Pattie Wagner (E-RYT 500/YACEP)
Pattie Wagner, E-RYT 500 and YACEP®, took yoga when she was four years old with her flower child mom. Yoga found her again when she had her second son and needed a release from a demanding career in a foreign city. Over 20 years, she has practiced a broad variety of yoga styles including Power, Bikram, Hatha, Ashtanga, Restorative, Yin, Iyengar and "crappy work yoga" and infused them all into her teaching style (minus the crappy parts, of course).
- My teaching style is: Very hands on, fun, upbeat and spiritual. I love assisting my students, so be prepared for adjustments, neck rubs and guidance.
- My favorite yoga pose is: Padahastasana! I love the release that Gorilla pose provides. It’s a simple forward fold that is accessible to all levels of yogis. It also calms the mind, helps with digestion and improves circulation in your hands and wrists. It’s great for people who work on computers all day long.
- Yoga has helped me overcome: Wow, so much. I began practicing when my 2nd son was born to help with post-partum depression. From there, I fell in love! Anything is possible on a yoga mat.
- My favorite music to teach to is: I have extremely wide tastes of music and love to mix up fresh playlists for my students. I also get help from my sons who help keep my music cutting edge ... I love offering a brand new sound or unknown artist to my students.
- I love my: Eyes and hair. My eyes are hazel and can turn to a beautiful complex green/gold. My hair? I rarely blow it dry and (WHEN) I bother to style it, it looks AMAZING!
- My favorite goddess is: Akhilandeshvari. She is the “The Always Broken Goddess”. Basically, she celebrates that we are always just a little broken, a little on the edge. This allows us to try something new and unfathomable in our lives and break away from our toxic routines or attachments. And she rides on a crocodile … How cool is that?! There is a great article about her on Elephant Journal by JC Peters. Check it out!
- You must try this healthy snack: Well, I'm not sure how truly healthy Skinny Pop is but I can devour a whole bag on my own!
- My favorite Sanskrit phrase is: "Om Namah Shivaya". Chanting this mantra is incredibly powerful … Be careful what you wish for!
- My advice for beginning yogis: Focus on building the very basics of your practice. Your breath is everything and will guide you both physically and spiritually. Don’t worry about how flexible or strong you are … And don’t worry about the heat, Release has plenty of options!
- I’m most grateful for: My wonderful family who supported me when I took on the major life change of starting my own yoga studio. I may be crazy, but I’m loved!
- The most exotic place that I’ve practiced yoga is: Hmm, I've been fortunate to experience travel to many places. The Great Wall of China, India, Costa Rica or Kripalu are some of my top places.
- If I could practice yoga with anyone, it would be: Harry Styles! I am obsessed.
- I want to take my yoga to the next level by: Assisting all of the fabulous Release teachers and students in reaching their full potential.
- My heroes are: Anita Roddick (founder of The Body Shop), Maxine Clark (founder of Build a Bear) and Oprah (founder of everything). They each built profitable businesses from the core of their passions, took immense risks, and focused on giving back to their employees and communities. And they did it with kindness, compassion, fun and profitability. That’s the way business should be!
- My one wish for the world is: "Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Whole."
Pattie Wagner (E-RYT 500/YACEP) instructs the following:
- Candlelight Restorative
- Deep Yin & Thai Massage
- All Levels Flow
- Mudras & Mantras Restorative
- Vin to Yin + Thai Massage
- Warm Beginners
- Warm Power Flow
- Energy Flow Friday: Reiki Healing & Chakra Balancing
Lit by candles, our Restorative Yoga is a practice of stillness and ease. We'll use blocks, bolsters, blankets to relax deeply into restorative yoga postures. This style of yoga is an ideal complement to its more fiery counterpart: Power Yoga. Relieve stress, melt away tension, and calm your nervous system with this deeply healing practice.
Temperature: 78°-82°
Temperature: 78°-82°
Deep Yin & Thai Massage
Sink a bit more deeply into your mat as our instructors take your restorative practice to a whole new level of ... ahh.
Meditative music and chanting sounds accompanied by deep assisting and Thai massage techniques. Space is limited to make sure everyone gets a lot of deep assisting love so please pre-enroll!
Temperature: 76°-78°
Vinyasa flow dialed up and down to accomodate a blended class that includes options for beginner, intermediate and experienced yoga students. Guided by our deeply experienced teachers to offer a little bit for everyone! All are welcome!
Temperature: 80°-84°
Explore class yogic hand gestures (mudras) and simple chants (mantras) to set your intentions for on and off the mat. Combined with restorative yoga poses, the class promotes deep relaxation, energy flow, stress relief, tension reduction, and calming of the nervous system with this deeply healing practice.
Temperature: 78°-82°
Temperature: 78°-82°
Vin to Yin
A marriage of strong Vinyasa Yoga with relaxing Yin Yoga. Grounding sun salutations and standing flows are offered in the first half of class to enliven the body and chase away fatigue.
The Yin half of class offers passive, seated and supine poses that are held for ~5 minutes on each side with gentle Thai Massage based assists. Together Vin toYin promotes a balance of the nervous system and allows for a sense of peace and relaxation.
Temperature: 76°-80°
Similar to our Cool Beginners class, this class is designed for new yogis. Our Warm Beginners class offers all the same benefits of our Cool class with the addition of some sweet gentle heat to help you ease into your postures.
Temperature: 78°-82°
Temperature: 78°-82°
Warm Power Flow
Vinyasa, commonly referred to as a "flow" style, is a flowing, dynamic yoga practice that connects movement with breath.
This moderately paced practice seamlessly blends one pose into another to create heat in the body, build strength, improve balance, and increase flexibility. While these classes are appropriate for all levels of practitioners, some experience is suggested.
Expect to leave revitalized!
Temperature: 82°-86°
Join us for a monthly transformative Group Holistic Meditation Session!
This 90-minute session combines powerful Reiki Healing with focused Chakra Balancing, designed to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit. In addition to receiving whole-body Reiki energy healing, each month we will dedicate special attention to one specific chakra center, guiding you through intentional energy work to restore balance and vitality to that area.
Whether you're seeking deep relaxation, emotional release, or enhanced spiritual connection, this group session is the perfect opportunity to recharge and align with the universal flow of energy.
