Your Yoga Blog

Stay up-to-date on the latest from Asheville Yoga Center with our blog! Meet our teachers and hear them share more about their lives and yoga practice. Read tips on how to integrate yoga more deeply into your life off the mat. Learn more about inspirational teacher training programs, and discover new ways to deepen your practice!

20 Inspirational Mantras

How Yoga Supports Mental Resilience and Emotional Strength

Whether we feel the intense heat and muscle strain of a deep, long-held warrior pose, or the blissful sensations after a cleansing round of Kapalbhati pranayama, mental resilience and emotional strength are fortified when we let go of our preferences and do our dharma simply because it needs to be done.

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20 Inspirational Mantras

How Yoga Supports Mental Resilience and Emotional Strength

Whether we feel the intense heat and muscle strain of a deep, long-held warrior pose, or the blissful sensations after a cleansing round of Kapalbhati pranayama, mental resilience and emotional strength are fortified when we let go of our preferences and do our dharma simply because it needs to be done.

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Start Your Practice & Find Your Yoga Home at AYC

Be Comfortable with Your Yoga Practice If you’ve never tried yoga before, starting out can be intimidating and even a little scary. Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m too busy. My back bothers me. I’m not flexible enough for yoga. I don’t even know where to begin?” These are

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Preparing to Teach Class

Feel Prepared & Confident The 200-Hour program will give you the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the beauty of yoga. With a diligent curriculum, support from fellow yogis and wisdom from highly skilled teachers, you are in for the journey of a lifetime. This training opportunity could open your

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Fostering a Community of Empowerment

AYC Raises Funds & Awareness for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity As yogis, we know how energizing and empowering a yoga practice can be. These positive impacts are a few of many reasons why we roll out our mats each day. With each asana, our strength and confidence builds and

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Find Your Om Outdoors

Capital at Play Features Yoga in the Park Summer Series Just as yogis lengthen their limbs—arms, legs, fingers, and toes—with an intentional groan of muscles, so is the yoga industry expanding to accommodate more practitioners, products, concepts, and classes. As of 2018, some 36 million Americans practice yoga; between 2012

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Showing Gratitude for Our Local Environment

AYC Raises Awareness and Support for RiverLink “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. The word gratitude

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“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

– Mary Oliver

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