Essential Yoga Studio

25/07/2025

Happy Friday, Essential angels! 🌞

We’re so excited for our time with Crystal tomorrow!

Looking for a unique movement opportunity, complementary to your yoga practice? She’s got you covered!

Note: a hard foam roller is helpful but not required.

Join Crystal for just $20 by heading to our Events page! 🤗

25/07/2025

Just had this reminder pop up in our FB memories. Such a beautiful reminder that this community is so big, has been around for so long, and continues to grow and bloom. 🥹🌸

Did you know that Essential is the oldest non-heated yoga studio in Springfield? We take that seriously - you won’t catch us transitioning to a heated space! 😅

Thank you, as always, to the women who came before me: Michelle, Christy, Shari, and Miranda. 💜 Endlessly grateful for your leadership! 🙌🫶

Thank you to all of our students too - especially those who have been around since this transition in 2012. It’s an honor to continue to practice with you! 🥰

24/07/2025

Our next Yoga on the Farm at Gooseberry Bridge Farm is THIS Friday and is the perfect summer activity to cultivate joy and immerse yourself in the beauty around you! 🤗

Join me for 45 minutes of gentle yoga in the shade of the flower field before we mosey on to flower picking or baby animal cuddles! Wanna do both? Pay a $15 fee directly to farmers Staci and Jeremy and YOU GOT IT! 🙌

$30 per person. Book via our Events page! 🫶

Can’t wait!! 🥳🐷🐓🐐🌻

23/07/2025

Hi, angels! I hope you’re staying cool as a cucumber this week!! 🥒

This week’s Class Spotlight is on Yin Yoga! This is one of my fave’s to teach - let’s go on a little journey together to learn more about it! 🤗

Yin is an interesting practice - often thought of as "inactive," it's actually quite the opposite from a mental and energetic perspective! Yin Yoga utilizes the Traditional Chinese Medicine system of meridians to target the flow of energy to and through different joints and connective tissue in the body, thereby supporting overall wellness, stress relief, mobility, and flexibility. Much of the practice is done on the floor (no getting up or down off the floor once you're there) with as much prop support as each individual student wants or needs. I love sharing with students which meridians we’re working with, where they run through the body, and why we might be choosing to target them during that practice. 🤓

In Yin, much like Restorative yoga, poses are held for 5-8 minutes and, as yoga teachers like to say, "time is our intensifier..." As we find ourselves able to lean deeper into a stretch or the compression of a joint, for example, we have time to do so and to respond to the body as it shows us what it needs a long the way. It's a truly beautiful, contemplative practice that can leave students feeling more physically and energetically "open." 💪

Yin Yoga at Essential is offered both Tuesdays at 7p AND Thursdays at 9a - no prior yoga experience necessary but an ability to embrace (or challenge oneself to embrace) slowness in the body and mind is helpful. 🙏

We’ve still got spots available for tomorrow morning’s Yin practice and I’d love for you to join us! Head to www.essential-yoga.com/booking to grab a spot. 🤗

And don’t forget about our Christmas in July class pack and extended memberships sale! Ends Friday 7/25. Find all the info here: www.essential-yoga.com/christmasinjuly. 🎄

See you soon! 🫶

22/07/2025

🤗🫶 Get you some body love from Chase!

Hi, I’m Chase — a Licensed Massage Therapist and the heart behind Roaming Tranquility. I created this space with the intention of offering more than just bodywork; I want every session to feel like a breath of relief, a return to self, and a reminder that healing is possible.

As I step into this next season, I’m setting a goal to share more of what I do — to reach more people, deepen community connections, and continue offering a safe, nurturing space for rest and renewal.

Thanks for being here. I’m excited to grow with you. 💆🏽‍♀️✨

21/07/2025

SURPRISE! We’re doing a Christmas in July sale!! 🎄

Our Newsletter friends have known about this sale since last Monday and they’re already on it! 🎅

Our pricing will be changing beginning August 1 so I’ve decided to do a final celebration of our current packages with even deeper discounts. It’s like Christmas is here in the middle of the year! Perfect for your (and my!) mid-summer lull. 😅

We’ve got discounts on Class Packs (and a special expanded set ONLY offered during Christmas in July!), 6-and 12-month memberships, and a special 2-week New Student Special too! 🎁

Head to www.essential-yoga.com/christmasinjuly to learn more and purchase. ☃️

PS: are you a current monthly autopay member? Your pricing won’t be immediately impacted by the August changes - I got you!! 😘

PPS: I can’t wait to see you soon and I hope you have the BEST Monday! Xoxo! 🥰

18/07/2025

Oh AND I got to respond to an email inquiry about supportive chair yoga for a local schools’ transportation team - how neat!! Happy Friday, yall!! 🤗

Go here to book classes for this weekend: www.essential-yoga.com/booking

And here to book workshops and events: www.essential-yoga.com/events

💜💜💜

17/07/2025

This Sunday is our first Qi Gong class with Marisa Frazier and I’m so excited to learn from her! 🙌

Join me as we learn how to harness and support our life force energy through a different kind of breath and movement. This is a low impact exercise perfect for all ages, bodies, and experiences. 🤗

Learn more at www.essential-yoga.com/events. 💜

16/07/2025

Wanna stay in the know with the happenings at Essential? Join our mailing list! 🤩

Head to the main page of our website (www.essential-yoga.com)and scroll past the purple section. Add your info and we'll even send you a FREE guide to help you prep for your first class at Essential. That's pretty neat! 🧘‍♂️

We share Newsletters, special offers, feedback opportunities, and other announcements to our email list FIRST. 🫶

Psst! Are you a member already? No need to sign up again, if so. Not sure? Check the inbox and spam folders of the email associated with your Wellness Living account - our last Newsletter went out yesterday with info about supporting our friends at Ozarks Food Harvest through a group volunteering opportunity, Yang Yoga class spotlight, and weekly updates!

16/07/2025

Just filled with gratitude this evening for the incredible humans I get to see every day. 🥰

15/07/2025

This Saturday is our workshop in collaboration with spiritual wellness coach Tiffany of TK Esthetics. 🤗

Join us to learn how the words we say and the mental narratives we write about ourselves and our experiences fuel our core beliefs and our nervous system response unconsciously, impacting our ability to grow, achieve, relate, connect, and feel closer to our heart’s purpose and the people we love. It’s not just woo woo silly stuff - it’s neurobiological SCIENCE, y’all! 😅

In this 2- hour workshop, we’ll work with the throat and heart chakras, learn how to change our thinking and our self-talk in challenging times, and move and breathe to integrate and embody our learning. 🧘‍♀️

Bring a journal and wear whatever makes you feel comfortable and confident in a yoga studio setting - note that we will be practicing some gentle yoga movements too so stretchy layers are helpful. 🤩

Book your spot via our Events page. Registrations accepted through start time of event.

We can’t wait to share these transformative practices with you!