Uttara Yoga Studio

09/20/2025

We’re so excited to announce a special collaboration with Uttara Yoga Studio and Mill Mountain Zoo – join us for a relaxing morning of yoga surrounded by the beauty of Mill Mountain Zoo!

📅 Sunday, September 21st
🕘 Yoga: 9:00–10:00 AM (check-in at 8:45 AM)
🎟️ $25 per person – includes admission to the Zoo, the yoga session, and light snacks/refreshments afterward
👥 Limited to 12 spots only – ages 16+ welcome
🧘 Bring your own yoga mat

✨ After class, enjoy a peaceful walk around the Zoo and connect with wildlife in a whole new way.

📩 To reserve your spot, email courtney@mmzoo.org. It’s first come, first serve—once the 12 spots are filled, we’ll post an update that registration is closed.

Don’t miss this chance to center yourself in nature while supporting Mill Mountain Zoo! 🌳💚

09/18/2025

“For every item that carries the darkness of humanity there’s one that holds the light. And that light is worth believing in. Not just in others, but in yourself as well.”
— C.M. Rayne

Unfortunately, this morning around 2:45 AM someone decided to throw a rock through the studio lobby window. We are grateful that they chose not to come inside or vandalize anything else. Please bear with us as we clean up the mess and board up the window while a replacement is on its way.

Be the light. Spread the light.

Take care of yourself, and take care of each other.

Glass may shatter but community does not.

With love always and in all ways.

❤️🪷❤️

09/16/2025

🍂🍁🍂

Step into sacred stillness this season with Autumn Equinox Awakening—a transformative journey of breathwork, intention, and immersive sound led by Tanvi Patil (RYT @500), a certified sound healing practitioner, and yoga guide. The Autumn Equinox, a cosmic moment of balance between light and dark, invites us to reflect, release, and realign with our inner truth.

This ceremonial offering weaves together guided breath rituals, embodied intention setting, and a symbolic nature-based visualization, grounding you in the deeper rhythms of seasonal transition. At the heart of the experience is a luxurious multi-instrument sound immersion, and 1:1 Tibetan bowl healing touch—offering a deeply personalized energy recalibration and nervous system reset.

With over a decade of experience in yoga, classical Indian dance, scuba diving, and medical science, Tanvi creates a refined, trauma-informed space designed for deep rest, clarity, and resonance. Let this Equinox be your sacred threshold into renewal and intentional living.

🌿 Bonus: Enjoy a grounding foot bowl massage to complete your integration.

09/15/2025

Let’s get outside, celebrate the equinox, and support Mill Mountain Zoo!

😲🐺 Did you see Rocket’s face when he heard you still haven’t signed up for Yoga at the Zoo? Don’t leave him hanging—reserve your spot today!

🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 Join us for a peaceful morning flow surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature—and maybe a curious animal or two!

📅 Sunday, September 21st
🕘 Yoga: 9:00–10:00 AM (check-in at 8:45 AM)
📍 Mill Mountain Zoo
🎟️ $25 per person – includes Zoo admission, yoga session, and light snacks/refreshments afterward
👥 Limited to 12 spots – ages 16+ welcome
🧘 Please bring your own yoga mat

✨ After class, enjoy a relaxing walk through the Zoo and connect with wildlife in a whole new way.

📩 Reserve your spot by emailing Courtney@mmzoo.org. First come, first serve—once the 12 spots are filled, registration will close!

Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or brand new to the mat, this all-levels class is the perfect way to stretch, breathe, and find your flow while supporting your local nonprofit zoo. 🌳💚

09/14/2025

Join us on the mountain to celebrate the turn of the season!

🌿🧘‍♀️ Yoga at the Zoo! 🦓🐾

We’re so excited to announce a special collaboration with .yoga.studio (Roanoke, VA) – join us for a relaxing morning of yoga surrounded by the beauty of Mill Mountain Zoo!

📅 Sunday, September 21st
🕘 Yoga: 9:00–10:00 AM (check-in at 8:45 AM)
🎟️ $25 per person – includes admission to the Zoo, the yoga session, and light snacks/refreshments afterward
👥 Limited to 12 spots only – ages 16+ welcome
🧘 Bring your own yoga mat

✨ After class, enjoy a peaceful walk around the Zoo and connect with wildlife in a whole new way.

📩 To reserve your spot, email Courtney@mmzoo.org. It’s first come, first serve—once the 12 spots are filled, we’ll post an update that registration is closed.

Don’t miss this chance to center yourself in nature while supporting Mill Mountain Zoo! 🌳💚

09/10/2025

This workshop is a great opportunity to experiment with this beautiful instrument, or to re-energize your existing practice. Together we will experience the healing benefits of sound, vibration and mantra that will surround and infuse us in beauty. ♪

By the end of our time together, you will be playing vibrational scales, chords, and even leading mantra if you want! We will explore the basics of playing the harmonium, an air-reed organ, learning basic notes, chords, and melody. Use breath practices to enhance playing & singing, and to care for your voice. Participants will have the opportunity to lead OMs and a simple kirtan (call and response chant). You will also receive a workbook with tips, basic chords & practice cards of familiar mantra, kirtan and bhajan (devotional songs) to encourage your on-going practice.

No musical experience or instrument needed, just a desire to play and have fun!

Please let us know if you will be bringing your own harmonium; some will be provided.

Stick around for our monthly Kirtan Fusion at 3:00!

09/10/2025

What is Goddess Yoga?

Goddess Yoga is more than a yoga class - it’s an embodied ritual. Imagine yoga infused with bellydance-inspired sensual movement, sacred circle practices, and breathwork. It’s a practice designed to reconnect you with your body, awaken your inner radiance, and bring play, creativity, and pleasure back into movement.

This trauma-informed practice blends yoga, dance, and ritual to help you:
    ◦    Release stress and stuck emotions through movement and breath
    ◦    Open your heart and reconnect with your sensual, playful self
    ◦    Awaken creativity, joy, and feminine power
    ◦    Be witnessed and celebrated in a safe, sacred circle
    ◦    Feel deeply connected to your body’s wisdom and inner guidance

Who is this for?
This is a feminine-centered practice, and while it was born in women’s circles, this space is open to all who feel called. We honor respect, confidentiality, and each person’s freedom to express. Together, we hold a container where everyone’s experience is safe and sacred.

This circle is for anyone longing to feel more at home in their body. You don’t need yoga experience - just curiosity and a willingness to explore. Whether you’ve been craving a deeper connection with yourself, a playful outlet for your energy, or a supportive community, Goddess Yoga welcomes you.

If you’ve ever thought…
“I want to feel more radiant and alive.”
“I miss moving in ways that feel sensual, fun, and freeing.”
“I want to reconnect with my body, my pleasure, and my voice.”
…then this is for you.

What you’ll experience:
    🌹 A sharing circle where your voice and truth are honored
    🌹 Anointing ritual with essential oils for grounding and presence
    🌹 Oracle card pull for divine guidance
    🌹 Sensual yoga & dance flow (no performance, just play!)
    🌹 Breathwork and sound to awaken energy and release what no longer serves
    🌹 A closing rest to integrate and receive

You’ll leave feeling lighter, more alive, and deeply connected to your feminine essence.
💫 No experience needed - just bring comfortable clothes and an open heart.

09/03/2025

Join us this Friday for a community Kirtan with our friends from Charlottesville!

Geoff Barkley has studied with Swami Vishnudevananda, Sufi Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Zen Roshin David Radin. His yoga master is Swami Venkatesananda, a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda. Chanting has been an important part of his life for over 50 years. Geoff plays harmonium.

Martha Williamson has been participating in kirtans since the early 1990’s, first at Siddha Yoga meditation centers in Maine, then transitioning to chants leaning more towards Kundalini Yoga following a move to New Hampshire in 1998. Moving once again in 2017, this time to be close to aging parents, she discovered a robust kirtan community in Charlottesville, Virginia, and currently plays drums, harmonium, and occasionally tamboura or violin for various groups in the area.

09/02/2025

September events are up and we’ve got something for everyone!

09/01/2025

Homecoming: A Breathwork Journey into Sacred Connection

🌬️Two Spots Left!

You weren’t meant to feel so far away from yourself.
From your body.
From your truth.
From your people.
From God / Spirit / the Divine.

In the rush of daily life, it’s easy to disconnect — to feel stuck in your head, numb in your body, unsure of what’s true.
But connection is your natural state.
And breath is the bridge that brings you back.

This breathwork series is designed to gently guide you back to what matters most.

Over 4 deeply immersive sessions, you’ll be supported through transformational breathwork inside a trauma-informed space — where your nervous system can finally exhale.

✨ And this time, we’re taking your journey even deeper with noise-canceling silent disco headphones.

These headphones create a rich, intimate soundscape that helps you drop in and stay present. You’ll feel the music, the guidance, and your own breath like it’s all being spoken directly to your soul.

Each week is a homecoming to a deeper layer of yourself:

🌿 Week 1: Connect with Your Body
Feel grounded, safe, and supported. Release stress, tension, and start building trust with your nervous system again.

🌀 Week 2: Connect to Your Intuition
Turn down the volume of outside noise and reawaken your inner knowing. You already have the answers — it’s time to listen.

💗 Week 3: Connect in Relationships
Soften the walls. Clear emotional residue. Open your heart to deeper intimacy, compassion, and authenticity.

✨ Week 4: Connect with Spirit/Divine Consciousness/Higher Power

Surrender into something greater. Breathe into the presence that’s always been holding you. Remember who you really are.
You don’t have to do it all alone.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to show up and breathe.