HOT 26 - ALL LEVEL


This class is taught by:

Cassie Aitken

Cassandra (Cassie) Aitken, Director
Yoga Lifestyle Coach & Private Lesson Coordinator
ERYT 500

“Function before form.
Form before depth.
Breath before everything
and Everything to your own degree.”

With 2 decades experience, I can really relate to and support the needs and abilities of a broad age range of students and I deeply enjoy helping people to meet themselves on the mat, at whatever stage they find themselves in life’s journey.

My classes are simple, focused on listening to your body & honoring yourself, combined with an awareness of breath and a strong physical element-- all things to your own degree! My goal is to get you out of your head and into a place of feeling. My classes are about working hard -sensitively, safely- about feeling good and finding the stuff that matters, and about taking care. The focus includes strength, balance, flexibility but most of all the practice is about cultivating a calm and peaceful mind. The focus is health.

I hope my students connect to something deep but I also want them to have the time of their lives on that mat. I want people to dissolve boundaries, exceed expectations and become happier, healthier human beings, lead by the way they feel instead of the way they think.

I am forever grateful for the opportunity to serve the community by sharing in the healing practice of yoga and the sheer magic of the hot yoga series. As a teacher, I know I will forever remain a student. I plan to teach and practice yoga for the rest of my life and I thank all of the students, past, present and future, for inspiring me daily.

“Cassie is one of those rare people you meet with whom you feel an almost instant heart connection. There is a glint in her eyes that tells of an inner-wellspring of joy and a hint of girlish cheekiness. Her presence is one of yogic lightness developed through over twenty years of regular yoga practice.”

Cassie is the founder of of Global Yoga and Yoga Brain, and founded and directed Hot Yoga Nashville for 8 years prior to relocating to Jupiter.

By drawing on her own diverse Yoga and Ayurveda education, ranging from Vinyasa to Hot/ Power to Anusura to Ashtanga, Cassie creates classes that are informative, engaging, friendly and alive with enthusiasm. Cassie has participated in a multitude of global intensives and advanced trainings with dozens of modern masters including: Erich Schiffmann, Baron Baptiste, Bikram Choudhury, Annie Carpenter, Sean Corn, David Life, Sharon Gannon, Max Strom, and Rolf Gates. Still, Cassie believes the Hot 26 series is the ultimate lifetime yoga practice and she plans to teach and practice yoga for the rest of her life.

SACRED MUSIC.  TRIAL MEANS IF ATTENDED STAYS FOREVER SO THIS IS TRIAL THRU DEC 31...
 
Strongly suggest 3 class history for this class because it is a lot less verbal instruction and more of a follow the leader type class....HOT 26 but with a strong meditative tone and powerful experience allowing students to be more aware of their movements and breath while at the same time relax more deeply into postures because no teacher's eyes are on them!  Our last studio felt strongly this was their favorite class of the week.   It will start as a trial, meaning we will monitor attendance to see if time adjustment required....but hope the selected times work as they should leave enough time to get the children to school after and or get to work, showering at our studio....

Follow the leader type traditional hot series with an extra yummy bonus posture like a hip opener or shoulder stretch on occasion. Best for yogis with 5-8 classes of experience and really the only class NOT suggested for your first class. The instructor is up front practicing with you, giving minimal instruction except for little cues to keep everyone moving together; and we most often will play relaxing soothing music. This is by no means an advanced class and all ages and levels are welcome- just not ideal for a first class due to minimal instruction.
 
This is less talking and more queuing, less distraction and more opportunity to feel your body communicating to you in the form of sensation and consequently move more deeply into asanas and also give yourself the freedom to sit when you need tol
 
 Amazing grace filled music mixes could also lead to points for these classes.... Call if you have questions about this or anything of course!