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The transition from summer vibes to a productive fall season can be tricky.
It's best to jump right back in with both feet (and both hands!)
Get Back to the Mat with a FREE WEEK of OYM!
September 9-15, 2023
Join an enthusiastic community of online yogis who value their practice and are excited to challenge themselves with yoga all a week.
What is OYM (Online Yoga Membership)?
Sign up for one week of FREE Online Yoga Membership with
Back to the Mat
and discover a whole host of classes that will get you strong, get you stretched, and leave you inspired and ready to return!
Here's the lineup for Back to the Mat, 2024:
Monday In the Austin area? Start with Monday Morning Community Yoga, live and in-person at the Circle C Community Center in South Austin. Not doable? No sweat! (Unless you want to ;) Just log onto OYM and ease into the week with Lighten Up! from Calm Your Mind, Lift Your Spirits, bookend your day with AM/PM 20 Minute Practices, or jump right in with 30 Minute Flow.
Tuesday, Live on Zoom The theme is Hatha! Keep it going LIVE with some alignment-based and heart-filled Hatha at 9am Central, or practice Hatha on your time with a hidden gem inside the archived Hatha classes from the last 4 years. Whatever suits your Hatha Tuesday fancy!
Wednesday Hump Day theme is strength: Strong Foundations, Gettin' Strong, or simply search strengthening and choose the one that has the, ahem, strongest appeal.
Thursday, Live on Zoom It's time to rock those chakras! Come to LIVE Hatha practice (9am Central) where we'll move and groove in every center. Practicing on your time? No problem! Try a class from Chakra Savvy 7, Into the Heart Chakra Series, or search for the chakra of your choice for some what-you-need TLC.
Friday Happy Friday! This Friday Flow is 30 minutes to get happy as you finish your week. Want more choices? Search the word "happy" in OYM and see how many practices are there to send you into your weekend smiling from ear to ear and head to toe. Not feeling like yoga today? Let the Spotify playlist Feeling Good be the background as you engage in the Yoga of Life. (Follow me on Spotify for all the practice playlists!)
Saturday: Get into the Saturday groove with the mental and spiritual practice of mantra! Try this Basic Mantra Practice. Or, if you want to challenge your mantra muscles a little more, and brush up on your posture alignment, try a class from the Anusara series. Want more “series” advice? Tap into emotional intelligence with Brené Brown's Atlas of the Heart.
Sunday Nothing says Sunday like Yoga Nidra. Gather all your cushions, blankets, and creature comforts and let Jess guide you through a "yogi sleep" practice. Or dive into some ancient text inspiration with the Bhagavad Gita series. Start at the top, and see if you don't want to keep going!
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What classes will you find in OYM?
Online Yoga Membership contains a collection of over four hundred classes with two new ones getting added each week!
Class lengths vary from 20 to 90 minutes.
You cannot beat this variety of yoga practices and class series to get you back on your mat and returning again and again.
Ongoing Hatha Class
2+ months of timely, relevant classes. New 75-minute class every Tuesday and Thursday. Join live on Zoom at 9am Central! New series happening all the time.
Stop and Give Me 20
20-minute practices to keep it fresh, focused, balanced, and aligned in a quick-hit, jump-right-in format.
Anusara Series: Alignment and Invocation
Explore and Embody Anusara's Universal Principles of Alignment. Learn and be inspired by the Anusara Invocation.
Mudra Series
Learn mudras to support your meditation and intentional living.
Atlas of the Heart Series
Experience this groundbreaking book by Brené Brown by infusing your postures with the themes, meditating on your life, and breathing through the times of discomfort.
The Kleshas
These Hatha classes help you clear the lens of your perception and open to the beauty of the world around you, based on the Yoga Sutras' description of the four veils to our perception that are the root cause of suffering.
The Bhagavad Gita
Classes inspired by the story and readings from this beloved ancient text. Bring out the peaceful warrior in YOU!
Calm Your Mind, Lift Your Spirits Therapeutic Yoga
Breathing instruction, gentle movement, and meditation create an overall nervous system calming to help ease aches and pains, sleep better, and manage life's daily stresses in a 60 minute practice based on the book Start Where You Are, by Pema Chödrön.
Strong Foundations
75-minute Hatha classes to guide you from foundation to fullness in traditional peak poses by focusing on alignment, stability, mechanics, and breath. Each class intention is based on one of the ten ethical disciplines of yoga, bringing greater purpose to your poses.
All-Levels Hatha
Access the full archive of over 250 classes dating back to 2020! Whatever peak pose, posture focus, inspirational theme, or level of challenge you're looking for, you'll find it here. Just use the search feature!
Yoga Nidra
One 17-minute Yoga Nidra practice to help you relax, sleep better, reduce stress, and simply unwind.
You know daily movement keeps you going strong...
but it can be so easy to get out of the habit! Work, family, and life all pull us in different directions. But getting your daily strength and stretch on is vital to productivity, creativity, and stress management.
You understand that variety is the spice of life...
and that includes your yoga practice! When things become rote and mindless they become boring and routine, which is when we lose interest and drop off the mat. Getting back to the mat with long or short classes, challenging or restorative sequences, and alignment-focused or inspirational intentions keeps things fresh and interesting.
You value flexibility and accessibility...
especially when it comes to your yoga! Life is busy, life is full, and life has ups and downs. For consistency on the mat, there must be classes for every phase and season. Whether you need modifications while overcoming illness or injury, or accessing your favorite classes while you're traveling through Tahiti is key, a robust yoga library makes everything possible, like consistent daily yoga.
Two more things to motivate you to show up for yourself:
Accountability
Leave a comment on the class recordings to say what you got out of the class. See what your fellow students say, share your thoughts, and know you are part of a community of yogis who are cheering you on! Show up for live class and really tap into that Back to the Mat support.
It's fun!
Yoga may be calming, but it doesn't have to be boring! Whether you're challenging yourself to a vinyasa flow, or chillin with some restorative, practice with Jess is actually fun. She keeps things thoughtful but light-hearted, ready to go deep, but smile as we go.
How it works:
Step One: Register for FREE for Back to the Mat.
Step Two: Receive your Back to the Mat welcome email with all the info and links you need. Decide on the days you'll practice and classes you want to take by either creating your own playlist or going with one that Jess suggests.
Step Three: Do the yoga! Show up on the mat when you said you would, and notice how you feel. For added accountability, show up LIVE on Tuesday and Thursday for Hatha on Zoom at 9am Central! Post to the Jess G Yoga Facebook group to get encouragement and give virtual high-fives to others.
Step Four: Celebrate how great you feel, how strong you are, and enjoy that healthy, happy glow that only comes with regular yoga!
Step Five: Sign up for Online Yoga Membership and keep the good vibes going all year long!
Why try yoga with Jess?
Some days you want a strong session on your mat. Some days you just want to melt into stillness and quiet.
You'd also love to understand how to apply the vast, rich yoga wisdom to your everyday life.
But the sheer number of online classes out there is overwhelming! And not all teachers are created equal.
- Some help with alignment.
- Some spark your Spirit.
- Some make you think.
But what if you want ALL of that?
Jess folds her 30 years of movement mechanics, 20 years of teaching, and thousands of hours of yoga therapy training and experience into all of her classes.
⇒ As a Certified Yoga Therapist she trained for an additional 1,000 hours to receive the most current, proven, and ancient teachings in asana, pranayama, meditation, and mind-body-spirit connection.
⇒ As a previous Certified Anusara Yoga teacher, she underwent the most grueling process out there for certifying teachers to teach heart-based alignment yoga.
⇒ As a former professional dancer and choreographer she is highly tuned in to how one movement flows into the next with the most efficiency and grace, making her sequencing clear, informative, and fun!
⇒ As a lifelong spiritual seeker she is always studying, learning, praying, and opening her eyes to the world of the divine within and around us--and she shares that with her students.
⇒ As a mother, wife, friend, daughter, and sister she is always considering how yoga can help build happy relationships in every area of our lives.
"I enjoy the yoga so much. It really is important to me both physically and emotionally. Your teaching style and dedication to your students makes the classes a pleasant experience for me. Thanks for all you do and I appreciate being part of your yoga classes." ~ Janice S.
“Your offerings give me the most of what I need right now.” ~ Rebecca S
"I love the fact that we can practice with the recorded classes anytime. Thanks for taking such good care of us. Your inspiring email messages are a blessing." ~ JDC
