Improve your balance, flexibility & strength!
Barbara Lyon in a yoga lunge
Live, in-studio classes on Thursdays, 11:00-noon at Pause Yoga Studio, 91 Hampshire St, Cambridge. There is an excellent HEPA continuous air filtration system and a heated bamboo floor if we need it. All yoga props are provided.
Zoom classes on Mondays 6:00-7:15 pm and Tuesday & Thursday at 11:00-noon
Each class is designed to enhance flexibility & strength, improve posture & balance, and bring more ease to your body to achieve a holistic sense of well-being.
Email Barbara for Zoom class link or meeting ID & passcode: bclyon23@gmail.com.
ONLINE CLASS SCHEDULE:
Mondays 6:00-7:15 pm EST online YOGA, for students with 1+ year experience; includes classic yoga, balancing, strengthening, twists. Cost $22.
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Tuesdays & THursdays 11:00-noon EST online GENTLE YOGA for 50+ and Beginners & anyone else; lots of warm-ups with yoga for better posture, flexibillity, strength & balance. Cost $20
All classes are welcoming, gentle, and effective. Each week we focus on a different body part (like neck/shoulders, tight legs, lower back, hips), or concept (like boosting our immune system, tension, posture, insomnia) - and I take requests! I have been teaching yoga since 1995 and have special training in Silver Age Yoga (for seniors) and fascia work.
HOW DO I PAY? Venmo and Paypal and Zelle are free programs on your phone or computer (easy to use), Please email me for the codes. (no credit cards) or if you have questions. Cash or a check are welcome as well.
DISCOUNT: Prices above are drop-in cost; you can prepay for 8 or 10 classes receive a discount: 60-min classes= $19 each, 75 min classes (Mondays)=$21.
PRIVATE YOGA CLASSES: Looking to mainstream into a public yoga class? Recuperating from or dealing with a physical challenge? Feel more comfortable with just you and the teacher? Wishing to reduce stress while increasing strength and balance? Let me know and I will write classes specifically for you. Private yoga lessons are a great way to go. On Zoom or in studio or possibly at your place. 60 min=$100; 75 min=$125; 90 min=$145 (possible add-ons= my travel to you or studio rental charge. Neither applies if you choose Zoom. You are welome to invite a second person for $15/hr). See the "Where & When" page for more into.
HOW DOES AN ONLINE CLASS WORK?
Above is a picture of Barbara teaching a class on Zoom from her home studio. Can't attend a class at the time listed? **YOU CAN PURCHASE ANY CLASS ON VIDEO and do it any time you'd like. Email Barbara for the video. The cost is the same as a class OR, if you have taken and paid for a class, that video costs $5. **You can either watch and do the class within a month or download it to your computer and own it forever, do it as many times as you like.
SAMPLE OF TYPICAL VIDEO TOPICS: -Ease your Lower Back & Hips; -Classic Yoga Poses; -Yoga to boost our Immune System; -Yoga to Help Build your Bones (literally); -Yoga for Hips & Neck; -Inner Thighs, 'Haunches' & Legs; - Strengthen Our -Lungs & Upper Torso; -Upper Back "Hunch;" -The Big S-T-R-E-T-C-H; -Yoga to Support our Knees; -A Stronger Core & Balance; -Legs Long & Strong; Shoulders/Shoulder Blade Position; -Strong and Flexible Toes/Feet/Calves/Legs; and more.
HOW TO TAKE AN ONLINE CLASS ON ZOOM: See the Online Class Schedule and email Barbara for the Zoom Meeting ID or link for the class you wish to take.
5 minutes before class starts, click the URL from the email or go to www.zoom.com, click on "join meeting" and enter the Meeting ID and passcode. You will see Barbara live; when class starts you will hear her instructions and watch her doing the yoga throughout the whole class as you do the yoga at home. You can choose to turn on your video (so you are visible to her) or not.
Make sure your computer is set on "Speaker View" so you see Barbara large in the middle of your screen. If you don't know how to do that, ask her to show you before class starts.
Yoga for Students with 1+ year experience Mondays 6:00-7:15 pm EST
Classes begin with a lying-down restorative pose followed by stretches, twists, core strengtheners, sitting, standing, and balancing poses, coordinated with our breathing; we end with an inversion (shoulderstand, handstand, or headstand or a more gentle modification), then savasana, a lying-down pose to utterly relax. Revitalizing for body, mind, and spirit!
Students should have 1+ years of yoga experience.
-MONDAY EVENINGS 6:00-7:15 p.m. ONLINE; LOG INTO ZOOM.COM and use the appropriate code listed on the schedule above.
Email: bclyon23@gmail.com or Call/text: 617 959-2562 for more info or help.
Weekly class agenda posted on Facebook (and like us!)
NOTE: See the "About Barbara" page to read about the current fascia/ connective tissue training I am taking to learn yogic approaches to help rehydrate and manipulate the fascia to bring greater flexibility, improve posture, and help ease chronic pain.
Gentle Yoga for Seniors, Beginners and anyone else! Tues & Thurs 11:00-noon EST
Wishing for a more slow-paced yet effective class, regardless of age, weight, experience, or general stiffness? Come to this fun, non-judgmental class for seniors or anyone else. Weekly yoga stretching and strengthening can help bring ease, balance, and stamina to our body, improve our posture, reduce tension, and promote better sleep, and you are welcome to do the class sitting on a chair.
Come create better flexibility, alignment, circulation, strength, and balance for yourself. Yoga for Seniors; Yoga for Beginners; Yoga for Everyone!
Barbara has taught yoga for 28 years and has a certificate in Silver Age Yoga, which is yoga modified for senior yoga classes.
2 morning classes: TUESDAYS 11:00-noon, and THURSDAYS: 11:00-noon
online thru zoom.com. See the Zoom Meeting ID codes on the schedule above. Thursdays are also live at Pause Yoga Studio, 91 Hampshire St, Cambridge, all props provided, so you can show up there or log onto Zoom. Contact bclyon23@gmail.com for more info or help. Pay on Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, cash, or by check in the mail.
FOR INFO ON PRIVATE CLASSES AND MORE, CLICK "Where & When."
WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT CLASSES:
"Your classes have been an enormous help for me physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I feel like I have come such a long way in a year and you have been a big part of that so thank you!!"
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"I continue to find the classes both helpful and enjoyable. Thank you so much for good teaching that challenges us without threatening us, and for your wonderful attitude and good cheer."
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" What a wonderfully uplifting yoga class. Thank you so much for all your creative and inspiring efforts. It always feels great!"
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"I took a couple of your toe, foot, and ankle strengthening classes last week. Today, walking at the farmers market, my foot caught on a cobblestone and I started to fall forward, but I was able to push down on my toes and feet, and I did not fall!"
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"Centering. Calming. Perfect. I appreciated every moment. "
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"The huge difference between my left knee replacement surgery and my right knee replacement a year later has been Barbara Lyon's yoga classes. The very first time I put my foot on the floor post-surgery this time, I felt a stability, strength and balance that I didn't have with the first surgery. Yoga had gotten me to use all those muscles and tendons and bones to do their job and they supported my body."
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"Yesterday's gentle yoga class was spectacular for my legs...Whatever we did strengthened my quads and relaxed my calf muscles so that my legs were straight and felt strong and walking was wonderful. No pain in the knees. "