Complimentary Class Descriptions

Whether you’re training for an event, working toward a fitness goal or looking to unwind, customize your fitness regime with the finest strength-training and cardio options available. Pura Vida's specially designed signature studios host an array of classes, including yoga, mat Pilates, indoor cycling, indoor rowing, step, basic training, Zumba, BOSU™ and more.

Following is a description of each class offered complimentary with your Pura Vida membership.
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African Jazz

This free flowing format not only increases one's flexibility and coordination, but it tones and defines the body's lean muscle with vigorous weight-bearing movements. African Jazz Dance-Fitness is a celebration of culture, unity, life, and happiness.

Align & Flow

These classes marry clear alignment direction with strength building, flow and breath work to provide a well-balanced class. These classes weave a philosophic and/or spiritual theme into the sequencing so all levels of the practice of yoga can be accessed. Expect to be challenged and opened in your body, mind and spirit.

Align Yoga

This practice pays particular attention to precision of alignment, form and structure. Each yoga pose is experienced and examined thoroughly, often with the use of props, resulting in greater strength and flexibility as well as improved physical posture and deep power of concentration.

Allegro Ballet

"Allegro" is defined in Italian as, "Fast. Performed at a quick, sharp tempo." This class will not only tone and sculpt you into that beautiful lean dancers body you've been looking for, but it will also incorporate quick and fast paced intervals of balletic moves and cardio intervals to burn those extra calories and rev up your metabolism. 

Anusara-Inspired Yoga

Uniquely marries detailed alignment instruction with vibrant energy, playful approach, and stories with language to open the heart. Each class is an exploration into the body, mind and spirit in order to deeply align with our brightest versions.

Ballet Body

This class will tone and sculpt giving you the lean, dancer's body look you desire. You will sweat and burn your way through strength training exercises rooted in Ballet, Pilates, and gymnastics. Barefoot encouraged. Reservations required.

BUTI Fitness

BUTI is a high-Intensity workout that fuses yoga and dance with circuits of plyo-metrics and conditioning. Classes consist of deep stretching, BUTI shaking, and heart-pounding card. BUTI is sure to get your energy high and your abs tight!

Dirty Thirty

This 30-minute circuit training class will challenge you to get dirty. Inspired by Cross-Fit™.

Guided Meditation

An attitude of exploration and non-judgment makes space for the development of each individual’s practice. Classes will begin with a few minutes of asana and easy breath work to relax the body and calm the mind.  A part-guided, part-silent meditation will follow that will be easily accessible and user friendly. A variety of techniques will be available to experience.

e-Motion

This class integrates music and movement to create fluid, spiraling whole body shapes that form and reform in time with the music and the breath - truly an energizing and uplifting experience.

Fit Body

Give your metabolism a kick start with this cardiovascular and muscular challenge. Keeping your heart rate elevated with bouts of cardio intervals while sculpting the entire body with balls, bands, weights and more.

Indoor Cycling

This traditional indoor cycling class offers a non-impact, highly effective way to build cardiovascular strength and endurance. Designed for all levels, this classes offers a challenging opportunity to get your heart pumping, burn serious calories and leave you with a feeling of accomplishment. Reservations required.

Iyengar Yoga

This Hatha style practice focuses on the asanas (posture) and pranayama (breath control). Each posture is completed with increased awareness and technique, taking time to address stability and intensify the depth of the posture. A focus on detail incorporates the use of props to help promote complete whole-body well-being. Barefoot encouraged.  

Mad Abs

This class is just what you've been asking for, 30 minutes of pure ABS.  Helping you strengthen 
and tighten the most important muscles in your body, your CORE!

Pilates Body

Kick your Pilates Mat skills up a notch in this fast-paced toning and sculpting Pilates class. This cardio and strength interval class will improve endurance, increase core strength and coordination and maximize calorie burning - all while focusing on correct body alignment.

Pilates Mat Fusion

This class follows the traditional floor sequence originated by Joseph Pilates with variations utilizing props to intensify movements, ensure alignment, work the trunk and core effectively and for safety. Work from floor and progress to standing sequences for functional application developing the three C’s: core, coordination and control.

Power Yoga

This invigorating practice places emphasis on strength and flexibility through varied sets of sequenced asanas practiced with strong purpose. This class will propel you into whatever follows with an abundance of high energy.

Restorative/Meditation Yoga

In this class you will be guided through a series of supine postures, supported by blankets and bolsters to unwind, nourish, renew and restore in a practice of intentional relaxation and guided meditation. Barefoot encouraged.

Restorative Yoga

A relaxing sequence of breath-infused stretch flows and moderately paced asana practice meant to release tension, "untangle" knots and restore energy. This session ends with a long relaxation meditation.

Rhythm & Ride

An indoor cycling class that challenges you to embrace the rhythm of the music.  Move to the beat while incorporating upper body exercises and using the bike for more than cycling.

Ride/Define

This is an efficient way to tone and define your muscles while also training your cardiovascular system. This fusion class combines indoor cycling and muscular endurance exercises to challenge your body head to toe! Reservations required.

Rip Tide

Take your interval workouts to the next level with this explosion of fitness modalities. Challenge your strength and endurance in this body smart and time efficient class. The Indo-Rowers, TRX Rip Trainer and much more will be utilized for a total body defining and heart pounding workout.

Sandbells

Grip it. Toss it. Swing it. Slam it. Challenge your grip strength and core stability with this new fitness tool. The Sandbell can be used like a dumbbell, medicine ball, kettle bell, sliding disc and much more. Sandbell training will not only physically challenge you from head to toe, it will leave you wanting more!

Soul Ride

Awaken your soul and energize your spirit in this high intensity ride flowing to the beat of the music. Enjoy the ambiance inside a warm studio (no fans!). Reservations required.

Stretch & Align

This class brings a sequence of deep and focused stretches to those who are looking for a thorough stretch routine. We will open the muscles and joints through alignment, which will deeply restore energy to both the mind and the body. Barefoot encouraged.

Strong Body

This sculpting class includes all benefits of movement and incorporates all major muscle groups of the body.

Thermal Yoga

These Bikram-style sessions give you the benefit of growing within the realm of repetitive, consistent and challenging structure. This practice, known as the original "hot yoga" is hosted in a very warm studio and includes 26 asanas, sometimes repeated twice, along with breath exercises intended to build strength, flexibility, stamina and inner focus.

TRX Unleashed

Unleash your inner athlete and score with this program! With suspension training you'll performs hundreds of exercises that build power, strength, flexibility, mobility and prevent injuries.

Vinyasa Yoga

This class matches the comfort of fluid, graceful movement with the strength‐building power of challenging postural flow resulting in a truly enjoyable process to cleanse, inspire and inform. All are welcome to meet the challenge and find their place here.

Yoga Body

Yoga Body is a yoga sculpt format that combines the benefits of yoga with the intensity of strength training. This class will deepen your practice by adding cardio, plyometric and strength training to fundamental yoga poses. It will include segments of core and total body work as well as yoga flow with weights.  This class is appropriate for all levels.

Yoga for Athletes

This practice includes an athletically influenced Yoga format that provides a well-balanced variety in routine for athletes of all sports, fitness enthusiasts and yoga lovers alike. This low-impact cross training class can help you develop better a breathing technique while improving your balance, flexibility, core strength, and endurance.

Zumba

The Latin Word Zumba, which means, "to move fast and have fun!" represents a dance‐fitness workout that is full of spice and zest. This popular cardio party offers a combination of Latin rhythms and international dance steps for a fun‐loving, calorie‐burning, mood swing in the right direction!