26 & 2 Yoga

$15/single class | $100/8 classes

This class is based on the 26 & 2 Hatha yoga series (also known as Bikram yoga). It is the same class every time you come. What?! This won’t work for everyone, but for those that like that, there is a great benefit. The postures are taught with step by step directions. You build each posture based on your own situation each time you come to class.

If you are new to yoga, this is an entry level yoga class so don’t be nervous! But . . . it is hard work. So if you come and it’s challenging, know that you are right where you belong. This is yoga therapy. It will help you feel better and do the things you want to be doing. You will gain strength, focus, flexibility, balance and the list goes on. You are never too stiff, achy, tired, old, out of shape, clueless about yoga, or any of the number of other things that may be helping you talk yourself out of trying a class. Just come with what you’ve got and you will be in good company here!

Although better known for being practiced in high heat, this class is taught at room temperature (69-70 degrees). Email with questions or for accommodation requests (chair, bolstering, modifications, etc).

These classes take place at Dance With Me studio in Philomath on an ongoing basis.

Tuesday/Thursdays 9AM-10AM

* Summer schedule slight change 9:15AM-10:15AM starting June 17 Parents, you are welcome to bring your kids to yoga for free anytime, 10 years +

  • The 26 & 2 class is a set sequence of 26 postures, performed twice, and a breathing exercise at the start and end of class. The class beings with standing postures and progresses to floor postures midway through class.

    The same poses in the same order make it simple to learn the sequence. Once you know the postures you are able to push your personal edge every day.

    *Some postures will be done once to fit into the 60 minute format of our class.

  • Yes, generally it is! However, Hillary has been doing the series in a non heated environment since covid days forced her to do yoga from home and she has found it to be as incredibly beneficial (though as a heat seeker she misses the high heat experience).

    The non-high-heat format extends the opportunity to experience this exceptional yoga series to those who may not have otherwise ventured into the high-heat room typically associated with a Bikram yoga or 26 & 2 class.

    For the classic OG hot class, go to Heart of The Valley Yoga in Corvallis. You will not be dissapointed!

  • The 26 & 2 yoga series is a collection of postures originating from the Ghosh Lineage of Yoga in Calcutta, India. Bikram Choudhury was a student of the Ghosh College of Yoga in India. He studied under Bishnu Ghosh from the age of 4, winning yoga competitions and gaining great esteem and respect in the yoga world. At age 17, Bikram had a weight lifting accident, the result being that he was told he would never walk again. Bikram knew if anyone could help his outcome it would be Bishnu Ghosh so he returned to recover under his guidance. Six months later, his knee had recovered. 

    Some time later, Bikram sequenced the 26 & 2 posture sequence with the intent that this collection of Ghosh postures would work irrespective of age, illness, or situation to heal the body and mind.

    Today, Bikram is surrounded by controversy regarding his teaching methods and personal life choices and that is unfortunate. This yoga is so powerful and those who make it part of their life know that the outcomes speak for themselves.