Steph Schwartz

Steph Schwartz

Steph Trinidad, formerly Schwartz, weaves yogic storytelling into feel-good flows that unlock hearts and inspire souls. With over 17 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, BASE flyer, and dog parent to Boogie and Diggit. Discover more about Steph: https://www.mandalamonkey.com/.

284 classes found

Yoga Every Day
Take time to use your breath to move prana (life-force) into stuck areas of your life. In doing so, that monkey mind chattering will begin to calm and you will develop a connection with those often-neglected subtle body layers.
Yoga Every Day
Open your hips and hamstrings as you use your practice to consider what your super powers are.
Yoga Every Day
Start with a chant to spark devotion and move towards a simple hamstring opening practice. Chant: om sita ram namaha.
Yoga Every Day
From many perspectives, the practice of yoga is designed to fold back the petals of a lotus to reveal a beautiful jewel that symbolizes a truth which frees you from feeling a need to prove yourself to the world. Use meditation and asana (poses) to move you closer to the divine spark in your heart.
Yoga Every Day
Get ready to ditch the negative and bring in the positive with this strong practice. Using both a mudra (hand gesture) and a mantra for inner strength, this standing warrior series will aid in relieving stress, anxiety, and unhappy thoughts, reminding you that you really are capable of more than you think.
Yoga Every Day
Enjoy this simple flow of sun salutations and remember the divine gift of life as you breathe into the back of your heart center.
Yoga Every Day
Move through meditations, mudra, and movement. Draw your awareness up and in and as you raise your conscious vibration, and experience a profound feeling of wisdom as the body and heart unite!
Yoga Every Day
Explore pratyahara, or the withdrawing of your senses through an inner gaze. Through movement and a powerful practice known as shanmukhi mudra (womb mudra), discover how rich and divine you are by choosing to direct your energy inward.
Yoga Every Day
Align with your heart to feel strong inside and out through poses designed to open your hips and hamstrings while simultaneously building strength in your core.
Yoga Every Day
Raise your vibration with this celebratory practice. Cultivate an attitude of positivity on your mat and see the wonderful results it can have in your day-to-day life. Flow through poses designed to work on the energy centers in your shoulders, hips, hamstrings, and heart. Free your energy and let the good times roll!
Yoga Every Day
The practice of aparigraha (non-possessiveness) is a chance to relax expectations. Explore several balancing poses to practice this quality of releasing expectations about your yoga.
Yoga Every Day
Embrace the quality of aparigraha (non-grasping) that enables us to forgive others and move on. Move stuck energy through the chest and hips to find the space you need to say thank you to all of life’s experiences.
Yoga Every Day
When it comes to detoxing, most people only think about the physical body, but detoxification of the mind is just as important. By spending time in spinal twists and hip openers, discover physical and mental space, creating room for new beginnings.
Yoga Every Day
Build the foundations to a lifelong practice by understanding the basics of a hatha practice. Move mindfully through essential hatha poses before ending in final relaxation.
Yoga Every Day
Begin on your back with controlled belly-up core exercises before moving through a balanced practice culminating in crow pose. The word hatha embodies two opposites, the sun and the moon. The practice of yoga is to unite opposites, creating a steady balance, the result of intention and ease. The ability to embody both of these opposite qualities is at the heart of yoga, referenced in the yoga Sutras as “sthira sukham asanam."
Yoga Every Day
Begin with a circular moon breath before moving into poses designed to help you expand your physical body, creating an open container in which you can receive each breath. Leave your mat feeling sweetly grounded and calm.