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!

Paige Gilchrest, Asheville Yoga Center Instructor

Teacher Feature: Paige Gilchrist

Discover the inspiring journey of yoga teacher Paige Gilchrist, from her humble beginnings in a drafty college ballroom to leading retreats, teaching in diverse settings, and weaving sound, Zen wisdom, and community into her classes.

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Paige Gilchrest, Asheville Yoga Center Instructor

Teacher Feature: Paige Gilchrist

Discover the inspiring journey of yoga teacher Paige Gilchrist, from her humble beginnings in a drafty college ballroom to leading retreats, teaching in diverse settings, and weaving sound, Zen wisdom, and community into her classes.

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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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Yoga for Allergies

  It’s that time of year again.  People are feeling the relief that winter has ended and spring is blooming all around us.  But with that bloom comes the itching, red eyes, and sneezing of allergies.  We’ve got 5 poses for you to integrate into your practice that can help

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Instructor of the Month: Kimberley Puryear

Taking one of Kimberley Puryear’s classes is to get an hour-long education in authenticity and self love. The moment you lay out your mat in her Tuesday evening Yin class, you are welcomed by Kimberley with a smile (usually followed by a funny one-liner). Although the class is always packed,

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Instructor of the Month: Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson is a compelling mix of creative yoga instructor and curious student of the mind. The root of his interest in meditation lies in its ability to help with neurological disorders and for developing wellbeing. Michael’s worldview and meditation practiced changed when he read Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson and

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Community Member Profile: Liz Goodman

What is your “Yoga Story”?
I doubt if I will ever be finished with the story, or, I hope not. Yoga is the one activity that touches all senses, when open to it, both mind and body. I am grateful for how the practice has helped me to grow in being compassionate to the journey I am on.

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Is Yoga Enough?

How Ayurveda Compliments Your Yoga Practice By Stephanie Keach Hatha Yoga does an amazing job at strengthening, stretching and detoxifying the body, while helping to replenish and rejuvenate all the internal glands and organs. Yet for some, it may not be enough for full wellbeing. Yoga has a sister, her

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– Mary Oliver

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