In this gentle yet powerful practice, we’ll explore movement that flows like water—smooth, responsive, and deeply attuned. Using the support of a chair, we’ll invite fluidity into the joints, breath into the body, and softness into effort. Gentle sequences ripple outward from the spine, guiding you to move with ease, grace, and your own natural rhythm. This class is an invitation to loosen rigidity, restore balance, and return to the steadiness that lives beneath the surface.

In this breath-led, meditative movement class, we begin by softening into sensation—inviting the breath to aerate whatever is present in the body, heart, and mind. Each pose is explored not as a shape to achieve, but as a feeling to inhabit, from the inside out.

As the breath expands, we make space. As the movement deepens, we listen closely. The flow gradually builds toward Warrior III—a shape that invites balance not only in the body, but in the self: a warrior who is both steady and tender, fierce and open-hearted.

Woven throughout is the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, offering a contemplative rhythm:

“Let this darkness be a bell tower / and you the bell. As you ring, / what batters you becomes your strength.”

Come as you are. Let the breath move through you. Let your strength be shaped by softness.

We all have patterns — ways we move, think, and respond. In this gentle, breath-led practice, you’ll be invited to soften your habits by exploring their opposites: spaciousness where you feel stuck, grounding where you feel scattered. Each posture becomes a quiet inquiry into what’s needed now as we explore the yogic concept of pratipakṣa bhāvanā (cultivating the opposite).

This gentle, flowing practice invites you to return to the steady ground of your body. With soft, mindful movement and spacious pauses, we'll create a safe harbor for the mind to settle, soften, and rest. Each breath becomes a tether, drawing awareness inward, allowing tension to release and clarity to emerge.