PEMB 131 & 132 TAI CHI 1 & 2
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None

Content: Tai Chi, a traditional centuries old Chinese art, is a series of individual dance-like movements linked together in a continuous and smooth-flowing sequence. Tai Chi helps to develop harmony with both physical and spiritual levels. 

Tai Chi level I introduces fundamental concepts of Tai Chi and teaches a Yang-style short form. It emphasizes relaxation, balancing and breathing skills.

Tai Chi level II teaches a form with both Yang and Chen styles. It helps to develop sensitivity, awareness and harmony in nature.

PEMB 199 SPECIAL STUDIES YOGA/MEDITATION
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week, or one 1-hour 40 minute session per week
Level:    Beginning
Prerequisites:  None

PEMB 199 PARTNER YOGA
Credits: 1
Format: One 100-minute session per week
Level: Beginning/intermediate
Prerequisite: None

Content: Practice Hatha yoga postures with a partner. Increased strength and flexibility and an abundance of humor will likely occur. Previous experience is helpful but not required. You don't need a partner to sign up.

PEMB 201 GENTLE YOGA
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None

Content: A yoga course designed for beginners, people who don't consider themselves flexible enough for yoga, or have a mild injury or condition that makes it difficult for them to take a "regular" yoga course. Many modifications are taught when there are contraindications for certain conditions.

PEMB 211 & 212 HATHA YOGA 1 & 2
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None

Content: Hatha Yoga can help you increase your strength, balance and flexibility. Through a variety of asanas, or postures, your body, mind and emotions can all be brought into one unified whole, providing you with a heightened sense of well-being. Mental clarity and improved concentration are two of the many benefits of hatha yoga. Also, be focusing on breathing fully and deeply, tension and fatigue can be removed, leaving you feeling relaxed and energized.

PEMB 230 SPORTS YOGA
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning/intermediate
Prerequisite: None

Content: Discover how adding yoga to your sports training will improve your flexibility and balance, help you prevent and recover from injuries, increase mental focus, develop strength, improve your mind/body connection, reduce stress, improve posture, increase kinesthetic awareness and agility, and improve sportsmanship.

PEMB 231 & 232 KUNDALINI YOGA 1 & 2
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None

Content: Kundalini Yoga, the Yoga of Awareness, is a complete science that includes breath (pranayam), yoga postures (asanas), sound, chanting (mantra) and meditation. It is designed to provide you with the experience of your highest consciousness through the raising of your Kundalini.

The word "kundalini" literally means "the curl of the lock of hair of the beloved". It is a metaphor, a poetic way of describing the flow of energy and consciousness that already exists within each one of us.

PEMB 302 ASHTANGA YOGA
Credits: 1
Format: Two 50-minute sessions per week
Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: 211 Hatha Yoga 1

Content: This course will introduce you to the Primary Ashtanga Yoga Series.  It is based on a specialized, dynamic sequencing of postures (asanas) and focused breathing techniques (pranayama).  Ashtanga Yoga, when practiced regularly, produces heat in the body, creates openness in the joints, flexibility in the muscles, purifies and realigns the body, all developing greater awareness of postural strength, length and stability.  The emphasis on grace, fluidity, flow and conscious repetition is what distinguishes Ashtanga from other styles of yoga.

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