hot yoga, pilates, yin yoga, + more
Class Descriptions
Where Winnipeg Does Yoga
Studio 26 offers a diverse range of yoga and fitness classes suitable for all levels and abilities.
Explore Original Hot Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative 26, Pilates, and all-over fitness classes, designed for everybody + every body.
Class Styles
Original Hot Yoga 90
OHY 90 minutes – Bikram Method
Offered every day!
Original Hot Yoga 90 is a 90-minute class featuring 26 postures (asanas) and 2 breathing exercises.
Our Original Hot Yoga 90 series is designed to heal the body systematically through performing the asanas in a set sequence. Each posture is done twice, and is intended to stretch and strengthen specific muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints needed for the next posture; as well as stimulating the organs, glands, and nerves, moving fresh oxygenated blood throughout the body and helping restore all systems to a healthy working order.
Benefits: OHY 90 will help you lose weight, build muscle tone, enhance your well-being and peace of mind. It has been shown to relieve back problems, chronic pain, depression, insomnia, digestion problems, high blood pressure, arthritis, and more.
Although the main emphasis is on alignment and safety of postures, this class is very challenging. You will have to make demands of yourself. It requires tremendous concentration and careful listening to the teacher’s precise instructions.
Original Hot Yoga 60
OHY 60 minutes – Bikram Method
Fridays 7:30-8:30 pm
This Original Hot Yoga class is 60 minutes (OHY 60) and offered heated and unheated. It is popular as a stepping stone towards the Original Hot Yoga 90 minute (OHY 90). In this class, all the postures are done only once. This class is a great stepping stone to the OHY 90, as the humidity is considerably lower. It’s also the perfect class for when you’re motivated, but a bit short on time.
Core 26&2 (unheated)
OHY 60 minutes without the heat.
Mondays 7:30 pm, Wednesdays at noon
First time trying Hot Yoga, starting again, or just feeling a bit nervous?
Our Core 26&2 (unheated) is designed just for you! This class offers the same world famous 26 postures sequence, but is taught at room temperature. This class may be a stepping stone into Original Hot Yoga 60, or the traditional Original Hot Yoga 90, or it could just be the class for you. It’s all up to you! It’s your practice!
At Studio 26, we understand and feel everyone should be able to experience the physical and spiritual benefits of this remarkable authentic series.
This class is suitable for all levels.
Fascial Therapy
Fantastic NEW Class
Tuesdays 9:30 am, Tues. & Thursdays 5:30 pm
How we open our bodies directly impacts how well we live within them.
Through intentional movement and time spent exploring the deeper layer of our tissues, we begin to release the restrictions that may have accumulated through emotion, time and movement.
In this Fascial Therapy practice, we use a wooden block to apply gentle, sustainable pressure to the layers of connective tissue, helping to address areas of restriction, improve mobility and restore more natural movement patterns.
Each class will focus on one specific area of the body, such as legs, torso, or head and neck, allowing us to explore that area in greater depth.
A wooden block is required for the practice. Disinfected blocks will be available to borrow for your comfort and safety. However, we highly recommend having your own block so you can continue your practice at home.
Please ask Tally for information on purchasing your own wooden block.
Yogalates
Pilates Meets Yoga.
Mondays 6:00 pm in the Training Room.
Experience the best of both worlds in this fun, dynamic class combining Pilates exercises with Susanne’s unique yoga approach. Yogalates blends strength, core conditioning, flexibility, balance, and mindful movement into an energizing workout designed for all levels and experience.
Whether you’re new to Pilates and yoga or an experienced practitioner, you’ll enjoy a welcoming environment where movement meets mindfullness.
Drop-in class in the Training Room. All Levels Welcome!
Fun, effective, and results-oriented. Come and move, strengthen, stretch, and feel amazing?
Yin Yoga
Slow stretching, meditative, relaxing, stillness
Mondays & Thursdays 7:30 pm
Yin is a perfect complement to the dynamic and muscular (Yang) styles of Yoga. Yin generally targets the connective tissues of the hips, pelvis, and lower spine, and incorporates traditional yoga postures that are used to cool the body and deepen the breath. These gentle movements set the stage for deeper relaxation and fascial release – targeting both body and mind.
In a Yin class, you will hold each pose for between 2-5 minutes. The focus of the practice is placed upon lengthening the connective tissues, overall relaxation and a desire to improve flexibility and balance.
Yin helps you with breathing, meditation and focus. This class is suitable for all levels. It is taught in our cool studio and incorporates bolsters and blocks for deepening and/or modifying the postures.
Pilates Mat
Core strength & stability. All levels!
Sundays 1:30 pm, Tues. 7:30 pm, Fri noon
Pilates is a 60-minute class taught in the cooled studio. A mind-body workout that combines flexibility, core strength, balance, and muscular overload to work the entire body. The Pilates core series, together with the spine-strengthening postures of Core 26 Yoga, develops deep-layered core muscles, abdominal stabilization, breathing technique and efficiency of movement.
This class is predominantly a mat work class with a focus on core strengthening. A series of abdominal exercises are performed after a standing warm-up. Some exercises vary from week-to-week, but the series maintains a continuity that provides the students with a strong base and the benefit of practicing and improving their technique. Core 26 postures are included that complement the Pilates series and helps to improve posture and flexibility.
This class is beneficial to students of all levels and abilities. All the exercises have modifications to reduce or increase the intensity.
Step Aerobics
High energy, low impact, all levels!
Sundays 12:00-1:00 pm
In the 80’s, Todd was instrumental in introducing Step classes to all the major fitness facilities in Winnipeg. During his decade as Director at the YM-YWCA of Winnipeg, he traveled across Canada as a Trainer for the National YMCA. After opening Studio 26, he focused on Original Hot Yoga but due to popular demand, and the addition of an air-conditioned second studio, he is once again teaching the very popular Step class. This class is pure fun and great for beginners as well as seasoned steppers.
Step is a classic cardio workout. It’s lasted for decades for a simple reason: It delivers results. The “step” is a 4-inch to 8-inch raised platform. You step up, around, and down from the platform in different patterns to boost your heart rate and breathing, and strengthen your muscles. Step has all the benefits of a high-intensity cardio workout without putting stress on your joints. It improves overall fitness by building strength, reducing fat, and boosting your cardiovascular health. It also burns calories, making it an ideal way to maintain your target body weight.
body sculpt
Fitness, strength & conditioning. Get results!
Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm Training Room
SOUND BATH with MEDITATION
equinox & Solstice Dates
Relaxing, immersive, healing sound journey.
A one hour guided meditation with sound bath music, by Steve Boyd.
A deep immersion into stress release and relaxation.
Suitable for everyone.
In this relaxing and immersive class, Steve includes the following:
– Introduction to how sound can be used to enhance, or negatively affect our well-being
– Introduction to hypnosis (or, guided meditation)
– Hypnosis, as it is prevalent in our everyday lives
– Practical applications in daily routines, and the importance of our inner dialogue
– Breathing/vocal resonance technique
– Sound bath created with synthesizers, Tibetan singing bowls, and effects
You can expect a simple and pleasant guided meditation to enhance the benefits of the sound bath and promote internal awareness. This can include visualizations and daydream-like experiences intended to set up the conditions for you to use your incredible internal resources for your own well-being. During this class, we invite you make suggestions to the subconscious to be able to access these helpful states, thoughts and feelings, to have for use when they are required in our daily lives.
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