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YOGA is an ancient tradition, a life science and a way of being.  The Sanskrit word “yoga” means “yoke” or “union.”  It is an opportunity to heal the splits between mind, body, and spirit.   Yoga has many potential benefits.  As we move into different postures, physical tension is released.  Bodily systems are rejuvenated.  We gain flexibility.  Bones and muscles are strengthened.  Internally, we have a chance to cultivate concentration, relaxation, stillness and self-awareness.

Classes will focus primarily on the breath and the physical postures of the body, known as “asanas” in Sanskrit.  You know yourself better than anyone, so only do what feels okay to you!

Our community yoga program has expert and experienced yoga instructors who are ready and excited to help all levels of students create a satisfying yoga experience. Join us in creating a wonderful community of yoga students and teachers @ the scrap exchange!

Suggested Donation per session: $10

Schedule:

Tuesdays 5:45-6:45pm and Fridays 12:00 – 1:00 pm Meditative Yoga: Joy Mickle

Find your own inner teacher!  Yoga and Meditation are both paths of realization; as you deepen your practice using breath awareness and mindfulness you will experience many benefits, physical, mental and spiritual.  Meditative yoga practice will move your spirit past the limits of the ego moving you towards a greater understanding of self and others.

Thursdays 1:30-2:30pm Hatha Yoga: Sarah Waggoner

This class is provides a supportive environment for gradual progress in the practice.  It is intended to be a community practice, to accommodate those who are not very experienced in yoga up through to those working in a Level 1 or Level 2 series.  At times, the class will move slower and have more spoken and demonstrated explanation and instruction than other classes.  At other times it will be a more relaxing class with very safe but energizing poses.  Or, we might move through the Level 1 series in a flowing manner, with Level 2 variations for those who are ready.  Accommodations and recommendations are made for each student attending.  Meditation, Breathing, and Relaxation included.  Students will be guided in ways to develop the ability to listen to their own bodies and gauge their own readiness to progress in poses.  Since reviewing basics and approaching the practice with “a beginner’s mind” is always beneficial no matter how advanced the student, this class is appropriate for“all levels”.

Saturdays 10:30 am – 11:30 am Ashtanga Flow: Catherine Howard

Invigorate your body through a Ashtanga-based flow sequence which is book-ended by meditative breathing practices and restorative postures. Catherine, a highly-trained yoga teacher, will provide spotting or assistance if you are exploring new postures, make hands-on adjustments at your request, and provide recommendations on props that could expand your practice. Curious if this class will work for you? Send Catherine a note () with any questions or feel free to arrive 10 minutes before class to chat with her.

Saturdays 1:30 – 2:30pm Prenatal Yoga: Stephanie Bordeau (starts March 26th)

Prenatal Yoga is a beautiful practice to help expecting moms turn their practice inwards, creating a greater awareness of the changing body as it supports and nourishes the growing life inside. Relaxation, strengthening and stretching will be the focus during this gentle practice, making it appropriate for any stage of pregnancy.  Join this wonderful opportunity to connect on a deeper level with yourself, your baby, and fellow moms to be! No previous yoga experience is needed for prenatal yoga.

Saturday 3:30 – 4:30 pm Traditional Hatha: Jim Eshelman

“Traditional Hatha” – All Levels.   After a slow warm-up, some salutation sequences may be more vigorous, but mainly this is a slow-flow class with focus on holding postures for multiple breaths.  Learn what works for you!

2ND Sundays 5:30 – 6:30 pm Yin Yoga: Lisa McCaskill

Yin Yoga focuses on stretching the connective tissue of the body to promote better range of motion as well as moving energy through the meridians; similar to Acupuncture. Yin poses are all floor poses that work to open the lower body and are held for several minutes. It is a form of yoga that is available to all regardless of age, body type, athletic ability, etc. Lisa incorporates Mindfulness Meditation techniques into all her classes as a way to help the mind relax along with the body.

Instructor Information:

Catherine Howard

Trained in Mind Body Centering Yoga and Therapeutic Thai Yoga, Catherine Howard offers yoga classes that teach us how to listen deeply to our bodies. Ever-curious about the relationship between our anatomy, our emotional body, and our creative power, she specializes in creating personal daily yoga practices for chronic overuse injuries, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion.

Ashtanga Flow

Invigorate your body through a Ashtanga-based flow sequence which is book-ended by meditative breathing practices and restorative postures. Catherine, a highly-trained yoga teacher, will provide spotting or assistance if you are exploring new postures, make hands-on adjustments at your request, and provide recommendations on props that could expand your practice.

Curious if this class will work for you? Send Catherine a note () with any questions or feel free to arrive 10 minutes before class to chat with her.

Jim Eshelman

My exposure to Yoga began in college but did not blossom until many years later when seeking relief for back pain.  In establishing a daily practice, I also realized that I enjoyed showing the benefits of the discipline to others.  Thus, I began the 200 RYT teacher training at the North Carolina School of Yoga in 2005, and have been teaching classes regularily since completion of the program in 2006.  I am grateful as I continue to grow from various approaches to Asana, including Hot Yoga and more-vigorous Vinyasa styles, as well as from other yoga study.

My gratitude also stems from recognition that Yoga is a broad discipline, offering everyone a means to become more open to themselves in ways that fit their individual path.    I seek to challeng every individual student as they are ready.  I also emphasize that always everyone is in transition, that awareness of body and mind in the moment is required, and one’s personal practice is a continuum of change.

Hatha Yoga

“Traditional Hatha” – All Levels.   After a slow warm-up, some salutation sequences may be more vigorous, but mainly this is a slow-flow class with focus on holding postures for multiple breaths.  Learn what works for you!

Lisa McCaskill

Lisa McCaskill, RYT-200 and Certified Life Coach, has been practicing various forms of meditation for the past 20 years. She discovered the physical practice of yoga in 2001 and Yin yoga in 2005. Lisa participated in a Yin Yoga teacher training in 2010 and has had the privilege of studying with master Yin teachers Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers and is a Yin Yoga Registered Teacher (YYRT) with the Yin Yoga Institute.  In the fall of 2012, Lisa completed a 230 hour Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training. Lisa teaches Yin, Restorative and other gentle/therapeutic forms of yoga in an effort to offer a counterbalance to the high stress, fast paced lifestyle promoted by society. Lisa is also a certified Life Coach who offers Life Coaching sessions for women who want to let go of limiting ways of thinking and reacting to life, need help with stress management, or who want to learn how to take their yoga practice into their every day life. She incorporates yoga into the coaching sessions, asappropriate.  Sessions might include meditation, visualizations, gentle or restorative yoga poses, and breathing exercises.

Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga focuses on stretching the connective tissue of the body to promote better range of motion  as well as moving energy through the meridians; similar to Acupuncture. Yin poses are all floor poses that work to open the lower body and are held for several minutes. It is a form of yoga that is available to all regardless of age, body type, athletic ability, etc. Lisa incorporates Mindfulness Meditation techniques into all her classes as a way to help the mind relax along with the body.

Sarah Waggoner

“Sarah has lived in Durham since 2000. After trying a yoga class at a women’s gym, she said goodbye forever to the dreaded elliptical machine, and started studying yoga. After about 4 years of taking classes, she signed up for a teacher training at the NC School of Yoga. She completed both 200 and 500 hour teacher trainings back to back in 2008 & 2009, and became much happier, healthier, and more content. To this day, she continues to study and serve every week with Chandra Om, her Beloved Teacher, at the Shanti Niketan Ashram in Cary. She considers herself first and foremost to be a devoted student for life. She loves to share the sacred and healing teachings of Yoga with anyone who comes to class, whether they are just starting out or have been practicing for years.”

Hatha Yoga

This class is provides a supportive environment for gradual progress in the practice.  It is intended to be a community practice, to accommodate those who are not very experienced in yoga up through to those working in a Level 1 or Level 2 series.  At times, the class will move slower and have more spoken and demonstrated explanation and instruction than other classes.  At other times it will be a more relaxing class with very safe but energizing poses.  Or, we might move through the Level 1 series in a flowing manner, with Level 2 variations for those who are ready.  Accommodations and recommendations are made for each student attending.  Meditation, Breathing, and Relaxation included.  Students will be guided in ways to develop the ability to listen to their own bodies and gauge their own readiness to progress in poses.  Since reviewing basics and approaching the practice with “a beginner’s mind” is always beneficial no matter how advanced the student, this class is appropriate for“all levels”.

Joy Mickle

Joy Mickle yoga teacher certified by the North Carolina School of Yoga since 2007 teaching yoga classes at local yoga studios, and YMCA’s since 2007. She has taught many different classes in many different settings but especially enjoys teaching community based classes to all levels of students. In addition to being a certified yoga teacher she is also a is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction instructor through UNC Integrative Medicine,  and a meditation instructor in the Shambhala lineage active in her local sangha, the Durham Shambhala Center and She brings a meditative quality to her yoga classes emphasizing being present and aware over striving for some ideal that pushes people into ego driven physical only movement.  It is far more powerful to truly practice the unification of mind, body and soul that practicing yoga with breath awareness can provide.

Meditative Yoga

Find your own inner teacher.  Yoga and Meditation are both paths of realization; as you deepen your practice using breath awareness and mindfulness you will experience many benefits, physical, mental and spiritual.  Meditative yoga practice will move your spirit past the limits of the ego moving you towards a greater understanding of self and others.

Stephanie Bordeau

Stephanie’s yoga journey started in 2003 when she picked up a Shape magazine that was highlighting 8 yoga poses for runners. She loved how her body felt after practicing those poses and became curious about yoga’s health benefits. It was not long after that she noticed yoga’s effects on her mental and spiritual health as a shift occurred from practicing yoga for physical exercise to a life practice. One of the most impactful benefits of yoga was its ability to quiet her mind, leaving her feeling at peace and able to handle life more effectively.

In 2013, Stephanie fulfilled a long time dream of completing her yoga teacher training. She trained under Jimmy Barkan, completing her RYT 200 and Level 2/3 Hot Vinyasa certification. During her pregnancy, Stephanie fell in love with prenatal yoga and the softening of her own practice while nurturing the growing life inside her. She was moved by the experience and has since received her prenatal yoga certification in 2016 through Asheville Yoga Center. She feels incredibly lucky to have the privilege of creating a warm, supportive space for expecting mothers to connect with themselves, their babies and fellow mamas-to-be.

Prenatal Yoga

Prenatal Yoga is a beautiful practice to help expecting moms turn their practice inwards, creating a greater awareness of the changing body as it supports and nourishes the growing life inside. Relaxation, strengthening and stretching will be the focus during this gentle practice, making it appropriate for any stage of pregnancy.

Join this wonderful opportunity to connect on a deeper level with yourself, your baby, and fellow moms to be!

No previous yoga experience is needed for prenatal yoga.