For students who have some understanding of the alignment concepts, relevant anatomy, and basic vocabulary, Level 1 classes expand the exploration of pre-asana and classical yoga asanas, introducing some intermediate asana and refinement of alignment. In this class Zoreh supports you in accessing your strengths from a deep sense of compassion and to move gently and mindfully. This practice calms the nervous system, releases excess tension and stress from your body, and opens up pathways for the breath to bring ease, freedom, and spaciousness to your mind.

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Zoreh Afsarzadeh, founder and director of High Desert Yoga, has been teaching yoga since 1985. Zoreh’s upbringing in Iran started her on the path of Sufism, meditation, and spirituality, and during her lifetime, she has studied numerous methodologies including Iyengar, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Siddha yoga, and that of the American Yoga College. Zoreh’s joyous personality and sense of humor endear her…