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Breathing Room: Yoga & Movement Studio

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Breathing Room: Yoga & Movement Studio

Come to our local yoga sanctuary for vinyasa flow, restorative, gentle, and pre/postnatal classes. We also offer a 200-hour teacher training program.

Breathing Room is a yoga and body movement sanctuary. We aspire to encourage individual growth, savor the sacred in every day, and celebrate community and joy through the practice of yoga and movement. Join us in a peaceful yet playful studio with experienced and inspired instructors in varied styles of yoga, pilates, and more. View our schedule: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=23079

08/29/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Jared

Jared has a Yin/Yang style of teaching. His sense of fun, challenge and humor shines in aerial classes while his meditative, contemplative side guides his yin yoga class. Jared first earned his Aikido Black Belt in 2015 after years of focused training. He felt the urge for more and yoga teacher training called. He completed his 200 Hour Yoga Certification with Boston School of Yoga/Terry Coburn and Ame Wren in 2016. Jared’s continuing education has included Yin Yoga (twice!) & Trauma Sensitive/All Bodies trainings with MUSE School of Yoga in 2017 and 2018. After teaching vinyasa and yin for a few years followed by a break during the pandemic, Jared re-ignited his yoga practice & skills with Aerial Yoga Teacher Training & Sound Practitioner training in 2022 & a second Yin Yoga Teacher training with Andrea Gleason/Southern Maine Yoga School in 2023.
Jared is an insurance professional during the business week, and on weekends he teaches Aerial Decompression, Yin Yoga for Men and offers sound baths with crystal bowls and percussion instruments, and helps train aerial yoga teachers here.

✨Take a class with Jared✨
👉🏻Saturday 10 am Aerial Decompression
👉🏻look for Yin Yoga for Men monthly beginning September

08/17/2025

💫Plan Your Week💫

Our class schedule includes Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Barre Classes. From our beginner to more challenging classes, we are focused on cultivating an intimate and accessible space. In addition we are now offering Aerial Yoga, and Support Yoga utilizing the support of our yoga rope wall, slings, and chairs. Our offerings are a mix of in-studio and online, and range from 45 minutes to 75 minutes. All bodies and levels are welcome!

💫Savor The Sacred In Everyday💫

08/11/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Caren 🤸‍♂️
Caren has been practicing vinyasa and power yoga regularly since 2016, and started aerial yoga weekly in 2021 while living in Alexandria, Virginia. Upon moving to Maine in 2022, an aerial yoga studio was more important to locate than the Trader Joes! She was so excited to find Leaping Waters?Breathing Room and immediately joined the community as a regular. A year later, she took the opportunity to complete aerial teaching training with Robin and grow her experience further.
Yoga has taught Caren so much about her own body, how it moves (and doesn’t move) and what it’s capable of. Aerial takes this to new levels, literally, and adds an extra layer of fun as well. Caren’s favorite things to do in aerial are climbs and core work - but on harder days, there’s nothing like being gently held in the fabric and letting go of that muscle tension. Caren fosters a safe environment of playfulness and small challenges that get you out of your day-to-day headspace to leave you feeling both strong and refreshed. She’s the perfect teacher if you want some advancing moves and she crafts fun, themed classes during the holiday seasons.

✨Take a class with Caren✨
👉🏻Tuesday 6 pm Advancing Aerial

07/30/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Robin🧘🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♀️

ROBIN IS A YOGA TEACHER & TRAINER BASED CAMBRIDGE MASS & SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE
HER TEACHING STYLES INCLUDE AERIAL, YIN, FLOW, RESTORATIVE, CHAIR, ROPE WALL & YOGA NIDRA. ROBIN TRAINS & MENTORS YOGA TEACHERS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE RESTORATIVE ASPECTS OF YOGA, TRAUMA SENSITIVITY & EMOTIONAL WELL BEING. SHE BELIEVES AERIAL YOGA HAS A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL BENEFITS.
ORIGINALLY TRAINED BY JACQUI BONWELL IN 2012, ROBIN ALSO COMPLETED TRAININGS WITH MAINE YOGA SCHOOL, PRANAKRIYA SCHOOL OF YOGA & OTHERS & IS AN E-RYT 500 & YACEP WITH YOGA ALLIANCE. IN 2020, ROBIN STARTED LEAPING WATERS YOGA TO OFFER AERIAL AND OTHER CLASSES, AND IN THE SPRING OF 2025 SHE PASSED THE LEGACY ON TO BREATHING ROOM.
ROBIN BLENDS REIKI, SOUND, INTUITIVE READING & YOGA TO CREATE GROUP AND 1:1 SESSIONS & CAN BE REACHED AT LEAPINGWATERSYOGA@GMAIL.COM

✨Take a class with Robin✨
👉🏻Rotating Wednesday offerings at 5:30 pm
👉🏻Aerial Decompression
3rd Sunday of the month at 9:30
👉🏻Look out for special workshops and trainings

07/28/2025

Whether you live locally or stoping by to enjoy what Maine has to offer, we have a space for you!

We understand summer scheduling can be tricky and sometimes it it is a last minute thought to make time on your mat or for your hammock!

While we prefer you register ahead of time we do welcome walk ins.

⭐️Drop in’s are welcome!⭐️
👉🏻$20 for 1 yoga class
👉🏻$30 for 1 Aerial class
👉🏻 $39 for New Students 2 week unlimited, includes 1 Aerial Class.
(Perfect for those coming for vacation!)

💫 breathingroomme.com “book now”💫

07/25/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Alicia🧘🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♀️

Alicia found yoga through Aerial. She was instantly hooked on how amazing Aerial yoga made her feel mentally and physically. Her urge to empower others and provide the same love of movement lead her Aerial Yoga Teacher Training with Robin Ivy Payton at Leaping Waters Yoga.

Alicia completed her aerial yoga teacher training one year after her first aerial class in 2023; shortly after she started teaching Aerial Yoga once a week. Her love for yoga and wanting to learn more and provide more to her students brought her to Southern Maine School of Yoga where she completed her 200 YTT in April of 2024.

Alicia has played, coached, officiated and Managed Women’s football for 17 years. She is a 12 time All American and has coached athletes in the sport for over 10 years. Her experience as an athlete and coach has set the foundation for her to be an amazing yoga teacher. Football was Alicia’s Yang. Her Yin is now Yoga which has balanced her life beautifully. Her heart and passion to guide people through movement shines forth as she brings an energy that inspires people to move. Alicia also teaches Yin Yoga after training with Andrea Gleason and is on her Reiki practitioner journey with Kristine Keegan here at Breathing Room.

Alicia loves teaching both adults and young ones and is capable in both strengthening classes and restoratives such a yin and aerial earth.

✨Take a class with Alicia✨
👉🏻Kids Aerial
Mondays 11:30 am & Tuesdays 4pm
👉🏻Aerial Decompression
Thursday 5:30 pm, Friday 10:00 am
👉🏻Intro to Aerial
Thursday 4 pm

07/24/2025

💫Did You Know…💫

👉🏻We now offer weekly Aerial Yoga classes!

Aerial Yoga Decompression is sequenced from feet on the ground to feet in the air.
💫Move
💫Breathe
💫Swing

Hammocks are used for shoulder, chest & back openers, twists, core strengthening, inversions & rest

Offered 👇🏻
✨Thursdays 5:30 pm
✨Fridays 10:0 am
✨Saturday’s 10:00 am
✨Sundays 9:30 am

👉🏻Drop in $30
👉🏻 4 class pass $100
👉🏻6 class pass $145
👉🏻Monthly Unlimited $180 (includes yoga classes as well as use of Sauna)

06/17/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Liza🧘🏻‍♀️

Liza is a Kripalu Certified Yoga teacher with over 15 years’ experience practicing yoga and
meditation. Yoga has been a constant in her life for nearly 2 decades – what was once a
practice became essential. The exploration of movement deepened into a profound study of
self-discovery, philosophy and spirituality. Eventually, she immersed herself in a mindfulness
program through Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, where she began to learn all that yoga
encompasses – that yoga is a journey to your truest self. Liza brings lightness, creativity and
compassion to her teaching. You can expect meditation, visualization and a moderate intensity,
complimented with thoughtful background music. She teaches dynamic flows and provides an
environment accessible for both beginner and advanced yogi. Her focus is on embodiment and
providing a space for self discovery. She resides in Portland, Maine, with her two energetic and
passionate daughters

✨Take a class with Liza✨
👉🏻Wednesday 12 pm Community Flow donation
👉🏻Friday 8 am Gentle Yoga & Pranyama

06/09/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Taylor🧘🏻‍♀️

Taylor first came to yoga after sports injuries and found solace in the practice for her body but more importantly for her mind. After practicing for several years, she completed her RYT 200 training with Vishuddha Yoga Teacher Training in 2017. Learning more about the mind body connection informed her practice and teaching and deepened her understanding as a mental health professional. She utilizes yoga as a means of self-care integrating breath, movement, and meditation into her daily routine and teaching practices. Taylor wants to bring the experience of integrating mind and body to all of her students.

While in graduate school in California, Taylor taught yoga with detainees in jail and for mental health professionals and became certified in trauma-informed yoga. She continued to teach in studios in multiple states while completing her doctorate in psychology. After relocating to Maine in 2024, Taylor began working towards her 500 hour certification with a focus on Yoga Therapy. She hopes to draw on her experiences as a mental health professional to improve and expand the experience for students on the mat.

✨Take a class with Taylor✨
👉🏻Friday 9:30 am Flow For All

05/28/2025

✨It’s Happening✨

Our merge with Leaping Waters is happening! We are so excited to welcome them into our community and to be able to bring new offerings to our Breathing Room Community!

The studio doors will be open between both spaces creating one big beautiful space once again! 🥰

Our schedule is live with both yoga and aerial yoga offerings and we will continue to build as we move forward and hear what you want more of!

We also have a number of wonderful workshops coming up and ready for sign ups!

✨New Mixed Monthly Unlimited Pass✨
👉🏻1 month unlimited yoga & aerial auto renew
👉🏻10% off workshops and merch
👉🏻Sauna usage

✨Special intro price until June 7th✨

05/22/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Sri🧘🏻‍♀️

Sri Devi Melissa has forever been drawn to the union of mind and body in the present moment and the learning that can take place there. Coming from a background in theater and dance, she began sharing this as an important life skill with children of all ages through those mediums.
Finding yoga while in recovery from surgery, she realized that everything she loved most about teaching theater, she could share even more deeply through yoga. She completed her 200HR YTT with Aiyana Athenian and Krishna Perry at the ShivaShakti School of Yoga in 2016 and her 500HR YTT in 2018. She has done specialty trainings in Yoga Nidra, Pranayama and Meditation and Children’s Yoga with ShivaShakti and Restorative Yoga training with Margo Rosingana. A great lover of Sanskrit, yogic philosophy, and mantra she currently studies with Sri Vidya Ramananthan (Samskrita Bharati), Shantala Sriramaiah (Veda Studies) and Prem Sadasivananda from whom she received her spiritual name Sri Devi in 2017.
Sri is also a Reiki Master and Sound Healer and loves integrating elements of these healing modalities into her classes whenever possible. When off the mat, she enjoys writing, walking in the forest, birdwatching and putting her feet in really cold water.

✨Take a class with Sri✨
👉🏻Thursday 8:30 am Gentle & Mindful Flow
👉🏻Worksop Special Offerings: Kirtan, Hanuman Chalisa, & Sound Healing

05/17/2025

✨Teacher Highlight✨

Meet Maria🧘🏻‍♀️

Maria Connor has studied and practiced yoga and mindfulness for over 20 years. She values the idea that we “don’t use our bodies to get into yoga, we use yoga to get into our bodies” and honors the reality that every body is different and everyone has gifts to share. Maria has over 500 hours of training in various yoga modalities. Her first training was in Vinyasa yoga with ShivaShakti School of Yoga in Costa Rica in 2010, with beloved teachers Aiyana Athenian and Krishna Peter Perry. She went on to study yoga therapy and received 300 hours of training with the Integrative School of Yoga Therapy at Kripalu Yoga Center in Stockbridge Mass. Further yoga therapy training brought her to Tuscon Arizona to study functional anatomy in motion with Maria Kalima. In addition, she has studied human anatomy at the university level and trained as a clinical herbalist. She has taught everywhere from donation classes to college courses and private living rooms. She also has training in prenatal yoga, kids yoga, and Thai massage level I. Her latest training, in Yin Yoga, was in 2024 with Cathleen and Hannah Wasielewski.

Maria brings a wealth of knowledge from many different schools of thought to her yoga teaching and approaches each class with playfulness, curiosity, and a gentleness of heart. She is particularly interested in exploring mindfulness, wellness, and mind-body health and how yogic practices can facilitate greater integration and well-being in everyday life. Off the mat, she is a mother, horticulturist, animal lover, amateur baker, and graduate student working toward a career as a psychotherapist.

✨Take a class with Maria✨
👉🏻Sunday 6pm Restorative Yoga

Address

South Portland, ME
04106

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm
Saturday	8am - 11am
Sunday	8am - 6pm

Website

http://www.breathingroomME.com/

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When you step through our bright yellow door, you’re walking into more than just a yoga studio. We’ve composed an everyday sanctuary, a peaceful-yet-playful space where our students can leave chatter outside and connect with our community. Our experienced instructors build heat in our room with vinyasa flows and cool things down in yin class. We offer adjustments and whisper alignment tips in our classes to personalize every practice. Through our 200-hour teacher training program, we mentor those who want to lead classes or deepen their relationships with yoga. No matter what’s drawn you to your mat, you’ll emerge from savasana with an open heart, a calm mind, and a strong body.