The Breathing Room

09/04/2025

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While my chair yoga classes are challenging we do NOT do this😂

I never have my chair yogis on the floor. They come to chair mostly because getting up and down from the floor can be challenging. HOWEVER, they are freakin strong and have gained so much range of motion. They are super functional and love their chair classes. Yes we do hard things but those hard things are what keeps them upright and functional. Poses like these however might put them in one😂. Now if this were to say just chair yoga that would be different because I have seen a lot of risqué chair yoga videos!! But for seniors??? Not that some of them couldn’t do it because they could but that stresses me just thinking about them trying 😂. Let’s keep it safe and practical. What we do in here is all to help you function better outside of here 😉

08/27/2025

September schedule is up and available for booking and Newsletter sent out. If you are not receiving the newsletter you can subscribe from our booking site!

08/26/2025

Tribe Vibe Tuesday!! Dessa MillerDessa started her yoga journey with us in March 2024. A notification popped up on my booking site a couple days ago that said she has been to 350 classes!!! Dessa comes every single day her work schedule allows. She races horses so Saturdays are hard in the summer. It doesn’t matter if she only gets 2 hrs of sleep she is coming at 5:30 am because those horses still need cared for and she will be getting up so she loves to start her day with me❤️ Dessa has been my steady consistent partner for my Ashtanga Sundays. She has noticed a change in her regular practice from doing this particular class once a week. And when she is by herself 😈 I throw all sorts of stuff at her and she is willing to try it all💪🏻. I always love to see how my yogis grow in their practice. Her dedication to her practice is inspiring. Here is her testimony:I started coming to The Breathing Room a year and a half ago. I had practiced some yoga before, but not consistently. I wanted to begin a good yoga practice to mainly gain flexibility (because I had none haha), but I have gained that and much more! I always feel so much more functional, flexible and stronger after class. I used to be very tight in my shoulders and back, but with a consistent yoga practice this has improved drastically. I’m also finding other places that I didn’t know were tight and gaining range of motion in those areas. I have a very physical job, so starting my day with yoga and becoming more functional before I hit the ground running has helped so much! I look forward to starting my day with the 5:30am tribe and growing together. Inversions are not easy for me. So learning to access and control them has been a lot of work but a lot of fun! I’m doing way more than I ever thought I could! So, even if you think you’ll be “bad” at it or you don’t feel flexible enough, or strong enough, or whatever, I encourage you to join us for yoga! Vickie is so encouraging and it’s a safe place to grow. You’re going to fall, and that’s ok, it’s just part of the process. You will likely be surprised at what you can accomplish and grow into! I have become a believer in “I’ll get there someday”.Let Dessa be an inspiration for you to start your practice with me❤️

08/20/2025

Hey lovelies!! It’s harvesting time! If anyone is over producing veggies from their gardens and those veggies need a home please bring them to the studio to share. Everyone could all use a grocery bill break from time to time! I will provide bags and we can set them in the studio and people can take what they want! Thank you!!!

08/19/2025

I resonate sooooo much with this!!! Yes, what i teach “are movements, breathing techniques and internal practices that release tension in the body and mind-and let that state of union emerge on its own.”

It is yoga inspired movement. This is what I offer and it is magical❤️

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08/12/2025

Three years ago one of muh lovelies had a knee replacement. That recovery was hard and felt defeating at times. She tried to come back to mat classes and she did what she could do. I could tell it was discouraging to her as her range of motion wasn’t quite where she was used to it being. Everything seemed harder. Then life happened and she is super involved with her grandchildren and caring for them started to eat up her yoga time then before long schedules didn’t line up. She kept wanting to come back and missed it but life got in the way. Her husband had heart failure and also has gone into afib twice now I believe and dealing with the stress of that. Life has hit her hard and kept knocking her feet out from under her. Then she found out she had breast cancer and on July 7 she had a masectomy. She has been recovering and doing physical therapy. She decided to try chair class knowing it is way too early to even attempt a mat class as her tissue is still healing. She LOVES it!! She has only been to 3 classes and today when she left she was so excited at the range of motion she had in such a short amount of time in the arm and shoulder on the side of her masectomy. She could do everything she except rolling out the tissue on that peck. She also said there were some things she wanted to show her husband and have him do to gain some strength back. She was just so upbeat and happy today. she told me today that chair class gave her so much confidence and helped her to feel normal again. She said it has been the best physical therapy she has had.

Can you relate to some degree the struggles of life? Have you just decided that you are just getting older and this is just life and it is what it is? Do you know you CAN feel better. You CAN function better. You CAN enjoy life more fully.

Yoga is not just “exercise.” It is whole health. It helps you mentally, emotionally and of course physically. It is about becoming a higher functioning self. It learning to regulate your nervous system. It is about self care.

I love that I get to provide this beautiful space for people to heal and that I get to share life with them. I get to be on the path with them. Walking alongside and offering love and support. I have no expectations for anyone’s practice. I just simply provide the space, the tools and the love, support and encouragement for whatever it is YOU want out of your practice. It looks a bit different for each person.

I am told a lot that I am a blessing to them, but the reality is I am the one who is blessed by these beautiful souls. YOU enrich my life❤️

08/07/2025

Chair class was so full we used up all the props and I had to bring a kitchen chair out😅

This class is my largest class. They were having so much fun with the music today and making their practice their own❤️❤️❤️ There was a lot of singing and humming and clapping and just good energy today💪🏻

I am super intentional about what I offer my classes from props to the chairs we use. When I started chair classes I was using my kitchen table chairs and carried them out for every class. Then I got folding chairs but just briefly. I didn’t trust them. I don’t ever want anyone to feel anxious or insecure in my classes and I will do all I can to put those anxieties to rest. I knew what I needed for chairs and searched high and low. My hubby and I traveled 3 hours to pick up 18 chairs. Straight back, flat seat and padded back and seat. I want comfort but also something that supports their posture and doesn’t compromise the integrity of the pose but supports it. I was reminded today of how nice our chairs are when I had to use my kitchen chair🥴.

In all my classes I am always looking to keep it fresh for you. This week in chair we learned the Cupid shuffle from the chair and they are loving it!! Our playlist was also 🔥 today! The link is in the comments below.

I love sharing space with all my yogis in all my classes and chair class is no exception. It is an awesome class with some of the most freakin amazing women I know ❤️ And I love every single one of them. I truly truly do❤️

08/05/2025

Join us tonight @5:30 for Go With The Flow

Go With The Flow at 5:30 PM EDT on August 5 offered by The Breathing Room. This class is like a box of chocolates, ya never know what your gonna get😉

08/04/2025

Do you tend to loathe Mondays? Let me help you look forward to Mondays. What a lovely way to start not only your day but your week off on the right foot.

In here at The Breathing Room Mondays are our recovery weekend and Unwind classes. Heavy miofascial release and nice gentle stretching and gentle movement. This is our focuse every single Monday. Monday evenings are my most gentle class to relax you and prepare you for bed. Monday mornings are to gently get your body moving forward for not only the day but the entire week.

Mindset matters. If we start our week this way we can gently build as the week goes on. We focus on helping you function better in all aspects of life.

Join us and let me help you feel fabulous!

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07/31/2025

How can I get you in the studio on Saturdays? What can I offer you so that you bring yourself? Speak to me😘

Did you know we have class offerings 7 days a week?

Did you know we have a wide variety of options from barely moving in a gentle unwind class to release tension, many many different yoga styles and flows?

Did you know we offer chair yoga and fitness classes?

Did you know the classes are tailored to meet everyone’s needs that particular class?

Did you know there are 18 class opportunities each week?

Did you know that there is more than yoga poses practiced here?

Did you know that no one cares what you wear or what you look like?

Did you know we encourage freedom of movement and even though I will always guide you, you are free to move how your body needs to move without judgement or expectations? Everything here is just a suggestion.

This is a safe space to move as little or as much as you desire. This is a safe space to explore movement. This is a safe space to just be.

What can I offer you that I don’t already have to get you to enter our space🙏🏻