Steph Schwartz
Steph’s power as a teacher resides in her ability to weave yogic storytelling into feel-good flows that unlock hearts and inspire souls. With 10+ years of teaching experience, Steph draws heavily from the devotional qualities of Bhakti yoga combined with the fluid and physical aspects of vinyasa. Steph masterfully translates yogic philosophy through mantra (chanting) and is deeply connected to her kirtan community. She also knows how to move with heat-building mandala flows woven with humor and compassion to maintain presence. Practitioners can expect concise alignment cues delivered with a poetic understanding of the human body and its superhuman capabilities. Her path to yoga started off the mat and on the road as an ultra marathon runner, where she found yoga as an injury prevention tool and mental stamina practice to help her go the distance. Steph is also a skydiving enthusiast, certified BASE flyer, and dog parent to Boogie and Diggit. Discover more about Steph: https://www.mandalamonkey.com/.
285 classes found
Steph Schwartz
Slow-Mo Sunset Flow
Release the day with conscious breathing and slow, fluid movement for your hips, shoulders, and spine. Bring your energy down to invite internal stillness and prepare for a restful night.
Steph Schwartz
Lighthearted and Moving Forward
See the light at the end of the tunnel and don't look back, with the grasshopper as inspiration. Practice developing a forward-moving mindset, while opening the hips, setting an intention, and leading with the heart.
Steph Schwartz
Get Into Your Glutes
Bring balance to your lower body by focusing on activating and stabilizing through your glutes. Work methodically as you strengthen your hamstrings, glutes, and core. Prepare for wheel pose, followed by ample time to unwind and release all of your hard work.
Steph Schwartz
Courageous Power
Embody the warrior goddess Durga to find your courage: the strength to overcome. This powerful flow includes strong, fluid movement, backbends, warrior poses, chanting, mudras (hand gestures), lion’s breath, and a generous savasana. Durga (aka Shakti, Devi) is a fierce form of the protective Mother who helps us battle fears, self-doubt, and negativity.
Steph Schwartz
Balanced Mental Space for PMS
Create a balanced mental and physical environment while preparing for your menstrual cycle. Release tension in your hips and neck with abdominal massage sprinkled throughout.
Steph Schwartz
Serpentine Spine
A fluid, steady flow to tap into the essence of the serpent and water element. Revitalize your body and stay grounded in times of transformation with strengthening and lengthening of the spine. Open the practice with bija mantras (seed sounds) to awaken the subtle energy along the spine.
Steph Schwartz
Full Mandala Flow
Explore all sides of your practice with a circular, continuous movement flow. Begin with chanting a mantra to call in the cyclical nature of impermanence. Move through hip openers, standing balances, and crow pose play. End your practice with an extended savasana.
Steph Schwartz
Firelog Flow
Fire it up from the inside out to stay toasty on cold winter days. Open with the bija mantra (seed sound) VAM, shunya mudra (gesture for intuition), apana mudra (gesture for grounding), and kapalabhati (skull-shining) breath. Then strengthen the core and open to the warmth of your heart through balancing poses, plank work, and arm balances.
Steph Schwartz
Abundance Mantra Meditation
Invoke Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance, as you call in spiritual wealth, abundance, and deep appreciation for what you have. Create this attitude of gratitude with an intention for cultivation. Join in singing or simply listen to the words.
Steph Schwartz
Freedom for the Low Back
Methodically flow through a sequence designed to create space in your lower body and strength in your back. Includes a lunge series to release through your hips, followed by a bridge flow to strengthen your posterior chain.
Steph Schwartz
Health for the New Year
Invoke Quan Yin, the goddess of healing, compassion, and mercy, as you set your intention for the year ahead. Through repetition of mantra, burn away impurities to start fresh with a healthy mind and body, and a full heart. Join in singing or simply listen to the words.
Steph Schwartz
Gratitude Mantra Meditation
Tap into the energy of Shakti as a source of unconditional love, acceptance, and gratitude. Call upon her to illuminate any feelings of darkness in your heart as you fill these spaces with flowing abundance. Join in singing or simply listen to the words.
Steph Schwartz
Navaratri Celebration of the River Goddess
Invoke Saraswati, one of the goddesses honored in the 9-day celebration of Navaratri. Open with the sound of OM, then move through a flowing practice full of throat chakra clearing movements and quad stretches. Saraswati represents the river of consciousness that enlivens creativity and wisdom. She gains order from chaos in the form of knowledge and embodies all that is pure in nature.
Steph Schwartz
Rooted and Flexible Like Bamboo
Embody the essence of bamboo: strong and flexible even during times of great change. Open with a mantra to ground into your practice, then explore standing balancing poses and grounding, earthy practices.
Steph Schwartz
Express Yourself
Connect with yourself in this practice designed for women. Clearing blockages in the throat chakra helps clear a pathway for open, confident communication. This steady and grounded practice includes variations on gate pose, lunges, forward folds, and spinal movements. Close with a chant for the throat chakra (energy center) using the bija mantra (seed sound) HAM.
Steph Schwartz
Cultivate Inward Focus
Learn to tap into the body's inner wisdom through the use of mudra (hand gesture), breathwork (pranayama), and postures (asana), and inspiration from the turtle. Begin slowly with a pratyahara practice (withdrawal of the senses), move into hip openers, balancing poses, and back down to the ground for variations of kurmasana (tortoise pose).
Steph Schwartz
Leg Time Flow
With a focus on strength and stability in the legs, this well-rounded flow includes stretching, strengthening, and balance. Solidify your roots and tap into your strength and confidence with inspiration from the tree.
Steph Schwartz
Low Back Relief for PMS
A gentle practice to bring relief to the lower back, hips, and lower belly to release PMS symptoms.
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