Class Descriptions

Practice Yoga from the Inside Out.

For more about our studio and philosophy, see our Practice at Tula page.

Embodied Practice

(All experience levels welcome)

A complete yoga practice rooted in Haṭha Yoga.

Tula's foundational class integrates both vinyasa (flowing movement) and more sustained postures, weaving together mindful movement, breath, somatic awareness, and contemplative attention in a steady, adaptable practice. While the pace is intentional rather than rushed, the practice may include physically challenging moments alongside opportunities for rest and reflection. Throughout class, the emphasis remains on cultivating awareness of your inner experience—inviting you to explore strength, mobility, and ease from the inside out. Open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike, Embodied Practice emphasizes presence, discernment, and direct experience.

Practice Lab

(Some experience recommended)

Practice Lab is a workshop-style practice focused on exploration, skill-building, and the breakdown of more complex postures and movement patterns. Classes may include detailed work with inversions, arm balances, back-bends, transitions, and balance poses, along with the preparatory strength, mobility, and awareness that support them. This class invites curiosity, refinement, and a deeper understanding of practice through repetition, experimentation, and clear, thoughtful guidance. Best suited for students with some yoga experience who enjoy a more investigative approach.

Supported Practice

(All experience levels welcome)

This integrated class is designed for students who benefit from additional support, including older adults, people navigating injury, chronic pain, fatigue, balance concerns, nervous system sensitivity, or anyone wanting a slower, more grounded way to practice.

Guided by the principles and values of Accessible Yoga as taught by Jivana Heyman, this class brings together accessible yoga, therapeutic somatics, and trauma-informed teaching. Students are welcome to practice in a chair, on a mat, or in a combination of both. The practice is adaptable, choice-based, and designed to meet you where you are.

Using chairs, props, breath awareness, mindful movement, therapeutic somatic practices, and accessible yoga postures, we’ll explore ways to build strength, mobility, balance, and body awareness without needing to get up and down from the floor.

Like all classes at Tula, this is not simply exercise. It is a complete yoga practice that may include accessible versions of prāṇāyāma, meditation, rest, and yogic philosophy teachings, offered in ways that are practical, supportive, and relevant to daily life.

The focus is not on achieving a particular shape, but on cultivating steadiness, ease, curiosity, and connection with your own body and nervous system.

Rest & Restore

(All experience levels welcome)

A slower, deeply supportive practice designed to help the body and mind settle. Rest & Restore blends restorative yoga, gentle somatic movement, breath practice, and guided rest to support nervous system regulation, release habitual tension, and invite a quieter quality of attention. Rather than focusing on effort or intensity, this class emphasizes softness, receptivity, and the healing potential of stillness. It is an ideal practice for anyone seeking restoration, recovery, or a more inwardly oriented experience of yoga.

Mindfulness Meditation

(All experience levels welcome)

Mindfulness Meditation is a guided practice of learning to meet the present moment with steadiness, curiosity, and compassion. Through awareness of the breath, body, thoughts, emotions, and sounds, we practice noticing what is here without needing to fix, change, or judge our experience.

This practice will include guided meditation, periods of quiet, and occasional reflections on themes drawn from the mindfulness meditation tradition, such as presence, compassion, impermanence, non-judgment, and working skillfully with thoughts and emotions.

All are welcome, and no meditation experience is needed. Students are invited to come as they are, take a comfortable seat or resting shape, and participate in a way that feels supportive.

Offered on a dāna/pay-as-you-can basis. Dāna is the practice of generosity. There is no required fee, and students are invited to offer a voluntary contribution in support of the teacher, the studio, and the continuation of community practice.

Tula Yoga’s Sound Bath

(All experience levels welcome)

Tula’s Sound Bath is designed as a deeply soothing, nervous-system-supportive experience. Using a combination of hand-crafted alchemy crystal bowls and white frosted quartz bowls, Maile creates layers of harmonious, resonant sound that support relaxation, grounding, and inner balance. Unlike sound experiences that rely on sharp contrast or dissonance, this approach emphasizes consonant tones and musical harmony to help settle the body, soften the breath, and invite the nervous system into a more regulated, rest-and-restore state. The result is a sound bath that is calming, immersive, and deeply restorative.