Balance Yoga Wellness + Ayurveda

04/12/2026

🧘‍♀️ Yesterday's open house was so special! ✨

Infinite thanks to all our teachers and friends who participated in the event; generouly hosting classes and special offerings and to those who donated to our raffle benefitting YEAH! YOGA.

To everyone who joined us- whether it was your first or five hundredth time in the studio- thank you for the warm and sweet energy you brought to the space. It was so nice seeing old friends and making new connections.

The world is heavy right now...these days, gathering and holding space together feels like it matters more than ever. Yesterday was a reminder that community is medicine ♥️✨️🌻
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04/12/2026

Thank you for activating the space in such a special way ✨️

Looking forward to hosting more events together in the future!

04/10/2026

Exciting Update:

will be offering tarot readings on Saturday!
Find them from 12-4 pm under the bamboo ✨️🌿

About Taylor: I am an astrologist and spiritualist based in New Orleans, LA. I view both astrology and tarot as tools for accountability, liberation, reclamation, and healing. I have been writing the horoscopes for Antigravity magazine the last five years, as well as reading tarot and astrology at festivals, raves, markets etc as well as for private clients for the last eight. I look forward to communing with you all!

04/08/2026

✨️ We are so excited about this unique offering from our friend !✨️

*Special pricing for our open house- limited spots available, sign up in advance to confirm your spot!*
< Saturday April 11, 1pm >
Heart Alchemy: An Intuitive Ecstatic Dance Journey with Ceremonial Cacao
Guided by Mehtap

This 75-minute journey begins with a short breathwork meditation to ground into the body, open the heart and arrive fully in the present moment. Followed by a guided cacao ritual to set intention and connect within. From this grounded, heart-centered space, we move into intuitive movement - where you are invited to surrender to the music, release what feels held, and express freely through dance. This experience supports connection, embodiment, and heart-led expression, leaving you feeling open, blissful and deeply connected to yourself.

Met Salih is a Reiki and sound healer, ceremonial cacao facilitator, and Kundalini yoga teacher who has been guiding heart-centered experiences for over 17 years.

Ceremonial cacao has been used in sacred rituals for centuries to support connection and heart-centered awareness. Naturally rich in theobromine, it gently energizes, elevates mood and promotes a calm, focused state — a beautiful companion for movement and dance.

This journey gently supports you in inviting more flow, freedom and joy - reconnecting you with your natural rhythm, softening into presence, and moving from a more open, heart-centered space.

We recommend signing up in advance as space is limited. $25 investment (pay at the studio).

04/07/2026

03/31/2026

📅 Save the date!! We will be hosting an open open house event on Saturday April 11! 🌻

Join us for a day of practice and community- whether you've been coming to the studio for years or have been curious to visit, we hope you will join us!
Free classes and other offerings from our Balance family; full schedule to be announced soon...here are a few events we're excited about:

-Led Ashtanga w/
-Reiki sessions w/
-Gong Meditation w/
-Talk and Q&A w/ studio owner and MD
-Raffle benefitting our friends .yeah.yoga

And more...stay tuned!

02/03/2026

📅 Schedule Update! 📣

An old favorite at a new time:
Strength & Flexibility with .rolfing
Now Tuesdays at 6pm!

Class Description:
Build the strength and flexibility needed for more challenging postures with these yoga drills. We’ll warm up with a few sun salutations, feel the burn in targeted areas with strength focused postures, and hold stretches longer for deeper flexibility. Boat pose, chaturanga, dolphin pose here we come! Be prepared to sweat. We’ll be revisiting a similar sequence for a few weeks at a time so we can begin to see change and mastery before moving on to a new set of challenging postures and yoga drills.

01/29/2026

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” said Martin Luther King. “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

In yogic philosophy we are separate entities connected in the universal spirit that lives in all of us. We cannot stand by and watch what's happening to fellow human beings in our country. No one should live in fear. No one should be afraid of being gunned down on the street. We all deserve the right to live in freedom.

As an act of solidarity with calls for a nationwide general strike, all Balance classes will be offered FREE OF CHARGE this Friday, 1/30.

We are choosing to stay open so that anyone who needs care, grounding, and support has access to it.

Our studio is committed to dignity, safety, and belonging for all. We stand with our neighbors and students in opposing ICE. We join calls to end the unjust and violent systems of oppression harming our communities.  As MLK said so beautifully above "whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

Care is not passive. Gathering, supporting one another, and sustaining our bodies and spirits are essential to collective resistance. We move together so we can continue to show up, speak out, and fight for a world rooted in justice and liberation for all beings. 🕊 ✊️ 🕉

01/27/2026

❣️New Instructor × New Class Alert 🚨

We're beyond excited to welcome Tara Loftis to Balance!

✨️Ashtanga-Inspired Vinyasa Flow✨️
Thursdays at 6pm

Class Description:
All-levels vinyasa flow inspired by the variety and strength of Ashtanga Yoga. This challenging flow incorporates advanced poses with optional modifications and creative transitions. A class that offers a playful space to explore and enjoy the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of the yoga practice while making it your own. You can expect to move and be pushed outside your comfort zone, as you build on the fundamentals of yoga and lose yourself in longer flows set to an intentional playlist.  The perfect balance of challenge and flow to tone the body and ground the mind.

About Tara:
Tara Loftis is a yoga teacher, a certified hypnotherapist, and a Reiki healer. Her yoga education includes certifications in Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow from Sampoorna Yoga School (in India), Restorative Ta**ra from Shri Kali Ashram (in India), and Hatha Yoga + Kirtan from Wild Lotus (in New Orleans). Her classes are tailored to all levels, so expect some spice, but also the space to explore on your own whatever it is your body needs. Her flows and music playlists are a special craft – a blend of different poses and varieties, meant to keep you on your toes and keep things fun and light. Her teaching is imbued with specific alignment cues and knowledge that she’s collected from over a decade of teaching experience and practice. But many say that the best part of her classes is the cool lavender towel she places over your eyes in savasana.

When she isn’t facilitating healing sessions or yoga classes, Tara can be found closing real estate deals, managing her family’s real estate business (Reese & Co), traveling, attending festivals, exploring the world of plant medicine, solving puzzles, dog-sitting, or spending time with her most precious and spoiled rescue dog, George 🐶

01/27/2026

Balance has teamed with to help support our neighbors impacted by recent ICE raids. SEDND has provided weekly grocery for hundreds of families and needs help stocking the pantry to keep mutual aid flowing through Carnival and beyond.
Biggest need is for baby supplies:
Diapers size 2-7, Enfamil formula and Nido powdered milk 🚼🍼

Direct $ donations also welcome!
Venmo
Zelle 504-316-2205

Community care has never felt more important...this is how we make it through.

01/09/2026

❣️ New Instructor × New Class Alert 🚨

🤸🏽‍♀️ Mysore is back at Balance!! 🎉

We are over the moon to welcome Giselle del Castillo to the studio! Giselle will be leading morning Mysore every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30am 🌞

Giselle is an Ashtanga focused instructor whose teaching is rooted in disciplined practice, breath, and mindful movement. Originally from Panama and based in New Orleans since 2009, she discovered yoga as a transformative path for connecting body, mind, and spirit. Giselle completed her 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings at the Ashtanga Yoga Room and continues her studies through SmartFlow’s 300-hour program. A devoted and consistent practitioner, Giselle brings Ashtanga’s steady, meditative approach into each class, supporting strength, focus, and balance one breath and one movement at a time. We can't wait to practice with her!

01/05/2026

January in New Orleans is calling you back to your mat. Join Balance Yoga & Wellness for our January 2026 Yoga Challenge-show up, breathe, move, and reconnect with yourself and community.

Attend at least one class per week, and you’ll be entered into a drawing on January 31 to win a FREE month of yoga. No pressure, just consistency, support, and a whole lot of heart.

🗓 Jan 1–31, 2026
📍 Balance Yoga and Wellness
🎁 Attend weekly = entry to win

Start the year grounded. We’ll meet you on the mat.