At Grow Well Yoga, Barre & Fitness in Naperville's 5th Avenue Station, we celebrate the ancient wisdom found in Yoga & Barre and seek to share it with our Naperville community. We provide various styles of yoga and a wide range of yoga and barre classes. Our core values center around the integration of the body and mind and finding balance and peace given the strong relationship between the body and the brain, and how a harmonious relationship between the two tremendously influences our overall wellness and peace.
Our Small Business is home to all levels of practitioners, recognizing that each individual has their own, unique path to follow. Check out all of our Yoga & Barre classes and professionally trained instructors and find out what works best for you in your path to peace, growth and overall personal wellness. See what classes are the best fit for you best on our Yoga & Barre schedule.
Yoga is a total mind and body workout that requires flowing through a set series of exercises – called poses – while using the breath to focus the mind. The practice originated in India and each yoga pose has an English or Sanskrit name.
There are many different styles of yoga, from dynamic Vinyasa yoga to Hatha Yoga to Restorative Yoga, making it a great option for everyone.
Yoga is widely touted as a physical practice that can improve strength, stability, and flexibility, enhance respiratory and cardiovascular function, and even alleviate symptoms of chronic pain. The mental health benefits of yoga are also well-documented—from reduced stress, anxiety, and depression to improved sleep hygiene and overall quality of life.
Additionally, clinical research into restorative yoga has found that the practice can be a good resource for those with cancer, noting improvements to psychological well-being. Research shows that restorative yoga can decrease depression in cancer survivors; improve symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain symptoms in cancer patients; and help patients manage the toxicity of cancer treatments.
Barre is a low-impact exercise that delivers similar benefits to Yoga; including increased flexibility, improved posture & body alignment, and activated core muscle groups. The key difference is a barre workout teaches muscular control and endurance specifically in the hips and shoulders while integrating core stability.
Barre combines ballet-inspired movements (the barre that gives this training style its name is used as a support for some ballet exercises which are typically done in a barre class) with functional strength exercises.
In general, Barre could be thought of as a fusion of Pilates, classical ballet moves and dynamic stretching.
You'll use just the barre (you can also use a sturdy chair) for support, and your body weight or small pieces of equipment such as ankle weights or low-weight dumbbells to add resistance while you perform a number of reps — the goal is to work the muscles to the point of tension release with a focus on balance, and body awareness.
At Grow Well, we deeply embrace Yoga (and physical health) mental wellness, and our Community. As a result, we have decided that ALL proceeds from Grow Well Yoga + Barre + Fitness will go to the Grow Wellness Foundation NFP to directly fund access to mental health services to marginalized populations in the area.
To learn more, you can visit the Grow Wellness Foundation, NFP website at https://growwellnessfoundation.org/
