Tula Yoga & Wellness Service List

Class Schedule

• Tuesday, September 29, 2015

  • Bootcamp with Soul

    Time: 6:00 AM; Teacher: Sarah Turino; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 9:30 AM; Teacher: Maria Toso; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Gentle Yoga

    Time: 10:45 AM; Teacher: Nancy Giguere; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Recovery Yoga

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Michelle Simonsen; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Nia

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Beth Giles; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 7:15 PM; Teacher: Colleen Dooley; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Candlelight Yoga

    Time: 8:30 PM; Teacher: Colleen Dooley; Location: Tula Front Studio

• Wednesday, September 30, 2015

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    Time: 9:30 AM; Teacher: Elizabeth Sullivan; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Zumba

    Time: 10:45 AM; Teacher: Ruth Silva; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • SomaYoga

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Ann Blackburn; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 5:00 PM; Teacher: Ruth Silva; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    Time: 6:05 PM; Teacher: Ann Blackburn; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Aerial Yoga (pre-req workshop required)

    Time: 7:30 PM; Teacher: Amy Dickson; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Candlelight Yoga

    Time: 8:30 PM; Teacher: Abigail Tuominen; Location: Tula Front Studio

• Thursday, October 1, 2015

  • Bootcamp with Soul

    Time: 6:00 AM; Teacher: Sarah Turino; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Slow Flow

    Time: 9:30 AM; Teacher: Ann Blackburn; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Marnie Myhre; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Aerial Yoga (pre-req workshop required)

    Time: 6:00 PM; Teacher: Beth Onward; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • SomaYoga

    Time: 6:00 PM; Teacher: Elizabeth Sullivan; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Yin Yoga

    Time: 7:15 PM; Teacher: Abigail Tuominen; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Candlelight Yoga

    Time: 8:30 PM; Teacher: Abigail Tuominen; Location: Tula Front Studio

• Friday, October 2, 2015

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 9:30 AM; Teacher: Maria Toso; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Nia

    Time: 10:45 AM; Teacher: Beth Giles; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Lunch Break Tula

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Ruth Silva; Location: Tula Front Studio

• Saturday, October 3, 2015

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 9:15 AM; Teacher: Jaclyn Semlak; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Slow Flow

    Time: 10:30 AM; Teacher: Nancy Herzog; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Yin & Restorative Yoga

    Time: 11:45 AM; Teacher: Ruth Silva; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Dancing Freedom

    Time: 7:00 PM; Teacher: Teresa Reid; Location: Tula Back Studio

• Sunday, October 4, 2015

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    Time: 8:30 AM; Teacher: Ann Blackburn; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Aerial Yoga (pre-req workshop required) (0/9)

    Time: 10:15 AM; Teacher: Beth Onward; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 11:30 AM; Teacher: Jaclyn Semlak; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Yoga Calm® (4-12 yrs)

    Time: 11:30 AM; Teacher: Melanie Harper; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Yin & Yoga Nidra

    Time: 5:00 PM; Teacher: Brianna Darling; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • Zumba

    Time: 6:30 PM; Teacher: Christi Johnson; Location: Tula Back Studio

• Monday, October 5, 2015

  • Slow Flow

    Time: 9:30 AM; Teacher: Ruth Silva; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    Time: 12:00 PM; Teacher: Lynn Woodbury; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Vinyasa

    Time: 4:45 PM; Teacher: Abigail Tuominen; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    Time: 6:00 PM; Teacher: Michele Gehrke; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Zumba

    Time: 6:00 PM; Teacher: Mary Kline; Location: Tula Back Studio

  • SomaYoga for Chronic Pain

    Time: 7:30 PM; Teacher: Amy Dickson; Location: Tula Front Studio

  • Candlelight Yoga

    Time: 8:30 PM; Teacher: Abigail Tuominen; Location: Tula Back Studio

• Class Descriptions

  • Bootcamp with Soul

    This fitness class is for everyone who wants to explore getting stronger breath, muscles and spirit. A supportive environment that teaches every movement in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears allowing you to tailor the workout to where you are for the day. There is no "DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME 20!" in this class - only a supportive environment that teaches, guides and challenges

  • Vinyasa

    This flowing style yoga class, while linking breath and movement, will build heat, promoting strength, flexibility, balance and agility. Within the challenge there will be calming poses woven throughout to ensure a grounding and stress-relieving result

  • Gentle Yoga

    Pamper yourself by taking some time for a little "R and R." Learn fundamentals of yoga postures and breathing, ways to build strength and flexibility, and techniques to release tension in mind and body. Please note: Flexibility is not required, but you must be able to get up and down from the floor, using a chair if necessary

  • Recovery Yoga

    This healing practice is for anyone whose life has been affected by the Big 6 Addictions Food, Drugs, Alcohol, People (co-dependency, relationships, sex), Money (gambling, shopping), and Technology (social media, online games). This class takes a "mindful beginners yoga" approach designed for newcomers and anyone seeking a gentle yoga experience that attends to the whole body, mind, and spirit. Learn to focus on the breath as both a prayer and a meditation to enhance your recovery from dependency on outside sources for inner peace and calm. Each class offers a spiritual principle talk, a guided meditation, breathing exercises, and simple yoga poses in a fun, community-based setting. Come have fun, connect to a community in recovery, smile, and learn how to apply basic spiritual principles in your daily life, one breath at a time!

  • SomaYoga

    SomaYoga is a blend of somatic movement, therapeutic yoga, and classic asana; a class intended to encourage functional and free movement in our beings. Life happens and sometimes overuse, strain, trauma, or injury can cause parts of our body (and mind) to go unconscious. Using the somatic element of this class as a re-education of the muscles we can slow down and align movement with the range of motion specific to your body. By strengthening mind/body connection through building this awareness consciousness is gained. And when bodies function in the inherent brilliance intended they are limitless and empowered to heal themselves. From the foundation found in your body we'll continue to nourish using therapeutic yoga techniques and attention to breath as we build into classic yoga postures and sequences. This class is accessible for every body as you are guided to find the postures and movements in a way that is from within, along with suggested modifications. It is ideal for anyone interested in finding a more free, curious, and awake relationship with their interconnected mind/body/spirit

  • Candlelight Yoga

    A glowing, candle-lit, pre-bedtime gift to Self! Come to this later-evening practice which includes all the elements of the Tula Yoga class with a sequence to burn off any of the day's acquired blockages, and an emphasis on calming poses to transition the body down to prepare for a deep and healing night's sleep

  • Slow Flow

    Vinyasa-style; linking breath to movement in a flowing sequence. By slowing the pace down, we create opportunity to refine and understand alignment, create space and opening in the body and become aware of the subtle energy flow within us, revealing inner strength. All levels will find benefit - beginners have time to absorb the elements of a new practice, and the more advanced have time to go deeper into the asana and breath with intention and tapas (heat)

  • Yin & Restorative Yoga

    Yin Yoga is a Taoist based passive practice. Yin postures are deep stretches, sometimes supported by props, and held between 2-6 minutes. These deep stretches allow us to open up and expand through connective tissues (fascia/ligaments/tendons/joint fluids) and meridians that run throughout our bodies, culminating at major joint sites such as the hips, low back, and shoulders. Restorative Yoga is also a passive practice where props are used in various postures that support the spine, quiet the nervous system, and release tension. Each restorative posture is approximately held between 5-7 minutes. This class is ideal anyone looking to create more stillness in their mind and release in their body. Weather you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned practitioner- come and explore the softer side of yoga

  • Tula Yoga (Hatha/Vinyasa)

    The elements in this class stay true to the Sanskrit word tula's meaning: balance. All levels will enjoy this yin (energy calming)/ yang (energy/heat building) practice promoting strength, flexibility, balance and clarity. Asana (poses) will challenge with dynamic and static action and restore with deep release to produce an overall effect of invigorated steadiness and calm. Poses are taught with modifications and the opportunity to intensify or simplify as needed

  • Yoga Calm (4-12 yrs)

    Through Yoga Calm practice, your child will develop more personal aware-ness and learn specific strategies to maintain focus and manage their emotions and impulses. And practice over time contributes to his/her greater health, self-mastery and well-being. Help your child develop healthy habits for a lifetime of wellness and happiness. Yoga Calm gives children a practice and routein that integrates physical, mental and emotional development. Skills include: simple breathing techniques to slow down the nervous system, develop self-contraol and connect kids with their feelings. Yoga poses to release energy, learn compassion and develop strength, concentration and self-confidence. Games and processes that develop patience, mindfulness, leadership and other social/emotional skills. Relaxation techniques and storytelling to calm the body and mind, and integrate physical, emotional and cognitive experiences

  • SomaYoga for Chronic Pain

    When muscles become chronically contracted from experiences in the body of mis-use, injury, trauma, or physical and emotional stress, the body becomes imbalanced. Years of adjusting to these challenges can lead to pain in the neck, back, hips, knees, shoulders, etc., eventually leading to sciatica, scoliosis, carpal tunnel, disc degeneration, arthritis, fatigue, and myriad other structural and functional problems. This SomaYoga class is geared for folks who are in pain or want to stay out of pain. Using the techniques of Somatics and Therapeutic Yoga we will work to improve your quality of life. We use breathing techniques to stimulate the para-sympathetic nervous system and move the body from a constant state of stress to a new found relaxed resilience. Muscles are released, relaxed and balanced through the use of somatic movements which focus the brain specifically on the contracted muscles and movement patterns. This simple process can undue years of chronic tension and pain. Strength and stability are built ounce by ounce with techniques of Yoga Therapy to help you find more ease and greater freedom. You will notice posture and function return to normal, flexibility return, and overall energy and quality of life increase since you require much less effort to do daily things. Get out of pain, gain function and freedom

  • Aerial Yoga (pre-req workshop required)

    Unnata® Aerial Yoga is for students with some regular yoga experience. Students alternate between the mat and postures in a fabric hammock for a deeper awareness and balanced practice. To attend the drop-in classes you must attend an "Unnata® Aerial Yoga Skills Workshop" (see Workshops). Class size is limited, so call ahead. If you have a spinal condition, injury, or medical issues that prevent you from inverting (glaucoma, heart condition, etc) or backbending, please obtain your doctor's permission. Through Unnata® Aerial Yoga the fascia unwind, the mind quiets, core-strength is built, and participants leave feeling whole... a wonderful complement to your mat practice! Yoga principles such as ahimsa (non-harm) and mindfulness are the foundation of Unnata® Aerial Yoga. Asanas (postures) are practiced with focus on breath, alignment, and meditation. The fabric hammock is a prop intended to assist with muscle release, body alignment, strengthening and to deepen your awareness. If you have any questions, please contact Ann@tulayogawellness.com with any questions. Minimum donation of $15

  • Zumba® for All

    Zumba Fitness classes are Latin and world rhythm inspired dance workouts designed for every body. The Sunday night Zumba fitness class was formally hosted by Highland Friendship Club but now is open to all community members. The class continues to be focused on meeting the needs of those with special abilities and those without. Christi and Stevie are both fluent in American Sign Language and specialize in teaching Zumba fitness to unique populations. Come join the party!

  • Zumba®

    Are you ready to party yourself into shape? That's exactly what the Zumba® program is all about. It's an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness-partyTM that's moving millions of people toward joy and health

  • Teen Yoga

    Help your teen develop healthy habits for a lifetime of wellness and happiness. This practice will integrate physical, mental, emotional, and social development. We will work on simple breathing techniques, yoga poses to release energy and develop strength and concentration, and relaxation techniques to calm the body and mind. This class is open to all abilities ages 12-18. Through this practice, your teen will develop more personal awareness and learn specific strategies to maintain focus and manage their emotions and impulses. Over time, these skills and practices develop greater health, self-mastery, and well-being

  • Yin Yoga

    Yin Yoga is a Taoist based passive practice. Yin postures are deep stretches supported by props and held for 2-6 minutes. These deep stretches allow us to open up and expand through the fascia and meridians that run throughout our bodies. Restorative Yoga is also a passive practice where props are used to support us in various postures that support the spine and release tension. Each restorative posture is held for several minutes

  • Nia

    Nia is the original mind/body fusion fitness practice, combining the dance arts, martial arts and healing arts. Come experience the playful freedom of Nia, moving your body with joy and pleasure! We dance, shimmy, kick, punch, stretch and express ourselves during a Nia class. No experience is necessary. All levels of fitness are welcome. Wear comfortable clothes, Nia is practiced in barefeet, soft soled shoes are optional. For more information about Nia: www.nianow.com Beth Giles is a Certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor who has been teaching in the Twin Cities for the past two years. She discovered Nia ten years ago and has been passionate about Nia's movement and lifestyle practices ever since. Beth has loved to dance since she was a little girl and she invites you to find that inner joyful dancer inside you during Nia class. She currently teaches at Social Dance Studio, Center for Performing Arts, The Marsh, and the Midtown YWCA and Downtown YWCA

  • Lunch Break Tula

    Hour-long version of the Tula class to refresh and ground

  • Dancing Freedom

    Dancing Freedom is a practice of liberation. It is fun, empowering, and supports the emergence of the inner Self. Each class offers both freedom and structure, creating a safe, welcoming space for people to experience greater expression, trust, healing and connection! Join us! For questions, please call 651-645-5551 or email: ann@tulayogawellness.com

  • Fascia and Asana with Scott Anderson

    When we think of connective tissue, our thoughts generally turn to tendons and ligaments. While we don't often hear about fascia, it's the connective tissue that literally holds our bodies together. Without the integrity of fascia, our bodies wouldn't have their familiar shape, form or functionality. In this workshop, you will learn what fascia is, and how it transmits forces from one part of the body to another. Using easy-to-learn yoga techniques, you will develop a strategy to release long-standing biomechanical restrictions, and gain insight into the wisdom of the yoga poses.

  • Qi Breathing Workshop

    Qi Breathing is a modern day twist on ancient breathing practices and eastern principles that can reduce your stress, increase your energy and improve your health. Everybody breathes. It's a fundamental activity. But even though it's basic, it's an untapped resource for most people. When expanded, your breath can reduce your stress, increase your energy and improve your health. Qi Breathing is a modern day twist on ancient breathing practices and eastern principles. Come experience the power of the breath. Deanna Reiter, MA, is a Certified Breathing Practitioner and Yoga Instructor. She is the author of several books, including: Dancing with Divinity: Positive Affirmations for Any Situation and The Nine Scoundrels: How to Recognize and Release Subtle Patterns of Sabotage. Troy Stende is a professional speaker and a certified Qigong Instructor. He is a contributing author to numerous books, including, College Success Secrets: They Don't Teach You This in the Classroom. Together, Deanna and Troy wrote Qi Breathing: Ancient Practice for Modern Times. They are Breathing Coaches, Reiki practitioners and independent health researchers. Contact them at: info@ExperienceQiBreathing.com.

  • Aerial Yoga (pre-req workshop required)

    Unnata® Aerial Yoga is for students with some regular yoga experience. Students alternate between the mat and postures in a fabric hammock for a deeper awareness and balanced practice. To attend the drop-in classes you must attend an "Unnata® Aerial Yoga Skills Workshop" (see Workshops). Class size is limited, so call ahead. If you have a spinal condition, injury, or medical issues that prevent you from inverting (glaucoma, heart condition, etc) or backbending, please obtain your doctor's permission. Through Unnata® Aerial Yoga the fascia unwind, the mind quiets, core-strength is built, and participants leave feeling whole... a wonderful complement to your mat practice! Yoga principles such as ahimsa (non-harm) and mindfulness are the foundation of Unnata® Aerial Yoga. Asanas (postures) are practiced with focus on breath, alignment, and meditation. The fabric hammock is a prop intended to assist with muscle release, body alignment, strengthening and to deepen your awareness. If you have any questions, please contact Ann@tulayogawellness.com with any questions. Minimum donation of $15

  • Game Night

    Rediscover the power of play to tap into your natural abundance! Episode I: Getting Unstuck Using a combination of movement, music, play and discussion, we will explore ways to move beyond your sticking points and improve your flexibility, agility and responsiveness to life and all its games. Facilitated by Jim Robinson (improv expert), Dennis Curley (mindful musician), and Julie Delene (transformation agent)

  • Intro to Aerial Yoga Workshop

    This workshop is a prerequisite to attend the drop-in aerial yoga classes. Learn how to stay safe and present in the fabric hammock as you invert, maneuver, balance, stretch and have fun!! Practice modification and propping techniques to help you work more comfortably in the fabric. Elevate your yoga practice to a new level and experience it in a new way.