The Body Art Barn

The Body Art Barn An array of classes in Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Pole Dancing, Barre, Flexibility, and Lyra for all levels. The Body Art Barn is a meeting place for the community.
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The Barn stands as a beacon of light offering sacred healing sessions and space for healers to help nourish and nurture people during these dark and uncertain times. The Body Art Barn is the result of owner and creator Michelle Dawson’s deep exploration and articulation of the ancient Vedic Arts. Fifteen years of traveling as a working artist landed her on the black dirt in Chester, New York in September of 2011. It was here that she planted herself almost permanently. Her little studio was the first studio in Orange County to offer Aerial Yoga. The art-form and her articulation was so well received, she outgrew her sweet little space and became part of the epic renovation of the 200 year old Sears Barn on route 94 in Blooming Grove, New York. Since her opening there in 2014, she has singlehandedly refurbished 4000 square feet of the Barn to create a Holy, healing temple. Offering Yoga classes, Aerial Yoga classes, and Pole Dancing, the myriad of services offered at The Body Art Barn are down to Earth, highly accessible, affordable, and really fun! You have to see it to believe it. This space is something very special. As a multifaceted facility, The Body Art Barn is now a Healing Cooperative that hosts space for healing and training sessions.

03/08/2026

🌸 Spring Bloom Showcase Open Gyms 🌸

Getting ready for the Spring Bloom Showcase? We’ve got you covered!

Performers can enjoy FREE open gym time to rehearse, refine your flow, and bring your performance to life. ✨

Open Gym Times:
• Sundays: 11:30am – 1pm
• Mondays: 4pm – 5:45pm
• Fridays: 6pm – 7pm

This is the perfect chance to practice your piece, experiment with transitions, and try out our NEW brass pole. 💫

✨ Special Open Studio
March 14 | 1pm – 4pm
Instructors will be on hand to help with Pole, Silks, Lyra & more so you can feel confident and stage-ready.

Ready to perform?
Sign up through the link in our bio!

🌸 Spring Bloom Showcase Open Gyms 🌸If you’re performing in the Spring Bloom Showcase, you can enjoy these open gym times...
03/04/2026

🌸 Spring Bloom Showcase Open Gyms 🌸

If you’re performing in the Spring Bloom Showcase, you can enjoy these open gym times completely FREE to rehearse, refine your tricks, and polish your routine before hitting the stage.

Not performing? You’re still welcome to join these open gyms for extra practice — just book like a normal open gym.

✨ It’s also the perfect time to try out our new brass pole!

🌷 Special Open Studio
📅 March 14 | 1PM–4PM
Instructors will be there to help you on every apparatus — pole, silks, lyra, and more. Perfect for getting feedback, cleaning transitions, and feeling showcase-ready.

Let’s get ready to bloom on stage 💐

Our new weekly schedule is live at The Body Art Barn 🤍 From pole to aerial, strength to flow, there’s something waiting ...
03/03/2026

Our new weekly schedule is live at The Body Art Barn 🤍 From pole to aerial, strength to flow, there’s something waiting for you under the barn lights.

Reserve your spot on MindBody or visit www.TheBodyArtBarn.com and let’s move together 💫

Calling forth great women this month… 💃🏻👁️🪽& Something about Mary’s always gets me smitten. Happy Women’s Herstory Month...
03/03/2026

Calling forth great women this month… 💃🏻👁️🪽& Something about Mary’s always gets me smitten.

Happy Women’s Herstory Month 💋

Save the Date for Your next TRIPtych 🚀🍄🎧👁️ w/ & Come out n Dance Dionysian like on the Spring Equinox at NOCTURNIA 🌙🪩💃...
02/27/2026

Save the Date for Your next TRIPtych 🚀🍄🎧👁️ w/
&
Come out n Dance Dionysian like on the Spring Equinox at NOCTURNIA 🌙🪩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🪩🌙
The Deets :
🌙 Saturday March 28th
🌙 Doors open 8:30pm
🌙 20 at the door
🌙🍷🍀🍄🍄‍🟫
🌙 21 and over
Link in bio to preregister.

We promise this is the LAST time the date is changing 🥲🌸Due to a few unexpected scheduling conflicts (teacher training),...
02/26/2026

We promise this is the LAST time the date is changing 🥲🌸

Due to a few unexpected scheduling conflicts (teacher training), we had to make one final adjustment — but now it’s official and locked in 🔒✨
And we also have a beautiful new brass pole for our performers😉🩷

🗓 Saturday, March 28th
⏰ Doors open at 5PM

Clear your schedules, mark your calendars, tell your friends — because sign-ups are officially OPEN (again 😉) and we are so ready to BLOOM with you 🌷💖

🎟 Tickets to watch are available on MindBody
🔗 Sign up to perform through the link in our bio!

Thank you for your patience and love. This showcase is going to be so worth it 🌸✨

Starting tonight 🔥Barre + Pilates 45 is here! Join us every Wednesday from 6:00–6:45PM for a high-energy fusion of Pilat...
02/25/2026

Starting tonight 🔥

Barre + Pilates 45 is here! Join us every Wednesday from 6:00–6:45PM for a high-energy fusion of Pilates, Barre sculpting, and HIIT designed to tone, lengthen, and strengthen your entire body.

All levels welcome — let’s move 💫 Book your spot now at The Body Art Barn!

Does this Snow Day have you thinking about Spring & Summer? 🌸🌹🌺🌷🌻We have registration open for ALL of our Spring and Sum...
02/24/2026

Does this Snow Day have you thinking about Spring & Summer? 🌸🌹🌺🌷🌻
We have registration open for ALL of our Spring and Summer Camps. Links in bio and on website to get your child(ren) registered now before its sold out. So while you’re home exhausted from shoveling just think:
We have 25 days until official start of Spring! www.thebodyartbarn.com

So Brassy, So Classy. The Pole is outta the closet and She demands respect 🙏🏼📿🛐💯🌈💃🏻✔️💎11 years ago I had Poles in the bi...
02/23/2026

So Brassy, So Classy.
The Pole is outta the closet and She demands respect 🙏🏼📿🛐💯🌈💃🏻✔️💎
11 years ago I had Poles in the big room at . People couldn’t understand the concept. I know this because of the soundbytes that lingered upon seeing them 📢🚨📣
In order to protect a craft I found sacred and healing, and to hold sacred the vulnerability of the dancers, I built the Pole Room at
Later, I even built a Pole Only studio ( more of an attempt to keep Pole Secret and Sacred… ) but I closed it during the pandemic.
Anyway, POLE DANCE is braver than me and demands to be revealed- so HERE She is, for all to experience with an open mind.
This reclamation moment in time reminds me of my favorite quote from Gabrielle Roth~
💃🏻📿🪽💋
In many Shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: “When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?
Movement is Medicine people…. and Pole Dancing is Liberation . We gotta AWESOME Showcase planned for you to witness the Glory of Body Art. Link in bio, go look for it and plan to come!
Xoxoxo,
Michelle
Gabrielle Roth

Fck’d Cancer 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾Meet Irene 👁️🤌🏽✔️💎⭐️ , a total inspiration and righteous babe.Last night for her birthday celebration...
02/23/2026

Fck’d Cancer 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Meet Irene 👁️🤌🏽✔️💎⭐️
, a total inspiration and righteous babe.
Last night for her birthday celebration, Irene gave a moving performance on the Lyra. Her story is so powerful that I asked if I could share it here.
💫🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽💙🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽💫
This is my journey……..

In December 2022, at 44 years old, I was diagnosed with lobular carcinoma in my right breast. I found the lump myself — I knew something didn’t feel right — and I reached out to my provider immediately. Two days later, my world changed.

It was the scariest time of my life. Not knowing what the outcome would be. Waiting. Facing surgery. Wondering what my future would look like after my lumpectomy and treatment.

After treatment, I developed an undiagnosed autoimmune condition that causes painful joint flare-ups — something I still live with today. On March 29, I will be three years in remission. And while I am beyond grateful, cancer left me with something heavy: fear. Every ache, every sensation made me think it was back. I lived in that fear for a long time.

Last year for my birthday in January, my wish was simple — to let go of that fear. It didn’t happen overnight. But little by little, I began to release it.

On September 4, 2025, I walked into The Body Art Barn for my first aerial class. From the moment I stepped inside, something shifted. For that one hour, nothing else existed. I felt alive. I felt powerful. I felt free.

The more I showed up, the more that fear loosened its grip on me.

And last night, as I flew on my lyra, I felt something I hadn’t felt in years — completely unbound. Light. Free.

From the owner of The Body Art Barn to the instructors to every single student — this community is something words can’t fully capture. It is love. It is empowerment. It is healing.

I am so lucky to be here. So lucky to be part of this world.

Thank you, Body Art Barn, for giving me my wings. 🖤

If you see Irene at the Barn , please give her a fist pump 🤛🏾 for her baddassery and vulnerability.
Keep up the good work woman. You rocked your performance and I think you should do it again.😉

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2952 State Route 94
Blooming Grove, NY
10950

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 8pm
Wednesday 7am - 8:30pm
Thursday 7am - 8:30pm
Friday 7am - 8:30pm
Saturday 7am - 8:30pm
Sunday 7am - 8:30pm

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The Body Art Barn is Hudson Valley’s Sacred Barn Temple located in Blooming Grove, NY. A Yoga studio housed by the antiquity of a 200 year old barn, Michelle Dawson’s Aerial Yoga studio is a destination space even if Yoga is not your thing. Michelle, born and raised in Blooming Grove, lovingly hand crafted 4000 square feet of the old Sears Barn located on route 94 between Chester and Washingtonville. Utilizing found materials and the altruistic assistance of devoted Yogis, The Body Art Barn is a stunning example of resourceful creativity born from Michelle’s sincere desire to share her love of Yoga and Philosophy with all people, everywhere.

Offering classes in Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Pole Dancing, and Circus School for kids, The Body Art Barn welcomes all levels of movement and curiosity. Private parties, birthdays for kids, space rental for events large or small, the space is versatile, whimsical, and really freaking special.

Go soon. 2952 Route 94 Blooming Grove, NY .845 662 5604 www.thebodyartbarn.com