This class for beginners provides an understanding of basic breathing exercises and synchronized breath with movement. It increases the body's overall flexibility and strength through a series of seated kneeling, lying and standing exercises that relate the Yoga basics with fundamentals of dance to develop a sense of balance, control, symmetry and line. It develops the student's ability to unlock spinal energy blocks and open the central nervous system through arching, curling, lateral, twisting, and circular movements of the spine. It prepares the musculature and ligamental attachments for increased flexibility and strength particularly in the hips, shoulders, and chest. Most importantly, it provides an opportunity for each student to examine and maximize his or her own unique potential as a creative and dancer in life.