Category Archives: yoga

Calling Franklin yogis: Frances teaches free class on Tuesday nights!

When they decided to offer a weekly yoga class during the summer, the folks at Goodnight Memorial Library in Franklin reached out to 4yoga to see if one of our teachers would be available. Fortunately, Frances was willing and able … Continue reading

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Alice completes Yin immersion course

We are pleased to announce that Alice recently completed a 20-hour training specifically focused on Yin yoga. This immersion, held at Sanctuary for Yoga in Nashville, was led by Liz Stewart, who teaches Sanctuary’s Yin classes and has studied with … Continue reading

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June 2016 focus and class schedule

Our Breath is so elementary and yet has so much potential to reveal subtle knowledge about our lives when it becomes conscious and the focus of inquiry. It is possible to live one’s whole life without giving breath a second … Continue reading

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/breTH/ workshop with Debbie Marquette: June 11-12, 2016

Update (5/23):  Several people have expressed an interest in registering for the workshop but are unavailable on the June dates.  If you would be interested in a July workshop, please contact Debbie and let her know!  (She can be reached … Continue reading

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How to find the right yoga teacher for you

At 4yoga, we field many inquiries from potential students searching for the right yoga teacher and yoga studio for them to begin or to enhance their existing practice.  We are always happy to answer those questions and help guide folks … Continue reading

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February 2016 focus and class schedule

How are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? Are they beginning to fade away? The deep groove of habits is not easy to change. If you find yourself slipping into the old habit patterns you thought you wanted to change, … Continue reading

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Reminder: special Yin class, Living Our Yoga, on F 1/29 @ 5:30 p.m.

Alice and Angie would like to remind members of our community about this week’s co-taught Yin class, Living Our Yoga, and we invite  you to join us on Friday, January 29, at 5:30 p.m.  In case you missed it in the January … Continue reading

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January 2016 focus and class schedule

Happy New Year! Out with the old and in with the new! Let’s look a little deeper into this phrase…”the old” implies the past, and “the new” is now, the present. So, how about saying, “Out with the past and … Continue reading

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December 2015 focus and class schedule

This December, give yourself permission to open the most beautifully wrapped, the most dazzling, the most illuminated gift of all. You can find it in a moment of stillness and silence by hearing its sound: Anahata, Anahata, Anahata, Anahata. It … Continue reading

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November 2015 focus and class schedule

As autumn deepens in the month of November, we can reflect on the life-flowing energy of the natural world moving deeper into the core as an opportunity to practice self-reflection.  As Patanjali explains in the Yoga Sutras, the niyamas are … Continue reading

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