Yoga
We take the best parts of the Ashtanga yoga and Iyengar yoga pedagogies, and combine traditional asana with modern biomechanical and anatomical knowledge to safely power your mobility, strength, and mental clarity. With small class sizes, we strive to take our asana practices beyond a workout by incorporating philosophy, mindfulness, and compassion.
Group Class Schedule
Take part in our group yoga classes at our studio in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle. You can also stream live classes from the comfort of home or check out our on-demand class library.
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About our classes
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Cultivate more durability and awareness in your body with Stability Yoga. This class has a gradual warm up to activate the whole body before moving into classic yoga poses that challenge mobility, strength and balance. This movement intensive practice prepares you to be flexible and nimble in your passions and challenges off the mat. This sustainable habit fosters longevity and connection in your body and community.
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Get in touch with your adventurous spirit! Peak Flow is designed like climbing a mountain. The summit is a pose(s) that presents technical challenges. Just as you train for your outdoor adventures, this class carefully prepares the body for the challenge and leaves it up to you to decide how far you go. The focus is on the journey not the destination! You will enjoy the benefits of more strength, focus, mobility and confidence.
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This class is all about building a strong foundation—literally and figuratively. Each session weaves together anatomy, Sanskrit, and core principles of fundamental poses, helping you deepen your practice with intention and awareness. It’s not super easy, but it’s also not too tricky—anyone can do it, and everyone will benefit.
Expect to move with purpose, strengthen your midsection (yes, you might be sore tomorrow!), and refine your understanding of essential postures. Whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, Core Fundamentals will help you connect, stabilize, and grow. -
Cultivate ease, introspection, and relaxation with Moving Meditation. The slow pace of this practice includes gentle, fluid, and mindful movement with breath as well as moments of stillness to ground the body and mind. The benefits of intentionally slowing down in your busy day may bring more sustainable energy, clarity, creativity, and focus.
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Athletic and/or injury recovery requires as much intention as training for optimal performance and improvement. Restore and Recover carves out the time for your body to adapt to the stress of exercise (or life), restore muscle energy sources and repair tissues. The focus on flexibility and mobility may include resting in supported poses, stretching, and breath work.
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Ready to give your body some well-deserved love? STRETCH! is your go-to for a full-body muscle and joint reset. Think of it as "Yoga Lite" — a gentle, feel-good flow designed to wake up every part of you. This class focuses on simple, effective movements that activate your muscles and joints, leaving you wondering, "Why don’t I do this every day?" Whether you're recovering from a workout or just need a break from sitting, this class is perfect for all levels. Come ready to move and stretch, and you'll leave feeling amazing!
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A deeply calming, one-hour experience designed to reset your mind and body. The session will incorporate gentle restorative yoga postures, allowing your nervous system to relax and unwind through supported, passive stretches.
As you settle into deep relaxation, sound may by included to help you rebalance and center. A soothing soundscape of healing crystal bowls, rainsticks and chimes will wash over you, promoting inner peace and balance. This immersive combination of gentle yoga and sound therapy helps release stress and tension, leaving you feeling renewed and restored. Perfect for anyone seeking deep rest, this class offers a full-body reset for your nervous system and overall well-being.
Contraindications, precautions, and considerations include: heart implants, pregnancy, sound sensitivity, migraines, and headaches.
Please reach out to info@bodyreflects.com for questions.
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Yin yoga is a practice that invites opportunity to open and release. The postures are held closer to the ground for longer durations of time with the use of props to support the unwind process, and facilitate release of tissues: fascia, tendons, ligaments. Within the stillness, there is space to develop both deeper inner awareness as well as explore the edge and depth of the stretch. This practice is meditative in quality and supports the nervous system for relaxation and stress relief.
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Yoga Nidra, also referred to as “conscious sleep” offers an opportunity for the body and mind to go into a deep state of relaxation. In this practice, healing, reconstruction, repair, and reorganization take place at a cellular level. This rejuvenation occurs naturally when we’re in a particular part of our nightly sleep cycle, but many people don’t reach that state or don’t stay there for long because of insomnia or other disturbances.
Touted for its restorative health benefits, Yoga Nidra is the answer to burnout, stress, anxiety, and our being’s need for rest.
At the beginning of each 60 minute session, there will be gentle movement to prep the body for 40-45 minutes of Yoga Nidra practice.
All are welcome and no yoga experience is necessary.
Private Yoga Instruction
Get 1-on-1 yoga instruction with one of our dedicated teachers. Private yoga can deepen your asana practice by providing a supportive environment to explore more challenging poses, or give you the space you need to help use yoga to heal from an injury. Receive hands-on assistance to guide your journey and discover a tailored experience meant for you.
Yoga Therapy
Personalized care. Holistic healing. Practices designed for you.
Yoga Therapy begins with listening. Your initial session includes an intake to understand your physical, mental, and emotional state, your history, and your goals. From there, we design a customized practice for you—or for a very small group, if appropriate—rather than a general class. This allows for meaningful modifications, breathwork, meditation, and guidance tailored to your needs.
Our yoga teachers
Carlie Bae
Pronouns: she/her
Carlie’s yoga classes provide a unique and challenging environment to explore your range of mobility and strength while holding a sense of playfulness with philosophical underpinnings.
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Carlie found yoga in her teens. It made her feel empowered and strong and graceful in ways that she hadn't had access to before. As she started a journey into healthcare as a massage therapist in 2005, she was not allowed to prescribe movement - although she knew it could help her clients as much as it had helped her negotiate injury, stress and anxiety.
After some searching, Carlie met Catherine Munro in 2012 and was introduced to a method of yoga that was more careful AND challenging than what was popular in the gyms and big studios in Seattle. That’s when she decided she needed to share classes that touch on more than the physical "doing" and truly integrate the limbs of yoga into a practice that is accessible and realistic for all of us in this modern world.
Outside of yoga, Carlie spends a lot of time outdoors skiing, paddle boarding, hiking, and more, often accompanied by her husky, Nook. She is a dedicated mom, finding time to support her business and family in equal measure.
Christina Dobbins
Pronouns: she/her
At the foundation of Christina's teaching style, you will find attention to proper alignment, breath work and creative sequencing. She feels the practice is a balance of science and art. Supported by the breath, we build a strong foundation of alignment with the goal of moving with ease on and off the mat. She hopes to support others in expanding their yoga practice.
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Christina first connected with yoga in 2006. It immediately spoke to her body and more importantly, to her heart. After years of practice and a few yoga retreats, she felt the call to YTT in 2014 and has been sharing yoga since. She continues to study the teachings of Hatha and Bhakti under her teachers as well as listening to the teacher within. Some gifts of the practice are how it keeps the mind focused, the body curious, and the heart open.
Amy Hirtzel
Pronouns: she/her
Amy’s classes are sequenced to take you on a fun and challenging journey of exploration. She hopes you learn something new about yourself in class.
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Amy’s first yoga class was a 90-min hot hatha class in 2013 where she discovered her right big toe! This new self-awareness sparked an insatiable curiosity in human anatomy and embodiment that she has satisfied over the last 10 years through extensive study with yoga and science teachers, physical and occupational therapists, anatomists and through her own healing of injuries. She uses this knowledge to cue to your unique alignment in yoga asana.
Although she came to yoga to strengthen her physical body, she soon developed deep respect for the softer benefits of yoga - the quieting of her mind, the space to choose intentional actions, and a more compassionate heart towards herself and others. Her classes will have you working hard while taking it easy on yourself.
Outside of the studio Amy is an avid library user and enjoys sewing garments, watching cricket, wearing big earrings and eating snacks. She likes bright colors and long naps. Her favorite pose is savasana.
Janet Geissler
Pronouns: she/her
Janet’s yoga classes offer you the opportunity to claim the space to honor yourself through both the physical and philosophical practices of yoga.
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Janet is passionate about sharing the healing benefits of yoga for both the physical body as well as the emotional body. She began yoga as a means to release her tight muscles and increase her range of motion, but quickly realized that a yoga practice offers so much more. Both the physical practice and philosophy of yoga encourage Janet to honor everything about herself and the honoring of oneself is what she hopes to share with students in her classes. She received her 200 hour yoga training through YogaWorks and has completed Trauma Informed Level One training through Yoga Behind Bars.
Veronica D’orazio
Pronouns: she/her
Veronica’s yoga classes encourage students to move with intuition, curiosity, and ease. Her slow-flowing sequences are interspersed with poetry, humor, and space for silent reflection.
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Veronica has taught yoga in Seattle since the early 2000s. Her classes encourage students to move with intuition, curiosity, and ease. Her slow-flowing sequences are interspersed with poetry, humor, and space for silent reflection. She cultivates an inclusive atmosphere where students feel free to trust their own unique rhythms and modifications within a group setting, and she draws inspiration and guidance from her continued studies of the fascial system, somatic movement, and psychology. Veronica is also a florist and enjoys exploring the parallels of form and pattern in humans and in nature. She is the author of two books, Fleurish and The Gardener's Yoga, both published by Sasquatch Press.
Claudia Saunders
Pronouns: she/her
She continues to see her classes as a place to safely explore body, breath and emotion. She strives to set up intentional sequences to meet and challenge every student exactly as they are
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Claudia was first introduced to yoga in 2002 while searching for a way to help heal after years of competitive athletics. As a commercial Interior Designer, she has intimate familiarity with the physical and mental obstacles of being in an office environment. Her practice has continued to evolve reflecting her current knowledge and passions while staying a consistent part of her life. Claudia completed her first 200 hour teaching in 2010 in Arizona and her second 200 hour training through Yoga Works in 2018. She continues to see her classes as a place to safely explore body, breath and emotion. She strives to set up intentional sequences to meet and challenge every student exactly as they are. When not on her mat you can find her designing buildings, sliding down snowy mountains, hiking in our many mountain trails, or snuggling up at home with her clowder of cats.
Katrina Sukola
Pronouns: she/her
In Katrina’s classes, students will experience thoughtfully sequenced, alignment-based classes, finding balance between effort and ease, and building physical strength while providing a space for physical and mental relaxation.
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In Katrina’s classes, students will experience thoughtfully sequenced, alignment-based classes, finding balance between effort and ease, and building physical strength while providing a space for physical and mental relaxation. Katrina has had a lifelong relationship with movement, dancing ballet from a young age, and later other dance styles including flamenco, and aerial dance, and competing in various sports. Her teaching is strongly influenced by her practice of yoga, combining Ashtanga’s focus on connecting movement with breath, Iyengar’s attention to precise alignment, and other movement modalities. Katrina received her 200-hour teacher training in 2009, and has completed several additional teacher trainings including restorative teacher trainings, and is a certified Yoga Tune Up® teacher including the Roll Model Method Therapy Ball trainings. Her interest in movement and anatomy led her to study Ortho-Bionomy, a gentle, osteopathic-based form of bodywork to reduce chronic stress, injuries or pains associated with postural and structural imbalances. Favorite place in lower Queen Anne: The Masonry
Sarah Lakey
Pronouns: she/her
Sarah's yoga classes are gentle and accessible, encouraging warmth and ease both physically and mentally.
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Sarah is a passionate educator and has been teaching yoga and dance for decades. Her time as a professional dancer led her to seek out the healing benefits of yoga in the midst of a demanding career. Sarah received her yoga and meditation certifications through D'ana Baptiste in SLC, UT and YoYoYogi and Meditation for Life in Portland, OR. These days, Sarah's classes are gentle and accessible, encouraging warmth and ease both physically and mentally. Sarah is also an Arts Administrator and works as the Company Manager for the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Keren Eshed
Pronouns: she/her
Keren Eshed is a dedicated yoga therapist and somatic experiencing practitioner committed to guiding individuals toward healing and self-empowerment. With a Master’s degree in Yoga Studies from Loyola Marymount University and advanced training in Somatic Experiencing, she integrates trauma-informed practices into her therapeutic approach.
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MA, MBA, 500RYT
Drawing from her personal experiences, including overcoming an eating disorder, Keren emphasizes the importance of self-compassion and body awareness in the healing process. Her teaching style is approachable, accessible, and rooted in the belief that every person has the capacity for resilience and inherent wholeness.
Heather Hested
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Heather has over a decade of experience in the field, she specializes in integrating yoga therapy with holistic health practices to support individuals navigating chronic stress, pain, anxiety, and other health challenges. Heather's approach emphasizes the connection between body, mind, and spirit, aiming to foster healing, vitality, and serenity.
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E-RYT 500
Yoga is a dynamic lifestyle medicine that supports whole-being wellness. As a yoga therapist, Heather harnesses the health-giving qualities of yoga and customizes the tools of this ancient wisdom specifically for your modern needs. She’ll offer meaningful and functional practices to integrate into your lifestyle addressing physical conditions such as
de-conditioned deep core muscles, chronic neck tension, cranky shoulders, spinal stiffness, tight hips, low back pain, or weak ankles and feet. She provides emotional and mental tools for those experiencing anxiety, depression and grief, or for clients who feel overwhelmed or fatigued. Heather’s clients are curious and willing to experiment with the tools of yoga to alchemize restoration, growth and transformation.
Different than a group class, a 1:1 session with Heather is an opportunity to uncover what lights you up and determine simple practices that germinate self-healing and wellbeing in your life.
Heather helps clients tap into their first nature, their true nature. She’ll help orient you towards home and self-healing. If you’re in pain or suffering, yoga therapy is a dynamic lifestyle medicine to try.
JJ
Pronouns: she/they
JJ first found yoga as a teenager, searching for anything that could bring more calm and presence into a busy, tender time of life. With a master’s degree in Educational/Developmental Psychology, JJ loves nothing more than witnessing those “a-ha” moments—when something finally clicks and a student feels it in their whole being.
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Their teaching weaves together mind and body through both slow, meditative practices and more uplifting, energizing flows. No matter the pace, JJ’s classes are rooted in mindfulness, sprinkled with a little humor, and held in a supportive, judgment-free space where everyone is welcome to show up exactly as they are.
“Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”
— B.K.S. Iyengar