Steph Schwartz

Steph Schwartz

Steph Trinidad, formerly Schwartz, weaves yogic storytelling into feel-good flows that unlock hearts and inspire souls. With 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/.

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Welcome the new year with new beginnings. Use Ganesha mudra (hand gesture) to establish your intention and flow into an open heart. Explore movements for hips, hamstrings, and spine, culminating in a version of camel pose.
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The winter solstice is a time for renewal, radical self-care, and regeneration. Learn to flow through transitions with ease through twists, backbends, lunges, and hip openers with intention and breath.
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For yoga teachers, a shoulder reset practice to strengthen and stabilize the shoulders (for all those demonstrations you didn’t warm up for), and stretch around the shoulders and neck to release held tension. Explore variations of plank, down dog, dolphin, and seated shoulder stretches.
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Facing your big dreams and goals can sometimes feel overwhelming. This practice is designed to help you connect with the endurance of your spirit and courage of your heart. Begin with a chant to Ganesha, believed to be the remover of obstacles, before moving through a heart, shoulder, and hip opening standing sequence leading to a bound pigeon variation.
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Lift from the heart to connect with gratitude while releasing stuck patterns. Begin seated, move into supine movements, then come up to standing variations of binds and hip-openers.
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Connect to your breath and move your body in this dynamic flow designed to tap into Shakti, the force and vitality behind all creation. Begin with the mantra “om aim hreem shreem” with Kali mudra (hand gesture), then move into the physical flow starting slow before picking up momentum into fluid, continuous movement. Explore variations of backbends, arm balances, and standing balancing poses.
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A flow inspired by the highly intelligent octopus, the water ninjas that help us accomplish goals and dreams in life by accessing creativity and intuition. Enjoy grounded fluidity within hip and heart openers, side body stretches, and tentacle-like arm variations.
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Enjoy this effective sequence to bring relief to tired runners' feet. Begin standing with a calf stretch and ankle rolls, then lie down and send your legs up the wall for further release of your toes and feet.
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Tired wrists and hands from your yoga practice, typing, or texting? Take five minutes to stretch out the major muscles from your fingers all the way up to your shoulders.
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Release any stuck or stagnant energy with this active, challenging flow leading up to side crow and fallen angel. Begin with a short mantra chant followed by kapalabhati (skull-shining) breath work, then move through a series of energizing twists, hip openers, balance poses, and arm balances.
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Explore the dance between strength and softness in this rejuvinating practice. Open with earth mudra (hand gesture) and the heart bija mantra (seed sound) “YAM." Move through a series of heart-openers, flowing movements, and balancing poses to surrender with an open heart.
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Explore the water element and your physical core starting with power mudra and the bija mantra “VAM.” Flow through core-strengthening shapes, heat-building movements, and lots of options for fun transitions.
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This class stretches the notoriously tight running muscles including the hip flexors and psoas muscles. Practiced mostly close to the ground, this practice offers an accessible pace to explore supported bridge variations, supine and seated hip stretches, yogic squats, lunges and hamstring stretches.
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A strong core makes for a strong run! Strengthen your entire core – front, back, and sides – in this power-packed flow class.
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Celebrate the successes in your practice and in life with this playful, flowy practice! Flow through big, triumphant poses like dancing warriors, half moon, sugarcane pose, and wild thing in honor of International Day of Yoga.
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Stretch major running muscles to help speed up recovery time between runs. This short sequence focuses on hip flexors, outer hips, IT band, quads, and hamstrings.
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Whether you’re out for one mile or 100, yoga can be a wonderful compliment to running. Take a couple moments to actively stretch your hamstrings, hip flexors, quads, and shoulders. Great for before or after your run.
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Take a shot of yogi espresso with this power-packed class to give the mind and body a boost at any time of day. Flow through lunges, chair pose, balancing postures, and twists.