterns and psychological resistance. As practice continues, a student's ability to concentrate and to relax improves and inner awareness is enhanced.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Cynthia Hoss Please call 269-352-7323 or email for more information or to sign up.
Theraputic practices for everyday life!~

Cynthia Hoss CMT, RYT Co-owner Awake and Aware. Cynthia is a master bodyworker of 20 plus years and is certified in massage therapy, Touch for Health, Advanced Kripalu Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She has been studying and teaching yoga over 15 years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Cynthia's intention is to open the flow of energy to enhance health, vitality, and balance to the whole being.

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Hatha Yoga I This class is designed for beginners, students who are already practicing yoga, and for those who would like to discover the many benefits of a regular yoga practice. We will explore the various yoga postures and link them together in a Vinyasa style, gradually building core, shoulders and overall body strength.

Cost: 1 session / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Veronique Jewell Please call 269-553-9215 or email for more information or to sign up.

Veronique Jewell, RN, MA, RYT has been studying yoga since 1994 and in 2008 completed her 200 hours Teacher Training with Melissa Spamer through Lotus In The Flame. Veronique is registered with the Yoga Alliance and deepening her studies in yoga through various workshops and her own practice. Veronique is currently training in Thai Yoga Bodywork. Veronique's vision is to guide her students into a joyful and peaceful yoga journey where they can discover the infinite possibilities of the body and its profound wisdom.

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Stage I & II - Kripalu Build a strong foundation. The focus of Stage I Kripalu is to introduce basic hatha yoga asana(postures)and breathing techniques(pranayama). You will develop core strength, natural range of movement, and body awareness as you learn how far to go in a stretch and how long to hold with safety. Stage II - The practice deepens with inner focus and concentration while holding the postures.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Cynthia Hoss Please call 269-352-7323 or email for more information or to sign up.
Theraputic practices for everyday life!~

Cynthia Hoss CMT, RYT Co-owner Awake and Aware. Cynthia is a master bodyworker of 20 plus years and is certified in massage therapy, Touch for Health, Advanced Kripalu Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She has been studying and teaching yoga over 15 years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Cynthia's intention is to open the flow of energy to enhance health, vitality, and balance to the whole being.

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Vinyasa Power Flow 1 and 2 This is an invigorating class based on Sun Salutations and flowing postures that are all linked together with the breath, and with meditation and breathing techniques that are taught in a way that can be applied to everyday life.Find your inner power! It is like a yogic dance burning calories, teaching us to be present and positive, aiding in mental and physical healing, toning the body and creating more overall flexibility. The class is done in a warm climate to detoxify the body and bring more clarity of the mind. Kirsten's classes are always sequenced differently, so you never get the same experience twice.We use vibrational sound techniques for healing. She creates a nurturing community amongst her students so that everyone feels welcome.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Kirsten Lyon Please call 269-250-0866 or email for more information or to sign up.
Drop in anytime or start a prepay anytime : ) NO class Jan 2nd, due to weather

Kirsten was first introduced to yoga and meditation as a child through her father, an Episcopal priest. She has studied under various studios and teachers in the Chicago, Detroit, and Kalamazoo areas, and received her formal RYT certification through Rising Sun Yoga in Detroit. Kirsten is also an ERYT, Exper-ienced Registered Yoga Teacher, able to teach other yoga teachers. Kirsten completely immersed herself into the spiritual esoteric teachings of yoga and meditation, deepening her spirituality and finding new awakenings through yoga into greater self-awareness. She has developed teaching practices that encompass both Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, with specific emphasis on the breath, the intention, and the meditative movement and flow. Kirsten is a practicing Reiki Master and has been doing hands-on healing energy work throughout her yoga teaching. 

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Gentle Yoga For students who need a more gradual or modified approach to asana due to pain, illness, or other limitations.

Cost: 5 sessions / $66.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Nancy Diment Please call 269-344-0298 or email for more information or to sign up.
Please call for available space before dropping in.

Nancy is a retired physical therapist who has studied yoga for 31 years and taught for 14. She is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 level (RYT 500), a member of IAYT (International Assoc. of Yoga Therapists) and a Relax and Renew Trainer. Her teaching is theme based and paced appropriately for seniors and those with chronic conditions. All classes include a monthly restorative yoga session. 

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Gentle Yoga For students who need a more gradual or modified approach due to age,pain or physical challenges

Cost: 5 sessions / $66.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Nancy Diment Please call 269-344-0298 or email for more information or to sign up.
Please call instructor to register

Nancy is a retired physical therapist who has studied yoga for 31 years and taught for 14. She is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 level (RYT 500), a member of IAYT (International Assoc. of Yoga Therapists) and a Relax and Renew Trainer. Her teaching is theme based and paced appropriately for seniors and those with chronic conditions. All classes include a monthly restorative yoga session. 

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Stage II & III Kripalu Stage II-Develops inner focus and concentration with pranayama, and meditative longer holds in the postures. Stage III-Meditation in Motion. As attunement to the body evolves, life force(prana)begins to guide spontaneous movement from within. Self-exploration occurs through discovery and release of physical tension patterns and psychological resistance. "Witness consciousness" a state of non-judgmental observation is encouraged. Prior yoga experience necessary.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Cynthia Hoss Please call 269-352-7323 or email for more information or to sign up.
A practice to take you inward!~

Cynthia Hoss CMT, RYT Co-owner Awake and Aware. Cynthia is a master bodyworker of 20 plus years and is certified in massage therapy, Touch for Health, Advanced Kripalu Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She has been studying and teaching yoga over 15 years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Cynthia's intention is to open the flow of energy to enhance health, vitality, and balance to the whole being.

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Yoga for Athletes This class is designed for runners and other athletes with a focus on building core strength and flexibility. Breath work, mantra, and meditation are taught to help cultivate the mental discipline and endurance needed to accomplish athletic goals and de-stress in everyday life. Great cross training for the body and soul! No prior yoga experience necessary. Please call 269-370-6310 or email (kristin@liveloveyoga.net) for more information or to sign up.

Cost: 1 session / $13.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Kristin Fiore Please call 269.370-6310 or email for more information or to sign up.

Kristin has been studying yoga since 2007 and completed her 200-hour teacher certification through 7 Centers Yoga Arts in Sedona, AZ in 2009. She is a Yoga Alliance registered teacher. In 2010, she returned to Sedona and apprenticed for a month in 7 Centers' Ayurvedic kitchen to learn more about Ayurveda and the healing properties of food and herbs. She is currently studying Thai Massage through the Chicago School of Thai Massage and is excited to see how this is transforming both her personal practice and her teaching. Look for elements of Ruesri Dat Ton (traditional Thai yoga) and more hands-on adjustments in her classes.

Kristin recently completed her first marathon, which has inspired her new class Yoga for Athletes and also deepened her use of meditation and mantra over the long training miles. Kristin teaches a blend of hatha and vinyasa flow yoga that is accessible to beginners and also challenging for more advanced practitioners. She is a mother of three and feels that the study of yoga is a foundational training for the body, mind, and spirit that brings balance and joy into our busy lives at any age. Kristin continues to find peace, truth, and connection through yoga and is passionate about sharing that experience with others. Visit her website.

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Yin Yoga & Meditation Slow down, enhance your flexibility and meditation skills. A quiet practice where poses are held for 3-5 minutes with very little muscular engagement. Targets deep connective tissue release in the muscles and joints of the lower body and pelvis, and spine. Gently strengthens the muscles and bones of the upper body.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Cynthia Hoss Please call 269-352-7323 or email for more information or to sign up.

Cynthia Hoss CMT, RYT Co-owner Awake and Aware. Cynthia is a master bodyworker of 20 plus years and is certified in massage therapy, Touch for Health, Advanced Kripalu Yoga, and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. She has been studying and teaching yoga over 15 years and is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Cynthia's intention is to open the flow of energy to enhance health, vitality, and balance to the whole being.

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Yoga Therapy This class is for those people who have at least an idea of yoga postures, even if you haven't practiced yoga in some time in a class or on your own. Using my ten years of practicing yoga, yoga teacher training and eight years of bodywork experience I combine that knowledge to create each class. We begin with awareness of how we are breathing and intertwine the breath with movement that opens and loosens joints. We then check in with how each student is feeling in the moment and the class is tailored with yoga postures (asanas, ah-sah-nah) to meet those needs. You will leave feeling easier in your body and mind and enlivened to meet your day.

Cost: 4 sessions / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Judy Huxmann Please call 269-744-6665 or email for more information or to sign up.

Judy is an established bodyworker since 2003, certified in massage therapy, a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, and co-owner of Awake and Aware . "I Love working with the aging body both in my yoga teachings and my massage practice, helping to extend and improve balance, flexibility, strength, body awareness and a sense of humor." 

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Yoga Beginnings ~Series 1 Come and join us in this fun and lighthearted exploration of yoga. This six week two part series will help you to build your practice, starting with foundations of alignment and the breath. Each class will explore and expand upon the next...helping you to build your practice from the ground up. The second series will explore more postures, pranayama, philosophy as well as the various styles of yoga. No prior experience is necessary, however, these series are great refreshers, even for an experienced student of any level. Beginnings Series I Jan. 25- Feb. 29 $60.00 per session
This class begins on January 25, 2012

Cost: 1 session / $60.00
Drop in cost: $12.00 per class
Practitioner: Suzanne Batdorff Please call 269-382-6023 or email for more information or to sign up.

Suzi Batdorff is a 2008 graduate of Melissa Spamer's Lotus in the Flame teacher training. Her lighthearted and easygoing approach is a welcoming light to our fast-paced world. In addition to her 200 hour training, Suzi's experiences along the path of yoga have involved training with many great teachers including Cynthia Hoss, Karina Mirsky, Paul Grilley, Kali Ray, Angela Farmer & Victor Van Kooten, John Friend and more recently, Behnje Masson, where she is currently in an Anusara Immersion program.

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Energy Flow I and II This class will focus on weaving flows of asanas in a Vinyasa style. Moving slowly throughout the postures will allow right alignment of the body and bring awareness of muscles, joints and bones that are involved in the asanas. The class will cultivate mental focus, flexibility and strength.

Cost: 1 session / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Veronique Jewell Please call 269-553-9215 or email for more information or to sign up.

Veronique Jewell, RN, MA, RYT has been studying yoga since 1994 and in 2008 completed her 200 hours Teacher Training with Melissa Spamer through Lotus In The Flame. Veronique is registered with the Yoga Alliance and deepening her studies in yoga through various workshops and her own practice. Veronique is currently training in Thai Yoga Bodywork. Veronique's vision is to guide her students into a joyful and peaceful yoga journey where they can discover the infinite possibilities of the body and its profound wisdom.

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Advanced Gentle Yoga For students who need a more gradual or modified approach to asana due to pain, illness, or other limitations and have some yoga experience.

Cost: 4 sessions / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Nancy Diment Please call 269-344-0298 or email for more information or to sign up.
Please call for availability before dropping in.

Nancy is a retired physical therapist who has studied yoga for 31 years and taught for 14. She is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 level (RYT 500), a member of IAYT (International Assoc. of Yoga Therapists) and a Relax and Renew Trainer. Her teaching is theme based and paced appropriately for seniors and those with chronic conditions. All classes include a monthly restorative yoga session. 

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Very Gentle Yoga Appropriate for new beginners or those who have physical limitations requiring adaptations.

Cost: 4 sessions / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Nancy Diment Please call 269-344-0298 or email for more information or to sign up.
Please call instructor to register

Nancy is a retired physical therapist who has studied yoga for 31 years and taught for 14. She is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 level (RYT 500), a member of IAYT (International Assoc. of Yoga Therapists) and a Relax and Renew Trainer. Her teaching is theme based and paced appropriately for seniors and those with chronic conditions. All classes include a monthly restorative yoga session. 

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Yoga For Longevity A balanced yoga practice for whole body flexibility, strength, stress relief and relaxation. 1. Gentle, muscularly relaxed, floor-based positions, are held 2-4 minutes to open the joints and stretch deep connective tissues of the hips, lower back and spine. 2. Dynamic standing poses to strengthen and energize the body. 3. Restorative poses to calm and quiet the body. Suitable for any level.

Cost: 1 session / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Patricia Plasko Please call 269-547-9445 or email for more information or to sign up.
Anti-Aging Yoga!

Patricia Plasko, a Yoga Alliance registered teacher, has been studying yoga since 1999, completing her 200 hour RYT Teacher Training in 2008 under the direction of Melissa Spamer, Founder/Director of Lotus in the Flame, School of Yoga and Healing Arts. With an MFA in Dance Education, Performance, Improvisation and Choreography, Patricia brings over 25 years experience teaching and observing the body in motion. Her yoga classes strive to enhance the body/mind relationship, with a focus on technical detail of asana (poses), dynamic anatomy of the body and the meditative flow of movement.

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Vinyasa Power Flow 1 and 2 This is an invigorating class based on Sun Salutations and flowing postures that are all linked together with the breath, and with meditation and breathing techniques that are taught in a way that can be applied to everyday life.Find your inner power! It is like a yogic dance burning calories, teaching us to be present and positive, aiding in mental and physical healing, toning the body and creating more overall flexibility. The class is done in a warm climate to detoxify the body and bring more clarity of the mind. Kirsten's classes are always sequenced differently, so you never get the same experience twice.WE use vibrational sound techniques for healing. She creates a nurturing community amongst her students so that everyone feels welcome.

Cost: 8 sessions / $104.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Kirsten Lyon Please call 269-250-0866 or email for more information or to sign up.
No class on Dec 29th

Kirsten was first introduced to yoga and meditation as a child through her father, an Episcopal priest. She has studied under various studios and teachers in the Chicago, Detroit, and Kalamazoo areas, and received her formal RYT certification through Rising Sun Yoga in Detroit. Kirsten is also an ERYT, Exper-ienced Registered Yoga Teacher, able to teach other yoga teachers. Kirsten completely immersed herself into the spiritual esoteric teachings of yoga and meditation, deepening her spirituality and finding new awakenings through yoga into greater self-awareness. She has developed teaching practices that encompass both Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, with specific emphasis on the breath, the intention, and the meditative movement and flow. Kirsten is a practicing Reiki Master and has been doing hands-on healing energy work throughout her yoga teaching. 

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Yoga Therapy - This class does NOT meet on the Last Friday of the month This class is for those people who have at least an idea of yoga postures, even if you haven't practiced yoga in some time in a class or on your own. Using my ten years of practicing yoga, yoga teacher training and eight years of bodywork experience I combine that knowledge to create each class. We begin with awareness of how we are breathing and intertwine the breath with movement that opens and loosens joints. We then check in with how each student is feeling in the moment and the class is tailored with yoga postures (asanas, ah-sah-nah) to meet those needs. You will leave feeling easier in your body and mind and enlivened to meet your day.

Cost: 4 sessions / $52.00
Drop in cost: $15.00 per class
Practitioner: Judy Huxmann Please call 269-744-6665 or email for more information or to sign up.

Judy is an established bodyworker since 2003, certified in massage therapy, a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, and co-owner of Awake and Aware . "I Love working with the aging body both in my yoga teachings and my massage practice, helping to extend and improve balance, flexibility, strength, body awareness and a sense of humor." 

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Community Yoga - 2nd & 4th Sat A multi-level class taught by Veronique on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays. This Vinyasa Flow links slow movement with breath to create fluid transitions between and throughout postures. Class styles and intensity vary weekly, from a deep slow flow to an energetic heated practice. A percentage of class proceeds goes to a local Kalamazoo charity.

Cost: 1 session / $40.00
Drop in cost: $10.00 per class
Practitioner: Veronique Jewell Please call 269-553-9215 or email for more information or to sign up.

Veronique Jewell, RN, MA, RYT has been studying yoga since 1994 and in 2008 completed her 200 hours Teacher Training with Melissa Spamer through Lotus In The Flame. Veronique is registered with the Yoga Alliance and deepening her studies in yoga through various workshops and her own practice. Veronique is currently training in Thai Yoga Bodywork. Veronique's vision is to guide her students into a joyful and peaceful yoga journey where they can discover the infinite possibilities of the body and its profound wisdom.

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