Instructor of the Month: Becca Odom
The minute you meet Becca Odom, an instructor here at Asheville Yoga Center, you immediately recognize her genuine kindness. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Yoga Teacher, her warmhearted nature compliments her ultimate goal of empowering individuals to release stress and trauma through yoga and self-regulation. Combining her backgrounds as a Social Worker […]
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 […]
Community Member Profile: Gloria Wetjen
I ran across a book on yoga in my early 20s, bought it and pretty much set it aside. Higher education and career were at the forefront of my mind and purpose. Jump several decades into the future when career becomes secondary, and it’s time for me to focus on me. Yoga is back in […]
Community Member Profile: Lorraine Lordi
Community Member Profile: Lorraine Lordi When people talk about how yoga has changed their lives, I can add one more to that: yoga saved my life. You see, ten years ago, I was diagnosed with MS. I went from being someone who could go like the Ever-Ready bunny to a person who could barely walk […]
Community Member Profile: Jay Gertz
Community Member Profile: Jay Gertz Why do you practice yoga? Yoga marks an endpoint of a long search and a new beginning in my life. For far too many years, I was seeking an elusive something that would fill that nagging emptiness inside. Yoga has provided a spiritual contentment and a physical nourishing that really sustains […]
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 name is Ayurveda (both born […]
Power Flow Vs Slow Flow
Power Flow Vs Slow Flow One of the most beautiful aspects of yoga, is that it invites practitioners from all backgrounds, ability levels, and personal goals to share in the benefits of yoga and hopefully even transform the world towards peace and goodwill. The most popular style of yoga at the Asheville Yoga Center is […]
5 Yoga Tips for Aging Gracefully
5 Tips for Aging Gracefully with Yoga By Stephanie Keach 1. Pelvic Floor Usually we think anti-sagging, anti-wrinkling, anti-balding when we see “Aging Gracefully”, but honestly those things don’t make us graceful. How about not having to wear a big, bulky diaper? Yup, GBK (Go Beyond Kegels) I say. My students will tell you I […]
5 Reasons Steph Loves Ashtanga Yoga
5 Reasons Steph Loves Ashtanga Yoga 1. Strength Building I have the genetics for flexibility, which makes Yoga a dream job. Except that flexible people get injured in Yoga three times more than non-flexies. We apparently go too far into the stretch, injuring the tissues around our joints. Yup, I see it all the time. […]
Instructor of the Month: Sara Levine
Instructor of the Month: Sara Levine Why do you teach yoga? Teaching gives me the opportunity to be joyful with those around me. As humans, we aren’t always able to be present and kind to ourselves and others, but when we’re on our mats, we are all equal – we are all graceful, clumsy, learning, […]
