Welcome to Black Cat Yoga, a homegrown and heart-led yoga studio in Jacksonville, Florida. Here, yoga is more than postures.
It’s a practice that goes beyond the physical and into the heart.
07/31/2025
Yoga breathing, simplified.
Breath practices hold incredible potential but can feel confusing at first, especially when unfamiliar words like "Ujjayi" or "Pranayama" are introduced without explanation. What do they mean? How do you actually do them? This beginner-friendly breath workshop breaks it all down in a simple, practical, and approachable way.
You'll learn some of the most common yogic breathing techniques, what they are, how to practice them, and how they can support you both on the mat and in everyday life. We’ll include a small amount of gentle, accessible movement to support the breath, but the primary focus is on learning and experiencing simple, effective breathwork that you can carry with you into any setting.
Whether you're brand new to yoga or simply want to deepen your connection to the breath, this is a great place to begin.
DATE: Saturday, August 16
TIME: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
REGISTRATION: $45
07/31/2025
One of the most beautiful parts of retreat is the unstructured, unplanned time. If you’re someone who enjoys quiet moments to read a book, take a walk, or rest in a hammock beneath the trees, this retreat is for you.
While we do have some shared practices and planned offerings, everything is optional, and there’s plenty of spacious, unstructured time to simply rest, reflect, and soak in the stillness of the mountains.
We would love to have you with us. If you have any questions or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
October 9-12
Blue Ridge, GA
Single & double occupancy available
Grateful for the music, the mantras, and the growing friendships. 💗 Thank you for being part of this bhakti family. 🎶🏡💛
07/25/2025
🪷 How Bhakti Yoga has carried us through loss...
🪷 Over the span of just a few years, we lost three of our parents. The grief has been heavy, raw, and at times overwhelming. There have been moments when it felt like the world had cracked open beneath us, when even simple things felt impossible.
🪷 Bhakti Yoga is what helps us keep breathing, feeling, and moving through the grief. Through music, mantra, and devotion, Bhakti has given us a way to feel and express what words can’t touch. It moves through us like a current and reminds us that our sorrow isn’t something to hide or fix, but something sacred to be honored, witnessed, and shared.
🪷 Our journey has been deeply shaped by the presence of heart-centered Bhakti teachers like David Newman, Sean Johnson, and Govind Das, who embody the essence of this path and whose presence, teachings, and music have taught us what it means to love with our whole hearts, without holding back. Thank you.
🪷 Bhakti doesn’t take the pain away, but it gives it a place to move. It gives us a way to stay open in the midst of heartbreak and to remain connected to our parents, to each other, and to something greater than ourselves.
🪷 This practice continues to be a lifeline. A reminder that even in the ache of loss, love is still carrying us. And we are grateful to share it with our community. We will be gathering tonight at 7:00 to sing together in the spirit of Bhakti. You are welcome to join us🙏🏻
07/24/2025
When we first started looking for a space for our yoga studio, we were working with a shoestring budget and did a whole lot of figuring it out along the way. Somehow we pieced it all together and Black Cat Yoga came to life.
This picture isn’t staged or rehearsed. It’s just a random snapshot that reminds us how deeply grateful we are for the community that continues to show up for each other and make this place what it is. Thank you 🙏🏻
Come practice with us!
07/23/2025
A journey home through the doorway of the heart 💙
07/22/2025
Spaces that nourish, gather, and connect us don’t survive by accident. If we want soulful neighborhoods, we have to show up and care for the family-owned restaurants, local bookstores, boutique yoga studios, mom-and-pop shops, and other small businesses that offer something that can’t be replicated: real connection.
We know it’s not easy for anyone right now and want to thank you for contributing to the warmth and growth of this locally rooted community. Every gesture matters 🙏🏻
You are the heart behind it all 💛
07/21/2025
Thank you, Ellen, for another amazing Tai Chi workshop. Your presence, wisdom, and gentle guidance are such a gift. We are so grateful for you and all that you share. Already looking forward to the next one!
07/18/2025
Together we chant ✨Together we heal. Kirtan tonight (and every Friday night) at 7:00 🕉️
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Black Cat Yoga is Jacksonville's preeminent yoga studio located in the heart of the Historic Riverside, Avondale, and Five Points Districts. We offer a variety of yoga classes designed to benefit both beginners and long-time practitioners and support all of our students in cultivating an understanding of their bodies as the perfect vehicle to experience their own unique journey within while they are on the path to becoming stronger, healthier, and more balanced. Black Cat Yoga Studio is honored to serve the beautiful City of Jacksonville, Florida, and surrounding areas with group and private yoga classes taught by experienced yoga instructors who offer individualized attention so that you can explore and experience your practice at your pace and in a way that feels good and right to you each and every time you step on your mat.
At Black Cat Yoga, our instructors are our greatest assets. We are honored and humbled to be a yoga studio in Jacksonville, Florida, with some of the most experienced and exceptional yoga teachers in Northeast Florida on our schedule. All of our certified teachers bring their own unique flavor to their classes, each containing the deep desire and commitment to share the practice of yoga with others. Because all of our instructors remain active in ongoing continuous study and development, you can be assured that all elements of our teachings are consistently being delivered in a safe, intelligent, and restorative manner.
LISA McCORMACK, eRYT-200, YACEP, is Co-Owner of Black Cat Yoga Jacksonville. She has been a devoted yoga practitioner for over a decade, began her teaching journey in 2014. Her classes are thoughtfully designed to support and benefit each and every person who walks into the room. She offers her students a safe and tranquil space to explore and deepen their yoga practice, drawing her teachings not only from deeply rooted and time-honored yogic philosophy and wisdom, but from her own dedicated personal practice. Lisa has trained in vinyasa, yin yoga, and studied extensively in restorative and chair yoga. Her classes focus on alignment, mindful movement, core-strengthening/integration, meditation, breath awareness, and self-care. By maintaining a consistent level of accessibility in her classes, Lisa has helped numerous people move beyond perceived limitations into a greater sense of well-being and a deeper mind-body-spirit connection. She also plays harmonium and guides crystal bowl sound healing meditations, a unique harmonic experience which induces states of deep relaxation, energetic balance, and promotes healing.
KEVIN McCORMACK, eRYT 200, YACEP, is Co-Owner of Black Cat Yoga. He began his transformational journey as a yoga student over 10 years ago, with his commitment to share his passion as a yoga teacher starting in 2014. His reverence for yoga is woven through his teaching and his practice. He creates a space for his students to have a deep inward experience, while at the same time developing a larger awareness of the physical and energetic practice of yoga. Kevin offers a smooth-flowing, alignment-based sequence that is accessible to all levels of practitioners. His intention is that all yogis may experience the true nature of themselves through the mindful application of breathing and moving their bodies in a deep meditative state of being.
Our studio is located four blocks from the majestic St. Johns River in the heart of the breathtaking Historic Riverside/Avondale District, and within walking distance to some of the most desirable restaurants and shops in the area: Southern Roots, King Street Co-op at The Studios, The Studios at Florida School of Holistic Health, Juice Box, Cool Moose Cafe, Cultivate Eco Home & Garden Shop, Sweet Theory Baking Co., and so much more! Our studio floor is specially designed to accommodate, support, and nurture your body so that your practice feels healing and restorative. Do you love to ride your bike? We have a bike rack outside our door and a place to keep your mat in the studio!
We look forward to sharing yoga with you soon! Please feel free to reach out to us or visit our website for more information...or just to say hello.
