On this page you will find a variety of classes geared more towards physically conditioning the body, ranging from Pilates circuits to yoga-inspired High Intensity Interval Training sequences. These more vigorous types of movement support a strong, stable yoga asana practice and a healthy body and mind.
Welcome to another juicy Pilates circuit! In this class we are incorporating two of my favorite props for Pilates: a foam roller and a medium-sized Pilates ball. This class is a really nice blend of lengthening and rolling out the muscles, while also creating strength and contraction in the full body - but a special strength emphasis on the upper body and the core. Pilates is wonderful for when you want to access empowerment, but don't want anything too high intensity or stressful on the nervous system. Class ends with a proper cool down. I felt really good after this one, and I hope you do, too!
I realized it had been a while since I had filmed a true full-on High Intensity Interval Training workout. This is a full body strengthening and cardiovascularly-challenging class where I invite you to join me in giving it your all. You could slow down the movements to make it lower intensity if you prefer that type of movement, but high intensity training is so good for our health. High intensity helps us build strength, cardiovascular endurance, and most importantly it teaches us how to manage stress on a physiological level so we can handle it in our daily lives without getting swept away. You will need a few props for class: some dumbbell weights, a wall, and resistance bands. 2 yoga blocks or an aerobic step-up would also be great, but if you don't have those things the exercise I show you with them can be done without just on the ground.
Pilates is one of my favorite types of movement to encourage strength in my body and clarity in my mind. Join me for this full body session where we certainly challenge ourselves physically, but we do so at a mindful pace in true Pilates fashion. Maybe it's because I am filming this in summertime, but I did get a nice little sweat on from this class and I left feeling uplifted and lighter. Pilates is great for supporting a healthy back, strong and long muscles, a functionally strong core, and for finding a sense of empowerment in yourself. Class starts and ends with a few simple yoga-based stretches to open up the muscles. For this class, you will need a dumbbell or two. If you have a little Pilates ball, you can grab that too but it is optional and the 2 moves we use it for can be done without it.
Welcome to the third class of the journey to handstand program! In this class, we focus on the connection between the breath, the deep core, and the lower body as essential ingredients in working towards handstand. It's a bit of a yoga-pilates fusion style workout. Even if you aren't joining along this program, I'd call this a really nice low-intensity strength building practice for the core and legs. This one left me feeling strong, but not at all tired: perfect to start out a busy day. You will need either a chair, or two stacked yoga blocks for this class. All levels friendly, even for beginners.
Like the title says, this is certainly a challenging workout - but even still, I'd still call it all levels friendly! Join me for an efficient 40 minute fusion movement session. I start class out with a short and sweet sun salutation based warmup, then we quickly move into a variety of movement styles to get the whole body feeling strong and energized! I pack in a punch with moves that are based in weight training, Pilates, Yoga, and general bodyweight training. You can decide if this is more like HIIT if you move as quickly (or faster) than me, or you can make it more moderate intensity by slowing the reps down. I close class with a proper cool down. I left this practice feeling clear and ready for the coming day, and I hope you do too! For class you will need: one yoga block, some dumbbells, a stable wall, a blanket (rolled up).
Back by popular demand: another full body strength training workout for you all! This is all levels friendly, even if you are brand new to building strength in your body. All you need for class is dumbbells and your body. If you don't have dumbbells, you can get creative with full water bottles. We start with a short warmup, and we go through two rounds of the exercises. If you are tired after one round, it really is enough to stop there! Some movement is always better than none. The second round we do go through a little faster.
This Pilates class is great for everyone as it is low impact but still strengthening and opening for the whole body. Pilates is great for those with low back pain as it strengthens the core in a functional way, it is a wonderful compliment to a weight training or cardio practice, and it assists us a lot in our yoga pose strength / flexibility building too. We move at a mindful pace to connect the mind to the body, and this makes it very all levels friendly.
You could technically do this class with no props (I modify for those of you without), but having a few props makes it a lot more fun: a foam block, a foam roller, resistance bands, and maybe a small pilates ball.
This week’s class is not yoga at all! Many of you have been curious about what type of resistance training I do, so I decided to make a couple of classes of my strength training regimen. In this class, I spend the first 5 minutes with some important thoughts to keep in mind with strength training. Then I lead you through a little warmup, a HIIT session to get the heart rate up, and then we do two sets of of my strength exercises for the legs and glutes. I also include a little cool down. Expect to sweat!! You’ll need some dumbbells or kettle bells of various weights and a chair and a mat for this class. Shoes or no shoes is up to you. Many prefer shoes but I prefer barefoot.
20-ish minutes into the video is the end of the true HIIT portion of class, and it then transitions into strength training. When you do the strength training right after the HIIT though, it sort of continues as HIIT with your heart rate being already increased.
The title of this one is pretty self-explanatory. We pack in a full body workout with emphasis on the upper body and core through a variety of different types of movement. We start out with a short gentle stretch warmup, followed by some Pilates exercises, then we add some weights in, and we end with a bit of yoga flow before we cool down with box breathing. The aim of this class was to leave feeling more energized and ready to take on the day, and I certainly felt that way after filming this one for you. You may want some yoga blocks and weights of varying sizes, but I give you prop-free options as well. All levels friendly.
Today’s movement practice is short but super effective. Join me for just under ten minutes of full body strength and conditioning with a special emphasis on the upper body. We use two dumbbells through this series of simple yet potent exercises to get us strong and stable as a great compliment to our yoga practice. Don’t have dumbbells? You can use two full water bottles instead!
Strengthening the booty is one of my favorite ways to up my confidence. Join me in this quick ten minute movement practice where we fire up the glutes, quads, and legs to build a steady base to blast off into the world from! Strengthening in this way is always a total mood booster for me, and I hope it is for you too! No equipment or props needed.
This is a super fast, strong, cardiovascular HIIT workout. It’s a fusion between yoga and interval training. Great for when you’re short on time. One warning: the music during class is not appropriate for all ages as, I just wanted to play some bumpin’ tunes by one of my favorite artists (Princess Nokia) to get us PUMPED for the day! Let’s get strong!
This is a strong, playful, & fun little video where I demonstrate a few ways to hop into Adho Mukha Vrksasana, AKA Handstand! There is no need to be a handstand expert to enjoy this class, feel free to go to the wall. Works up a nice bit of cardio and blissful energy.
Short on time but want to feel connected to your center? Join me for this compact movement practice where we do work the full body, but with an extra focus on the core. We approach with a playful combo of Pilates and Yoga for integrated mobility and strength. Let’s get to it!
This is a super fast, strong, cardiovascular HIIT workout. It’s a fusion between yoga and interval training. Great for when you’re short on time. One warning: the music during class is not appropriate for all ages as, I just wanted to play some bumpin’ tunes by one of my favorite artists (Princess Nokia) to get us PUMPED for the day! Let’s get strong!
Here’s another full-body, energizing, awakening, cardiovascular, and strengthening practice for those busy days where you wanna generate some blissful heat. I find my body craving these types of movement practices in the colder months, especially as the days get busy with the holidays. Join me in finding some joy in this full system activation in just under 20 minutes!
This class is super efficient as we pulse through a set of power-yoga inspired movement patterns. It’s kinda like a HIIT, but not as intense as a traditional HIIT, so maybe more like medium intensity? All levels friendly, listen to your body and take breaks, add on, or take away as you need to. We get full body engagement in under 20 minutes. Class includes a short warmup and cool down.
This class is designed for my friends who are trying to get generally stronger throughout the whole body, and is accessible even for level 1. We know though, in order to get stronger we need to meet our edge! This class will get the heart rate up, some sweat going, and will leave you feeling energized and stronger than before. This class can be plenty, or it can be stacked with the 25 min Luxurious Full Body Stretch, or any stretch or meditation video on the membership.
This is a super quick and super fun yoga/HIIT movement session. While we do get a great strengthening and cardiovascular workout from this practice, we hold the remembrance that yoga is NOT just a workout. These fiery practices do just as much for our connection to spirit as they do for our physicality. I hope you enjoy this mat-free, sliding practice! If you’re on hardwood or tile you will want socks, if you’re on carpet, you’ll need paper or plastic plates or a piece of cardboard.
While this membership is mostly Yoga based, I have found a lot of you love Pilates! So, I plan on slowly adding more Pilates playtime to the membership library. This class is a quick circuit that will get you warm, strong, and long through most major areas of the body. The beauty of a circuit is you can choose to do it once, or press rewind and go at it again as many rounds as you like. Most levels friendly, although it is a strong practice with some demand on the joints. I do provide modifications to level up and down.
If you are a yoga lover and have never tried a Pilates class with me, I can really recommend it. Pilates, and strength training in general, is an excellent addition to a yoga practice. Cultivating strength really is essential to feel our best at every stage of life: it helps us prevent injuries, ease back pain, balance our hormones, clear our minds, and increase our energy. If you struggle with PCOS or anxiety, there is an extra bonus to Pilates as a good exercise for you, as it is low impact so it doesn't create extra stress hormones (cortisol) in the body. Really, this is just good for everyone! While it can be done with no props, this class is best with some: a couple hand weights, a yoga block, and a resistance band.
In this stage of the handstand journey, we are starting to incorporate a bit more of a cardiovascular-element along with our strength. Please do a short warmup before you start this class because I get right into it with various drills that incorporate planks, crow poses, fierce poses, functional core work, upper body strength, hopping, and eventually exploring donkey kicks and tuck jumps into a possible handstand. You will need a steady wall for this class. Let's be kind to ourselves, courageous, and open to new things being possible as we move along our journey to handstand. I included this class on this page because if you really go after these drills, it can totally operate as a HIIT workout.
Pilates and Yoga really go together like peanut butter and jelly. They both tone and lengthen the body, but in nuanced and different ways. In this 30 minute class I have some creative sequences that bring together some of my favorite Yoga and Pilates moves to help you activate, energize, strengthen, and expand most major areas of the body. I’d call this an intermediate level practice.
Here with another Pilates-Yoga Fusion class for you! If you have never tried Pilates, I really can recommend it as an amazing supplement to a Yoga practice. This class is strong, but steady and accessible for all levels of students. You can expect to tone, strengthen, and open most major parts of the body in a mindful way. I honestly felt great after this practice from head to toe, and I hope you do, too! If you have two yoga blocks, they can be useful for this class.
Lately I’ve been integrating some mat Pilates into my personal movement practice, and it’s been such a complimentary addition that I felt I should offer it to y’all! This is a truly all levels (beginners too!) class where we focus on simply connecting to our physical bodies with some Pilates movements to strengthen in an accessible way, followed by some yummy Yoga postures to stretch and lengthen. Enjoy this full body movement session!
In addition to Yoga, some of you know I also teach Pilates. Pilates make an excellent compliment to a Yoga Asana practice, and it also helps keep our spine and core healthy to assist us in our seated meditation. Pilates is also just great for our physical health in a lot of ways. Join me for this steady physical movement practice to strengthen the whole body, complete with a guided warmup and cool down. You might want a stretchy workout band for this class, but not necessary if you don’t own one.