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Yoga Fitness Mary, Akron, OH (2025)

09/20/2025

Seated Windshield Wiper pose 🧘🏻‍♀️✨
/ Upavistha Jathara Parivartanasana

Dynamic gentle stretch for hips and lower back tension relief.

How? Feet the distance width of yoga mat. Gently move knees side to side. Never forcing knees to the ground.

Beginner ✨ Hip Opener Stretch ✨ Twist

R e l a x 😌

BENEFITS:
• Hips (internal & external), back, obliques, psoas, quadriceps, knees, IT band, and glutes
• Twists lower back, tail bone, and sacrum
• Gentle enough for seniors, and pregnancy if done mindfully and slowly
• A gentle way to warm up the body, and relaxing to help unwind to rest
• Spinal twist helps with back mobility and flexibility
• Helpful during menstruation
• Releases tension in hips, psoas, pelvic floor, and lower back

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Hip injuries, recent surgery or replacement
• Never forcing knees down or internal hip rotation pain

🌞🧘🏻‍♀️ YOGA 9:45am Tuesdays & Thursdays LA Fitness in Cuyahoga Falls.

Beginners welcome! ✨
Welcome back if it’s been a while. 😎

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays & Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays
👟11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary 🌞🧘🏻‍♀️🌊

09/19/2025

Side Plank pose / Vasisthasana 🧘🏻‍♀️💪🏻

Boost athletic performance ⚡️

Advanced-Intermediate ✨ Strengthen Obliques ✨ Mental Clarity ✨ Heart Opener ✨ Posture Control ✨ Arm Balance

BENEFITS:
• Build strong core (obliques)
• Benefits arms, shoulders, core, biceps and triceps
• Maintain balance through alignment and posture control
• Strengthens supporting back muscles (quadratus luborum)
• Improve hip & shoulder mobility
• Corrects muscles imbalances through unilateral movement (practiced on each side)
• Endurance, focus, confidence building
• Energizes the whole body

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Consult a doctor before any exercise program ⚠️
• Injury to shoulders, wrists, elbows, neck, back, hips, knees, ankles, feet
• Recovering from abdominal surgery
• Lack of body-breath awareness, beginner students, seniors
• Weakness in the body
• Pregnancy, postnatal healing
• Herniated disc, rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder girdle injury
• Carpel tunnel
• High blood pressure, migraine, vertigo

🌞🧘🏻‍♀️ YOGA 9:45am Tuesdays & Thursdays
LA Fitness in Cuyahoga Falls

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays & Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️

09/18/2025

🌅🌞🌊 Join me for classes at Cleveland Clinic Akron-General in Stow & Green 🧘🏻‍♀️🩵

Cleveland Clinic
Akron-General LifeStyles in STOW:
🧘🏻‍♀️ 10:30am Gentle Yoga Mondays
🌅 8:30am Yoga Tuesday/Thursday
🌊 7pm Aqua bootcamp Tuesdays
🌊 6:30pm Aqua bootcamp Thursdays

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Cleveland Clinic
Akron-General LifeStyles in GREEN:
🧘🏻‍♀️ 5:30pm Yoga Monday/Wednesdays
🌊 6:30pm Aqua bootcamp Wednesdays
🩵 9:15am Healing Waters Saturdays
🌅 8:15am Mobility Focus Sundays

Namaste,
Mary 🧘🏻‍♀️🪷

09/18/2025

I asked an Aqua Bootcamp student how many calories they burned after class, and he said 670-700 calories! Try water fitness classes today! 🌊🩵🏊🏻‍♀️

High Intensity: The calorie burn in a high-intensity Aqua Bootcamp or Aquafit class can rival or even exceed that of land-based activities like brisk walking or light swimming.

Low Impact: Despite the significant calorie burn, Aqua Bootcamps or Aquafit classes are gentle on the joints, making them suitable for a wide range of fitness levels.

09/18/2025

🧘🏻‍♀️ Kneeling Side Stretch Pose Backwards

This pose is a variation of Half Circle pose / Ardha Mandalasa. Also similar to Kneeling Side Angle pose.

Backbend ✨ Hip Opener ✨ Grounded ✨Energy Boost ✨ Strengthen Arms & Spine

BENEFITS:
• Deepen connection of body & mind
• Stretches Psoas, arms, shoulders, upper back, quadriceps, knees, hips (external), hamstrings, core
• Strengthens side body, lengthens torso
• Opens hips & pelvis, and chest
• Stretches the neck, stimulates thyroid
• Engages core
• Ribcage mobility

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Injury or sensitive knee, neck, shoulder, hips, back
• Migraine

🌞🧘🏻‍♀️ YOGA 9:45am Tuesdays & Thursdays LA Fitness in Cuyahoga Falls.

Beginners welcome! ✨
Welcome back if it’s been a while. 😎

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays & Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays
👟11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary 🌞🧘🏻‍♀️🌊

09/17/2025

Extended Side Angle pose variation / Utthita Parsvakonasana variation 📐🧘🏻‍♀️

Boost energy ✨Improve focus ✨ Confidence ✨ Proprioception

BENEFITS:
• Stretches: Hamstrings, calves, groins, obliques, shoulders, and chest
• Strengthens: Legs, hips, core, and arms
Improves balance and coordination
• Opens up the hips and spine
• Relieves back pain and stiffness
• Stimulates digestion and detoxification
• Flexible joints
• Builds stamina and strength

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Back injury, sciatica, or hip pain.
• May need modifications for knee & ankle sensitivity or pregnancy

🌞 See you 9:45am YOGA
Tuesdays & Thursdays at LA FITNESS!

Join me for classes!

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays/ Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays/Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️🧘🏻‍♀️

09/17/2025

Revolved Twist in Chair pose (with arms extended) / Parivrtta Utkatasana Variation

BENEFITS:
• Increases flexibility of the hip joints and opens the hips.
• Challenges your sense of proprioception and stability, improving balance.
• Helps develop grounding and focus, enhancing both physical and emotional balance.
• Stimulates internal organs, promoting digestion and detoxification.
• Warms the body, improving circulation and helping regulate prana (life force) throughout the body.
Opens the rib cage, which can lead to longer, deeper breaths and improved respiratory function.
• Helps correct poor posture and increases the spine’s range of motion.
• Builds strength and endurance in the core and upper body, preparing you for more advanced standing twists.
• Strengthens legs, core, and back
• Increases spinal and hip mobility
• Improves balance and stability, and chest and shoulder opening, which also helps relieve stiffness.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Consult a doctor before any exercise program! ‼️⚠️
• Injury to the back, neck, spine, knees, or shoulders, as well as recent abdominal surgery
• Conditions like high blood pressure, migraines, chronic digestive issues (such as IBS), and SI joint dysfunction also warrant avoiding the pose.
• Pregnancy, particularly the third trimester, is a contraindication due to abdominal compression.

🌞 See you 9:45am YOGA
Tuesdays & Thursdays at LA FITNESS!

Join me for classes!

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays/ Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays/Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️🧘🏻‍♀️

09/16/2025

Variation of Threading the Needle (with Arm Above the Head and Leg Lifted off the Floor)

Intermediate to advanced variation of Threading the Needle / Urdhva Mukha Pasasana 🪡 🧵🧘🏻‍♀️

BENEFITS:
• Opens your shoulders, neck, arms, chest and upper back
• Allows for a light twist in the spine
• Releases upper back and shoulder tension
• Promotes a sense of calm and relaxation in the body
• Stretches your thighs and hips
• This variation offers a challenge in balance, concentration, and practice enduring mindfulness in stressful situations

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Knee injury
• Neck injury or discomfort
• Shoulder injury or discomfort
• Disk or back injuries
• Blood pressure issues

🌞 See you 9:45am YOGA
Tuesdays & Thursdays at LA FITNESS!

Join me for classes!

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays/ Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays/Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️🧘🏻‍♀️

09/16/2025

🌞🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am YOGA Tuesdays & Thursdays at LA Fitness in Cuyahoga Falls. 💚

Garland Pose Crossed Hands Ankles / Malasana Vyatyasta Hasta Gulpha

BENEFITS:
• Strengthens the hips, glutes, pelvic muscles, knees, feet, and ankles.

• Deep stretch in the upper back, arms, and shoulders.

• Can help relieve physical discomfort, improve hip and leg flexibility, and alleviate muscular tension.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
• Knee or back injuries
• Discomfort for beginners

Namaste,
Mary 🧘🏻‍♀️😎

09/16/2025

Warrior 3 / Virabhadrasana III 🤺🗡️

‘Warrior 3 pose helps by building strength and stability in the legs, core, and back, while improving balance, posture, and mental focus. It strengthens and tones the ankles, legs, glutes, and abdominal muscles, as well as the muscles of the back and shoulders. The pose also enhances body awareness, concentration, and the mind’s ability to stay calm and focused during challenges.’

9:45am Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays🌞🧘🏻‍♀️

Join me for classes!

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays/ Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays/Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️🧘🏻‍♀️

09/16/2025

Revolved Twist Crescent Lunge / Parivrtta Anjaneyasana 🙏🏼😎

Intermediate standing twist that stretches the spine and activates the abdominal organs.

9:45am Yoga Tuesdays & Thursdays🌞🧘🏻‍♀️

Join me for classes!

LA FITNESS in Cuyahoga Falls:
🌊 9am Aquafit Mondays/ Wednesdays
🧘🏻‍♀️ 9:45am Yoga Tuesdays/Thursdays
👟 11am Silver Sneakers (65+) Tues/Thursday
🧘🏻‍♀️ 11am Yoga Saturdays

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️🧘🏻‍♀️

09/15/2025

“Peace is not the destination. Peace is the path.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

See you in classes!

Namaste,
Mary ⛰️

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