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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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20 yoga poses for peace of mind

20 Yoga Poses & Movements for Peace In todays modern world, finding peace can take effort. Our days are often absorbed with long and busy work hours and sometimes our self-care needs get put on the back burner.  Then, our stress can accumulate in our bodies and minds. When we

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20th Anniversary Celebration

A Day of Celebrating 20 Years of Memories Do you remember when AYC was first operating out of a gym?  Or when we began our 200-Hour Teacher Training program?  Can you recall practicing in the building on Liberty St. just down the road from our current studio just a few

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20 Minutes of Relaxation

20-Minute Sequence for a Great Night’s Sleep It can be hard to make the transition from a busy day to a restful night’s sleep. Try this 20-minute sequence to help you relax, body and mind, and ease you into dreamland. To enhance this gentle practice, listen to calming music or

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20 Years of AYC History

In truth, we are all students and we are all teachers. – Stephanie Keach, co-founder, Asheville Yoga Center Following a dream This year, Asheville Yoga Center (AYC) celebrates twenty years of changing the world through yoga. What started in a small rented space has grown to a nationally renowned yoga center

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Summer Solstice

“Arjuna, I am the taste of pure water and the radiance of the sun and moon. I am the sacred word and the sound heard in air, and the courage of human beings. I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the radiance of fire; I am the life

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Healing Veterans through Yoga

Anthony Scaletta, a 36 year old veteran that served two tours in and around Iraq, says, “Yoga has completely changed everything for me.  I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say it saved me because I was on a destructive path at different times in my life and it kept

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

– Mary Oliver

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