What We Do and Why
The Asheville Yoga
Center is a community center dedicated to offering all styles
of hatha yoga to the public. We have classes perfect for total
beginner's through advanced. We have classes for those in rehabilitation,
or those who have been away from their yoga practice for a while
and need some inspiration. We offer the finest yoga workshops, retreats and teacher trainings.
Hatha Yoga is the
balance of body, mind and breath. This system which combines
poses with the breath, (asana and pranayama) is said to be thousands
of years old, originating in India. All bodies, however handicapped,
can do yoga and reap the benefits: better posture, more overall
comfort in the body, more flexibility, more strength, better
breathing, better concentration, and an improved sense of peacefulness.
It is the mission of Asheville Yoga Center to provide the highest
education of Yoga. All of our teachers teach with compassion
and acceptance. Love is the aim of Yoga, and we at the Asheville
Yoga Center strive to walk in that Love at all times.
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About Our Center
Our studio space, has a 1100 square foot Yoga room. The yoga room has natural light, soothing colors, a floating wood floor system, high ceilings, a sound absorbing wall and ceiling system and gentle lighting. We're conveniently located on the north side of town minutes from downtown and the freeway, and we have plenty of free safe street parking. The Yoga Center's office hours are 30 minutes before a scheduled class begins and generally 15 minutes after class has started. For more information call 254-0380.
We have props and water (filtered water fountain) if you need them. We are walking distance to downtown, just a few blocks away, where you will find a large health food store with deli, tons of vegetarian restaurants, and yummy food everywhere!
Second location!
Our second facility for teacher trainings and events is located at 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville, NC 28801. This facility is 4 walking blocks from Asheville Yoga Center, into the heart of downtown Asheville. We have all the yoga props available here. Carolina Lane is a one way alley connecting Woodfin St. and Walnut St., you enter from Walnut St, however there is not any parking available in the alley. Carolina Lane is parallel and sits in between Lexington and Broadway. Parking for 31 Carolina Lane: Please Park in the public parking lots around the corner or the covered Rankin Street public parking garages. Walking is easy in Asheville, safe, and weather friendly usually. Free parking is 4 blocks away on the corner of Flint St. and Cherry St.
The Founders
Sunny and Stephanie
Keach are the founders of the Asheville Yoga Center. They live
in Asheville, North Carolina with their 3 young sons. When Steph
and Sunny met in '94 at massage school, they spoke of their
dreams and plans for the future. One of these dreams was to
own and operate their own yoga center. Several years, a marriage
and a birth later that dream was realized.
Stephanie
began doing Hatha yoga after she fractured her back in an auto
accident. Yoga changed her life and helped her heal her back
by herself. She began to study with teachers and then began
to teach herself. Stephanie spends her time these days continuing
her yogic education, teaching and parenting. Visit StephanieKeach.com
to learn more about Stephanie and her various Teacher Training
programs, workshops and retreats. Read
feedback from her Teacher training students.
Sunny
Keach's interest and practice in meditation, Buddhism, and the
human potential began around 1983. It wasn't until Stephanie
invited him to one of her yoga classes in '94 that he began
an asana practice. Sunny currently spends his time
managing the Yoga Center, parenting three very wild boys, gardening,
cycling, dancing and playing West African drums.
click picture above to see Keach family yoga pictures.
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