Directory of yoga classes in North Carolina - listing yoga teachers of all styles and traditions!
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| Piedmont Triad |
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| Western NC | Outer Banks | ||||
| Charlotte Metro Area | Sandhills | Southeast | |||
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| Asheville's Lighten Up Teacher Training Center | |
| Address: | 60 Biltmore Ave, Downtown Asheville, NC 28801 - Above City Bakery |
| Contact: | Phone: (828) 254-7756 / Email: info [at] lightenupyoga.com |
| Website: | http://lightenupyoga.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Lillah Schwartz (www.lillahschwartz.com) |
| Yoga Style: | Iyengar, alignment, Anusara, Jivamukti, Purna, Core Strength, Back Care, Meditation. |
| Specialties: | 200/500 Hr Teacher trainings, Back care, Seminars, Customized training. |
| Description: | Ten talented teachers, dedicated to the study, teaching, and practice of yoga. Clear your mind and connect with heart at Lighten Up Yoga. All classes are adjusted for the student's ability. We use the alignment principles of the Iyengar method to keep our students safe and on track with their intentions for mental clarity, good health and a pain free life. A variety of progressive classes offered 7 days a week. |
| Yoga Teacher Training: | Known by appreciative students across the country as "the queen of alignment," Lillah brings the benefits of her 30 years' training with yoga experts, like BKS Iyengar, Aadil Palkhivala, Eric Small and others to her 200 & 500 Hr "Yoga Wisdom Teacher Training". A comprehensive in-depth course, she skillfully guides her students to the power & practice of yoga as a life changing and healing modality. Our graduates are widely respected around the Southeast. |
| Asheville Yoga Center | |
| Address: | 239 S. Liberty St., Asheville, NC 28801 |
| Contact: | Phone: (828) 275-6156 / Fax: (828) 254-9496 / Email: info [at] youryoga.com |
| Website: | www.youryoga.com | Yoga, Philosophy & Sanskrit Resources |
| Instructor: | Stephanie Keach (www.stephaniekeach.com) |
| Yoga Style: | Flow, vinyasa, ashtanga, kundalini, iyengar, power, kripalu, anusara |
| Specialties: | Retreats, workshops, teacher trainings, free yoga |
| Description: | The Asheville Yoga Center is a community center dedicated to offering all styles of hatha yoga to the public. We have classes perfect for total beginners through advanced. We have classes for those in rehabilitation, or those who have been away from their yoga practice for a while and need some inspiration. We have classes for pregnant women, children and really stressed out folks. |
| Retreats: | We offer Stephanie Keach's popular Teacher Training programs, as well as retreats and workshops with nationally known Yoga Teachers. |
| Black Mountain Yoga | ||||
| Address: | 120 Broadway St. Downtown - Black Mountain, NC 28711 | |||
| Contact: | Phone: (828) 669-2939 | |||
| Website: | www.blackmountainyoga.com | Yoga Links | |||
| Yoga Style: | Hatha Flow, Gentle, Restorative, Kundalini, Yin-Yang, Hot | |||
| Specialties: | Yoga for Everyone...Everyday | |||
| Description:
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Black Mountain Yoga is a dedicated Yoga Center committed to bringing flexibility, strength and balance to the whole person; mind, body and spirit. Our center offers yoga instruction beyond the gym-like environment- bringing it in into a pure, authentic, and dedicated yoga studio. Black Mountain Yoga offers yoga classes for everyone...everyday of the week. We offer over 20 classes each week for students at all levels (beginner to advance), including:
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| Weekend workshops and teacher trainings offer more intensive, fulfilling experiences for those wanting to go deeper in their yoga practice. Check out our website www.blackmountainyoga.com for a class schedule, class descriptions, teacher bios and special workshop/event information. Please come and join us. ~ Brad and Martia, founders of Black Mountain Yoga | ||||
| Yoga South | |
| Address: | 160 Royal Pines Dr., Asheville, NC 28704 |
| Contact: | Phone: (828) 649-7570 / Email: info [at] yogasouth-asheville.com |
| Website: | http://yogasouth-asheville.com | Local Asheville & Yoga Resources |
| Description: | Offering a variety of yoga classes from beginner to advanced as well as Thai massage and Thai massage training. |
• The Yoga Asheville - Asheville Yoga Class Directory is a directory of yoga classes in the Greater Asheville area created by GAYA (the Greater Asheville Yoga Association).
| Covenant Recreation & Fitness Center | |
| Address: | 1000 East Morehead Street, Charlotte 28204 |
| Contact: | Email: rwdesk [at] covenantpresby.org |
| Website: | http://covenantpresby.org/connect/recreation... | Covenant Recreation on Facebook |
| Instructors: | Julie Johnson, Nancy Nicholson |
| Yoga Style: | Gentle, chair, Kripalu |
| Schedule: | Tuesdays 5:45 - 6:45 pm; Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 & 12:15-1:15pm (different price); Thursdays 9:30 -10:30 am; Fridays 7:30-8:30 am (different price); Sundays 4:30 - 5:30 pm $5.00 Drop-in fee. |
| Beginners welcome... mats, blocks, and straps provided. First class free! | |
| Wellness From Inside | |
| Address: | Charlotte, NC 28269 |
| Contact: | Phone: (704) 877-0668 / Email: info [at] wellnessfrominside.com |
| Website: | www.wellnessfrominside.com | Yoga Links |
| Description: | Wellness From Inside provides personalized yoga instruction designed to fit your body and your lifestyle. Whether you want a vigorous yoga workout or a relaxing stress relieving session, Wellness From Inside will cater to your needs. You will receive dedicated personal attention that will help you meet your goals. We offer private sessions, semi-private sessions, classes and workshops. |
| The Yoga Center at 8th Street Studio | |
| Address: | 1940 E. 8th Street, Charlotte, NC |
| Contact: | Phone: (704) 372-4289 |
| Website: | www.8thstreetstudio.com/yoga-center | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Phyllis Rollins |
| Yoga Style: | Iyengar |
Description:  |
For over 17 years The Yoga Center has been dedicated to the study and practice of hatha yoga. Teachers follow the Iyengar tradition in their daytime and evening classes. Several levels of classes are available to meet the needs of students at differing degrees of ability. Each class is designed to help students build strength and gain flexibility through concentration and precise action. The Center is fully equipped with props which assist the student in a deeper experience of each pose. |
| In addition to an expected increase in flexibility and strength, students of Iyengar yoga acquire increased awareness of the self, a calm and stable mind and greater discipline and concentration. Iyengar yoga focuses specifically on the needs of the individual and each student receives personal attention from the teacher in every class. Teachers trained in this tradition are skilled at adapting the poses for students with physical limitations and are known for making hands on adjustments. It is a vigorous and mentally challenging approach to a wide range of asanas. | |
| Yogadancer | ||
| Address: | Charlotte and Matthews, North Carolina |  |
| Contact: | Email: yogadancer [at] carolina.rr.com | |
| Website: | www.yogadancer.biz | Charlotte Area & Yoga Resources | |
| Instructor: | Debi Hawkins-McLendon, E-RYT | |
| Yoga Style: | Anusara-Inspired Yoga, Itsy Bitsy Yoga | |
| Specialties: | Therapeutic Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Postnatal Yoga, Itsy Bitsy Yoga | |
| Description: | Anusara-Inspired group classes and private therapeutic sessions for all levels and ages. Introductory classes for beginners - I love beginners! Itsy Bitsy Yoga for babies and tots from birth to 24 months. Prenatal and postnatal classes by request. | |
| Yoga for Strength and Stillness | |
| Address: | Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Lake Norman, Charlotte, Denver, University |
| Contact: | Email: samnoto [at] hotmail.com |
| Website: | www.samanthanoto.com | Yoga Resources |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, Vini, Subtle, Para Yoga, Vinyasa |
| Specialties: | Therapy for all states of dis-ease, philosophy, history, kirtan, meditation, childrens yoga |
| Description: | Yoga is for every BODY, and the only requirement is a flexible mind. Join me to find out how you can incorporate yoga into your life for physical, emotional and spiritual wellness - self actualization. I specialize in yoga therapy, meditation and instruction for children. Group and Private available. |
| Hot Yoga Therapy | |
| Address: | 1031 E Mountain St Bld 308 Ste 109, Kernersville, NC 27284 |
| Contact: | Phone: (336) 996-9642 / Email: hotyoga [at] triad.rr.com |
| Website: | www.hotyogatherapy.biz |
| Instructor: | Rowena Brown, Studio Director/Instructor |
| Yoga Style: | Bikram |
| Description: | Affordable Hot Yoga. 100% Virgin rubber flooring. Pure Air Technology. Clean, pure, fresh, sterile air. It makes a big difference. |
| mind|body|fitness yoga | |
| Address: | 2949 Battleground Ave. Greensboro, NC 27408 |
| Contact: | Phone: (336) 392-9224 / Email: Andrea [at] mindbodyfitnessyoga.com |
| Website: | www.mindbodyfitnessyoga.com | Yoga & Fitness Links |
| Instructors: | Andrea Dyer, RYT 500; Alisha Weilfaert, RYT; Becky Roberts, RYT; Mary Moore, RYT; Michael Ward, RYT and Certified Anusara Instructor |
| Yoga Style: | Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Flow, Power Yoga, Yin, Anusara, Meditation |
| Specialties: | We cater to all levels of experience, helping our yogis find inner peace and grace. |
| Description: | mind|body|fitness yoga classes are based on the eight limbed path of yoga - guiding yogis to a focused, healthy life. mind|body|fitness yoga students cultivate a passion for yoga tradition and the bliss of living mindfully present. Classes offered include Ashtanga/Vinyasa/Flow Yoga, Yin Yoga, Anusara Yoga and meditation for all levels and experience. Classes resonate with themes teaching the principles of yoga and living mindfully on and off the mat - with warm light-heartedness. |
| Tai Ga Do | |
| Address: | 4314 Old Walkertown Rd, Winston Salem, NC |
| Contact: | Phone: (336) 767-8850 / Email: lpollack39 [at] yahoo.com |
| Website: | www.taigado-center.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructors: | Leon Pollack / Jot Singh |
| Yoga Style: | Kundalini |
| Description: | Classes are available for Aikido, Judo, Chen Tai Chi and Kundalini Yoga. |
| Anjali Yoga Studio | |
| Address: | 271 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Southern Pines, NC 28387 |
| Contact: | Phone: (910) 692-3988 / Email: marie [at] anjalistudio.com |
| Website: | www.anjalistudio.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructors: | 5 instructors |
| Yoga Style: | All Levels |
| Description: | We are a new studio in Southern Pines, serving the Pinehurst area. The studio is primarily used for yoga, however, we offer much more. |
| The Body Center | ||
| Address: | Raleigh/Durham, NC, USA |  |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 559-0464 / Email: bodycentering [at] gmail.com | |
| Website/Links: | http://bodycenteringyoga.com | |
| Yoga Style: | Ashtanga, Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Yoga Nidra | |
| Specialties: | Yoga Therapy-based Immersions & Teacher Trainings | |
| Instructor: | Nina Be (MA, MEd, E-RYT-500, NCC, IAYT) is the Director of Body Centering Yoga. She is a teacher, yoga therapist, certified counselor, artist and performer, who has been teaching, choreographing and designing wellness programs internationally for over 35 years. Presently, Nina Be is owner of Body Centering Yoga, LLC, directs the Centering Yoga program at Burt's Bees, co-directs the Mindful Whole Health program for JOBSTART (in the N.C. State Women's Prison System), and runs the Body Center in Raleigh, NC. In this light-filled studio she teaches yoga to groups and individuals, co-leads the GreatMind Meditation Group, offers therapy and counseling to individuals and families, and organizes community events. Her successful RYT 200/500 Certification Programs of Body Centering Yoga are currently being offered in NC. | |
| Description: | Body Centering Yoga is a heart-centered lifestyle practice, founded upon integrity, sustainability, mindfulness, authentic expression, holding balance, and awakening to one's infinite possibility. It is an accessible Yoga Therapy practice, that has supported hundreds of people from all walks of life to access their true potential, and find their personal sanctity. | |
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| Body Centering Yoga is open to everyone, regardless of yoga experience, background, physical abilities, or belief system. Body Centering Yoga empowers individuals to focus, with breath, into greater ease of movement, and inner peace. It honors the fact that the body expresses the unspoken; it is the calligraphic gesture of our interior condition. Body Centering Yoga will awaken you to the rest of your life. | ||
| Gentle Hatha Yoga | |
| Address: | 2208 Oxford Hill Dr., Raleigh, NC 27608 |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 831-9316 / Email: janis [at] ramquist.com |
| Website: | www.gentlehathayoga.net | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Janis Ramquist, RYT, 35 years of experience |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, classical instruction |
| Specialties: | Yoga for health challenges, seniors, children, individual modifications. |
| Description: | The classes are small and intimate with individualized instruction with modifications tailored to specific needs. |
| Integral Yoga Studio | |
| Address: | 206 Redwood Park Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560 |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 337-0072 / Email: subhashmittal [at] gmail.com |
| Website: | www.integralyogastudio.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Subhash Mittal |
| Yoga Style: | Integral Yoga |
| Specialties: | Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Stress Management |
| Description: | Certified Yoga instructor with over ten years of experience, teaching in a friendly, non-competitive and cooperative environment. Please visit the website for the current class schedule and other information. |
| Patience Armstrong Yoga | |
| Address: | Raleigh, NC 27615 |
| Contact: | Email: patience4art [at] earthlink.net |
| Website: | www.patienceyoga.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructor: | Patience Armstrong, Certified Anusara Yoga instructor, RYT |
| Yoga Style: | Anusara yoga, anusara therapeutics |
| The Yoga Connection School of Yoga RYS | |
| Address: | 108-B south 3rd St., 2nd Floor, Smithfield, NC 27577 |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 971-1431 / Email: yogaconnectionnc [at] gmail.com |
| Website/Links: | www.theyogaconnectionnc.com |
| Instructors: | Martha Catz ERYT, Nancy Gilbert 200RYT, and Cindy Johnson 200RYT |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha and Mindful Awareness yoga |
| Specialties: | Pre natal, Mindful Awareness Meditation, Yoga for Seniors, 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training |
| Description: | We offer a variety of Hatha yoga classes and levels from gentle beginner to intermediate. We also have specialty training in pre natal, Yoga for Seniors and Mindful Awareness Meditation for weight management and stress reduction. Martha is an Integrative Health Coach trained through Duke Integrative Medicine. |
| Yoga Teacher Training: | We have a certified 200 hour teacher training program 1 time per year, beginning February. The training meets 1 weekend per month for 9 weekends. Please contact us for more information or visit our website. |
| The Yoga Connection has been in service to students for over 7 years. Our location is in Smithfield, NC near the intersection of Interstate 95 and Highway 70 so the studio is easily accessed from Raleigh to Goldboro, Benson to Wilson. | |
| Yoga Foundations | ||
| Address: | Bratton Drive, Garner, NC 27529 |  |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 208-3353 / Email: Audrey [at] YogaFoundations.com | |
| Website/Links: | http://YogaFoundations.com | |
| Instructor: | Audrey | |
| Yoga Style: | ashtanga, gentle, vinyasa, hatha | |
| Specialties: | newcomers to yoga | |
| Description: | Yoga classes and private instruction. Each new student begins with a one-on-one lesson to learn yoga basics. Strong emphasis on safety and correct posture. | |
| Yoga Legacy | |
| Address: | Raleigh/Garner, NC |
| Contact: | Phone: (919) 661-1392 / Email: yogalegacy [at] yahoo.com |
| Website: | http://yogalegacy.com | Yoga Links |
| Instructors: | Pat Callahan, Kayte Temples |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, Vinyasa, Prenatal, Children, Mommy & Baby, Senior, Chair, etc. |
| Description: | Hatha Yoga Teacher Training For the aspiring teacher, serious practitioner, those pursuing a healthy lifestyle or needing CEC's for current certifications. Join us for our affordable Yoga Teacher Training Program, which is offered in 18 contact hour Modules over a period of 2 days. Classes are held in a location convenient to Raleigh, Cary, Apex and the RTP area of North Carolina. |
| In just 18 hours of our Basic Yoga Teacher Training, you will learn what Yoga is all about, the benefits, and how to properly execute 26 basic poses. For those interested in our 245 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program we offer an 18 day intensive or you may persue your certification one 18 hour contact Module at a time at your own pace on Weekends. | |
| Conscious Yoga | |
| Address: | 505 Highland Avenue, Greenville, NC 27858 |
| Contact: | Phone: (252) 756-7010 / no fax / Email: don [at] consciousyoga.com |
| Website: | www.consciousyoga.com |
| Instructor: | Don English |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha: adapted to the needs of the class |
| Specialties: | I have worked with teens in recovery, and am presently working with adults recovering from brain injuries and strokes. |
| Ocean Thoughts Yoga | |
| Address: | Travelling yoga center: Hampstead / Wilmington Ocean Thoughts Yoga in your office. Wellness on the Job. Let the Yoga Studio come to you! |
| Contact: | Phone: (910) 228-7052 / Email: heike [at] oceanthoughts.com |
| Website: | www.oceanthoughtsyoga.com | http://sites.google.com/site/oceanthoughtsyoga/index | Yoga & Reflexology Links |
| Instructor: | Heike McDoniel, RYT |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha Yoga, Multi-style |
| Description: | Yoga has been known to reduce the number of sick days in the workplace, lower health care costs, and improve the overall health of people who practice yoga. Your employees will return to work recharged physically, mentally and emotionally. One of the most wonderful things about yoga is that it can be practiced anywhere, in a studio or gym, on a beach or a mountain top, or even in your office or workplace. There are some simple yoga stretches and techniques which you can perform even when sitting at a desk or a computer. Taking a short break to do some quick yoga stretches has many benefits. Stretching increases blood flow to the brain, which makes it easier for us to concentrate and think clearly. And it also helps alleviate the #1 work-related health problem: stress. |
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| Address: | Avon, NC - On Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. 40920 Highway 12, Avon, NC 27915 |
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| Contact: | Phone: (252) 995-3125 / Email: yoga [at] spakoru.com | |
| Website: | www.spakoru.com | NC, Fitness & Yoga Links | |
| Instructors: | Tami Thompson, Wendi Palmer, Stacie Gursky | |
| Yoga Style: | Hatha, Flow, Yoga on the Beach | |
| Description: | Located in the heart of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Spa Koru is 4 acre world class destination spa & wellness campus. With a state of the art yoga studio, organic spa, fashion salon, and top of the line fitness center, Spa Koru is the only facility of its kind on the Outer Banks. Luxury Villas are available for week or partial week stays. Workshops and retreats available. Yoga on the Beach and women's surf camps. | |
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