![]() ![]() As things change, we hope to evolve with the world.” “We’re rolling with the world around us,” she says, “Our goal is just to support our teachers and students by providing them with a space. Each had worked with Green Henkin, Ledyard, or Silva Steuer in the past, leading to a lineup featuring some of Philly’s most passionate instructors, like Regina “Gi” Shetler, who held down CorePower’s Yoga Sculpt classes and Peter Reyes, a certified Wim Hoff Method instructor.Īnd while OMM will continue to hold its outdoor classes in Fitler Square and Ventnor until the weather forces everyone to do downward dogs in down jackets, Green Henkin says that they are not sure what the future holds yet. Everything is steeped in deliberate movements and breath control to make classes relaxing yet challenging.įor Green Henkin, however, the most exciting part of OMM are the instructors. Classes like HIIT Sculpt combine strength training with cardio for a sweaty workout, while Barre-Yasa melds yoga with barre to lengthen muscles and build flexibility at the same time. Plus, yoga is low maintenance: “Without needing props besides a yoga mat, you can really unroll your mat wherever and get the benefits,” she says. the stress hormone, yoga can help calm anxiety and ease depression. Green Henkin says yoga practice is meant for times for like these, where stress and uncertainty are the dominant national mood. It gives us the opportunity to all join forces with Philly as our home base.” “What’s neat is we have teachers in Philly, in Boston, in California,” says Silva Steuer, “We have instructors down the shore. She teaches outdoor yoga by the beach through OMM. Jacki Silva Steuer demonstrates a yoga pose on the sand. All first classes are free, with single drop-in classes priced at $12 per class and five and ten class packages for virtual and outdoor offerings. ![]() There are mid-day virtual Vinyasa classes fit for a lunch break and evening Slow Flow sessions, which combine gentle, steady movements with static postures to help you unwind at the end of the day. Classes run anywhere from 45 minutes to one hour and are meant to slot into a work-from-home schedule seamlessly. OMM, which stands for Organic Mindful Movement, is a yoga studio that aims to replicate the boutique fitness experience virtually. That pushed us into opening OMM because we wanted to create a central space where everyone could come experience really high-caliber, strong and supportive teachers and where we could still feel this sense of community that we all wanted to have,” explains Green Henkin, “We wanted to still feel those connections, even while we all weren’t physically connected.” “We found that we had students reaching out to us asking where and how we were teaching and saying that they missed the yoga community that we once had. The trio decided to join with other instructors to host yoga classes via Zoom, as well as outdoor classes in Fitler Square and down the shore in Ventnor City, New Jersey. The disconnect was palpable, so the trio set out to begin rebuilding the sense of community they were missing.
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