Our Classes

Our Philosophy

Philosophies are like tail-ends, everyone has one and all are useful and have merit. We respect differing philosophies and would like to share ours. We may not all agree, but that does not mean we can not all live peacefully together. We all have the same goals, just different ways of reaching them.

At Blue Anjou, we are striving to design classes that are approachable and friendly. What does that mean?

We've noticed the that growing trend in the mind-body industry is toward harder classes with a fitness slant. We totally dig fitness, but are worried that while the trend toward getting in shape is great, it has a couple negative side-effects:

First

this fitness trend seems to be producing harder and harder classes. There is nothing wrong with a hard class, but in today's fitness atmosphere, even beginning classes are losing their focus on teaching and nurturing. And let's face it, in our society, we feel a certain pressure to push ourselves hard. To compete. Many times this implied competition pushes people beyond their ability. Which leads to injuries. And we don't like injuries.

Second

these harder classes can be intimidating and provide fewer and fewer mind-body options for those of us who aren't - say - Madonna. To that end, we here at Blue Anjou are promoting a non-competitive and supportive atmosphere designed for the individual person. We meet you where you are and guide you on your way. You are your own guru; we just make it more fun to meet yourself! (ed. er, okay ... if you say so)

Now, don't get us wrong. We're all about a challenge, but our classes are targeted toward the "everyperson" not just the über-fit among us. We believe in providing classes and options (modifications) during each class that are tailored to your ability. We start with the foundation of the pose and build from there. And another thing: we like to have fun. It won't be uncommon in our classes to laugh, chuckle, ponder, sigh, cook some BBQ (oh, no, wait, that's across the street at [warning: do not click link if you are opposed to chowing on cows and/or pigs: Dats Good BBQ] ). We use a wide variety of musical selections and the occasional costume to keep things interesting.