InnerJasmine Yoga & Wellness Studio

04/12/2026

04/10/2026

Spring has arrived at InnerJasmine 🌿

A new season, a softer rhythm, and a return to what matters most—mindfulness.
As we move into this season, our intention is simple: to help you slow down, tune in, and reconnect. Alongside your favorite classes, we’ll be weaving in special meditation and Yoga Nidra offerings—quiet spaces to reset, restore, and listen more deeply.

Here’s our current weekly schedule:

Monday
KatiFlow®, 9:30–10:30am (Katya)
YouthFlow, 4:30–5:30pm (Evelyn)
KatiFlow® Reset, 5:30–6:30pm (Katya)

Tuesday
KatiFlow® Hatha, 9–10am (Katya)
Aging with Grace, 10–11am (Katya)
Restorative, 7–8pm (Nicole)

Wednesday
KatiFlow®, 9:30–10:30am (Nicole)
KatiFlow® Hatha, 1–2pm (Katya)

Thursday
KatiFlow® Hatha, 9–10am (Katya)

Friday
KatiFlow®, 1–2pm (rotates)

Saturday
KatiFlow Peak®, 9–10:15am (Katya)

Our mission remains the same—offering authentic yogic experiences rooted in Mindfulness, Movement, Nourishment, and Restoration—meeting you exactly where you are.

✨ The schedule evolves with the seasons
✨ The InnerJasmine app always has the most up-to-date offerings

We can’t wait to share this season with you.

03/09/2026

We added something new to InnerJasmine that has already become a sweet little gathering spot — our Community Puzzle Board in the living room area.

If you arrive early for class, you might find someone working on the puzzle, adding a few pieces, or simply pausing for a quiet moment before practice.

Our newest puzzle just arrived for spring — a beautiful succulent garden, a lovely transition from winter’s season of Restoration into spring’s invitation toward Mindfulness.

A special thank you to Michelle for bringing this puzzle to the studio!

If you have puzzles at home you’d like to share with InnerJasmine, we would love to keep this tradition going. Each time one is completed, we’ll start another — ideally connected to the seasons of our practice:

• Spring — Mindfulness
• Summer — Movement
• Fall — Nourishment
• Winter — Rest

Little by little, piece by piece — just like practice — the picture comes together.

02/15/2026

Age Is Truly Just a Number

There is something powerful about watching someone discover their strength later in life.

My mama, Valentina, didn’t grow up “working out.”
She played recreational volleyball.
She swam in Lake Michigan with her friends.
Movement was joy — not a structured practice.

Yoga didn’t enter her life until 3–4 years ago.

Once a week.
With breaks.
Then twice a week.
Then slowly, something shifted.

Through two hip replacements, she kept showing up.
Not to prove anything.
Not to compete.
But to feel better.

Today, she not only takes Aging With Grace — she joins regular group classes.
And yes… she is absolutely crushing it.

The photo you’re seeing? Reverse Staff Pose.
Strength. Openness. Confidence. Fire.

Here’s what she’s taught me:

✨ Age is not a limitation — it’s perspective.
✨ Strength can be built at any stage of life.
✨ Consistency beats intensity.
✨ The body responds when we treat it with patience and respect.

At InnerJasmine, energy isn’t about being the youngest in the room.
It’s about being willing.

Willing to try.
Willing to grow.
Willing to believe that your body is still capable.

Mama, you inspire me more than you know. 🥰😘

To anyone wondering if it’s “too late” to start —
It isn’t.

Energy doesn’t expire.
It evolves.

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02/04/2026

One thing yoga taught me about love:

Presence is the practice.
In yoga, connection doesn’t come from forcing alignment or trying harder.
It comes from being here — listening, responding, adjusting in real time.

Love works the same way.
Not perfect poses. Not constant effort.
Just presence — again and again.

This week, I’m sharing a few things yoga philosophy has taught me about love and connection.

Not the loud kind. The lasting kind.

- Would love to see you on your mats, Saturday the 14th 9 am

01/02/2026

New Year’s Day at InnerJasmine 🤍 | Season of Restoration

As we look back on 2025 as a community, what stands out most isn’t how much we did—but how deeply we learned to be.

This past year reminded us that life doesn’t always ask us to move faster or try harder. Sometimes, it invites us to pause long enough to truly see: the quiet beauty of the present moment, the steadiness of breath, the support of community, and the profound impact of practicing together—exactly as we are.

At InnerJasmine, our mission is to offer authentic, life-stage yogic experiences rooted in mindfulness, movement, nourishment, and restoration. As we step into 2026, we do so firmly grounded in our Winter Season of Restoration—a time to soften, to integrate, and to honor what has carried us here.

So often we tell ourselves, I’ll slow down.
I’ll be more present.
I’ll appreciate this more.

And sometimes that awareness lasts only a day or two before life pulls us forward again.

This season—and this new year—invites something different. An opportunity to stay with that awareness. To let our practices support us in experientially living and loving through every moment—on the mat and beyond it. Not perfectly. Not forcefully. But with intention, curiosity, and care.

May 2026 be less about striving and more about listening.
Less about pushing and more about restoring.
More presence. More connection. More reverence for the quiet wisdom already within us.

We are so grateful to practice, rest, and grow alongside you.
Welcome to the New Year. Welcome to the Season of Restoration ✨

12/29/2025

This morning felt like a full-circle moment.
I took class at The Lab Yoga Studio with —and my heart is full of gratitude.

I remember his very first yoga class. His first teacher training. The moment he shared his dream of owning a studio in the city. And now, years later, I’ve watched him grow into an incredible practitioner, teacher, space-holder, owner—and most importantly, a true friend.

As I find my way back to my mat, I knew taking his class would feel like a transition point. A 90-minute practice that honored warming up, challenging the body, and truly cooling down felt like restoration in action. Not rushing. Not forcing. Just returning.

Grateful for friendship, for community, and for the kind of practice that reminds us why we began. 🤍

12/25/2025

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day — Remembering the Heart of the Holy Night

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day carry many layers of meaning.
Across Catholic and Orthodox traditions, this is a holy threshold — a vigil of stillness and devotion, followed by the radiant joy of the Incarnation. It is the remembering of light entering the world not with force, but with humility. A child. A manger. A promise of peace.

Over time, other traditions grew around this sacred story. Saint Nicholas, known for his generosity, compassion, and care for children and the poor, inspired the spirit of giving we still cherish today. Through centuries of storytelling and cultural blending, that generosity evolved into the modern image of Santa Claus — joyful, playful, abundant. A beautiful symbol, but one that points back to something deeper.

At its heart, this season is not about excess or perfection.
It is about presence.
It is about love made visible through action.
It is about light returning in the darkest days.

At InnerJasmine, this truth mirrors our mission. Yoga, like this holy night, invites us back to what is essential:
• to quiet the nervous system
• to soften the heart
• to remember that wholeness is already within us

Whether you mark this day through prayer, tradition, community, or quiet reflection — may it be a moment of reconnection. To breath. To meaning. To compassion. To each other.

May this Christmas remind us that peace begins gently, grows patiently, and lives most powerfully when we choose presence over noise.

With love and reverence,
InnerJasmine 🤍

12/22/2025

Last weekend, I felt a quiet pull to return to church—not out of obligation, but out of listening.

I arrived early. The lights were low. Icons surrounded the space. The Christmas tree was softly glowing. I put in my earbuds and listened to traditional Ukrainian Christmas carols, letting the language, the harmonies, the frequency move through me.

Time disappeared.

I’ve always believed you don’t need a building to pray or believe—and I still do. But there is something profoundly grounding about being held by community, by shared intention, by ancient sound and ritual. The Ukrainian language, the choirs, the melodies of Christmas—there is a resonance there that feels deeply regulating, deeply healing, deeply familiar to the soul.

I stayed for Mass.
I sat in prayer with Saint Barbara, known as a protector in times of sudden danger, uncertainty, and illness—called upon for courage, steadiness, and strength when life shifts without warning.

I didn’t ask for answers.
I didn’t ask to be fixed.

I simply rested.

And I left feeling lighter. More connected. More at peace.

InnerJasmine is about listening inward—honoring where you are and recognizing that healing comes in many forms: movement, stillness, breath, sound, prayer, and community.

Sometimes the most powerful medicine is simply returning—to roots, to rhythm, to resonance, to faith in whatever language your soul understands.

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12/22/2025

Welcome to the Season of Restoration at InnerJasmine

As winter settles in, we gently arrive at one of the most important phases of our year together: the Season of Restoration.
At InnerJasmine, restoration is not about stopping — it’s about returning. Returning to center, to nourishment, and to the inner rhythms that support sustainable well-being.
We intentionally align our programming with the solstices and equinoxes, honoring these natural turning points as moments of pause, reflection, and renewal. These transitions remind us that rest and restoration are not luxuries — they are essential.

Winter Solstice | December 20
The Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year and the quiet turning point where light begins its gradual return. From now through March, our offerings are designed to support nervous system regulation, gentle strength, reflection, and deep care — so that when spring arrives, we emerge steady and ready.

What’s Ahead as We Move Toward Spring
• Quarterly workshops and continuing education
• The return of our 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, beginning at the end of March
• The launch of our InnerJasmine Book Club

This season invites us to move a little slower, listen more closely, and choose what truly matters.

We look forward to practicing, resting, learning, and growing together — all the way into spring.

With warmth,
Katya & the InnerJasmine Team

12/18/2025

Lately, recovery has been teaching me humility.

Our bodies carry an incredible intelligence. When we are injured, ill, or overwhelmed, the nervous system often initiates a protective flexion response — a reflexive curling inward meant to guard and conserve energy so healing can begin. It isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom.

We experience this not only through injury or illness, but also through aging. Muscles respond differently. Joints move differently. Movements that once felt effortless ask for more care. And sometimes, there is a pause — one the body clearly needs.

Before COVID.
Before being run over by a snowmobile.
Before this most recent accident.

I was deeply immersed in my handstand practice, learning to bear weight through my hands — something entirely new for my dancer’s body. It became a journey of strength, patience, and trust. I learned chaturangas, handstands, press handstands, weight shifts, toe taps, and long holds.

I learned how to fly.
And I was proud of that.

Today, wrist flexion is one of the most compromised parts of my body. When I returned to my mat this week, everything looked different.

In child’s pose, my left palm won’t rotate down.
In tabletop, I’m on my forearms with blocks.
Instead of downward dog, I’m in dolphin.

This is where the practice shifts.

In yoga philosophy, we speak of santosha (contentment) and aparigraha (non-grasping) — learning to meet ourselves where we are, without clinging to how things used to be.

I don’t yet know if I’ll ever be on my hands the way I once was. Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t. But the accomplishment still matters. The journey still counts.

At InnerJasmine, we offer authentic life-stage yoga, rooted in mindfulness, movement, nourishment, and restoration — honoring the body as it evolves and allowing change to open new doors.

Healing humbles us.
And if we let it, it teaches us grace.


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12/10/2025

Today’s rehab looked a little different — ankle weights wrapped around my wrists so I could begin rebuilding strength with I’s, Y’s, and T’s. These tiny movements feel small, but they ask everything of me: patience, persistence, adaptability.

Every day I’m learning what my left side can do, what it’s not ready for, and how to meet myself somewhere in the middle. Rehab isn’t about returning to what was — it’s about discovering a new way forward, one breath and one adjustment at a time.

This is the heart of yoga, too:
meeting yourself where you are,
staying present to the unfolding moment,
and learning to adapt with compassion and intention.

Adaptability is more than a mindset — it’s scientifically linked to greater well-being and resilience. And people like Sydney Mesher, the first Rockette with a visible limb difference, continue to show the world what’s possible when you move with courage rather than limitation.

Here’s to trying new things, doing them differently, and honoring the quiet strength it takes to begin again. 🤍

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