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Master Classes with Jimmy Barkan
Friday, March 19th - Starting 6:00PM - Westwood Studio
Saturday, March 20th - Starting 8:30AM - North Haledon Studio


Each Master 2 1/2 Hour Session Features

30 Minute - Lecture

  • How to Motivate, Create, and Perpetuate your Practice
    (Physical,Mental, Spiritual Orientations of practice)
  • Philosophy of Yoga & Hot Yoga (Chakra System, Background and
    Traditions, etc...)
  • Question and Answer

45 minute - Posture Clinic

  • Alignments
  • Benefits
  • Modifications - Beginner & Experienced
  • New Asana review & Modifications - Beginner & Experienced

75 minute - Class

  • Class on Friday night is HOT BARKAN METHOD HATHA YOGA
    (FOR Beginners & Experienced)
  • Class on Saturday morning is HOT VINYASA FLOW
    (FOR Beginners & Experienced)

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PAYMENT ON THE DAY - $85


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NEW! Hot Yoga NJ Schedules
Westwood Studio

Monday
Start End Class Level Length
6:30 AM 7:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
9:30 PM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
11:15 AM 12:15 PM Vinyasa Flow Beginner - Up 60 Min
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
5:30 PM 7:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
Tuesday
7:00 AM 8:00 AM Vinyasa Flow Beginner - Up 60 Min
9:30 AM 10:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
4:00 PM 5:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
6:00 PM 7:15 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
7:30 PM 9:45 PM Evolve Arts -
A Martial Way
Beginner - Up
Wednesday
6:30 AM 7:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
9:30 AM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
4:00 PM 5:15 PM Vinyasa Beginner - Up 75 Min
5:30 PM 7:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
Thursday
9:30 AM 10:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
12:00 AM 1:00 PM Silent Hatha Must attend min of 5 - 10 of Hot Hatha classes 60 Min
4:30 PM 5:45 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
6:00 PM 7:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
7:45 PM 9:15 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
Friday
6:15 AM 7:30 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
9:30 AM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
11:30 AM 12:45 PM Warm Beginners
4:00 PM 5:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
6:00 PM 7:15 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
Saturday
8:30 AM 10:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
10:30 AM 11:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
3:00 PM 4:15 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
4:30 PM 5:45 PM Vinyasa Beginner - Up 75 Min
Sunday
9:00 AM 10:30 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
11:00 AM 12:15 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
1:00 PM 2:00 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
4:00 PM 5:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
6:00 PM 7:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min


NEW! Hot Yoga NJ Schedule
North Haledon Studio

Monday
Start End Class Level Length
9:30 PM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Baptiste Power Yoga Beginner - Up 60 Min
5:45 PM 7:00 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
Tuesday
9:30 AM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
11:30 PM 12:45 PM Warm Beginners Beginner - Up 75 Min
4:30 PM 6:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
6:30 PM 7:45 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
Wednesday
9:30 AM 10:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
11:15 AM 12:30 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
5:45 PM 7:00 PM Yoga Pilates Beginner - Up 75 Min
7:30 PM 9:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
Thursday
9:30 AM 11:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
6:00 PM 7:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
7:45 PM 9:00 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
Friday
7:00 AM 8:00 AM Yoga Express Beginner - Up 60 Min
9:30 AM 10:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
11:15 AM 12:30 PM Vinyasa Flow Beginner - Up 75 Min
4:30 PM 6:00 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
6:15 PM 7:30 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
Saturday
8:30 AM 10:00 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
10:30 AM 11:45 AM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
2:30 PM 3:45 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min
Sunday
9:00 AM 10:30 AM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
2:00 PM 3:30 PM Hot 90 Minutes Beginner - Up 90 Min
4:00 PM 5:15 PM Hot Hatha 75 Beginner - Up 75 Min


NEW Classes added to schedule!

Hot Hatha 75

All aspects of this practice exist in perfect balance. Here you will find the ultimate fusion of Hot Yoga. Breath, Movement, and Thought work in unison to create the changes of your choice. This class emphasizes additional strength development of the upper body as well as increased opening of the hips and pelvis. Beginning Hot Yoga Series in the tradition taught through our Lineage from Calcutta India. This Class is a 75 minute class that will have you work yourself through the entire body. This particular series will also challenge your upper body in new ways as well as create new access points into your hips. Every muscle, joint, organ, and cell will be re-awakened and brought towards their more normal balanced state. CLASS LENGTH 75 MINUTES

Barkan Method - Hot Yoga Fusion

Developed by Jimmy Barkan, this class is a true evolution of Hatha Yoga practice.  One of the nation’s premiere Hot Yoga teachers, Jimmy finds his roots in the tradition of Bishnu Gosh, the innovator in Hot Yoga and Bikram Choudhury, who brought this style of Yoga to the United States. Bikram taught Jimmy Barkan in California in the early 80’s and considered him one of his most senior teachers.

The Barkan Method is a style of Hatha Yoga that originated from a lineage in Calcutta, India. The Barkan Method finds its roots from this lineage in Calcutta, but also integrates postures from other styles of Yoga to create variations and even greater range of motion. The yoga classes are practiced in a heated room to stretch and strengthen various areas of the body. The practice brings vital balance and restores all systems to optimal health. Consistency will create a physical, mental and spiritual harmony that will be felt in all areas of the practitioner’s life.  CLASS LENGTH 90 MINUTES

Hot Vinyasa Flow

Our HOT Vinyasa Flow class is a dynamic flowing yoga session which teaches you how to use your breath to move your body.  Breath and Body move at the same time each feeding off of each other.  A greater awareness of breath and incorporating it into the physical movements known as asanas will allow you, as a human being, to just breathe and be.  A person who breathes freely in their daily life will find great love in their hearts and the freedom to live.  The asanas (postures) can be challenging at times and tend to vary from class to class.  The variation introduces you to only some of the 84 million yoga posture variations known to exist.  Beginner level class.  Experienced students are instructed on the more advanced modifications during the class. CLASS LENGTH 75 - 90 MINUTES

Bikram 90 Minutes

Class in the Bikram tradition and taught by Certified Teachers, this Beginning Hot Yoga Series in the tradition taught through our Lineage from Calcutta India. This Class is a 90 minute class that will have you work yourself through the entire body. Every muscle, joint, organ, and cell will be re-awakened and lead towards their more normal balanced state. The goal of this series is to establish a Well Balanced You through compressing and stretching the entire body. Very helpful to your Spine you will feel a refreshed sense of being as this series of postures centers you on your core and invigorates your nervous system helping to achieve a positive state of equilibrium. Many people begin their yoga practice here working to achieve overall wellness or even working to correct injuries and imbalances. Here you will be challenged physically, mentally, and spiritually as you dig deeper into self. CLASS LENGTH 90 MINUTES

 A Kula Class

Have you ever just wanted to escape? If you are looking for the perfect peaceful place to practice where like minded people go to gather then this is the perfect class for you. There is no dialogue and the Teacher present in the class does not instruct you as a class. Rather, this is the class where you may Safely practice any posture you like. It's your choice for the entire hour. Perhaps you are looking to open your hips more or work your shoulders more. Simply come in anytime during this hour session. Our room will be a toasty 90 degrees just right for your body to gently unwind and relax. The teacher who is overseeing the class will be there to help you if you require and can safely guide you when needed. The name of this class is called A Kula Class. Kula in sanskrit means "A group coming together of its own free will; an intentional community" Kula is the experience of the union between Shiva and Shakti, God and Goddess, Power and Consciousness.

Power Hour

A quick invigorating powerful Yoga session that will touch on every muscle, joint, organ, and cell as they are re-awakened. The goal of this series is to jump start your system by working towards establishing a Well Balanced You through compressing and stretching the entire body. The pace of the class will work to create a healthy heart muscle as the tone of the series challenges the cardiovascular component of health. For those that need a quick and powerful "pick me up" set, this is the class for you. Sometimes you just want to feel good... CLASS LENGTH 60 MINUTES

Baptiste Power Yoga

This series of flow cultivates strength, flexibility, balance, focus and endurance. It is an energetic practice that tones the entire body as well as disciplining the mind. The room is heated and class takes 60 minutes to complete. This sequence is based on Baron Baptistes' Power Yoga. Open to all levels of students, this class will leave you feeling light and open to the world. CLASS TIME 60 - 75 MINUTES

Warm Beginners Fusion

This class is designed with the apprehensive Beginner in mind. The room is pleasantly warm providing a gentle sense of relaxation. Here, you may explore your new yoga practice at a pace that may be more suitable to you. Those that participate in this class will learn optional variations in some postures that may allow them to perform in a more balanced state as a beginner. Here the room is warmed to comfortable temperatures which will allow your body to gently open so that you may focus on other aspects of your practice. CLASS LENGTH 75 MINUTES

Silent Bliss

Enlightenment and Self Realization in 60 minutes flat! Peace and quiet as you work through the postures with less talking allowing for more inward reflection. The instructor practices with the class which, provides students with a good frame of reference regarding asana setup and depth. During your practice, the instructor may also move around the class to provide guidance in your practice. CLASS LENGTH 60 MINUTES

Baptiste Power Yoga

This series of flow cultivates strength, flexibility, balance, focus and endurance. It is an energetic practice that tones the entire body as well as disciplining the mind. The room is heated and class takes 60 minutes to complete. This sequence is based on Baron Baptistes' Power Yoga. Open to all levels of students, this class will leave you feeling light and open to the world. CLASS TIME 60 - 75 MINUTES

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