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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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6 Benefits of Japa Meditation

By Timothy Burgin, Founder & Creator of Japa Mala Beads While there are numerous traditions and styles of meditation one can practice, I’ve found that using a mantra with mala beads is the easiest and most powerful way to meditate. In addition to all of the benefits of meditation, japa

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What’s So Scary About Yoga?

Debunking common misconceptions and reservations about practicing yoga. By Matthew Ceurvorst Yoga draws people in for a myriad of reasons: perhaps it was a doctor’s recommendation, the testimony of a friend or family member, or just sheer curiosity. Regardless of the paths that have led to this point, most people

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AYC Charity of the Month: The Hope Chest for Women

Asheville Yoga Center Fundraises for The Hope Chest for Women Charity Yoga Center to donate 10% of Proceeds on October 26 to local cancer-support nonprofit. Asheville, N.C., October 1, 2017 — Asheville Yoga Center is shining a ray of hope for women in our community who are battling cancer by

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20 Minutes of Turning Inward

Meditation accounts for four of the eight limbs of yoga, and is an important aspect of any yogi’s practice. To meditate is to bring yourself into a state of thoughtful awareness, one that allows you to look inward and focus on yourself. Meditating can begin by focusing on your breath,

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Thank You, Asheville

Thank you for 20 Years of AYC! As we look back at the past 20 years of Asheville Yoga Center, we are so humbled and grateful for the wonderful community of people who’ve made this milestone possible. Thank you to everyone who attended our 20th Anniversary Celebrations on Sept. 14,

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20 Inspirational Mantras

Contributed by AYC Instructor Michael Johnson Asheville Yoga Studio, building a community of yogis since 1997. To help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Asheville Yoga Center, I would like to offer you these 20 mantras with a brief explanation. Mantra means resolution. It is derived from the words manas

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

– Mary Oliver

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