Throughout most of my adult life, I have dabbled in and out of yoga. My first taste of yoga came at the ripe age of 17 – I took a yoga class at CPCC to fulfill a college credit. My teacher was in her 70s; her name I cannot recall. I kept thinking, “she’s so bendy…and I’m not.” She had immersed herself in her practice 30 years ago, and she was where I desperately wanted to be – secure, happy and content with life and the sufferings...

Friday, December 14th was a day of tragedy and incomprehensible horror. I came home from my job as an elementary school librarian saddened and heavy hearted. I didn’t have the opportunity to process what I was feeling with anyone that night. I came to my 8:15 hot vinyasa class with Emily the next morning. I always look forward to this class to kick off my weekend. I almost didn’t go, but I pushed through that and showed up. I sat...

I started Christine’s vinyasa class feeling tired and uncomfortable in my own skin, but I walked out completely refreshed — my digestive tract was calm, and the skin on my face felt newly warm and moist. I was practically giddy with relief and joy that I had made it to yoga class. When my husband came home from work, he looked at me as if he was seeing something in particular. “Are you noticing something?” I asked....

I moved to Charlotte in 2005 and have driven through the intersection of Carmel Road and Pineville-Matthews Road on a daily basis – sometimes multiple times in a day. When the imposing two-story edifice was erected on the northwest corner of the strip-mall pocked intersection in 2006, my soul already unhappy to have landed in Charlotte, NC gave way to a combined eye roll with deep chest heave. And so Carmel Village Shopping Center was marked...

Dear Be students, A lot has changed in recent weeks in the world of Anusara Yoga.  The Anusara Style teachers here at Be Yoga want to welcome you to your mat to continue your practice, and we want you to know what you can expect when you come to our classes.  First and foremost, we will all continue to offer excellent yoga instruction, with powerful, inspired themes and strong attention to the details of alignment.  We all believe strongly...