I am home from the gym, and found the class quite interesting! I spoke with the instructor before class and she had some direct and educated questions about my injuries/issues. This is the slow time of the year so there were only 4 of us in class, and she added some neck and shoulder stretches after we spoke. She also got input from the other 3 students to find out what they wanted to work on. Dona was very attentive and paid close attention to each of us. She commented on how long my legs are compared to how short my arms are and had me use blocks to help me get in proper alignment. The movements did flow from one to another, and we did not hold poses for very long. That was good for me, as there were a few I don't think I COULD have held much longer than I did. She was very attentive to my shoulder and checked in with me halfway through class to see how I was feeling.

Indy and Oak - she did talk a lot about linking breathing with movement - inhale & do this, exhale & do that. She made it easy to understand what she was directing us to do - and she waited to start calling things by their proper pose name until we had done the movement a couple of times.

I enjoyed the class and I can certainly see the benefit of it. Dona appears to really know what she is doing, focuses on proper alignment and appears very knowledgeable about how to deal with physical issues. Well, this is why people directed me to her