It's happening! Live classes are back! Whew!

Mimi and I have been teaching live at the studio for a few weeks now, and most of our other classes will resume in person after the July 4th holiday. We're slowly rebuilding to normal again.

You'll see a few changes when you return: we're capping class sizes at 20 and we've reoriented the class so we can broadcast for streaming students. Otherwise, everything is (almost) back to normal. We're still using props and adjusting - although we have tokens at the desk now for students to signal their preference about physical adjustments.

I actually got out of the house and went to social events with friends last weekend, going to a long-delayed house warming and to see friends and their kids. I talked to strangers. I made small talk. There were popsicles and a slip-n-slide. It was glorious. I talked to people in the restaurant industry who barely scraped through. Folks who started new jobs months ago who hadn't yet met any of their coworkers in person. People seemed a little stunned to have made it to where we are now and a little unsure of their footing, still.

The general feeling was that everything has changed. People never going back to an office 9-5, M-F. Restaurants where most of their business will be take-out. Teachers working with live students and kids on screens. Not all of this is bad: everything is running a little more efficiently and leaner; some of us have gotten pushed to learn new skills and technologies we wouldn't have; we have students at the studio now joining us from all around the country and world.

-Elliott

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for in-person classes since we resumed live, in-studio classes on June 5th. It has been such a joy to be able to hear the breath and the om, and to adjust! Now, we are adding even more in-person classes.

Here is our updated schedule for in-person classes, starting on Saturday, July 3rd, unless otherwise indicated.

12 p.m. Basics with Tina

5:30 p.m. Intermediate with Toby (starting July 12th)

5:30 p.m. Intermediate with Elliott

12 p.m. Intermediate with Jimena

5 p.m. Basics with Jill

6:30 p.m. Power with Emily

9:30 a.m. Intermediate with Elliott

5:30 p.m. Intermediate with Jimena

12 p.m. Basics with Tina

5:30 p.m. Intermediate with Elliott

9:30 a.m. Power with Carol

9:00 a.m. Basics with Elliott

All in-person classes are also livestreamed. See our full, current schedule on MindBody, and sign up to join us in the studio.

Read more about our COVID-19 protocols and safety precautions for in-person classes on our website.

Here is our modified schedule for the Fourth of July weekend:

Friday, July 2nd

8:30 a.m. Intermediate with Mimi, Online

12 p.m. Basics with Elliott, In-studio and Online

9:30 a.m. Power with Carol, In-studio and Online

9 a.m. Basics with Elliott, Online

12:00 p.m. Basics with Tina, In-studio and Online

Our O2 Yoga Teacher Training Program is coming back in September. This course will be offered both online and in-person-- our first hybrid teacher training! Students will have the option to participate 100% online, 100% in-person, or, if they are local, a combination of the two. There will be electives at the end of the training that will allow for specific in-person topics such as adjustments, but students will have online options as well.

This program is a comprehensive, deep dive into the unique O2 Yoga System, specifically why we do what we do and how to do it! This is a great program for students looking to deepen their practice as well as folks interested in teaching. We are a 200-hour certified Yoga Alliance School.

Training will run each of the listed weekends on Friday 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The first three weekends also include Sunday 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

September 10th, 11th, and 12th

September 17th, 18th, and 19th

September 25th, 26th, and 27th

October 8th and 9th

October 15th and 16th

October 22nd and 23rd

November 12th and 13th

November 19th and 20th

December 10th and 11th

December 17th and 18th

January 7th and 8th

January 14th and 15th

January 21st and 22nd, Elective

January 28th and 29th, Elective

$2,250 before August 10th

$2,675 after August 10th

Email mimi@o2yoga.com for more details and to get an application. Space is limited!

Let's spend the month of July opening up to the opportunities and warmth of summer with lots of ways to extend the spine. Spinal extension is less about bending and flexibility, and more about creating additional space to stand tall, better posture, and resistance to all of the sitting, driving, and slouching that we are so good at most of the day! We will focus on making space between the ears and shoulders, and between the hips and ribs. We also will work on extending the hips. Spinal extension is the antidote to what gravity does to us most of the time. Maybe, by the end of the month, you will be just a little taller than you were at the beginning, or at least feel like you are!

Please let us know if you have any feedback and questions by emailing us and connecting with us on social media (links at the bottom of this message).

Check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website (CDC) for detailed information on COVID-19.