This hour long yoga class is for all levels and is flow-based (Vinyasa). Options will be provided to simplify sequences or advance them. It will be led with atmospheric music and guided transitions. Postures will warm, open, and strengthen the full body through alignment based cuing. Breath, simply put, is our life force and will always play an important role throughout each class. We will begin with a slow flow and build to a peak posture; each class will end in a restorative pose, leaving you refreshed to face your day.
Lonnie Stanton first discovered yoga while studying at the Boston Conservatory where she received her BFA in Dance. Post graduation, she was drawn to yoga classes as cross training to her dance career and realized the practice was providing much more than physical benefit; she was hooked. Lonnie firmly believes yoga is for everyone and provides needed space; space found physically through posture and breathing techniques, mentally through a guided meditative flow, and emotionally through the individual choices made on your mat. She is sensitive to providing options that cater to where each student is that day and values music as an atmospheric aid and driving force in each class. Her hope is to guide individuals to experience a heightened level of body awareness that can translate to a greater self awareness beyond the studio.
Lonnie completed her 200 hour training with YogaWorks in 2011 under Natasha Rizopoulos and has studied with many great yogis in Boston and New York. She recently returned to the Cambridge/Boston area from NYC where she worked with the non profit, Career Gear, teaching restorative chair yoga. In addition, Lonnie teaches modern and ballet technique to students at the School of Classical Ballet and Pembroke School of Performing Arts. She performs regularly with Jean Appolon Dance Expressions and Prometheus Dance.