Class News

Namaskar Sangha,

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!

I have finally secured the most beautiful chateau in Bordeaux, France for a one-week retreat in September with a private chef and access to the entire estate. Please let me know if you’re interested. I must reserve within the next week before it offered to another group. 7-30 September 2026 onward is open to my sangha only. I will set the dates once I have some responses – towards the beginning of the month is bettter.

Here is the link to the fabulous site: https://www.ashtangafrance.com/

There are 13 bedrooms – every person will have his/her own bed and have a range of choices for shared or single occupancy rooms.

Space is limited so please let me know. I would love to have you join!!!

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Saturday

0830 – 0835 meditation 

0835-0840 tabata

0840-0900 fasica hips and glutes

0900-1010 pilates + strength flow

Sunday

0830 – 0835 meditation 

0835-0840 full body mobility – April Challenge

0840-0900 low back

0900-1010 pilates + yin

Please bring family and friends!

April challenge is full body mobility moves, 30 seconds each move. 

arm swings 

thoracic rotation

snake squats to skandasana and pause a few sec on each side

goddess/horse stance few seconds

end in malasana/garland pose/squat pose – stay 1min+

17-21 April 2026 Mini Breakthrough Retreat – Carmel/Pacific Grove area. Focus of retreat is on learning, refining, mastering poses. Everything you need to know to progress towards … poses you’re working on. If you want to grow in your practice, then this is the retreat for you! Please reach out to me if interested.

With Gratitutde,

Deb 🥰

Namaskar Sangha,

There are no classes tomorrow, 26 March. I have a long-awaited doctor’s appointment and it’s quite far away. We will resume Friday, 27 March.

Weekend Schedule

PLEASE BRING A NEW FREIND OR FAMILY MEMBER TO CLASS!!!!

Saturday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 4min tabata/high intensity

0840-0900h fascia -inner thighs

0900-1000 pilates & strength flow

Sunday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 5min full body mobility/weights

0840-0900h fascia – hip flexor/psoas

0900-1000 pilates & yin

Please continue with the March Challenge – bridge pose / pelvic curl x5 – for glutes and hamstrings. We will do in class. Please lmk requests for our April Challenge.

MINI RETREAT DATE HAS CHANGED TO 17-21 APRIL 2026 IN PACIFIC GROVE, NEAR CARMEL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Please let me know if you can come. it’ll be a working retreat meaning, lot of time learning drills to master poses you might want to achieve or that you’ve been working on. It’s an incredible opportunity to progress your practice. If possible, please try to come.

Please let me know soonest if you can attend. Information on costs etc. will be out the next couple of days.

With Gratitutde,

Deb 🥰

Namaskar Sangha,

i am pulling together a mini retreat. it’s a tough time to get reservations so please lmk if you could come for 15-19 May up near the Sonoma area. It will be focused on deepening your practice. Would love to have you all there. Please send response just to me or via text so people are not inundated with messages. Once I know the numbers I can come back to you with details.

Weekend Schedule

PLEASE BRING A NEW FREIND OR FAMILY MEMBER TO CLASS!!!!

Saturday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 4min tabata/high intensity

0840-0900h fascia -Knee attachments

0900-1000 pilates & strength flow

Sunday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 5min full body mobility/weights

0840-0900h fascia – thigh

0900-1000 pilates & yin

Please do the March Challenge – bridge pose / pelvic curl x5 – for glutes and hamstrings. We will do in class. 

With Gratitutde,

Deb 🥰

Namaskar Sangha,

Have missed you all and can’t wait to see you online this weekend. Here is a menu of classes. Come for one, some, or all classes! 

Please invite friends and family to join the classes they’d be interested in.

Saturday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 4min tabata/high intensity

0840-0900h fascia – feet

0900-0930 pilates – glutes, hamstrings, inner thighs, core

0930-1015 yoga – strength flow

Sunday

0830-0835h pranayama/meditation

0835-0840 5min full body mobility/weights

0840-0900h fascia – lower leg

0900-0930 pilates – obliques, core, spine lengthening

0930-1015 yoga – yin

Please do the March Challenge – bridge pose – for glutes and hamstrings. We will do in class. 

With Gratitutde,

Deb 🥰

with love and gratitude, 

deborah

Namaskar Sangha,

Please join class Monday, 2 March at 0800 – 0900 for one All Levels Class – due to longer than expected travel time to the airport.

March challenge – pelvic curl/bridge: 3 sets, hold each 5 breaths. bonus, stay with hips up (hips, knees, shoulers one straight diagonal line) and press feet down and drag towards shoulders from more hamstring action. can use ball between knees or a block to engage inner thighs or press through insides of feet.

remember, press strongly through hands with straight arms to really engage triceps. arms close to body

start movement with abdominals, hips bones and lowest ribs get closer, at top of range of motion, pull pubic bone towards navel for more abdominals

questions please lmk. see you for class in the morning!!!!

classes resume 14 march, saturday 0830h

with love and gratitude, 

deborah

Namaskar Sangha,

I will be out of the country in Japan 3-13 March (fly 2 march but will teach before leaving) – doing one of my top 3 wishes to celebrate my fire horse birthday year. it will not be possible to teach during this time. please use videos!!!! they will repeat for a few days so you can begin to master certain sequences! 

This coming weekend, we have a special schedule: Please join what you wish:

Saturday

0830-0850 Fascia that affects the breath – ribcage rinse out

0850 – 0920 pilates

0920 – 1000 strength flow

Sunday

New March Challenge! I can still consider requests!

0815 – 0835 fascia low back

0835 – 0915 yin full body

with gratitude, 

deborah