Classes by Amanda June Giannakos

Classes by Amanda June Giannakos

Amanda has a long history with sports and movement. As a young girl, she practiced gymnastics and figure skating before moving on to a career as an elite junior tennis player where she first developed a foundation in strength training and conditioning. Amanda complements that dynamic experience with over 10 years as a yoga teacher with a strong focus on restorative movement.

In Amanda’s collection you’ll find a diverse range of movement, from restorative yoga, to prenatal movement, to stretching and creativity-focused workouts, to breathing and functional core exercises. Her classes balance effort with ease, making time for both high-level strength training and a quality of rest in practice. In every class she stays true to her core value of teaching movement from any starting point at any stage of life.

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Classes by Amanda June Giannakos
  • NEW | Core Recovery with Amanda | Core Strength Class (12 Mins)

    Amanda leads you through a therapeutic core recovery class, designed to leave you feeling stronger and centered. You will begin with 360 breathing and pelvic floor exercises to reconnect your breath to your core muscles. Next, you will come to your back and move through glute bridges, heel slides...

  • NEW | Hip Hinge with Amanda | How to Safely Carry & Lift Your Baby (1 Min)

    Amanda leads you through a series of postpartum moves and tips to use when lifting your baby. By activating your core and using a neutral spine, these foundational moves will guide you to hinge properly at your hips, allowing you to take pressure off your back and instead use your glutes and hams...

  • NEW | Learn How to Diastasis Recti Self Check with Amanda (2 Mins)

    Amanda guides you on how to self check for diastasis recti. This is an important test before you attempt any postpartum recovery strength work. This class is done on the floor. Amanda will show you how to test for any abdominal separation and the depth of this separation. Diastasis Recti is defi...

  • Core Connection with Amanda | Foundational Core Strength Class (3 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through two simple yet powerful breathing exercises to establish strength & stability in your core muscles. Reconnect to your diaphragm, transverse abdominis, and pelvic floor with 360 Breathing and the Two Step Exhale. These foundational exercises were key to Amanda re-establis...

  • Restore With Amanda | Restorative Movement Class (9 Mins)

    Amanda describes this postpartum-friendly class as “super restorative” — and it can even be done from the comfort of your bed. You will begin with supportive breathing exercises to release tension, before moving into gentle spinal rolls and twists, a grounding pelvic stabilization, and soothing h...

  • Functional Core with Amanda | Foundational Core Class (14 Mins)

    Amanda designed this class to help you strengthen your core in your everyday movements. She will guide you through four foundational core moves, each with four levels for you to choose from. Beginning with diaphragmatic breathing to prepare your core, you will move through variations of Dead Bug,...

  • Foundational Sun Salutations with Amanda | Beginner Yoga Class (15 Mins)

    This 15-Minute yoga class takes you through Sun Salutations, transitions into sitting and breathing exercises, and ends in Savasana, calling for you to focus on reaching a place of intentional relaxation and release of stress and tension in your body. After this class, you should feel both calm a...

  • Hamstring Flexibility with Amanda | Restorative Yoga Class (11 Mins)

    Hamstring tightness is one of the most common problems that students face when beginning a yoga practice. This restorative practice focuses on opening the hamstrings with slow and conscious movements. Bring gentle awareness to the tightness in the backs of the legs, releasing tension with each br...

  • Full Body Restorative with Amanda | Yoga Class (20 mins)

    This class is a healing practice important for all levels. The gentle sequence takes you from one relaxing resting pose into the next, encouraging you to give yourself permission to rest. Poses are held for a few minutes each, so it’s normal for the mind to wander.

  • Sit with Amanda | Meditation & Breath Class (8 Mins)

    This short practice will get you comfortable sitting and breathing intentionally. It’s a practice of being present. Remember — when we still the breath, we still the mind. Feel tension releasing from the top of your head to the tips of your toes as you finish this practice in Savasana, our consci...

  • Yoga Foundations with Amanda | Full Body Yoga Class (25 Mins)

    In this class, Amanda combines all of the poses and transitions from the Yoga Foundations program into a full-body strengthening practice. Focus on moving with your breath and find the correct alignment in each pose for you today.

  • Healthy Spine with Amanda | Foundational Yoga Class (10 Mins)

    Healthy Spine focuses on the strength and health of our spines. In our everyday lives, we rarely articulate our spine through its full range of motion. This practice will leave you refreshed and is a great supplement to sitting for long periods of time. It is also a great practice to do if you sp...

  • Reclined Butterfly

    Reclined Butterfly is a relaxing and restorative pose. This hip-opening pose gently stretches your inner thighs and groin, and helps you to let go of tension and calm the body.

  • Child's Pose

    Child’s Pose is a calming rest pose that opens the hips and stretches the thighs and lower back. It’s the ideal pose to come to for rest while practicing on your own or in a yoga class. Although foundational, Child’s Pose can be quite challenging if you don’t know how to support yourself in the p...

  • Functional Movement Class with Amanda | Level 1 (5 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through an intentional series of full-body movements designed to help you move better in your daily life. You will fluidly move through spinal rolls, twisting, a core warm up, glute work, wrist and chest stretches, and finish with your expression of playful animal movements.

  • Functional Movement Class with Amanda | Level 2 (5 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through an intentional series of full-body movements designed to help you move better in your daily life. You will fluidly move through spinal rolls, twisting, a core warm up, glute work, wrist and chest stretches, and finish with your expression of playful animal movements.

  • Functional Movement Class with Amanda | Level 3 (5 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through an intentional series of full-body movements designed to help you move better in your daily life. You will fluidly move through spinal rolls, twisting, a core warm up, glute work, wrist and chest stretches, and finish with your expression of playful animal movements.

  • Movement Class with Amanda | Functional Movement Class | Level 1 (21 Mins)

    This class is all about changing planes: improving our ability to move with grace as we get up and down from the ground, increasing hip mobility to deepen our squat, and getting comfortable with being on the floor. Expect to be challenged in balance, flexibility, and coordination, no matter your ...

  • Movement Class with Amanda | Functional Movement Class | Level 2 (22 Mins)

    This 23-Minute class focuses on circular movement patterns. You won’t be physically moving in circles, but the feeling that the sequence evokes in the body is a sense of spiralling. Expect a challenge in coordination and strength, especially in the upper body and core.

  • Movement Class with Amanda | Functional Movement Class | Level 3 (22 Mins)

    This 20-minute class is all about strength and play. It utilizes advanced movements to offer an immense challenge for your balance, strength, flexibility, and control. Amanda created the flow out of a sense of joy, and recalls frequently falling and laughing at herself as she workshopped it into ...

  • Learn Supported Rest Pose with Amanda (2 Mins)

    Savasana is a conscious resting pose to help you release stress and tension in your body and mind. Make sure to support your body before starting so that you can fully let go during the pose. Savasana is all about finding the balance between movement and stillness.

  • Twist with Amanda | Yoga Foundations Class (4 Mins)

    Twists introduce a new way of moving the spine, not just through a forward bend / backbend, but side to side. They are great for spinal health and can be very calming for the nervous system.

  • NEW | Welcome to Foundations of Prenatal Movement with Amanda (2 Mins)

    Amanda welcomes you to her prenatal movement program. She created this program to help you adapt and modify your movement practice during your pregnancy. The goal is to build a practice that works for you. Amanda encourages you to partner with your healthcare team on what is right for you during ...

  • NEW | Before You Begin | Moving Through Your Pregnancy with Amanda (4 Mins)

    Amanda provides general guidelines on prenatal movement and shares the importance of movement during pregnancy. With notes on relaxing, how to the use ‘talk-test’ during exercises, overheating, and why snacks are key, this class will have you feeling more confident and prepare you to start moving...