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
  • Learn & Practice Diaphragmatic Breathing with Amanda (4 Mins)

    Amanda introduces you to diaphragmatic breathing, a fundamental technique to connect to your core and move safely and with intention during your pregnancy. Developing proper breathing techniques is great for both prenatal and postnatal movement, and will benefit you in every season of life.

    No e...

  • Learn How to Squat Safely with Amanda | Essential Prenatal Moves (2 Mins)

    In this class, Amanda teaches the squat, a fundamental movement for pregnancy, delivery, recovery, and in parenthood. This movement is important to relearn and adapt to a prenatal practice, especially in preparing for labour.

    Suggested but not necessary equipment: Two yoga blocks.

  • NEW | Learn Deep Tissue Rolling with Amanda | Essential Prenatal Moves (4 Mins)

    In this class, Amanda will teach you deep tissue roll, which is a great way to massage and release muscle tension across your whole body. These relaxing and satisfying techniques will loosen your body, stretch out hard-to-reach areas, and restore circulation and hydration to your tissue. Rolling ...

  • NEW | Learn How to Modify Movement During Your Pregnancy with Amanda (1 Min)

    In this video, Amanda shares the benefits of modifications in your prenatal fitness practice and the importance of listening to your body and trusting your instincts to feel confident as you move. Feel free to get creative in your practice.

    No equipment used.

  • NEW | Modifying Back & Tummy Movements During Pregnancy with Amanda (3 Mins)

    Supine and prone movements can be uncomfortable during pregnancy, but you can adapt these movements with a few simple options taught in this class. Supine movements (on your back) can be modified to a seated position, and twisting movements can be modified to maintain alignment with your shoulder...

  • NEW | Modifying Core Movements During Your Pregnancy with Amanda (4 Mins)

    Core modifications can be simplified by turning down the intensity. Focus on activating deep core muscle groups through small, intentional moves. In this class, Amanda will guide you through movements to avoid during pregnancy and teach you several modified core exercises to maintain strength and...

  • NEW | Modifying High-Impact Movements During Your Pregnancy with Amanda (2 Mins)

    In this class, learn how high-impact movement can be modified to your body during pregnancy by replacing a jump with a simple step. Learn and practice 3 movements with Amanda — the Two Foot Linear Hop, 1-2 Jump, and Potato Sack Run — then apply these principles to other high-impact movements acro...

  • NEW | Mornings with Amanda | Gentle Full Body Prenatal Class (13 Mins)

    Follow Amanda through a full body morning practice designed to leave you feeling refreshed. You will work through mobility stretches, gentle rolling, 360 breathing, weighted squats, and weighted get ups before finishing with a therapeutic squat hold.

    Suggested but not necessary equipment: A smal...

  • NEW | Middays with Amanda | Prenatal Class to Reconnect to Your Body (11 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through a midday routine connecting you to your core with 360 breathing, bird dog variations, side planks, and downward dog. Then, using a chair, you will work on your hamstring mobility with push ups and tricep dips, before finishing with therapeutic neck stretches. This class ...

  • NEW | Evenings with Amanda | Refreshing Deep Stretch & Muscle Release (10 Mins)

    Amanda guides you through an evening practice to relieve stress and tension from the day. In this class, you will move through gentle rolling and stability-focused lunge holds. From there, practice a few familiar yoga poses using blocks if you need them: pyramid pose, triangle, forward fold, squa...

  • PROGRAM GUIDE | Yoga Foundations

    4.31 MB

    The Yoga Foundations program guide is designed to give you a visual reference of each pose, along with the variations of each, through high-quality photographs and descriptions, and also includes a customized 14-day training plan to get you started. It’s perfect if you are on the go and want some...

  • PROGRAM GUIDE | Movement Foundations

    6.14 MB

    The Movement Foundations program guide was designed to give you a visual reference of each movement through high-quality photographs and descriptions, and includes Words from Slava, 7-Day and 14-Day Training Plans, and more. The guide is perfect if you are on the go and want something to referenc...