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Upcoming Classes in Los Angeles

30 Minutes of Jumpboard Fun

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In this class you will actually jump laying on your back. This is a total body cardio and core program that features innovative yet simple combinations that add variety and intensity to a reformer workout. The Jumpboard is an energizing and progressive reformer workout that is packed with aerobic moves that build overall strength and burn calories. This adds variety to your reformer workouts, boosts your metabolism, and increases strength and...

Yoga Inspired Pilates

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Beginning Adult Ballet

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This beginning adult ballet class is designed for those who wish to revisit their ballet training, apply pilates in a new way, or want to learn the basic classical ballet technique. The class will focus on proper anatomical form while building a solid foundation that will be sure to get you moving gracefully through space. Ballet shoes are recommended but not required. Taught by former principal dancer with the State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara,...

Contemporary Dance (ages 9-15)

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The goal of this dancing class is to prepare your mind and body for a wide range of movement possibilities: forms, qualities or dynamics. Contemporary dance is a popular form of dance which developed during the middle portion of the twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominating performance genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and western Europe.

Salsa Dance - Beginner

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This class aims to provide an entertaining, fun, and social atmosphere while providing an opportunity to learn basic Salsa movements and techniques. Salsa is a dance form with origins from the Cuban Son (circa 1920s) and Afro-Cuban dance specifically Afro-Cuban Rumba dance. It is generally associated with the salsa music style, although it may be danced under other types of music with an 8-count rhythm.

Pilates Mat Ballet Fusion

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You will able to build bone-density, strength, balance, and coordination. This class will begin on the mat preparing the body for ballet exercises at the barre and aerobic ballet inspired dance sequences in the center of the room set to music. The flexibility, balance, coordination, and strength that’s cultivated in the Pilates repertoire will be put into standing motion in a challenging, inspiring, and fun class. All level welcome. No prior...

Hip Hop (ages 9-15)

The Moving Joint @ 12813 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

In this class, children will explore the world of hip hop dance. They will be taught basic hip hip choreography, styles, and techniques which will help them develop their skills through proper timing and synchronization. Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in...

Swing Dance - All Levels

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Get ready to Swing. This is an all levels swing dance class. We will focus on the Lindy Hop style and will cover all the basics.

Kids Yoga (age 4-9)

The Moving Joint @ 12813 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

The kids will explore and express themselves through Yoga as they go on "wild adventures" through animal and nature based yoga sets, dance and music. This class instills self-confidence as the children balance a bit longer and stretch a bit further each week. This encourages and enhances the health, intuitive awareness and creative freedom of the children’s young spirits. This ends with a meditation and savasana (deep relaxation) specifically...

Prenatal Yoga

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Pilates Reformer Level 2-3

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This class is more of an invigorating workout. You will be challenged to get to a new level in your Pilates practice, but not beyond your means. The class is a full body workout with an emphasis on working from the deeper smaller muscle groups and building a strong foundation in the body. Pilates is an wonderful form of exercise that has gotten a lot of hype over the last 10 years. It is an innovative system of mind-body exercise evolved from the...

Yoga Tune Up

The Moving Joint @ 12813 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Gentle Yoga and Meditation Level 1-2

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This class is a blend of relaxation & effort for your over all health which is also ideal if you are recovering from an injury. Foundations will be presented for physical poses, concentration, meditation and breath work. Variations will be given for challenge and ease.

Intermediate Hatha Flow

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Flow yoga plus meditation in a style that acknowledges the reality of healing for the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. This class is designed to let you come as you are, enter the present moment, and explore what is possible. Breath work, flow yoga, more challenging poses, and meditation will be presented with details and philosophy to help you find your personal place in the practice. Come play, go deep, and be ready for a sweet sweat.

Pilates Reformer Level 1

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This class is for anyone who is new to working on the reformer and wants a good run down on how to safely use the equipment and specificity in how to find the deeper and smaller muscles we use in Pilates. The class will move through a full Pilates repertoire but the pace will be slow and methodical. Experienced students are always welcome to refine their practice or just get a tune up after a time away. Pilates is an wonderful form of exercise...

Pilates Mat Level 1-2

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This class is a great mat class if you want to go at a slower pace. It focuses on how to use the breath to facilitate a deeper connection to your core. We will stretch and align while strengthening the muscle fibers that might have been asleep for a while. Pilates is an wonderful form of exercise that has gotten a lot of hype over the last 10 years. It is an innovative system of mind-body exercise evolved from the principles of Joseph Pilates,...

Prenatal Reformer

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This small group class is done with special props to make the workout more safe and efficient for pregnant women. We use a comfortable contour foam cushion on the reformer for cardiac and back safety. These sessions include opening of tight areas such as hip flexors, inner thighs and pecs, gentle to moderate total body strengthening, and pelvic floor training to help with labor and back support.

Half Reformer/ Half Jump - Level 2

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Experience a little Reformer and a little Jumpboard class. Challenging reformer exercises light up your entire body, warming and priming legs and feet to jump for 30 minutes. This class is a perfect mix of sustained and explosive movement, as well as a good introduction for our 60 minute Jumpboard class.

Pilates Reformer Level 2

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This class focuses on basic principles and alignment, as well as working the entire body, and then advance to more complex moves on the Pilates Reformer. In Level 2 we will work at an intermediate level. You will begin to advance moves that you are familiar with from Level 1-2. You will challenge your muscles and go deeper into exercises. Pilates is an wonderful form of exercise that has gotten a lot of hype over the last 10 years. It is an innovative...

Pilates Mat Mixed Level

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