Frannie James Yoga

03/29/2026

I still need to make an April calendar, but wanted to get this week's schedule out sooner rather than later🌻🌻

💚Mon Mar 30, 8:45am: St Luke's Episcopal Church
💙Mon Mar 30, 11:30am: Hoover Library
💛Tues Mar 31, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💚Wed Apr 1, 8:45am: St Luke's Episcopal Church
💙Wed April 1, 1pm: Avondale Library
💛Thurs Apr 2, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💚Fri Apr 3, 10:30am: St Stephen's Episcopal Church

03/27/2026

📣SEVEN more opportunities for FREE CHAIR YOGA at Hoover Library before we break for the summer (and then start back up Sept 14💃).

Please join us when you're able🌻

Registration requested, but not required: https://events.hooverlibrary.org/event/14632398

03/25/2026

03/25/2026

I'm so happy to see more and more Chair Yoga classes at area YMCA branches🌻If you'd like to see more Chair Yoga, be sure to let your local branch know🌻

💚Hoover YMCA: Tuesdays at 10:45am (with Lisa now; I had to drop this class from my schedule due to health issues)
💛Shades Valley YMCA: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 1:30pm (with me🌻)
💚Greystone Y: Wednesdays at 10:30am (with Cathy)

03/24/2026

So much gratitude for a much-needed weekend in Asheville with Subtle Yoga with Kristine Weber and 50 other folx (lots of yoga teachers and therapists and meditation teachers). I'm still processing all that I learned. Key was reinforcement of the concept that Yoga is so much more than the postures / movement. It is a way to help us flourish.

As Kristine said early in the weekend: "Life is a terminal illness - how are we going to FLOURISH?"

So, yes, there are many benefits of yoga (and Chair Yoga IS Yoga), but the ones that kept me coming back are the internal ones, which is why they lead my list of five benefits of Chair Yoga.

For more info on me and my classes, please visit my website: https://franniejamesyoga.com/

03/22/2026

Hope to see you this week🌻🌻

💙Mon Mar 23, 11:30am: Hoover Library (I'll be driving home from an amazing yoga workshop in Weaverville NC with Subtle Yoga with Kristine Weber, so the wonderful Alexis Ann Unger will be teaching this class for me🌻)
💛Tues Mar 24, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💚Wed Mar 25, 8:45am: St Luke's Episcopal Church
💙Thurs Mar 26, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💛Fri Mar 27, 10:30am: St Stephen's Episcopal Church

03/19/2026

Walking is, of course, good for our knees. So is trying to eat anti-inflammatory foods, staying hydrated, and perhaps trying to let go of extra weight. This 20-minute Chair Yoga practice focuses on our knees and is thus a useful addition to whatever you do for knee pain / inflammation. Enjoy🌻

This second practices of Feb 2025* is still focused on building and maintaining knee strength. It builds on the Feb (Another) 10-minute Knee Reset and comple...

03/17/2026

Tomorrow (Mar 18) is 3rd Wednesday. So... FREE CHAIR YOGA at Avondale Library🌻

03/17/2026

In addition to the several (at last count, 9) Chair Yoga classes I teach weekly in the Birmingham area, I'm also available for private sessions (up to 3 people) and special events (i.e. work retreats, reunions, professional conferences, showers, birthday parties, etc). If you don't see a day or time that works when you try to "Book a Class," please contact me:
https://franniejamesyoga.com/

03/15/2026

Hope to see you this week🌻🌻

💙Mon Mar 16, 11:30am: Hoover Library
💛Tues Mar 17, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💚Wed Mar 18, 8:45am: St Luke's Episcopal Church
💙Wed Mar 18, 1pm: Avondale Library
💛Thurs Mar 19, 1:30pm: Shades Valley YMCA
💚Fri Mar 20, 10:30am: St Stephen's Episcopal Church - with the fabulous Sandra Agricola substituting while I'm at a yoga workshop in Asheville🌻

03/13/2026

03/13/2026

Just a reminder that there's a NEW TIME for my weekly Friday Chair Yoga class at St Stephen's in Cahaba Heights - we now meet at 10:30🌻For more info / to get on the email list for this class, please contact me: https://franniejamesyoga.com/