OM8 CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
YOGA CLASSES
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Yoga Vinyasa Flow
Fire Element | Hot 90-95
Class Length - 60 min
Spark is our yoga flow class that links breath with movement. This 60 minute mixed level flow offers upbeat music that creates a fun atmosphere to build strength and flexibility with accessible modifications and options. Each student is giving the opportunity to take what they need on the mat. Like a cup of coffee early morning or mid-day recharge, Spark will energize your soul!
Quicker pace. Sweat is a side effect.
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Slow Flow Yoga
Water Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
Like a ripple in the water this slow flow class has a meditative pace that links movement with breath at a much slower speed. Deep, mindful sequences help focus and relax you as you hold and sink into the alignment of each pose. Because of the slower pace, poses are more accessible and it is a great class for beginners. But slower doesn't mean less challenging. Learning to find your breath in longer holds provides an opportunity to increase the mind body connection. Additional benefits include building strength, flexibility and balance. Expect to feel a wave of calm and rejuvenation that is created in this class.
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Flow and Release - Vinyasa Flow / Yin Yoga
Earth Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 75 min
If you are looking for the perfect combination of classes, this is your answer. This vinyasa to yin class meshes the invigoration of an intentional vinyasa flow and the mindful quiet floor practice of yin. Students are led through poses linking breath with movement to warm the body before embracing a sense of calm and stillness where the focus becomes the lengthening of the connective tissues. At OM8 this class is where SPARK or RIPPLE meets GROUND. Blending these two creates a powerful class we like to call MELT, because that is exactly how it feels.
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Yin Yoga - Flexibility & Release
Earth Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
If you are looking for a grounded vibe where you can relax into longer holds and stretch, GROUND is the class you need. With the perfect balance of stillness, slow speed and intentionality, the goal of this grounded yin class is to target the deep connective tissues of the body – the ligaments, joints and deep fascia network.
Creating space to quiet the mind and heal, students experience balance in the nervous system with poses practiced on the floor. Through long supported holds, this class can help with flexibility, circulation, muscle recovery and is therapeutic for joints and mobility. The perfect compliment to a yang physical practice and the stresses of life, yin yoga can promote feelings of deep calm.
Props such as bolsters, blocks and blankets are available and provided. Feel free to bring your own as well!
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Weighted Strength Building Yoga
Earth Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
This class offers an invigorating blend of yoga and strength training exercises, designed to enhance flexibility while building muscle tone. This dynamic practice incorporates Bala weights or Bala rings to intensify, making it both challenging and rewarding. Participants can expect to experience increased energy levels, improved balance, and a heightened sense of mindfulness as they flow through sequences that engage both the body and the mind. OM8 yoga sculpt offers a fun and effective way to elevate your practice and cultivate a deeper connection with your body. Each class curated to challenge your body and mind and elevate your spirit. Come prepared to move your bodies and sweat!
Bala bangle weights and Bala rings provided.
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Slow Flow Somatic Yoga
Water Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
Our somatic movement practice emphasizes the internal experience of the body through a movement therapy that emphasizes re-educating the way your brain controls your muscles. It involves slow mindful, conscious movement aimed at increasing body awareness, improving flexibility and relieving emotional and physical tension. By focusing on how the body feels from the inside, rather than how it looks or performs externally, somatic movement encourages a deeper connection between the mind and body. This healing modality can be particularly beneficial for managing stress, enhancing well-being and recovering from physical injuries.
The benefits of this class are a heightened sense of relaxation, a release of trapped emotions that are effecting the body physically and an overall improvement in mobility, as we learn to move with greater ease and efficiency.
PILATES CLASSES
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Strength, Core & Sculpt…on the Mat
Fire Element | Hot 90-95
Class Length - 45 min
Like it HOT? Meet BURN.... and experience our hot mat pilates class to increase strength, improve posture and gain energy, flexibility and balance. Powered by breath and a mindful connection to your body, this on the mat class targets primary and supportive muscles to increase rotational performance and stability as well as isolating various muscle groups. Need a modification for movement that works for you? Just ask!
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Strength, Core & Sculpt…with slow flow yoga fusion
Water Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
FUSION at OM8 is a dynamic mix of yoga and pilates, designed to harness the best of both practices. This hybrid class combines the flexibility, balance and mindfulness of yoga with the core-strengthening, body-toning elements of traditional mat Pilates. With a focus on core, glutes and stability muscle groups, this class offers controlled movements, proper alignment and a strong mind-body-breath connection. FUSION is the perfect fun new approach to increase flexibility, build strength and create a strong foundation. Slow flow in a comprehensive experience that nurtures both the body and mind.
OM8 POP-UP CLASSES
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Yin Yoga + Reiki Healing
Earth Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
The ground yin class you know and love with the addition of reiki energy healing! This OM8 class begins with floor based yin yoga poses, each held for several minutes, allowing your body to release tension and cultivate stillness. These poses are designed to target the connective tissues, encouraging flexibility and release in a soothing environment. The addition of the reiki component adds an energetic dimension, as the practitioner channels healing energy to support your physical and emotional well-being on an individual basis. Reiki enhances the sense of peace and harmony, helping to clear any blockages and restore balance to your energy centers. The combination of yin yoga and reiki creates a holistic experience that nurtures both the body and leaves you feeling deeply relaxed, rejuvenated and connected to your inner self.
Props such as bolsters, blocks and blankets are available and provided. Feel free to bring your own as well!
Appropriate for all levels. Floor based.
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Cardio Yoga Flow
Fire Element | Hot 90-95 Degrees
Class Length - 60 min
If you know, you know. If you don't know, you need to! The Climb is a student favorite!
This fire element class provides a calming sense of release as the class flows through an invigorating yet grounding progressive flow. As students link breath with movement, class moves through a foundational sequence that repeats throughout the class, building and adding on as you go. Nicknamed “The Climb” by fan favorites, this is a sweaty “up the mountain” flow that likes to move. Don’t forget to enjoy the view at the top before coming down the mountain to stretch! Find your climb, overcome thoughts and spend one hour in a dance with your breath.
Quicker pace. Sweat is a side effect. Must love to sweat.
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Yoga Faith Flow
Water Element | Warm 80-85
Class Length - 60 min
This special ripple slow flow class will guide you through a series of yoga poses at a relaxing pace while finding grace in every breath, strength in every pose and serenity that flows through each movement. Give yourself this gift to intentionally take an hour out of your day to give yourself grace and reconnect with your soul. You can look forward to slow movement, longer asana holds in a warm room while enjoying songs of faith. Discover that grace is not just an idea; it's an experience that can be found on your mat. Leave the class feeling forgiven, peaceful, disconnected from worldly expectations, knowing that YOU are enough! Have your faith sparked or reignited through His presence during Grace in Motion.
All levels welcome.
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Somatic Movement Flow
Fire Element | Hot 90-95
Class Length - 60 min
BUTI yoga is a confidence building, empowering blend of functional movement, emotion-driven cardio dance and strength training into a seamless experience that connects your spirt to flesh. Named for an Indian-Moroccan word that means ‘a cure to something that’s been hidden away or kept secret’, Buti yoga is a way of using movement to heal the body. This practice and class is based on community and non-judgement and unlocks your full potential as it balances hormones, aligns chakras and nourishes the endocrine system. Step on your mat and activate the spark deep within you waiting to be let out, to heal and to discover parts of yourself that might be hidden or missing. Buti is a practice for every-BODY. This practice helps you to integrate your emotional experience to feel at home in your body. We use beat-driven music to guide our intuitive practice. Community over competition. Warning: This practice is transformative!
All levels welcome. Sweat with intention.
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Restorative Yoga
Air Element | Slightly Heated 75-80
Class Length - 60 min
Our version of restorative yoga where we take a moment to recharge, reset and return balance back to the body. OXYGEN is just that. A class where the focus becomes mental and physical relaxation. It is an embrace of the pause and feels like a deep cleansing breath of fresh air. Through a combination of meditative poses (made passive with the use of props) and breath work, the goal is to allow your nervous system the reset that is needed. Escape the hectic day and come to the mat to experience the use of therapeutic elements like essential oils, optional touch assistance and guided meditation. Enjoy the benefits of this restorative practice as soothing music guides you into bliss.
Appropriate for ALL humans.
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Yoga to Reset - Restorative Yoga + Yoga Nidra
Air Element | Slightly heated 75 - 80
Class Length - 60 min
If you are looking for relaxation and a cure to stress and feeling overwhelmed... you must try this class! This magical combination brings all the ease of restorative yoga and the reset of yoga nidra. Our lightly heated restorative class named ‘OXYGEN’ focuses on slowing down, passive stretching poses and breathing. All poses are on the floor with the lights dimmed to promote restfulness and ease. This class invites the use of props such as bolsters, blocks, eye pillows and blankets (which are provided). Feel free to bring your own! This combo class includes a practice that ends in a yoga nidra. Yoga nidra is simply yogic sleep in a state of consciousness between waking and asleep induced by a guided meditation. A magical space to manifest, reset and calm the central nervous system down through rest.
Highly Recommended for ALL humans.
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POP-UP classes such as Puppy Yoga, Family Yoga, Glow Yoga, Heavy Metal Yoga, SomaButi, Chair Yoga, Ecstatic Dance and more!
OM8 COMMUNITY
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Free to attend!
A gathering of women, for women... a sisterhood meeting that gives women a safe space to connect and share with each other. Based in ancient tradition, this time together will be all about creating a magical space for connection and togetherness, without judgement. Our OM8 women's circle is a space to reflect, celebrate, set intentions, cleanse and tap into the true divine feminine goddess that lives inside each once of us. This high-vibrational circle will consist of an opening, meditation, sharing and a closing. Our goddess circle is simply a place where we come together in sisterhood to feel seen, heard, supported and empowered.
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Various fun as we leave the studio to encounter life outside these walls, together! Previous field trips have included yoga at the Bengals stadium, kayaking trip and more! Exciting plans to volunteer in the community and more adventures to spread our wings to come!
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Outdoor classes at the Arboretum, free of charge!