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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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What is the 200-Hour Training Experience You Need?

Find the Program Option to Fit Your Schedule Are you ready to dive into 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training? This in-depth curriculum will give you the confidence and experience you need to start educating and sharing the love of yoga with others while providing a deeper understanding of yourself through the

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Beginner Yoga

Open Your Heart

Tips and Poses to Feel Your Best A yoga practice provides countless benefits to your overall health. By dedicating a few hours a week to your practice, you will feel calmer and more balanced both physically and mentally. A synopsis of yoga and cardiovascular disease, published in the European Journal

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Showing Love to Those in Need

Asheville Yoga Center Supports Veterans Services of the Carolinas in February In the dark of winter, we are embraced with a month centered around the warmth of love. With Valentine’s Day as one of the focal points of February, we are reminded to show love to those who mean the

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Know Your Boundaries

Consent in the Classroom In a recent article written for the New York Times, journalist Katherine Rosman found herself face-to-face with the issue of consent and hands-on assists during Asheville Yoga Festival this past summer. During a four-hour workshop titled “Inversions and Adjustments” with Jonny Kest, she found herself in

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Don’t Let Your Personal Practice Slip Away

Tips to Maintain Your Practice as a Yoga Teacher Despite the therapeutic nature of yoga, being an instructor is not without its challenges. With hours spent teaching multiple yoga classes at different yoga studios, events, and taking time to prepare for workshops, it can be really difficult to make time

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Beginner Yoga

What Do You Need from Your Practice?

Find the Style of Yoga for Your Body If you’re ready to make a fitness change this year, you don’t have to dread spending hours in the gym or agonize over going to a strenuous workout class. Fitness should be something that you look forward to and something that serves

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Learn the Tools to Be an Inspiration to Others

Show Your Light Take a minute to think about some of your most influential yoga teachers. How did they impact your life? What qualities did they possess that made you admire them? Yoga teachers are some of the most nurturing, impactful people that you will meet in your life. Going

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Combat Seasonal Affective Disorder with Yoga

Stay Ahead of the Winter Blues It’s easy to fall into the winter blues when temperatures plummet and it’s dark and dreary outside. You might find that you start feeling lethargic and it might become harder and harder to get out of bed in the morning. These are all symptoms

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Serving Others in Need

Raising Awareness and Support for Carolina Resource Center for Eating Disorders “Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve… You don’t have to know the second theory

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Great Holiday Gifts for Your Yogi

There are so many goodies nestled in the Boutique and Studio! In an effort to make your holiday shopping easy and stress-free, we’ve developed this comprehensive gift guide to give you a variety of great, affordable gift options for your yogi this holiday season. Gift Ideas for Any Yoga Practice

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

– Mary Oliver

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