Yoga

Love Your Brain is a six-week, theme-based gentle yoga series designed for people who have experienced a brain injury. Class themes include: finding wholeness, mindfulness, finding positivity and realistic optimism, cultivating strength and resilience, the importance of community, and gratitude. Each 90-minute session includes: 10-minute introduction of the class theme and breathing exercises to calm and…

Soften, reset, and co-regulate in community. This sustainable strength yoga class offers a grounding space to return to one’s center through mindful movement, breath, and stillness. We’ll cultivate strength, flexibility, and fluidity in ways that support the nervous system and replenish rather than deplete. Students are encouraged to come as they are, allowing the practice…

Wednesday Yin Yoga Series Discover your midweek sanctuary with Alessa's Wednesday Yin Yoga Series! This is a nurturing, unhurried practice crafted for all bodies and all experience levels. Whether you're brand new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Wednesday afternoons just became your favorite part of the week. Yin yoga works beneath the surface. Unlike…

Wednesday Hatha Rollin' Yoga is a breath-led yoga practice combining foam rolling with foundational yoga poses to support fascial health, nervous system regulation, and sustainable movement needed for everyday life. The foam roller is used as both a release tool and a supportive prop - blending gentle rolling, mindful movement, and breath awareness into a…

Ground Into Calm Strength with Weekly Slow Flow Gentle Yoga Class in SE Portland Steady movement, breath, and restoration to support your whole system Join us for an ongoing slow flow gentle yoga class designed to cultivate full-body strength, calm the nervous system, and support a deep return to presence. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman, E-RYT…

Awaken with Intention through Morning Hatha Flow in SE Portland Start your week with a 60-minute root and rise morning yoga practice designed to gently awaken the body and center the mind. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman, E-RYT 500, this class begins with mindful centering and gentle movement to warm the body, gradually building into a…

Slow doesn’t mean easy. Slow means precise, powerful, and sustainable. Led by Maya Lake-Freeman and Alessa Midtlying, this somatic strength and slow power Hatha series is a grounded, deliberately paced strength class blending mindful resistance work, deep core engagement, and somatic awareness. Movements are slow enough to feel honestly, deeply, and safely—developing resilience from the…

Supported Flow Yoga for Everyone This trauma-informed, choice-based yoga class is designed for students with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other connective tissue considerations. This class is also designed for those living with chronic pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, nervous system sensitivity, or fluctuating energy levels. Each class offers clear variations, prop-supported options, and an emphasis on stability,…

This Friday Strength & Balance Hatha Yoga class is designed for all bodies, abilities, and levels of experience. Through mindful movement and intentional breath, we explore strength, flexibility, and balance…

Cultivating Gentleness and Self-Compassion: Yoga for Chronic Pain This gentle, supportive yoga class is designed for those living with chronic pain. Through slow, mindful movement, breath work, and guided relaxation, we'll explore techniques to ease tension, improve mobility, and cultivate compassionate connection with our bodies. Chair variations for poses will be offered to support comfort,…