Class Descriptions

Balanced Life Yoga has a class for you!

Balanced Life Yoga is Durham Region’s community yoga studio specializing in many different styles of yoga with a fresh twist and an inspired approach. New ideas and approaches without losing sight of yoga’s rich tradition, that’s the Balanced Life Yoga interdisciplinary difference.  The best teachers in Radiant Hot, Vinyasa, Power, Chakra Flow and Gentle are here to provide the right yoga for your everybody and every body.  We  focus on helping you create the body, mind and life you most desire. Connect to Possibility today in one of our inspiring classes.

Beginner Yoga I

Learn fundamental postures as well as the importance of working with the breath and relaxation in this excellent introduction to Vinyasa Flow yoga. Vinyasa Flow focuses on moving with the breath and building strength and flexibility over time. Lots of attention to detail and hands-on assisting will help students find ease and comfort in their practice. An 8-week pre-registered course for those seeking to build fundamentals or dive deeper after the Intro to Yoga course. 8 weeks for  $99 plus HST.  View Current Class Offerings: Ajax | Register Now

Beginner Yoga II

A great way to continue learning and practicing after Beginner I. In this 8-week course students progress deeper in safe and guided way into back-bends, hip opening postures and inversions. As well we learn meditation techniques while building confidence, vitality and strength.   8 weeks for $99 plus HST.  View Current Class Offerings: Ajax | Register Now

Beginner Yoga III

This new and unique class give you a bonus!  We offer a well balanced flowing practice with a posture workshopped at the end to help you develop your practice in a safe and fun way.  8 weeks for $99 plus HST.  View Current Class Offerings: Ajax | Register Now

Chakra Flow Yoga

This class is a great start for everyone. This class is designed for the person who has heard about all the great benefits of yoga, maybe even been told by a health professional they should do it, but feels unsure if they are flexible or fit enough to participate. Flow yoga is perfect for anyone looking to yoga as a means of getting back into, or starting a fitness plan from scratch.   This class offers students the opportunity to gain understanding of the basic yoga positions while building strength and increasing overall health. For those who have wanted to try yoga, this is the perfect class.This class brings overall joy and well-being as we journey through the energy centres in the body, the chakras. This truly balanced practice brings deliberate intention as we release tension and connect to positive energy. Moderate

Core-rageous: 40-Days to Personal Power Strength Training (and Body Balance 95°)

Break down barriers. Feel strong inside and out. Connect to the core of who you are!! This strength training class is like having a personal trainer for half the cost and with no yelling! We have added a little radiant heat to help you sweat, detox and body balance sooner.  Heat setting is 95 degrees so just right!  This class is also perfectly paired with the Body-liscious 40 day Detox – save $25 if you register for both – combined together only $149 rather than $174.00 Ajax | Register Now

I just completed Adrienne`s Core-rageous and Body-licious classes and wanted to say how much I enjoyed both. I learned a great deal about food and am much more conscious of what I am eating now which makes me feel much healthier. I am a runner and the Core-rageous class has helped me a great deal – I was also told recently that I had great abs! That certainly made my day! I certainly recommend both classes to anyone who is interested in feeling healthier and stronger. Thanks Adrienne! – Elizabeth L.

Deep Tension Release Therapeutic Yoga

A Balanced Life Yoga original blissful creation – Deep Tension Release Therapeutic Yoga will have you saying ahhh. Experience a new level of relief and comfort for the body and mind. This therapeutic class is wonderful to relieve long term stress, anxiety, and the effects of a busy life. Through restorative relaxation, supported practice, hands on assists and deep connection to the breath you will feel deep centering and calm. Give your body and mind an experience of true well-being. Experience the ultimate of care and comfort. Gentle

EMPower Yoga  – Ecstasy in Motion Yoga – A Balanced Life Yoga ORIGINAL!

Yoga is here to help us be the radiant being we truly are. EMPower or Ecstasy in Motion Power Yoga will feed your cells not just your  ego as you experience sweet ambrosia from head to toe.  Come into a fuller expression of your true nature in this intuitive Vinyasa class that invites you to draw into the energy of the pose and flow with grace and power, as well we will attune the mind with meditation and mantra and learn to bring our Yoga self to the world.  Vigorous

Fire and Water: Vinyasa and Restorative – A Balanced Life Yoga ORIGINAL

Work hard, rest deeply in this unique class that will give your mind and body all that you need.  Shasta  combines strong, empowering Vinyasa Flow with rejuvenating Restorative all set to great music.  The first hour of this class focuses on warming and flowing sequences linked with breath, moving into a vigorous vinyasa to build strength and power.  The final portion of class will be purely restorative and supportive, prepping the body for a blissful Sivasana. Bring deep and lasting delight to your body and Yoga practice through this perfectly balanced class. Moderate

Gentle Yoga

Experience Gentle and easeful movement that connects you to the body and mind as you release stress and find compassionate self-acceptance. Deeply nourish all levels of yourself and feel energized and rejuvenated. Gentle

Intro to Yoga

Our Intro to Yoga includes everything you need for a seamless introduction to Yoga.  This course introduces yoga practice in a slow, safe and comprehensive manner. A smaller class size allows for more individual attention, assists, and questions. These are great classes for those with little or no experience, or students looking to reconnect with the fundamentals. We recommend this option for beginners. Students will also be eligible for a great class discounts at the end of this course.  $50 plus HST.  View Current Class Offerings: Ajax | Register Now

Mom & Baby Yoga Boot Camp

Strengthen muscles that tend to get weak and stretched with pregnancy and post partum activities. New moms can feel stronger, more energetic and start a life long partnership of sharing a healthy lifestyle with baby!  $99 plus HST.  Register now

Peaceful Restorative

This class is designed to bring renewal, relaxation and balance.  A restorative class is perfect for those times when weak, fatigued or stressed from daily activities. The restorative poses are especially beneficial for the times before, during and after major life events, passings or illness. Restorative poses can be practiced when ill or recovering from illness or injury.  Props are used in this class to help support the body during postures creating a feeling of safety in which the body can totally relax. When the body is totally relaxed, profound healing can occur. Gentle

Power Hour Yoga

This class brings all the elements of a flowing vigorous practice together in an hour intensive class as we connect the mind and body to the rhythm of breath and inspire your greatest potential.  A great class to detoxify the mind and body while building strength and power. Vigorous

Power Hour + Bonus

This class brings all the elements of a flowing vigorous practice together in an hour intensive class as we connect the mind and body to the rhythm of breath and inspire your greatest potential.  A great class to detoxify the mind and body while building strength and power.  Class ends with an optional 15 minute inversion practice, meditation/visualization or energy balancing. Vigorous

Possibility 101: Yoga Philosophy & Magical Life Course

Are you living the life of your dreams? You can with the right know-how and Yoga provides all the tools we need. Join, Director and Senior Teacher Shasta Townsend in this unique offering as she presents easy to use information and tools to overcome blocks, patterns and unhelpful thinking. Shasta makes the teachings of Yoga philosophy and the modern tools of Law of Attraction relevant and applicable to all. Class will include a brief lecture, discussion and then a Q & A.  All welcome to all seeking more joy, ease and prosperity.  Class is suitable to beginners and all levels of seekers.  By Donation

Radiant Detox Flow 95°

Get your sweat on! Experience great practice while you detox, tone and strengthen the muscles in your entire body in a class focused on conditioning work for your outer body, while you heal and cleanse your inner body in a room heated ninety-five degrees. Vigorous

Radiant EMPower Yoga  90°

EMPower Yoga or Ecstasy in Motion Yoga is here to help you live an empowered life! Yoga is here to help us be the radiant being we truly are. EMPower will feed your cells not just your ego as you experience sweet ambrosia from head to toe. Experience a flowing vinyasa class with a philosophical theme that will enlighten your mind and your life. This class we will practice in a room heated to 90-95 degrees to assist in your detoxification and deeper practice. Vigorous

Radiant Power Hour Yoga  90°

This class brings all the elements of a flowing vigorous practice together in an hour intensive class as we connect the mind and body to the rhythm of breath and inspire your greatest potential. A great class to detoxify the mind and body while building strength and power. We will add the heat of a 90-95 degree room to assist in detoxification and deeper practice. Vigorous