Free Yoga for the People

Free Yoga for the People Free (and Low-cost) Yoga classes (in-person & online) to encourage healthy living in Roanoke, VA. Join us! All welcome, anytime. Tell your friends. Let's chat!

Free Yoga for the People's Mission:
As a public health and better living initiative, to offer the people of the Roanoke Valley a one-hour FREE, or low-cost, yoga class, multiple times a week, in a convenient public space, or online, at little or no charge. We believe yoga poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama) and mindfulness (meditation and intention-setting) will help Roanoke and its citizens to live, work and play together better. Come join us and start, or end, your day off right!

• No experience necessary - just a positive attitude, a willingness to try, and a promise to listen to your body, and not hurt or judge yourself or others. COST:
• FREE (Donations accepted - cash, Venmo, PayPal.) WHEN:
• Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays


TIME:
• Monday evenings 5:30-6:30pm FREE (In person - Summer: Elmwood Park / Winter: Downtown main library auditorium)
• Tuesday mornings 7:30-8:30am FREE (Zoom) - Let me know if you'd like the link.
• Tuesday mornings 9:00-10:00am $5
• Wednesday afternoons 8:00-9:00am FREE - 2nd & 4th Weds - Grandin CoLab
• Wednesday mornings 9:45-10:45am FREE - Glutox Health
• Wednesday evenings 5:30-6:30pm $5/10- Taubman Museum of Art
• Thursday mornings 7:30-8:30am FREE (In person- Summer: Elmwood Stage / Winter: Downtown main library mezzanine)
• Sunday mornings 10:30-11:30am $5/10 - Taubman Museum


WHERE:
• In-person = (Summer) Elmwood Park Stage or in grass nearby / (Winter) Downtown Library, Cave Spring Baptist Church, Grandin CoLab, Glutox Health, Taubman Art Museum
• Zoom = Convenience of your home
(Email BonnyBranchMovementArts@gmail.com for Zoom link)


NEEDS:
• BYOM = Bring Your Own Mat
• Dress in comfortable layers
• Bring Water
(Note: In summer, in case of inclement weather, we'll still be on the stage!)
With sponsorship from Public Libraries and Roanoke.


*Private lessons in Yoga or Ballroom Dancing available. Here's hoping I see you on the mat soon! Peace,
Bonny B

"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you." Buddha

Be kinder than necessary. Bonny Branch Movement Arts
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09/01/2025

NO Yoga for the People class on Labor Day Monday! See you next week at 5:30pm.

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08/28/2025

NO Free Yoga for the People
Labor Day Monday
See you next week - 5:30pm Elmwood

08/24/2025

Zero Point Reset: Black Moon Magic
Dear Soul

On Thursday, August 22nd at 11:08 PM in Los Angeles, we will experience something rare, something extraordinary: a Black New Moon.

This isn’t the “make a wish and manifest” new moon you’ve read about a thousand times. No — this is the zero point reset. A moment that comes only once every few years, where the old and tired scripts collapse, your illusions fall away, and you’re left with the most essential truth: your impeccable intention.

Think of it like preparing a nursery for a newborn. You scrub it clean, paint the walls, clear the clutter, and make space for new life to arrive. This Black Moon is asking you to do the same — with your space, your mind, your body, your soul. Strip away the noise, the distractions, the mechanical patterns of daily life, until you stand in the stillness of your own zero point.

And here’s the paradox: this Black Moon works not through fireworks or drama, but through silence, stillness, and perhaps even invisibility. It dismantles without spectacle. It reveals the hollowness of empty routines, the artificiality of scripted interactions, and the exhaustion of living on autopilot.

Sensitive souls may feel it as a deep fatigue, a desire to self-isolate, or perhaps an uncanny surge of synchronicities. Don’t resist. Witness. This is a way for you to go to your Zero Point. It’s the soil being turned and prepared for your next season of growth.

So what is required of you?

Only two things:
#1. Clear your space.
#2. Create your impeccable, soul-fed intention.

Clean your environment. Declutter your desk, your inbox, your body.
Empty your mind onto paper — what you’re done with in terms of thoughts and actions, and what you’re choosing to keep.
And then, choose one non-negotiable, soul-driven intention. The one that is pure, coherent, and undeniable.

For the next two weeks, until the Full Moon, let every thought, feeling, and action feed that intention. Nurture it like a child. Align with it like your true North Star. Defend it like a vow. Because in the silence of this Black Moon, the end of old scripts will continue, and in this vacuum, you place your impeccable intention.

What remains is your freedom, your creative sovereignty, your choice.

This is not the time for wishes. It is the time for your pure intention.

See you on the other side of this zero point,

Joshua Townshend
Where Creativity Comes To Breathe

08/14/2025

What are you grateful for today?

08/05/2025

Writing "Atlas of the Heart" changed pretty much everything I thought I knew about the science of emotions. On the website this week I'm sharing 10 learnings that changed how I think about stress and overwhelm. Full references are included.

Overwhelmed by many things. Grateful for even more — including this community. If you're celebrating next week, Happy Thanksgiving!

https://brenebrown.com/articles/2024/11/21/stressed-and-overwhelmed/

08/05/2025

What are you grateful for in this moment?

08/01/2025

THIS SUNDAY!!!
No experience or partner needed! Join us!
Guest Hosts - Alyssa & Hansky!

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