All Abilities Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Kristin

This offering honors the genius of Primary Series Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga - its intelligent sequencing, rhythmic vinyasa, and breath-centered movement - without outdated rigidity, hierarchy, and performance-based expectations. Ujjayi breath anchors movement, and mindful postural adaptions are encouraged to support energetic awareness, balance, and integration. 

Poses are not earned. Bodies are not corrected into ideals. Perfectionism is recognized as a creativity-killer, not a virtue. The practice is approached as an evolving experience - one that emphasizes curiosity, self-inquiry, and love over striving and comparison.

Everyone is Welcome Here

All bodies, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome. No prior experience is necessary. There is never a cost. 

What to Bring

Please consider wearing comfortable, layered clothing and bringing any practice supports you enjoy - mat, blocks, straps, bolsters, or blankets. Community practice supports are available, and you’re encouraged to use them freely. Bringing water to hydrate after practice is also a good idea.

The Evolution of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga emerged in the early 20th century through Tirumalai Krishnamacharya’s practice and sharing of yoga, building on what he learned from Rama Mohan Brahmachari. One of Krishnamacharya’s students, Krishna Pattabhi Jois, began sharing a set sequence of postures taught in led, breath-synchronized group classes. He used the term Ashtanga Yoga to describe this method of postural practice.

As the practice spread globally through the work of Jois’ early students - including David Swenson and Richard Freeman - it became a foundation for many modern movement traditions. Vinyasa flow, power yoga, and countless contemporary yoga styles trace their roots back to this evolving system.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga has never been static. Like all living practices, it has changed through culture, people, and time. What is often presented as fixed or ancient is, in reality, a modern lineage shaped by interpretation, adaptation, and experimentation. Today’s Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga exists not as a singular authority, but as a spectrum of practices - each reflecting the values, creativity, and love of the folks practicing and sharing it.

This Practice is Not Sold

This practice is not sold. It’s shared. Our offerings exist through voluntary giving - as a living expression of the community we are. What we receive is made possible by the many who have given before us, and what we offer allows the practice to remain unowned and open.

Giving is part of yoga practice - not as a duty, but as a remembering. When we give, the grip of “me and mine” loosens. The patterns of separation and self-importance are disrupted. We step out of self-absorption - the root of suffering - and feel into the truth of interconnectedness. Every act of giving dissolves a boundary. The giver and the receiver are not two. This is how the practice continues - through open hands and open hearts.