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What types of classes are inside the Luminous library?

Most classes in the Luminous Library are vinyāsa-style. What changes from class to class is how it's sequenced, how fast or slow we move, how long we hold the postures, and the effort it asks of you. Here is a list of some of our most frequently uploaded class types and what they mean.

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Foundational

Straightforward sequencing, familiar shapes, no prerequisite skills. These classes assume you know the basic postures.

Experienced

More complex and unusual transitions. These classes assume you have fluency with chaturanga, inversions, or deep backbends.

Creative Vinyāsa

Unconventional transitions and unfamiliar pathways.

These classes ask you to move in ways you probably haven't. Sequencing goes sideways, backwards, and through; transitions you won't find in a standard flow. Expect to think a little harder about where your left foot is. Expect to leave with something you didn't have when you started. Good for practitioners who want to be challenged by novelty rather than intensity.

Slow Flow

A creatively sequenced moving meditation practice.

These classes strip the sequence down, so there's room to actually feel what's happening, and room for the practice to become internal rather than choreographic. Good for days when you want depth over output, and any day you want to practice attention.

Āsana Lab

One shape, taken apart.

A monthly live class built around a single posture. We warm up briefly, then spend the bulk of our time on drills, isolating the strength, range, and coordination the shape actually asks for. You'll work progressions rather than the finished pose, and you'll leave knowing what's limiting it for you.

Strength + Mobility

Load, control, and range inside a flow.

These classes borrow from strength training and put it in a vinyasa container. Slower tempos, controlled eccentrics, end-range work, and holds that ask your muscles to do the job instead of your joints. Less floating, more building. Good for durability, and for practitioners who want their āsana practice to make them stronger, not just more flexible.

Pranayāma + Guided Meditation

Practice beyond movement.

Seated or reclined classes that work with breath and attention. Some are structured breathing techniques (taught as method), while others are guided meditations that give you an anchor and stay with you the whole way through. Regulating breath and attention deliberately asks for more than most movement does. Good for building a breath and meditation practice that stands on its own rather than as a warm-up to āsana.

Note: some breathing practices, especially retentions, aren't appropriate during pregnancy or with certain cardiovascular or respiratory conditions. Contraindications are named at the start of each class.

Yin + Restorative

A movement-meditation.

In these classes, gravity does the work while you settle into shapes for several minutes at a time. The only effort is moving from one posture to the next. Good for nervous system down-regulation, rest days, and the connective-tissue work that faster practice doesn't reach.

Props recommended: two blocks, a bolster or firm pillow, and a blanket.

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