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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!

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How to Deal with Student Injuries

Tips for Teaching a Low-Risk Class Written by AYC Instructor, Rosie Mulford As a yoga teacher, you will likely encounter a student who gets injured. If an injury arises during your class, it doesn’t necessarily mean you were the cause. Regardless, it is important to know how to be aware

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Take Your Practice with You While You Travel

Tips to Maintain Your Practice Wherever You Are It’s that time of year again for a busy summer season filled with all kinds of travel plans. Whether you’re traveling for work or for fun, don’t let your yoga practice fall by the wayside! Here are a few ways to make

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Find the Fire Power of Your Manipura Chakra This Summer

Yoga Digest Features Asheville Yoga Center’s Article The sun smiles down on Mother Earth and softly embraces our hemisphere with abundant beauty and warmth. As we celebrate the beginning of the summer solstice, we begin to experience the heat of the season as it sets in for the next few

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Light Up Your Root Chakra

Om Yoga & Lifestyle Magazine Feature Spring is the perfect opportunity to ignite the root chakra (muladhara) inside ourselves as a time of rebirth and new growth. The chakras manifest themselves as spinning wheels of energy that correspond to specific areas of the body. The human body consists of seven

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Yoga and Spa Magazine Recognizes Asheville Yoga Center

Shape Up for Spring Spring is just around the corner which means it’s time to refresh, rejuvenate and get back to feeling your best! Shake off those winter blues and spring forward into a new season of endless opportunity. When we think of spring we think of new growth and

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Yoga and Spa Magazine Features Asheville Yoga Center

The Benefits of Yoga in the Winter Season Even for the most devoted yogi, the winter months can be a drag when it comes to getting motivated to hit the mat. We get it – cold, dark, lonely – who wouldn’t want to stay curled up at home? But consistently

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Commitment to Reducing Our Environmental Impact

Showing Aparigraha in Our Community Since inception, we have made it a priority to do what we can to positively impact our environment. As yogis, we strive for aparigrapha, which is the idea of not taking more than one needs. Our solar-powered, environmentally sustainable yoga center sits on a lushly

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Supporting Healthy Living Amongst Our Youth

Ways Yoga Improves Children’s Health The early years of our lives set the foundation for who we will become and how we will treat not only ourselves but also others. Good physical and mental health is important, and we believe that all children have a right to the resources they

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Having Confidence as a New Yoga Teacher

Believe in Yourself Through Your Journey Have you thought about pursuing your love of yoga beyond the realm of your personal practice? Embarking on the journey through 200-Hour teacher training will make you grow immensely as you connect with your mind, body and spirit. You’ll dive into a life-changing educational

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Living the Yogic Principle of Ahimsa

Asheville Yoga Center Supports Our VOICE in April We love rolling out our mats, connecting with ourselves and learning from the wisdom of instructors in class. But yoga is so much more than just the practice of poses and a time to work on personal growth. The principles set in

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

– Mary Oliver

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