Below are descriptions of our class offerings at Yoga4All.  Not all of these classes are offered continuously.  Please check the monthly class calendar for the current class roster.  We also occasionally offer 4- , 6- or 8-week series with descriptions found on the monthly class schedule. 

Class levels are suggested.  Students practicing yoga at other levels may attend any class with teacher permission.  Please contact the class teacher directly for permission.  Phone numbers may be found in the teacher biography.

Active Yoga - Instructor Heather Brandt, RYT, CPT.  Start your day with an active yoga class.   Bring on the sun salutations!  Heather will guide you through invigorating sequences to open your eyes and your heart.  Easy/Moderate.

Align and Refine - Instructor Wanda Howe, eRYT500.  This mid-week class is an excellent time to pause and explore how to refine your poses through proper alignment and a balanced approach to your practice.  Learn techniques to align the bones so the muscles will work more efficiently.  This level of practice is a chance to recalibrate and renew your energy through asana, breath and meditation.  Moderate/Intermediate

Beginners Yoga by Candlelight - Instructor in this class varies weekly.  In the beauty of candlelight, explore the healing potential of linking movement with breath, the clarity of pranayama and the power of relaxation.  Join one of our talented yoga4all teachers for a journey to vitality through creative yoga sequences.  This class is perfect for beginners and new students to visit the studio and learn more about yoga, our classes and our teachers.   Free to new students, by donation for all others.  Easy

Caring Yoga for Special Needs - Instructor Lisa Recchione, MA, eRYT200, KR1.  The cost for this class is on a donation basis.   This class is tailored to students with special needs such as Parkinson's, arthritis, traumatic brain injury, cancer, Alzheimer's, advanced age, etc.   Instructor Lisa Recchione is a registered yoga teacher with firsthand experience working with special needs individuals.  Lisa is recognized as an expert in the field of brain yoga.   Yoga is accepted as an effective way to reduce stress, enhance health, improve posture and increase flexibility.   Yoga also improves overall well-being through unique breathing and stretching techniques.   This class is usually taught with students seated in a chair.   To participate please bring a note from your doctor.  Caregivers are encouraged to participate as well.   For more information contact Lisa at 727-595-6036 or email erecchione@tampabay.rr.com.  Easy/Chair

Core Class for Inner Strength - Instructor Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.  This class will use many types of disciplines including yoga and pilates style movements to strengthen the core or powerhouse of the body.  Building a strong core includes building a strong back, the strength of the core helps to stabilize the back.  Having a strong and balanced center we can move through this journey of life with more ease and grace.  This class will at time use fitness balls, flex bands, foam rollers and anything else I can think of to have fun and build strength in the body.  No body part will be missed, legs, arms, hands and feet as well as the face from laughing and having fun.  Breath work, aromatherapy and closing meditation are included in this class.   Easy/Moderate

Deepen and Explore Iyengar Style - Instructor Wanda Howe, eRYT200, eRYT500.  Honoring the Iyengar Tradition this practice focuses on exploring the more specific aspects of asana as it relates to alignment and stability in the yoga practice.  The sequencing of poses is specifically designed as a building block, while helping the student develop power and stamina, for a strong body and quiet mind.  We use a wide range of props.  Learn better use of the energy body and the breath as you practice.  This class includes meditation and some pranayam.  Moderate/Intermediate

Easy Yoga and Stretch - Instructor Heather Brandt, RYT200, Certified Personal Trainer.  Gentle stretches with breath and meditation building up to strengthening postures, using props as needed for proper alignment.   This class offers a balanced practice to ease you into your day.  Easy

Easy Yoga and Stretch for Back Pain - Instructors Marty Maddox, eRYT200, eRYT500 and Heather Brandt, RYT200.  This class offers breath work to oxygenate the muscles, stretches to release the tension in the back and hips, and yoga poses designed to build strength.  Bolsters, blankets and blocks are used extensively to prevent further injury.  Class size is generally limited to allow personal attention so contact the instructor for space availability.  Easy

Family Yoga Class - Instructor Amanda James, RYT200.  Bring the kids!! Bring Grandma! Bring Grandpa! Strengthen family bonds and create togetherness with a yoga class designed for the entire family.  Yogis of all ages and abilities will share in the joy and peace through movements, songs, games and stories.  Giggles, cuddles and spontaneous dancing are encourage.   Must preregister with Amanda - limited space.   Everyone Welcome

Fit Yoga4All - Instructor Heather Brandt, Certified Personal Trainer, RYT200.   Combine your Yin and Yang in a class created to balance you head to toe.  Fit Yoga is designed to meet your total body needs.  Heather shares her knowledge of fitness and yoga all in one class.  The first half hours feels just like a group fitness class with a full body workout and energetic music then seamlessly transitions to an active, relaxing yoga class! Your last 15 minutes is spent in a well-deserved savasana! This class is open to all fitness levels.  Wear athletic shoes and bring a towel.  Light hand weights are welcome in class.   Moderate

Fit Yoga Club - Full Body Workout: Take your fitness to the next level.  You will receive a 30 minute full body workout guaranteed to make you sweat.  Active Yoga: Yoga is the perfect addition to any fitness program.  The second thirty minutes of class is designed to stretch every muscle you worked.  Take a Breath: End class the only way we know how, in deep relaxation.  This is a time to rest and let the body and mind process all that you have accomplished.  This program will track your progress in inches and strength.  Each week builds on the last! Measurements will be taken at the beginning and end to ensure your progress.  Your fitness family will be there to support you!!

Fundamentals of Yoga - Instructor Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.  Fundamentals of Yoga: Not sure if you are in alignment? What are all those "props" used for? Join me in the journey of Yoga.  Postures will be explained and demonstrated slowly to allow understanding of the alignment.  In this class you will become comfortable with props to support the postures until you find strength, balance and alignment.   This class also helps you with the posture names as well as pranayama (breath) practices that sustain the body during the asana practice.  This class is designed to deepen your understanding of the yoga postures, develop greater flexibility and strength and to awaken the mind body connection with meditation.  Come open your heart to Yoga.   Private instruction is available.  Aromatherapy will also be offered in this class.   Easy/Moderate

Gentle/Restorative Yoga - Instructor Susan Stone, RYT500, DOM, AP.  Join us for this gentle easy morning class with Iyengar style yoga influence, stretching and moving slowly, building up pace throughout the class, but remaining on a gentle level the whole time.  It's a great way to start your day and build your practice.  Not a lot of getting up and down and poses can always be modified to make them work for everyone.   Restorative

Gong Meditation - Instructor Lisa Recchione, MA, eRYT200, KR1.  This is a monthly event with Lisa.  The Gong has all the sounds and vibrations of creations within it.  It cancels out thoughts and allows you to completely relax very deeply and quickly.  The mind is overcome and relaxed by the gong so that a very deep state of meditation can be reached.  In this state deep healing occurs and awareness is heightened.  Everyone Invited

Hatha Blend Iyengar Style - Instructor Wanda Howe, eRYT200, eRYT500.  These classes are Iyengar based complemented with other styles of hatha yoga.   Iyengar yoga focuses on correct body alignment which allows the body to develop in an anatomically correct way to build/balance strength and flexibility.   Props are frequently used that help the student adjust or support themselves in the different postures allowing work within safe ranges of joint and muscle mobility.  The instructor encourages students to build foundational strength for better balance and grounding preparing the student to explore a more challenging yoga practice.  Moderate

Hatha Yoga - Instructor Susan Stone, RYT500, DOM, AP.  Morning Class.  If you're looking to start your day early with an invigorating yoga class, this one is right for you.  We take the time to fully stretch the body.  Then we focus on building strength and opening up the body through well-aligned Iyengar style yoga influenced poses.  This hour and fifteen minute class will provide you with a moderate workout and leave you feeling balanced and ready to continue your day.  Easy/Moderate

Hatha Yoga Blend - Instructor Amanda James, RYT200.  This class focuses on the basics of a complete yoga practice.  Students develop strength, flexibility, and balance through instruction on proper alignment, breath awareness, and meditation.  Easy/Moderate

Kundalini Yoga - Instructor Lisa Recchione, MA, eRYT200, KR1.  Kundalini Yoga is called the Yoga of Awareness.  It develops deep self-awareness on all levels and gives one tools for coping in these very stressful times.  It is a complete practice including physical exercises and posture, pranayam (breath work), and meditation to enrich the mind, body and spirit.  This yoga benefits overall health and vitality and is said to be particularly beneficial for the endocrine (glandular) and neurological systems.  Lisa has been practicing kundalini yoga for years and have found it to be a tremendous help for managing stress, shifting her mood and energy, and connecting with her deeper self for meditation.  A typical class begins with a tune in, warm-ups or pranayam (or both), followed with Kriya (exercises and postures combined with breath and meditation), and ending with relaxation and meditation, (gong meditation will be offered on occasion).  Often yogi tea will be served following class.  This practice is accessible to all levels of students from beginners to advanced.  If you have any questions please contact Lisa at (727) 595-6036, or erecchione@tampabay.rr.com .  Easy/Moderate

Meditation and Pranayama - a "how to" class with Sandi Teresi, eRYT, Reduce stress and deepen your yoga practice in this relaxing guided meditation class.  Let stillness blossom within you using the ancient technique of Pranayama.  Combining these together allows you to quiet the mind as you ride the waves of flowing breath to open your body improving overall wellness.   Open to all levels.  Easy

Past Life, Karma and the Law of Reincarnation  - Judy Kovatch, RYT, Certified Hypnotist.  The decisions you make each day create your future.  Life on Earth is a school.   Every moment of your life is designed to help bring out the greatness within and to move you as quickly and easily as possible on your life's journey.  Join us for a fun adventure and some extraordinary discoveries.   Learn about and explore reincarnation and karma through discussion and experiences.  Awaken cellular memory of successes, gifts or talents.   This is an occasional class offered by Judy.  Check the current class calendar for next date.  Everyone Invited

Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga - Instructors Sugandha Purohit, MD, RYT200 and Sandi Teresi, eRYT200.  The practice of prenatal (pregnancy) yoga will help you to meet the challenges and transformations of pregnancy and birth with strength, confidence and peace.  Prenatal yoga (also known as pregnancy yoga) incorporates gentle, safe movements and stretches to strengthen and open your body; breathing exercises to increase calm, focus and balance; and relaxation techniques to release deeply held tensions and to promote the well-being of you and your baby.  Pregnancy is a time for moderation; therefore you are always encouraged to modify movements or to rest as necessary.  Please bring a note from your doctor to participate.  After you have delivered, this class is a great place for you to return to a gentle yoga practice to rebuild your strength and confidence to attend regular classes.  Easy

Restorative Yoga - Instructors Susan Stone, RYT500, DOM, AP and Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.  This gentle practice utilizes various props to learn to observe your breath & feel the subtle effects on your body.  Benefits include: recovery from illness & fatigue, stimulate digestion, increase flexibility & circulation & relieve stress related headaches.  This is a calming, therapeutic process to help renew the body and quiet the mind.  Restorative

Sadhana Practice - Instructor Kylie Sachs, RYT.   The word sadhana means daily spiritual practice.  It is whatever you do consistently to clear your own consciousness so you can relate to the infinity within you.  The practice tunes up your nervous system and attunes yourself to your highest inner self.  To cover all your bases, it will include exercise, meditation, and prayer.  During the "ambrosial hours" (the two and a half hours just before sunrise), the sun is at a sixty degree angle to the earth.  At this time, the world is quieter and it's easier to meditate before the hustle and bustle of the day begins.

Shanti Vinyasa Flow - Instructor Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.  The peaceful flow yoga honoring the lineage of TriYoga® the asana postures are joined together in flowing sequences allowing students to move at their own pace harmonizing body, mind and breath (asana, mudra, and pranayama).  This vinyasa flow class brings inner peace and meditation in motion.  This class is for anyone that wants a flowing class that also focuses on alignment and strength bringing balance and flexibility to the body and mind.  This class will also include aromatherapy.  Moderate

Sunday Morning Yoga - Instructor Lisa Recchione, MA, eRYT200, KR1.  This class is offered in a moderately heated room using space heaters.  Practicing in a heated environment allows the muscles to warm up and flexibility to increase.  It also intensifies the energy output of the practice.  Because perspiration increases, cleansing increases making this an excellent way to illuminate toxins.  This is a flow style class.  A flow class unites the postures with the breath so that one pose or stretch leads to another in a sequence.  This allows for movement between and during postures.  The breath is linked with the movement.  Practicing in this way allows for energy flow to move freely.  In this class the basics of sun salutation and vinyasa will be explored.  You will learn how to move from pose to pose while maintaining alignment within the posture.  Often the use of props is encouraged within the flow.  Each class will include breath work (pranayam), posture, core work, and stretching.  Each class will end with guided meditation and sometimes active meditation.  Each class is themed often exploring the philosophical precepts of yoga and how to incorporate the tools of yoga into your life.  Easy/Moderate

Yoga Basics: An Intro to Yoga - Learn how to use the props, learn the basic poses and improve your asana alignment.  This class is a special series offered occasionally.  We ask you to start at the first class if possible.  You are most welcome to take it at the same time you are taking other classes.  This class is also good for experienced yogis wanting to fine-tune their alignment.  There may be a different instructor each series.  New/Beginners

Yoga Nidra - Offered one Sunday a month by Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.   Yoga Nidra is the deepest and most powerful of all meditations.  It is known as the "yogic sleep" and forms a complete experience of deep relaxation, self-healing and integration.  It involves systematically relaxing the body, breath and mind as you enter a deep relaxed state much more intense than ordinary sleep.  Yoga Nidra also refreshes the physical, emotional and mental bodies and creates a systematic release of stress and prepares the mind to receive the personal affirmations you develop in class.  This practice is suitable for All Levels of practitioners as a guided meditation.  No experience necessary, wear comfortable clothes and become more grounded, focused and at peace.  Easy

Yogasana For You - Instructor.  Sandi Teresi, eRYT.  Move with your breath at your pace.  This class is traditional yoga instruction with a TriYoga influence.  Focus is on breath, postural alignment, and smooth slow flows... PLUS meditation! Easy/Moderate

Yum Yum Yoga - Nancy MacDonald, eRYT200, RYT500.  Let go of the day and find the peace within through gentle yoga postures, smooth stretches, meditation, and Pranayam (breath) practice.  Give yourself the gift of yoga and find the tools to help relieve stress, balance the emotions, and bring flexibility to the body, mind and heart.  This class will include aromatherapy.  Monday's class is Easy and Wednesday's class is Easy/Restorative