Class Styles

At Living Lotus Online, we offer a variety of yoga and wellness classes designed to meet different needs and preferences. We encourage you to read each class description to find the one that’s right for you. Each unique on-demand class comes with a full description, but to give you a better idea of our overall class styles, here’s a quick guide:

Somatic Yoga

Experience the transformative power of somatic yoga, a mindful practice designed to release tension, enhance mobility, and deepen the connection between your mind and body. Through slow, intentional movements, somatic yoga focuses on re-patterning habitual holding patterns and fostering self-awareness, creating lasting change in how you move and feel. Somatic yoga engages the nervous system, helping to regulate the body’s stress response. By calming the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and activating the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and restore), it promotes balance, grounding, and overall well-being.

Who It's For:

Perfect for anyone seeking to release stress, ease tension, and cultivate a deeper connection within, this practice is both gentle and transformative.

Hatha Yoga & Slow Flow

A traditional yoga class that emphasizes uniting the body and mind through a series of poses and breathing exercises. This class cultivates strength, flexibility, and balance while promoting inner awareness. Some sessions may also include a meditation practice.

Who It's For:

Perfect for those seeking a slower-paced practice that focuses on the connection between body, breath, and mind. Great for beginners or anyone looking to deepen their practice.

Mat Pilates

Our mat Pilates classes focus on building core strength, improving posture, and enhancing overall body awareness. Each session is conducted mindfully, emphasizing the connection between mind and body.

Who It's For:

Ideal for those looking to improve core strength, stability, and flexibility while developing a better mind-body connection.

Meditation

Guided audio meditation practices focused on specific themes or topics. These sessions help cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress, and promote mental clarity.

Who It's For:

Anyone looking to develop a meditation practice, manage stress, or enhance mental well-being.

Core Flow

This class type focuses on enhancing core strength through a flow yoga practice. Expect a blend of core exercises and yoga poses that target and engage your core muscles in a seamless sequence.

Who It's For:

Ideal for anyone looking to strengthen their core while enjoying the flow of yoga. Perfect for those who want to add a focused core workout to their yoga practice.

Vinyasa Yoga

A faster-paced, more challenging yoga class that typically incorporates elements of sun salutations or moon salutations. This class focuses on fluid movement and breath synchronization.

Who It's For:

Great for those looking for a more physically challenging practice that builds strength, flexibility, and endurance.

HIIT (Yoga/Pilates)

A dynamic class that blends flow yoga or mat Pilates with high-intensity interval training (HIIT). The class begins with a yoga or Pilates warm-up to prepare the body for a challenging circuit inspired by yoga principles. We then close the class with a cooldown that focuses on down-regulating the nervous system, leaving you relaxed and refreshed.

Who It's For:

Ideal for those with higher energy levels, such as individuals with ADHD, who benefit from up-regulating the nervous system before calming down. This class improves joint health, range of motion, and cardiovascular fitness.

Restorative Yoga

A deeply relaxing and meditative practice that uses props to support the body in restful poses. Restorative yoga helps release tension, reduce stress, and promote healing.

Who It's For:

Perfect for anyone dealing with chronic pain, stress, or fatigue. This practice is also ideal for those seeking a gentle, meditative yoga experience.

Weights

Some of our classes, such as yoga, mat Pilates, and HIIT, may include the use of weights. Adding weights to these practices increases resistance, helping to build strength and muscle tone.

Who It's For:

Ideal for those looking to add resistance training to their yoga or Pilates practice, enhancing overall strength and endurance.

Yin Yoga

A slow-paced style of yoga that targets the fascia (connective tissues) through long-held poses. Yin yoga helps improve flexibility, increase circulation, and release deep-seated tension.

Who It's For:

Perfect for those looking to improve flexibility, reduce stress, and work on deep tissue release. Ideal for anyone needing a calming, meditative practice that complements more active styles of yoga.

LIIT (Yoga/Pilates)

A gentler version of our HIIT classes, LIIT is easier on the joints while still providing a full-body workout. This class combines yoga flow or mat Pilates with a lower-intensity circuit that strengthens all major muscle groups.

Who It's For:

Great for anyone looking to improve joint health and mobility without the intensity of a HIIT workout. Perfect for those new to exercise or looking for a more moderate challenge.