Elisa Hurley Yoga

Elisa Hurley Yoga I teach joyful, welcoming vinyasa-based yoga that seeks to connect students of all abilities to both their strength and their softness.

My offerings include private instruction, kids, corporate, and chair yoga.

Know your backbends! 💫 Backbending opens the front body, mobilizes the thoracic spine, and energizes the whole body-mind...
05/12/2026

Know your backbends! 💫 Backbending opens the front body, mobilizes the thoracic spine, and energizes the whole body-mind ✨ Three of these backbends—low cobra, sphinx, and upward dog—are common in the course of vinyasa flow and often offered as alternatives to each other, but they are distinct, with different alignment and benefits. It’s useful to know the differences and to be intentional about which backbend you’re choosing to take 🧘🏻‍♀️

👉 Come practice with me :

Sundays:
9-10 am Flow, So. End
10:45-11:45 am Foundations, Back Bay
12:15-1:15 pm Flow, Brookline
4-5:15 pm Flow & Restore, So. End

Mondays:
5:45-6:45 pm Flow & Restore, Harvard Sq.

Tuesdays:
7:30-8:30 am Flow, Porter Sq.
10:30-11:30 am Flow, Harvard Sq.
7:30-8:30 pm Flow, Harvard Sq.

Wednesdays:
9-10 am Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.

Fridays:
8-9 am Flow, Central Sq.
12-1 pm Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.
4:30-5:30 pm Flow, Harvard

04/20/2026

Prepare to fly🪽This week I’m teaching a flow to strengthen the abs, work Chaturanga arms, and prepare for Bakasana, crane pose (also sometimes used interchangeably with crow pose). Here’s a peek at some of my favorite ways to get ready for Bakasana.

Want to try it with me? Here are my flow classes this week :

Tuesday:
7:30-8:30 am, Porter Sq.
10:30-11:30 am, Harvard Sq.
7:30-8:30 pm, Harvard Sq

Friday:
8-9 am,Central Sq
4:30-5:30 pm, Harvard Sq

Sunday:
9-10 am, So. End
12:15-1:15 pm, Brookline

04/15/2026

🔼 Practice Aparigraha, non grasping, in your Utthita Trikonasna, extended triangle pose.

👉 Instead of reaching DOWN to try to get the front hand to the floor, try reaching OUT to create length along your side body, and then letting your hand land wherever it lands — including, maybe, on a prop 🧱

Feel how different it is — physically, but also energetically and mentally — when you approach this pose with the intention of creating as much length, space, and opening as you can, rather than the intention of reaching the floor because it’s the “deeper” version of the pose 🧘🏻‍♀️🙌

Come practice with me!

✨Weekly teaching schedule, all

Sunday:
9-10 am Flow, So. End
10:45-11:45 am Foundations, Back Bay
12:15-1:15 pm Flow, Brookline
(For 4/19 and 4/26) 1:30-2:30 pm Hot Power Flow, Brookline
4-5:15 pm Flow & Restore, So. End

Monday:
5:45-6:45 pm Flow & Restore, Harvard Sq.

Tuesday:
7:30-8:30 am Flow, Porter Sq.
10:30-11:30 am Flow, Harvard Sq.
7:30-8:30 pm Flow, Harvard Sq.

Wednesday:
9-10 am Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.

Friday:
8-9 am Flow, Central Sq.
12-1 pm Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.
4:30-5:30 pm Flow, Harvard ✨

03/30/2026

Avoid the ouch! ❤️‍🩹 Here’s a tip for your Prasarita Padottanasana, wide-legged forward fold, to help prevent strain in your hamstring insertion area. Try balancing your weight across the whole foot when you’re in your fold🦶

03/09/2026

Wrist pain in vinyasa yoga is real 🧘🏻‍♀️We spend a lot of time putting weight on our hands and wrists when we flow. Students often ask me what they can do to address sensitive, weak, or painful wrists. In addition to practicing proper form in our poses (which I post about a lot!), here are some simple stretches and strengtheners I’ve found helpful to support my wrists and my practice. Healthy wrists = sustainable practice✨

👉🏼 And remember, sometimes the best thing you can do for pain is rest—don’t push through it! No pain, no gain is NOT part of yoga 🙏🏼

03/02/2026

🐬This week in Flow, I’m teaching a sequence focusing on shoulder opening and strength, peaking in some Dolphin Pose variations. Here I share some of the warm ups and mini-sequences we’ll take to get there 🔥

Come practice with me !

Monday:
5:45-6:45 pm Flow & Restore, Harvard Sq.

Tuesday:
7:30-8:30 am Flow, Porter Sq.
10:30-11:30 am Flow, Harvard Sq.
7:30-8:30 pm Flow, Harvard Sq.

Wednesday:
6-7 am (just for March) Hot Power Flow, Porter Sq.
9-10 am Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.

Friday:
8-9 am Flow, Central Sq.
12-1 pm Hot Power Flow, Harvard Sq.
4:30-5:30 pm Flow, Harvard

Sunday:
9-10 am Flow, So. End
10:45-11:45 am Foundations, Back Bay
12:15-1:15 pm Flow, Brookline
4-5:15 pm Flow & Restore, So. End

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