Greener Postures Yoga

Greener Postures Yoga Greener Postures offers a wide range of classes, workshops, & series for all levels in South Portland & Falmouth, Maine.
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Join us in-studio, outdoors, or online to explore movement, mindfulness, & community. Discover balance, strength, & connection at GPY. Our signature offering is Vinyasa Yoga that increases energy, stamina, improves muscle tone, digestion and concentration and helps you relax and respond to the stresses of daily life. We also have Yin Yoga, Slow Flow, Beginners and Deep Stretch.

What if the deepest healing happens when you do… less? ✨ Join Kristine Keegan (RYT500, RMT) + Doris Hall (RMT) for a dee...
04/08/2026

What if the deepest healing happens when you do… less? ✨ Join Kristine Keegan (RYT500, RMT) + Doris Hall (RMT) for a deeply grounding experience that weaves together restorative yoga, sound healing, + Reiki—three powerful practices designed to support your body’s natural ability to heal + rebalance.

Restorative yoga gently brings the body into supported stillness, helping shift the nervous system out of “fight or flight” and into a parasympathetic state—where true rest + repair can happen.

Layered on top, sound healing works through vibration + frequency. As you listen, your brain begins to slow into more meditative states, while sound waves help relax the body + quiet mental chatter—creating space for clarity, release, + deep calm.

Reiki adds another layer of support, working with subtle energy to help clear blockages and restore balance. Through light touch or hands hovering above the body, it invites a sense of ease, grounding, + flow.

Together, these practices create space for:
✨ deeper sleep
✨ reduced stress + anxiety
✨ relief from fatigue + tension
✨ a full nervous system reset

No effort. No performance. Just presence.

Sound Bath, Restorative Yoga + Reiki Healing
Sunday, April 19 | 1:00–3:00 PM
📍Falmouth Studio ($40)

All levels welcome. Step into a space where your only job is to rest, receive, + soften.


 
 
 


What if the most powerful way to care for others… is learning how to care for yourself first? ✨ Join Tania Zuckerman for...
04/07/2026

What if the most powerful way to care for others… is learning how to care for yourself first? ✨ Join Tania Zuckerman for a Spiraldance Breathwork journey designed to help you reconnect with your own energy, your own rhythm, your own breath.

Through conscious, circular breathing, this practice works beyond the surface—helping to interrupt stress-response patterns, release stored tension, + create space for deeper clarity, resilience, + self-connection.

As your breath deepens, so does your capacity:
✨ to restore your energy
✨ to regulate your nervous system
✨ to process + integrate life experiences
✨ to feel more grounded, open, and connected

Set to soulful music and practiced lying down, this is more than breathwork—it’s a full-body, heart-centered reset. A space to be held, to release, and to remember: you are enough.

Spiraldance Breathwork Workshop
Sunday, April 12 | 1:00–3:00 PM
📍Falmouth Studio ($40)

In a world that asks us to keep giving, keep going, keep up—this is your invitation to pause, soften, and come back to you. Wear comfortable layers, bring a mat + water, and come ready to receive. Space is limited.


 
 
 


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We’re honored to host a 4-part fundraising series with Nuna Gleason of Maine Afro Yoga Project, offering 60-minute, all-...
04/06/2026

We’re honored to host a 4-part fundraising series with Nuna Gleason of Maine Afro Yoga Project, offering 60-minute, all-levels classes rooted in movement, breath, and community care. Use your GPY class pass or drop in—all proceeds support Maine Afro Yoga Project ✨
Saturdays | 2:00–3:00 PM
📍GPY South Portland 4/11 • 4/25 • 5/9 • 5/30

These classes will be taught in the spirit of Maine Afro Yoga Project—a space dedicated to making yoga more accessible, inclusive, and culturally grounded, while building community and supporting the well-being of Black, Brown, and underserved populations in Maine.

Nuna also brings her work with Wounded Healers International, an organization focused on trauma-informed healing, education, and community support—empowering individuals and communities through practices that restore connection, resilience, and collective care.

Come move, breathe, and learn more about the impact of these organizations. Nuna will be joined by friends and co-teachers throughout the series, making each class a unique and shared experience.

Practice that gives back. Community that lifts each other 💚



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What if your yoga practice didn’t just change you… but your entire community? 💚 In just three months, our community came...
03/31/2026

What if your yoga practice didn’t just change you… but your entire community? 💚 In just three months, our community came together to raise $3,935 through GPY fundraising workshops—each class, each breath, each shared moment contributing to something bigger than ourselves.

This is the power of community.

It’s showing up on your mat and knowing your presence matters.
It’s teachers offering their time and energy with intention.
It’s students choosing connection & community.

Together, we supported:
✨ SoPo Helps Mutual Aid
✨ Maine Afro Yoga
✨ Food for All
✨ Maine Solidarity Fund
✨ ILAP

Yoga teaches us that we’re not separate—we’re connected.
And when we move, breathe, and act together, that connection becomes real, tangible impact.

Thank you for practicing with purpose.
Thank you for being part of something bigger 💚





Your body is changing. Your practice should too 💚 Yoga during pregnancy isn’t just “safe”—it’s powerfully supportive whe...
03/24/2026

Your body is changing. Your practice should too 💚 Yoga during pregnancy isn’t just “safe”—it’s powerfully supportive when practiced with awareness and intention.

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, regular movement during pregnancy (including yoga) is associated with minimal risk and meaningful benefits for both parent + baby.

✨ Science-backed benefits of prenatal yoga:
• Reduce back pain + physical discomfort 
• Lower stress, anxiety + depression 
• Improve sleep + nervous system regulation 
• Support healthier weight gain + cardiovascular fitness 
• Decrease risk of cesarean birth + shorten labor 
• Improve birth outcomes + postpartum recovery 

Yoga works on both the body + the nervous system—helping you build strength, mobility, breath awareness, and resilience for childbirth.

🧘‍♀️ Common modifications for group classes:
• Take a wider stance in standing poses for balance
• Use blocks under hands to reduce strain + create space
• Substitute Figure 4 for Pigeon to protect hips + pelvis
• Come onto hands + knees instead of plank/chaturanga
• Elevate torso in forward folds to avoid compression
• Use bolsters + props generously (especially in rest)
• Skip deep closed twists → choose open twists instead
• Keep transitions slow + supported
• Rest in side-lying savasana instead of flat on your back
• Focus on breath over depth in every pose

💡 The most important cue: Listen to your body.

Pregnancy is not the time to push for deeper shapes—it’s a time to build awareness, stability, + trust.

And if you’re pregnant, one of the best things you can do is practice in spaces designed specifically for you 💚

✨ Breath + Movement for Childbirth with Abby
📅 Friday, April 24, 2026
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM

A workshop created to support you with breath, movement, and tools for labor + delivery—meeting your body exactly where it is.

Your practice is evolving—just like you are 💚






📍Falmouth

Deeper doesn’t always mean better—but it does ask more of you 💚 Pigeon Pose is often where people go to “get deeper” int...
03/22/2026

Deeper doesn’t always mean better—but it does ask more of you 💚 Pigeon Pose is often where people go to “get deeper” into the hips—but what’s actually happening in the body is more complex.

Like Figure 4, this shape works into hip external rotation, targeting the glutes, piriformis, and deep rotators—muscles that support mobility, posture, and spinal health.

✨ What makes Pigeon different:
• Greater load into the front hip + connective tissue
• Requires more pelvic + spinal stability
• Increases demand on the knee + sacrum
• Can create a more intense sensation

But the real challenge isn’t the intensity—it’s what happens when you stay.

Stillness.

As you hold the pose, the mind will wander. That’s normal. The work is in the return.

Research shows yoga enhances attention, awareness, and stress regulation—not by stopping thoughts, but by practicing coming back to the present moment.

So again, you return:
to the breath
to sensation
to now

Pigeon can be powerful—but only if you can stay steady within it.

👉 Want a more supported version of this same work? See our Figure 4 post.

Different shapes. Same intention 💚





The “easier” version… or the smarter one? 💚 Figure Four on your back is often seen as a modification—but physiologically...
03/22/2026

The “easier” version… or the smarter one? 💚 Figure Four on your back is often seen as a modification—but physiologically, it’s doing powerful work.

This shape targets hip external rotation, working into the glutes, piriformis, and deep hip stabilizers—key muscles that influence low back comfort, pelvic stability, and overall movement efficiency.

✨ Why Figure 4 works:
• Gravity-supported, allowing the body to soften
• Keeps the spine neutral + sacrum grounded
• Lets you control depth + protect the knee + low back
• More accessible for nervous system downregulation

And then comes the real practice: stillness.

When you pause here, the mind often drifts—into planning, replaying, distracting. That’s not something to fix. It’s the opportunity.

Research shows yoga builds focus, emotional regulation, and stress resilience by training your ability to notice and return.

So you come back:
to the breath
to sensation
to now

Figure 4 isn’t “less than.” It’s often the version that allows you to stay longer, breathe deeper, and actually feel what’s happening.

👉 Curious how this compares to Pigeon Pose? Check the next post.

Because sometimes the most effective pose…
is the one you can fully inhabit 💚





One door just opened in the Highlands. GPY Heart of the Highlands Retreat with Danielle + Abby May 3–8!Imagine waking ...
03/18/2026

One door just opened in the Highlands. GPY Heart of the Highlands Retreat with Danielle + Abby May 3–8!

Imagine waking up in the Scottish Highlands, moving through a morning yoga practice surrounded by rolling green hills, sharing nourishing meals prepared by a private chef, and exploring one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world.

✨ May 3–8, 2026
5 nights of connection, adventure, and deep restoration:
🌿 Explore Loch Lomond + a day trip to Edinburgh
🧘‍♀️ Daily yoga + a sound bath experience
🍽 Beautiful meals by a private chef
💃 A joyful traditional ceilidh celebration

The final spot is a Luxury Single Room with ensuite—a private, cozy retreat space to unwind after full days of movement and exploration.

If Scotland has been calling you… this might be your moment.

Tour the room:
https://rachelsfarm.com/rachels-lodges/the-hideaway/

Learn more + reserve the final space:
https://solseedretreats.wetravel.com/trips/heart-of-the-highlands-retreat-to-scotland-with-greener-postures-yoga-powered-by-solseed-retreats-56288137

03/16/2026

🤯 READ CAPTION👇If you feel like you don’t have time to slow down… that might be the moment you need it most 💚 Research on ultradian rhythms (90–120 minute biological cycles studied by neuroscientist Dr. Ernest Rossi) shows that the brain naturally needs short recovery periods throughout the day. Taking even 5 minutes every couple of hours to pause, breathe, or do nothing can restore cognitive function, regulate stress hormones, and improve focus. Without these resets, the nervous system stays in a constant state of activation.

Yoga traditions have known this for centuries. Practices like Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, + Yoga Nidra are designed to intentionally create that reset for the body + mind.

• Restorative yoga uses props + long-held poses to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering heart rate, blood pressure, + cortisol levels.
• Yin yoga gently loads connective tissue, improving joint mobility + hydration of fascia while encouraging deep stillness.
• Yoga nidra (“yogic sleep”) has been shown to guide the brain into alpha + theta states associated with deep rest, emotional regulation, + improved sleep.

In other words: slowing down actually makes you more resilient, focused, + energized.

We’re excited to deepen this practice in our Thursday 7pm Restorative class in South Portland with Lucy, who will begin incorporating Yoga Nidra into the experience.

And on the 4th Thursday of each month (March–May), Emily Capaldi will join with Sound Healing to amplify the relaxation response: 03/26 • 04/23 • 05/28

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do… is pause 💚





Sometimes the best thing for your practice is simply walking through the door 💚 Allison recently finished our 10-Day Unl...
03/13/2026

Sometimes the best thing for your practice is simply walking through the door 💚 Allison recently finished our 10-Day Unlimited New Student Pass ($30) and shared this with us:

“I completed my 10-day unlimited intro pass yesterday, and wanted to extend a THANK YOU! for offering that option. I have a consistent home practice with various YouTube instructors, but have limited experience in a studio setting or with full hour classes. It put me out of my comfort zone to try something new, but I was grateful for the back-to-back opportunities to get into a rhythm and grow my confidence with it. I learned a lot about the studio, and about myself! I really appreciate all of the great instructors I practiced with and look forward to continuing with a class pass soon.” — Allison

That’s exactly why we offer the pass. Ten days gives you time to explore different teachers, find the classes that resonate, and settle into the rhythm of practicing in community.

If you’ve been curious about trying a studio class—or know someone who has—this is a great place to start.

✨ 10 Days of Unlimited Yoga for $30
Bring a friend. Share with someone who’s been meaning to start. Your practice might be closer than you think 💚 Visit our website (link in bio) for more information.

SWIPE >>> Spring training isn’t just about doing more—it’s about moving better. Think of yoga as your performance multip...
03/11/2026

SWIPE >>> Spring training isn’t just about doing more—it’s about moving better. Think of yoga as your performance multiplier. Stronger movement patterns + better breath + calmer focus.

Whether you run, golf, lift weights, cycle, or train for competition, yoga can be a powerful tool for peak performance. What was once considered “just stretching” is now supported by growing research showing that yoga improves both physical output + mental resilience, two of the most important components of athletic success.

As spring sports ramp up, yoga can help prepare your body for higher training loads while maintaining durability throughout the season.

Consistency beats intensity. Add 2–3 sessions per week + notice the difference in how you move, train, + recover 💚





Okay we’ve LOVED seeing the “this is the one who…” trend everywhere… so naturally we had to make our own 💚From the teach...
03/10/2026

Okay we’ve LOVED seeing the “this is the one who…” trend everywhere… so naturally we had to make our own 💚

From the teacher bringing the energy to the 6am crew, to the playlist perfectionist, to the one who somehow turns a chill vinyasa into a spicy flow… you probably know exactly who we’re talking about.

Be honest… which teacher came to mind immediately for each one? 👀 Tag them (or claim your title).

*UPCOMING WORKSHOP PLUG* Flow & Soul: Yoga with Live Music. Join us Friday, March 27 (6–7:30 PM) at our Falmouth Studio for a special all-levels class blending vinyasa and yin with soulful live music by Heath and Ashley MacVane. Move, unwind, and settle into a heart-centered practice led by Heidi MacVane. $30 – all proceeds benefit ILAP Maine, supporting legal advocacy for low-income immigrants.

Address

740 Broadway
South Portland, ME
04106

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 6am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 6am - 8:30pm
Thursday 6am - 8:30pm
Friday 6am - 8:30pm
Saturday 7:30am - 7pm
Sunday 7:30am - 7pm

Telephone

+12072106525

Website

https://greenerposturesyoga.union.site/

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