Equipose Yoga Studio

12/16/2025

12/16/2025

12/16/2025

Dear Yogis:

Much like reflexology of the feet, hand reflexology is a massage practice that stimulates points in the hand that correspond to organs and body parts as an interconnected system. Reflexology can be traced back 2,500 years ago to the Tomb of Ankhmahor or "The Physician's Tomb," where hieroglyphics and murals pictured figures massaging hands and feet. Medical instruments were also found in this tomb. In 1915, The Father of Reflexology, Dr. William Fitzgerald identified 10 vertical zones in the body running from head to foot. His "Zone Therapy" was later advanced by Joe Riley to include horizontal zones. Eugene Ingham's later work identified the sensitive points in the hands and feet. Chinese acupressure, which focuses on clearing energy blockages, is also thought to have been the early foundation of reflexology of hands and feet, dating back 5,000 years,

Reflexology is primarily focused on stress and tension release to avoid the harm they do in lowering the immune system's defenses. In the illustration above, specific points in the hands are identified. General massage of the hands releases "happy hormones." They include serotonin for sleep, endorphins for pain, dopamine for alertness, and oxytocin for comfort. This work can also increase flexibility and range of movement in the hands, increase blood circulation so there is more oxygen reaching all parts of the body, help with detoxification and recovery of hand injuries. Remember, the points massaged in the right hand stimulate the left hand's points and vice-versa. There is a whole sequence in ball therapy that addresses major points in the hand.

THE NEXT BALL THERAPY CLASS IS Jan. 3rd. Dec. closures: Dec. 24-27.
Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10:00AM
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12 PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6:00-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only}
6-7:30pm All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $20, and you can purchase class passes at the link below.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

12/14/2025

10 a.m. Yin Yoga is cancelled on December 14.

12/13/2025

12/08/2025

12/08/2025

Dear Yogis:

Do any of us pay enough attention to the health of our feet? They do a lot more than ground us when we move. This email is a general introduction to reflexology that you can practice on your own feet when you learn where the pressure points are. The illustration above should help you.

Because points in the feet (hands and ears, too) correspond to other body parts and organs, you can promote relaxation and healing by improving nerve impulses and blood flow through working those points. Stress, pain, anxiety, and sleep issues are also addressed with reflexology. The pressure points work through energy communication freely flowing within the body through magnetic fields.

If energy is blocked, foot reflexology can clear the path for better communication between organs and the rest of the body's energy fields. The pressure can also break up lactic acid crystals that stop energy flow.
The conditions that are often treated with reflexology include low-back pain, migraines and headaches, MS, urinary problems, and muscle weakness. Peripheral neuropathy (damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal column) is also helped with reflexology. Asthma, depression, anxiety, and high blood pressure have also been helped by addressing certain pressure points in the feet. Even digestion can be improved with reflexology by clearing blockages in the colon, removing toxins, and improving blood flow which aids digestive function.

Another theory as to why reflexology works is that endorphins or pain-relieving chemicals, which are naturally produced in the body, are released during the massage, flooding the body with a substance that heals injuries and calms internal systems.

You can use your thumb, fingers and knuckles to work the points indicated on the chart, and you can come to ball therapy and learn how to activate those points with the therapy balls. It all starts with the feet!

THE NEXT BALL THERAPY CLASS IS Jan. 3rd. Dec. closures: Dec. 24-28.
Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10:00AM
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
12 PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6:00-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only}
6-7:30pm All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $20, and you can purchase class passes on the website.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

12/05/2025

12/02/2025

Dear Yogis:

Savasana has been likened to an experience deeper than sleep, where you remain lucid of your body's relaxation response and dissolve away from the need to do anything. It is one of the most-known yoga postures from the canon of hatha yoga. In savasana, every muscle is consciously relaxed, and you attempt to withdraw from mental tension from the somatic nervous system. The longer you hold the pose, the quieter the motor neurons become. That results in less neuronal activity in the brain and less cluttering of the thoughts that naturally rise in this position.

Neuroscientist and psychiatrist Georg Northoff, PhD, explains that " the resting state is not rest as in zero activity because the brain would be dead. The resting state is basically the absence of specific tasks or stimuli, but you still have non-specific inputs from your heart (your body) and your environment." (1)

Ray Long, MD, a surgeon and yoga teacher, says, "Theta brain wave patterns predominate in savasana. This state of brain function engages the intuitive unconscious mind, accessing deep-seated memories and connecting to the collective unconscious. Healing occurs in this state." (2)

NEVER SKIP SAVASANA!

(2) Long, R., Key Poses of Hatha Yoga (Baldwinsville, New York: Bandha Yoga): 186.
Miller, Jill. Body by Breath (Las Vegas: Victory Belt Publishing Inc., 2014,173,174.
(1) Northoff,G., "The Spontaneous Brain," Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD., Podcast, July 24, 2020.

THE NEXT BALL THERAPY CLASS IS Dec. 6. Dec. closures: Dec. 24-28.
Regular Class Schedule

SUNDAY:
10AM Yin Yoga
MONDAY:
10:00AM
4:30PM Vinyasa Flow Yoga
TUESDAY:
13 PM Lunch Break Yoga, All Levels, 1 hr
6:00-7:30PM All Levels Flow with Wes
WEDNESDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow
5:30PM Yin Yoga [ZOOM + IN-STUDIO]
THURSDAY:
5:30 Yin [ZOOM only}
6-7:30pm All Levels Flow with Wes
FRIDAY:
10AM Vinyasa Flow Yoga

No need to register for classes—just come! Drop-ins are $20, and you can purchase class passes.

https://equiposeyoga.com/classes-props

11/26/2025

REMINDER: The studio is closed Nov. 26-29. However, Robin C. will be teaching a Yin class at 3 pm today.