Gary Olson Yoga

Gary Olson Yoga Over 25 years of guiding students in hot yoga - helping you find clarity, and transform from within. Your journey starts here.

You think you’re signing up for a program.But PATH quietly rewires the way you exist.One day you’re just breathing…and s...
12/12/2025

You think you’re signing up for a program.
But PATH quietly rewires the way you exist.

One day you’re just breathing…
and suddenly you’re aware of it.
In traffic.
In arguments.
In every moment that once owned you.

You stop reacting.
You start responding.
Your body grows stronger, yes—
but the real transformation is the resilience you build when life refuses to slow down.

PATH isn’t a crowded room or a generic curriculum.
It’s intimate.
Intense.
And built for people who are actually ready to do the work.

Jan 17–18–19.
Only 10 seats.
A few already taken.

You don’t “try” PATH.
You choose it.

12/12/2025

Asanas do far more than shape your body—they train your breath and quietly condition your mind. Every pose works on three layers: body, breath, and awareness. When even one is missing, the practice loses its depth. Learn yoga as a complete system, not a stretch routine. Book your class today.

Join us this Thursday at 6 PM for a practice where power meets presence. Strengthen your body, steady your breath, and s...
12/11/2025

Join us this Thursday at 6 PM for a practice where power meets presence. Strengthen your body, steady your breath, and sharpen your awareness—all in one session designed to transform both your physical and mental energy. Don’t just move—be presentfully on your mat.

12/09/2025

Your yoga mat knows the version of you the world doesn’t see.
The tired you.
The stressed you.
The brave but pretending you.
And the you that finally exhales and lets go.

Your mat always shows up for you.
The real question is when will you show up for yourself?

12/07/2025

Before the week tries to claim you, take a moment to reclaim yourself.
Sixty seconds of honest breathing can shift the entire direction of the days ahead. When you pause, you arrive. When you arrive, you reset.

Your week doesn’t begin with deadlines or routines—it begins with your state of being. The calmer you are at the start, the clearer you move through everything that follows.

Make space this Sunday.
Your nervous system will thank you for it.

Your mat is a mirror—not of your posture, but of your inner landscape.It reflects the parts of you the world rarely sees...
12/07/2025

Your mat is a mirror—not of your posture, but of your inner landscape.
It reflects the parts of you the world rarely sees: the way your focus gathers, the way your restlessness hides beneath motion, the patterns you replay without noticing, and the quiet growth that happens long before anything looks different on the outside.

Every practice is a meeting with yourself.
Honest. Unfiltered. Transformative in ways no one else may ever witness.

Step onto the mat to see what your life doesn’t always show you.

12/06/2025

Some books don’t ask to be read—they ask to be entered.
They pull you through their pages the way a doorway pulls you into another world. Every chapter a transmission, every line a decade of lived teaching refined into something you can feel, not just understand.
For over 40 years, this system lived in classrooms, lineages, and quiet conversations between teacher and student. Now, for the first time, it’s taking the shape of a collection—pages that hold a lifetime of philosophy, practice, and inner architecture.
This isn’t publishing.
It’s an unveiling.
Get ready.
The Gary Olson Book Series arrives soon.
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There’s an entire dimension of your practice that your teacher sees long before you do—and it has nothing to do with tou...
12/05/2025

There’s an entire dimension of your practice that your teacher sees long before you do—and it has nothing to do with touching your toes or “feeling flexible.”
Awareness begins the moment assumptions fall away.
Your breath tells the truth before your posture does—where you’re holding, where you’re resisting, where your mind is rushing ahead. Most people don’t realise how much effort leaks into the wrong muscles, how quickly the mind exits the room while the body keeps moving, or how every habit—work stress, sleep cycles, emotional weight—quietly shapes the way you stand and breathe.
And flexibility? It’s the least reliable measure of growth.
Softness, steadiness, breath quality, presence—these are the real markers of transformation.
If you want to experience what your teacher sees beneath the surface, step onto the mat with awareness this week.
Awareness is not an upgrade.
It is the practice.
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Some teachings are not meant to be consumed—they’re meant to be entered.The philosophy behind practice, the systems behi...
12/04/2025

Some teachings are not meant to be consumed—they’re meant to be entered.
The philosophy behind practice, the systems behind transformation, the inner mechanics behind breath, energy, and awareness… these have lived in the shadows for years, passed quietly from teacher to student.
Now they’re stepping into the light.
A trilogy of knowledge—sorcery, breath, and the PATH system—each one revealing a different doorway into mastery.
Not inspiration. Not motivation.
But frameworks that change how you think, move, breathe, and see yourself.
Soon, the wisdom that shaped the practice will be in your hands.
Publishing soon.
Stay connected.
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12/04/2025

Most people hear “course” and imagine a weekend of learning poses. But PATH was never designed to teach you more yoga—it was designed to change the way you experience yourself.
It’s a system of awareness that shows you how your mind, breath, patterns, and posture are all speaking the same language.
A science of alignment that teaches the body to move from intelligence, not habit.
A method that resets emotional loops, clarifies intention, and retrains the nervous system to choose calm over chaos.
PATH isn’t a class you attend.
It’s an initiation into a different way of living inside your body.
January 17–19, 2026.
Only 10 seats.
Your PATH is waiting.
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There are a few things every consistent yogi quietly depends on—not because they’re accessories, but because they shape ...
12/03/2025

There are a few things every consistent yogi quietly depends on—not because they’re accessories, but because they shape how you show up on the mat.

A mat you genuinely enjoy using creates a sense of ritual; it invites you in instead of feeling like equipment. Hydration isn’t just practical—it's energetic. Your body moves more intelligently when it’s nourished, especially in heat. A towel keeps your practice steady so effort can turn into ease instead of resistance.

But the most important essential is invisible: an open mind.
Some days you feel strong, other days tender, distracted, or porous. That’s the beauty of practice—it meets you exactly where you are. Curiosity keeps you progressing long after perfection would have burnt you out.

Pack the basics. Bring your whole self.
The rest unfolds on the mat.

12/03/2025

We often talk about yoga as if it’s only happening in the body—muscles lengthening, joints opening, breath slowing. But the real transformation is far quieter, and far higher up: in the brain.
Every conscious pose strengthens the systems responsible for clarity and decision-making. Balance challenges don’t just improve stability; they refine the cerebellum’s ability to coordinate complex inputs. Practicing in heat disrupts old stress pathways and teaches the amygdala to calm down instead of overreact.
And breathwork? It’s one of the few tools that gives you direct access to the vagus nerve—the switchboard for emotional regulation.
Yoga isn’t “mind-body.”
It’s brain training disguised as movement.
Practice with awareness. Join us this week.
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Kirkland, WA
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Monday 6:15am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 6:15am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 6:15am - 6:30pm
Thursday 6:15am - 6:30pm
Friday 6:15am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

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