All Skyterra Offerings

Skyterra offers a wide range of standard and rotating seasonal activities all year long. Filter by class type to the right or use the search bar to find a class by name.

Aqua Cardio

Get your heart pumping in this high-intensity, low-impact aquatic workout! Utilize bodyweight, water weights, and water resistance for effective cardiovascular exercise!

Aqua Challenge!

Aqua Challenge will push the limits of what you are capable of! A combination of dry land and pool-based exercises will ensure that you get an incredible workout and dive out of your comfort zone.

Aqua Core Blast

Get an effective core workout all while floating in our pool. Utilizing props such as pool noodles and water weights, you will challenge your core strength in this fun circuit-style class!

Aqua Dance

A pool dance class that incorporates strength, range of motion and water exercises. This innovative dance class in the water set to music promotes self-expression and joyful freedom of movement.

Aqua HIIT/EMOM

High-intensity interval training provides proven results in terms of losing weight. With this aquatic twist, you will derive the same benefits while taking the impact off your joints! Short, intense work intervals with even shorter short rest periods will ensure you burn as many calories as possible!

Aqua Meditation

Guided practice in the water to help calm and ease your mind and body. Allow the water to wash away your excess stress and mind chatter leaving you feeling lighter and more mentally restored from the comfort and warmth of our onsite pool. This practice may begin with a focus on breathing techniques and includes scanning the body, mindfulness, mantras, and guided imagery.

Aqua Mobility

Join us at the pool for an aquatic twist on our daily mobility class. Utilizing the flexibility and buoyancy of the water, you will stretch out tight muscles and work to improve your mobility.

Aqua Spin

A fun aquatic twist on the traditional spin class! Join us in the Skyterra pool for a high-energy and low-impact cardio workout on our aqua spin bikes, where you will go through various climb and sprint intervals.

Aqua Strong

Switch up your regular strength training regimen by hitting the pool. This class will utilize body weight, foam weights, and water resistance for a fun and challenging strength workout! Join us at the Skyterra Natatorium to build muscle without the impact!

Aqua Yoga

Come utilize the water’s properties and gain maximum benefit from each pose. Expect to reclaim your balance while taking pressure off sensitive joints, flow from posture to posture, build strength with the water’s resistance, and dive into a more expansive yoga practice.

Balance Training

Do you have difficulty standing on one leg? Learn exercises that will easily fit into your current routine so you can improve your balance while safeguarding yourself from injury.

Black Balsam Knob (Moderate)

Black Balsam Knob via Art Loeb Trail is a 1.5 mile moderately trafficked out-and-back trail located near Canton, North Carolina that features beautiful wildflowers in the spring and great views year round. This trail is about an hour from campus, located directly by graveyard fields. This trail is a rock face, uphill trail that crests at a 360 degree view. Dogs are able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

Bodyweight + Bands

This class is strength and stability-based and also incorporates great mobility. One of the healthiest ways you can strengthen your muscle fibers is through a slow, stabilizing resistance.

Breathe + Flow

A class focused on connecting more deeply with the breath, in Breathe and Flow we will work with the four components of the breath within the postures. Through breath work, incorporating breath ratios, breath counts, and inhale/exhale techniques, you will better understand the importance and benefits of the breath in the practice of Yoga.

Breathe Well

This experiential class combines both lecture and practical techniques like body/breath awareness to explore and explain the science of the respiratory system, postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of integrated chains of muscles. Whether you’re an extremely active individual or just want to achieve a higher quality of life, this class helps set the foundation for a sound mind and body.

Bridal Veil Falls (Moderate)

Bridal Veil Falls is a 3.5 mile, highly trafficked trail located near Cedar Mountain, NC that features a waterfall. This waterfall is the location where a scene from Last of the Mohicans was filmed. This trail has a drive time of 40 minutes. The trail is good for all skill levels and is primarily used for hiking, trail running, horses, and mountain biking. Dogs and horses are also able to use this trail.

Building Boundaries

Do you find difficulty creating and maintaining healthy boundaries in your life? Are there times in your life that you wish you were able to say no? Would having boundaries in your life allow you to practice more self care and decrease your stress? This class is designed to help you learn how to create healthy boundaries in all areas of your life and keep those boundaries, so you can take better care of YOU!

BW Blitz – Bodyweight Blitz
Take a break from weights and focus on what you already have: your body! This fitness class primarily focuses on bodyweight movements in a workout design that is very transferable to home.

Cardio Circuit

Recovery-based workout comprised of cardio intervals on the treadmill, rower and/or elliptical combined with bodyweight movements such as jumping jacks and mountain climbers.

Cardio Crash

Bring your energy and spunk to this interactive group fitness class. Cardio crash is cardio-based, but offers great full-body strength increments to keep you challenged and moving.

Chair Yoga

Chair yoga is practiced sitting in a chair or using a chair for support. Pulling inspiration from yoga movements, this gentler format is perfect for the office, travel, and for those who may have limitations getting on or off the ground.

Circuit Training

In this fitness class, we’ll teach you a functional way to exercise that’s simple to execute at home. You will boost your metabolism, burn fat and improve your stamina by combining cardio and strength intervals.

Composition Clarity
Just as the name suggests, this class is all about clarity. You will be guided through your InBody screening, not just seeing numbers, but learning the functions, implications and truths in your body composition. Bring your InBody screening and all the questions you have to this informational discussion.

Connect

Connect class starts the day with breathing exercises, meditation, light stretching and honoring unplugged space.

Conquering Cardio

There is an overload of information when it comes to cardiovascular training. This class helps to narrow the focus and give you an efficient cardio workout strategy, while defining what counts as cardio, and how to effectively fit it into your life.

Conquering Cravings

Trying to better understand why you struggle with food cravings? Do you struggle to put the fork down? Does the pantry call your name? This class explores topics such as emotional eating, binge eating, mindful eating and underlying traits that may make eating out of control more challenging for some individuals. Supportive strategies and tools will be provided.

Core + Balance

This fitness class is a core-based and engages the balance and stability of the entire body.

Core Circuit

This fitness class will give you a great core workout in a circuit style set up. Our abdomen incorporates many muscles groups so this class has a great full core approach.

Core Strength

Classic core conditioning class involving all abdominal muscle groups. Movements include crunch variations, bicycle abs, lower-back strengtheners and oblique exercises.

Creative Arts

The amazing beauty and energy of our mountains are an inspiration to the creative part of us, and this class provides an opportunity to explore that creativity. We express ourselves using various types of media such as paint, beads, sticks and rocks. Finished pieces include hand-bound journals, meditation beads (malas), mantra stones, mosaics and more.

Culinary Demo

Our chef leads you through the creation of healthy, nourishing, delicious, seasonal meals and snacks. Ask questions, learn techniques and learn to incorporate new skills, ingredients and recipes into your meals.

Daily Mobility

This quick and easy-to-follow class is a great practice to take home. Movements require minimal to no equipment. This is a quick ten-minute practice and each day we focus on a different area of the body.

Dance Fitness

A low-impact dance class that incorporates cardio exercises to improve strength, agility, balance, mental acuity and flexibility.The class is appropriate for varying skill levels and utilizes empowering upbeat music.

Deep Water Conditioning

From a base position of treading water, you will go through various movements utilizing floatation belts, foam weights, and water resistance. Take part in an intense, total body strength and cardio workout without even touching the bottom of the pool!

Diet Culture

Sick and tired of being sick and tired? Chronic dieting, yo-yo weight fluctuations and irrational food rules may be causing more harm than good. Learn why ending dieting for good can be beneficial and explore topics such as intuitive eating, body respect and gentle nutrition.

DRI-TRI

Challenge your endurance with this triathlon-themed workout, minus the water. This workout is scalable for all fitness levels and includes efforts of walking or running, rowing, and strength training. It’s non-stop and a great test of cardiovascular endurance!

DuPont Falls (Difficult)

Dupont State Forest is an outdoor lover’s dream! This hike includes three different waterfalls in one hike. This is a six-mile hike with a moderate grade. The trail is well maintained and follows the scenic little river. This trail has a 40 minute drive time.

E-Biking

Tour Skyterra’s beautiful campus with ease on our e-bikes. When you begin pedaling you will feel an immediate boost from the motor and will cover about 5 miles in this fun excursion. *Helmets are required*

Elevate

Choose between the treadmill, NuStep, bike, or even elliptical for an instructor-guided cardio class. This class offers changing and adaptable intensities with variations in speed and incline to make for an exciting workout utilizing entirely cardio equipment.

EMOM

One of our most transferable workouts for home, EMOM stands for every minute on the minute. This class includes movements with timing of :40 of work with :20 of full recovery. All movements are strength- and cardio-based, and easily doable with little equipment.

Fitness Challenge !

Our fitness challenge will test your limits, but also provide a fun and team-oriented atmosphere. Attend regardless of your fitness experience or level.

Fitness Redefined

Traditional protocols use exercise as a primary driver for weight loss, focusing entirely on caloric expenditure. We understand that obesity is a hormone game, which may completely flip the paradigm of how you look at fitness. After this presentation, you’ll be able to figure out what type of fitness you can do for the rest of your life and understand the importance of consistent movement.

Flow & Vibe

Awaken your senses and spark energy with this full-body yoga and movement sequence set to a fun and lively playlist! You will move, groove, and feel better!

Flow and Restore

This class offers an efficient way to nurture your entire body and is the best of both worlds! Class begins with flowing postures and breath awareness to build heat and openness, and then leads into longer held restorative postures to create more length and space in the body.

Food and Hormones

This talk prioritizes five hormones in the body that influence appetite, hunger and your overall health. You will leave this class with a greater understanding on how to improve your hormonal balance through simple changes.

Foot and Ankle Mobility

Your feet are your foundation and the first defense in helping the rest of your body perform. This class will teach you how to improve ankle range of motion and train you to take care of your feet with simple techniques that go a long way!

Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) is the Japanese practice of immersing oneself in the restorative qualities of the forest atmosphere – no bathing suit required! Quiet your mind and awaken your senses during this 1.5 mile walk suitable for most activity levels. During this practice led by a certified nature and forest therapy guide, we will deepen our connection to nature, community, and self through a series of mindfulness invitations. The experience culminates in a tea ceremony featuring a foraged infusion of local plants. This walk takes place in Pisgah National Forest, a 30-minute drive from campus. The only thing you need to bring is an open heart and an open mind. All are welcome.

Forest Bathing 101

Learn about Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku), the Japanese practice of immersing oneself in the restorative qualities of the forest atmosphere in this experiential class – no bathing suit required! Quiet your mind and awaken your senses during this gentle walk that can be adapted for all activity levels. During this practice led by a certified nature and forest therapy guide, we will deepen our connection to nature, community and self through a series of mindfulness invitations. The experience culminates in a tea ceremony featuring a foraged infusion of local plants. This class takes place on the Skyterra campus, just a 10 minute walk from the lobby and can be accessed by golf cart for those with accessibility challenges. The only thing you need to bring is an open heart and an open mind. All are welcome.

French Broad River Float

It’s not every day that you get to float down a river in a tube! This relaxing, guided float trip takes about 45-60 minutes to complete with no skill or experience required.

French Broad River Kayak

Take an 8-mile float down the 3rd oldest river in the world! Choose between a 2-person canoe or a sit-on-top kayak. The river does have some faster spots, but overall this is a gentle float and a very relaxing way to see the mountains.

Gentle Flow Yoga

Gentle yoga practice to help release stress and tension through gentle stretching and movement linked with breath. This class moves at a slow pace, has minimal transitions from up to down, and minimal weight-bearing on the wrists.

Getting Back To You

As you find yourself within Skyterra and create opportunities to transform your life, allow yourself to be free and find the part of you that has interfered in the past and become that stumbling block. This class engages the creative mind and explores your vision and desires of who you want to become, while digging into self-perception, fostering self-care and creating positive self-talk.

Gratitude Meditation

Guided mindfulness meditation using various breathing techniques with a focus and intention on cultivating gratitude.

Grocery Store Tour

Join our Registered Dietitian for a grocery store tour of a local supermarket. Here at Skyterra, we believe that good nutrition shouldn’t feel like deprivation or restriction. Whether you’re looking for simplicity and convenience, or just love spending hours in the kitchen, learn how to select foods and ingredients in your local grocery store that excite you, support your cooking and nutrition endeavors AND your wellness journey!

Gut Health

An introduction to the gut microbiome and enteric nervous system and how they influence your overall health. Many lifestyle-based diseases are connected to poor gut health. This talk will help you understand how to repair and re-balance your gut through nutrition and other lifestyle changes.

Health at Every Holiday

When it comes to those holiday favorites, do you often find yourself using an “all or nothing” mentality, depriving yourself or giving in to overindulgence? Led by our Registered Dietitian, this seminar is the perfect blend of education and hands-on experience. Learn how to mindfully eat after taking part in a seasonal recipe demo. Become a better intuitive eater by learning tips and tricks to help you become more intentional and mindful during the holiday season.

Hidden Ingredients

Do you know what’s in your food? Do you know what you should look for on labels? Learn what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies to live a healthy life.

Hip Mobility

The mobility of our hips is vital for healthy, proper movement patterns. Tight muscles or muscle groups around the hips can lead to movement impairment disorders and chronic pain. Through soft tissue mobilization techniques and stretches, you will target the area around your hips and help to boost your mobility in this 30-minute class.

Indoor Gardening 101

Join our master gardener for a conversation in the teaching kitchen about how to grow bountiful produce indoors. Demonstrations include how hydroponic technology works, stages of growing fast and nutritious microgreens and sprouts at home, and beautiful houseplants that are also edible.

Inspired Intentions

Are you tired of never fulfilling your healthy intentions? Fed up with setting goals that go well for weeks or months only to end abruptly? Learn how to set your goals to the present and uncover your emotional why for lasting and sustained motivation.

Insulin Sensitivity

Are you sick of having “unhealthy” food or skipping a workout and having it lead to immediate weight gain? How about constant feelings of hunger or cravings? The key to changing this is to increase your insulin sensitivity. This is achieved through high-quality nutrition and consistent physical activity, which are crucial to the long-term maintenance of your metabolism.

Intervals !

This is a high-intensity cardio class that involves a series of intervals adaptable to any type of cardio equipment. Learn how to push your pace in an efficient manner.

Knee Mobility

Achy knees are not normal and are often due to tight quads and tight calves. During this specialty mobility class, you’ll pinpoint the restrictions all around your knees and loosen up the fascia (connective tissue) that is causing aches and pains.

Ladder Workout
No physical ladders involved! This fitness class is programmed to have ascending or descending repetition schemes with a clear end goal in sight. How quickly can you finish?

Lean !

This is our one-of-a-kind strength training class that focuses on quality movement, prioritizing only movements that matter for functional fitness and activities of daily living. Similar to group personal training, you’ll learn how to work out with very little equipment and be well on your way to getting LEAN in no time!

Living Your Values

Living Your Values is an opportunity for guests to reflect on and identify their personal values. Guests explore the role values play in our lives, how values determine priorities, and guide our decision making process.

Looking Glass Rock (Difficult)

Looking Glass Rock Trail is a 5.3 mile, heavily trafficked, out-and-back trail located in Brevard, NC that features a small waterfall and an overlook at the end. This trail is rated as difficult and has a drive time of 20 minutes. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are able to use this trail.

Low Back Mobility

Eighty percent of Americans will suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives. Get in front of the pain by joining us for this specialty mobility class where you will learn quick tricks for solving and fixing lower back stiffness.

Luck of the Draw
This class is all up to chance, or at least up to the cards you have been dealt. Each suit in the card deck represents an exercise, and the number of the card will determine the number of repetitions for the exercise. Come try this high-intensity fun group class to switch up your workout experience.

Managing Blood Sugars

As we dive into the topic of blood sugar regulation, we aim to provide small, sustainable changes to promote balance. Through an educational discussion, we touch on various lifestyle factors including nutrition, movement, stress and sleep to thoroughly understand the way in which we manage our blood glucose.

Mastering Mobility

There are a host of possible muscular imbalances and lifestyle errors that can be contributing to your quality of life. During this discussion, learn how daily mobility, flexibility and breathwork can make all the difference. You’ll understand how to triage your own body and plan your daily routine.

Meal Planning

Are you feeling confused or overwhelmed figuring out what to eat on a daily basis? This workshop is just for you. Our Registered Dietitian provides education, handouts and tools to help you plan what you will eat for your main meals upon returning home.

Meditation

Guided practice to help you calm and ease your mind and body. Practice may begin with a focus on breathing techniques and include scanning the body, mindfulness, mantras, guided imagery and sound therapy.

Mindful Eating Experience

How often do you find yourself eating snacks or meals on-the-go, in your car, on your sofa, and away from a proper eating table? Mindful eating is a practice of slowing down and tasting your food, noting the textures of your food, and noticing your environment. A mindful lunch is a nod to an intentional pace of life.

Mindful Yoga for Back Care
A general yoga asana class that is safe for the majority of those who suffer from conditions of the spine. Scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis, low back pain with forward bend vs. back arch focus can also be targeted.

Moores Cove Falls (Easy)

Moores Cove Falls Trail is a 1.2 mile, heavily trafficked, out-and-back trail located near Pisgah Forest, NC that features a waterfall and is good for all skill levels. This trail has a drive time of 20 minutes. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips and bird watching and is best used from April until September. Dogs are able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

Move Well Strength

Learn Skyterra’s essential movements that will improve your everyday life. In this class, you will learn, create and develop better positions leaving you empowered and confident about movements in our signature LEAN class.

Move Well Yoga

This class is a safe space for all levels to learn the foundations of common postures used in yoga. Begin to explore the connection between your breath and your body to cultivate a sense of inner peace.

Nutrition Busters

Trying to discern nutrition information in today’s culture isn’t easy. Various popular topics are discussed, debunked and addressed. This seminar is not only informative, but it is also fun and enlightening.

Nutrition on the Go

Are you constantly busy, running from one thing to the next and feeling unsure how to maintain a well balanced diet? We are here to provide educational tips for dining out, travel, and nutritious meals that can be prepared in under 10 minutes.

Nutrition Redefined

This seminar is a foundational nutrition class. We will discuss our nutrition philosophy and you will leave with a better understanding of what foods to prioritize in a tailored nutrition plan. We will cover the importance of macronutrients (fat, protein, carbohydrates and fiber) as well as meal planning.

Outdoor Circuit !

Tired of being stuck indoors for all your workouts? Get outdoors for this circuit class. You’ll join our instructors across the Skyterra campus in a combination of fast walk intervals, core and strength exercises.

Partner Workout !

Energize your average workout with camaraderie! This team-based partner class with alternating movements will be sure to inspire your competitive spirit. Partners are not required nor necessary. You will be teamed up upon arrival.

Pickleball

Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and ping pong. Fun, quick-paced and simple to learn, this new game is catching on quickly with all ages. May be played in doubles or singles.

Power of Your Mind

Come explore brain science and gain a greater understanding of why we do — or don’t — do what we do. We will identify the barriers we live with that obstruct our views of a thriving life. Disarming our intrusive thoughts and tackling our feelings and behaviors allows us to control our mind, and once again, take back ownership of ourselves.

Primal Strong !

Revive your strength training routine with heavy ropes, tire flips and sled drags! Get back to functional exercise with this highly effective interval class. By adding unconventional methods into your current training regimen, you will be sure to shock different muscles into action.

Quick Fit

Getting in your workouts when you leave Skyterra will be difficult. We offer this class to show you a realistic 10-15 minute cardio and strength workout that can be easily executed at home.

Rainbow Falls (Moderate)

Rainbow Falls Trail is a 3.5 mile, heavily trafficked out-and-back trail located near Lake Toxaway, NC. This hike features a 150-foot waterfall and is rated as moderate with a drive time of 40 minutes. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year round. Dogs are able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

Raise the Bar

This talk is about strength training and the benefits it has on our body in regards to body composition and quality of life. In this class, you will learn an efficient way to set up a fitness strategy for home.

Resistance Bands

Similar to free weights at the gym, resistance bands come in a variety of sizes and strengths. This session involves a full-body strength training routine teaching highly portable exercises for home.

Restorative Yoga

Gentle yoga practice designed to help reset and restore the nervous system. Poses are held for longer periods of time while being completely supported by props so the body and mind are allowed to completely relax and release tension. There are very few transitions. It is a great practice to help reduce stress and help your body recover.

Roll + Stretch

This class is a must after long walks, hikes and fitness classes. Our fitness specialists will take you through a full body stretch and roll routine that will encourage flexibility and fascia release. If you have tenderness, soreness, or even generally tight areas, you need this class.

Row + Strength

This is a full-body cardio and strength fitness class that uses a rowing machine.

Row Intervals !

Row your way to better cardiovascular health. Join us for an interval rowing class you don’t want to miss.

Schoolhouse Falls (Moderate)

Schoolhouse Falls is a 2-mile, moderately trafficked, in-and-out trail located near Glenville, NC that features a waterfall and is rated as moderate/hard depending on the route. This trail has a drive time of 45 minutes. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year round. Dogs and horses are able to use this trail.

Shoulder Mobility

A lack of shoulder mobility is very common. Improving your mobility in this area will help to optimize movement, prevent pain, and reduce the risk of injury. Through soft tissue mobilization techniques and stretches, you will target the muscles around your shoulder and help to boost your mobility in this 30-minute class.

Simple Circuit

This fitness class has a cardio component and incorporates strength movements that will be a great addition to your day no matter your fitness level or goals.

Simple Strength

Strength training can be intimidating and pushed to the side in most fitness plans. Learn a simple way to implement six exercises for a full-body workout that is adaptable to your very own home.

Skyterra Circuit

This 30 minute fitness class is a full-body strength and cardio circuit using “Skyterra” as an acronym.

Skyterra Flow

Skyterra flow was inspired by the words, ‘sky’ and ‘earth’. Just like a tree, we must be rooted to be able to rise and stand tall with confidence. You will build strength and flexibility, match movement with breath, and will work with your individual body to create your best practice. With simple breathing exercises and mindful meditation, you will leave your mat energized and relaxed. This class is appropriate to all levels.

Sliding Rock

Sliding Rock is a natural waterslide located on Looking Glass Creek in Pisgah National Forest. This waterfall streams over broad, smooth rocks that you can sit on and slide down. It has a gentle slope and is about 60 feet long, ending in a large, deep pool (between six and seven feet deep) at the bottom. Lifeguards are on duty since this area is popular with visitors of all ages.

Slow Flow Yoga

This class builds a soft flow that unites breath and movement. Elements of sun salutations and other curated postures are designed to build a gentle internal heat. Moving slowly and intentionally inspires nourishment of the body, mind and breath.

Slow Therapeutic Flow

During this class you will move slowly and mindfully through guided postures and unique soundscapes to weave together breath, awareness and bodily sensations. This class is gentle and accessible for beginners and experienced practitioners. Learn safe alignment in postures and connect as deeply as possible with your body and your breath.

Sneaky 6 !

One of Skyterra’s spiciest fitness classes, this class includes only six movements. Each participant completes two movements at a time finishing as many reps as possible in six minutes.

Soul Collage

Soul Collage is an experiential art process connecting you to your inner wisdom. It is a way of being artistically creative and exploring the personal meaning of the art that you create. Turn off your inner critic, turn on your inner child and play! The process is meditative. It is best done simply and without intention. It is always more than you think it will be and the cards always turn out amazing! You are able to take your art home as a special keepsake from your Skyterra experience.

Sound Sleep

Tired all the time? Do you need to improve your sleeping habits? Sleep matters. We are living in a fast-paced world and are constantly stimulated by our environment and life stressors. No matter your age or how busy life may seem, maintaining a consistent and high-quality sleep routine is essential for optimal health. This lecture will dive into the importance of sleep and how to effectively create behavior change.

Stone Mountain (Difficult)

Stone Mountain is the highest point in the DuPont State Recreational Forest at 3,620 feet. This lightly trafficked hike is a strenuous 5-mile out-and-back trail located at the top corner of the forest. Elevation gain on this hike is 1100 feet. The summit of this hike allows for 180 degree views in the spring and summer, and 360 degree views in the fall and winter. This trail has a drive time of 25 minutes.

Strength + Core + Balance

This fitness class targets three areas that are crucial to our physical health. We cover a full body strength routine while incorporating balance and core work. This class is slow-paced, easy to follow, modify, or intensify.

Stress Redefined

There is so much information out there about stress. Stress Redefined identifies practical means to achieving stress reduction through a personalized approach to everyday living. Stress reduction is achievable and in this class participants will understand the body’s physiological state when it is overexposed to stress, as well as how to cope with many forms of stressors.

Sugar in the Raw

The focus of this seminar is sugar, added sugar and all things sweet. You’ll walk away with new strategies and meal ideas.

Sunrise Yoga

Practice facing to the east to honor and greet the sun and a new day through breath, simple movements and body awareness. This class is 30 minutes and highlights ways to bring a morning yoga practice home with you.

Tabata Strong !

Created by Dr. Izumi Tabata, this style of exercise packs a large amount of work into a short period of time and has proven results in terms of weight loss. You will focus on each exercise for 8 rounds with a :20 second active period and a :10 rest period. This provides a challenging workout that is both aerobic and anaerobic in nature.

Tackling Transitions

As we explore the changes that come once we learn new tools and skills, we may find ourselves reaching into the past to the familiar behaviors and attitudes that brought us to this point in the first place. In this class, we discuss change and address the discomfort with making adjustments to our lives, our behaviors, and ultimately our purpose.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art dating back to the 16th century. This low-impact, self-paced martial art is practiced for both self-defense training, and for its health benefits. You will learn a basic Tai Chi form consisting of several moves that target basic balance and breath work.

The Science of Sweat

On the surface, sweat may seem unappealing, but it’s genuinely one of our superpowers! This lecture will discuss the fascinating science behind perspiration, a brief history of the human love of sweating, and the benefits you can derive from sauna bathing. We will also dispel some of the common misconceptions involving sweat. Near the end of the lecture, we will head into the sauna to continue our discussion and get the sweat rolling. Bring your water for this one cause it’s going to be hot!

Therapeutic Yoga

In this class, we’ll hone in on a different joint/region of the body and/or address common diseases and health conditions and learn how to utilize gentle movements and yoga techniques as a complementary system. Techniques include movement, breathing exercises, meditation practices, visualization, concentration and chanting.

Trail Walk

Our onsite trail system is a great place to walk outside and enjoy nature. Enjoy a group walk to see our natural surroundings.

Triple/High Falls Trail (Moderate)

Triple/High Falls Trail is a 4.4 mile heavily-trafficked loop located near Hendersonville, North Carolina. This hike features two breathtaking waterfalls. Triple Falls consists of three amazing cascades within 300 yards. High Falls is a 150-foot waterfall and is the largest waterfall in Dupont State Forest. This trail is rated as moderate with a drive time of 20 minutes and an elevation gain of almost 500 feet. The trail offers several different types of terrains and is accessible year-round. Dogs are able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

TRX !

This fitness class uses TRX bands to produce strength and increased. TRX bands are great for any level of fitness, and this class combines compound movements to encourage strength while also increasing and promoting mobility through joint stabilization.

VooDoo Floss 101

Unwrap the magic of VooDoo wrapping, a technique that can improve mobility and pain within any joint area. This is a compressive wrap that works by increasing blood flow. Participants will learn how to wrap their ankles, knees, hamstrings and shoulders.

Walk Run Well

Are you ready to see your stride in a whole new way? This skill-based class uses video analysis and corrective drills to revolutionize your walking and running. This unique opportunity will help you prevent injuries and maximize the efficiency of your movements.

Wall Mobility

Are you practicing self-maintenance on a daily basis? Soft tissue therapy and corrective exercise should be a part of everyone’s plan. Based on the common positions of daily living, these catch-all, easy-to-execute techniques will help you restore your body quickly.

Watercolor Journeys

Join us for a painting activity and let your creative spirit shine! Each class paints something different with step-by-step instructions. All materials are included.

Waterfall Meditation

Experience the relaxing effects of meditating by the natural beauty of the waterfall on campus. This beginner-friendly walking and sitting practice will teach you elements of meditation.

Whiteside Mountain (Moderate)

Whiteside Mountain National Recreation Trail is a 1.9 mile, heavily-trafficked loop trail located near Highlands, NC. The hike features beautiful views of the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains and is rated as moderate. This trail has a drive time of an hour. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips and birding and is accessible year round. Dogs are able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.

Why Can’t I Stop

Do you struggle with feeling out of control around food? Do you get the feeling that something is “wrong” with you? Our registered dietitians and licensed therapists come together during this seminar to break down the myths around overeating. This key seminar is essential for better understanding various overeating behaviors as well as learning what is necessary to break the cycle.

Yin Yoga

This class uses various yoga postures to stimulate the body’s connective tissue to create greater flexibility. Most of the practice is done on the ground with use of props. Poses can be held anywhere from 3 to ten minutes and include hip, hamstring and shoulder openings.

Yoga Flow

In this class, you’ll experience vinyasa yoga, one of the most popular contemporary styles in which movement is synchronized with the breath. Sequences are linked together mindfully to build strength, flexibility and resilience through continuous movement.

Yoga for Balance

Join us in this liberating, balance-inspired flow class. The intention of this practice is to effectively focus on the muscular network of the spine, back and core. By combining breath-work and balancing movements, you will truly integrate mind and body.

Yoga for Strength

Are you looking for a stronger, more static, strength-based practice? By combining functional strength postures and longer holds, this creative yet dynamic and balanced practice of breath and strength-inspired movements will surely enliven the fire within. Come embrace your internal heat and honor your personal power and vigor!

Yoga Nidra

Also known as yogic sleep, yoga nidra is a fully supported and reclined meditation practice that nurtures physical and emotional healing. This deep state of conscious rest helps you de-stress and sleep better. It can also evoke a sense of clarity and nourish understanding of your higher purpose.

Yoga Sculpt

A 60-minute yoga flow designed to call upon and develop strength, tone, endurance, agility and balance. This dynamic yoga practice will combine bodyweight and resistance training in a way that will challenge you and elevate your experience in your body. This class blends elements of yoga, pilates and aerobics into one energetic cocktail. Optional dumbbells and resistance bands will be employed.

Your Culinary Experience

This brief seminar is led by our Registered Dietitian. You’ll gain further insight into the culinary and nutrition offerings at Skyterra. You’ll learn how to better individualize your stay as well as understand the nutrition philosophy for all meals and snacks.

Your Home Plan

Skyterra offers many wellness opportunities throughout your stay, but what happens when you go home? This class is an opportunity to review and plan for home. You will also find out about the additional tools Skyterra has created to assist you once you return home.

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