Mineral City Yoga

12/19/2025

TONGUE SCRAPING???!!!
👅 12 Benefits of Tongue Scraping According to Ayurveda

🦠 Removes bacteria, toxins, and Ama buildup
😮‍💨 Improves breath and reduces bad odor
👅 Enhances sense of taste
🧠 Stimulates internal organs via tongue reflex points
🔥 Ignites agni (digestive fire) first thing in the morning
🪥 Complements oral hygiene + dental care
🌿 Supports detoxification and daily cleansing
🧘‍♂️ Promotes mental clarity and focus
💩 Encourages healthy digestion and elimination
🗣 Helps reduce coating on the tongue (sign of imbalance)
🌞 Aligns with Ayurvedic morning routine (dinacharya)
✨ A simple ritual that improves overall health and self-awareness

🔁 Pro Tip: Scrape gently, first thing in the morning, before eating or drinking anything. Use a stainless steel or copper scraper for best results!

12/18/2025

Yoga HIIT @ Mineral City Yoga

🧱 Full-body strength + cardio
⚡️ HIIT format that boosts energy & metabolism
🧍 Modifications for all ages & levels
🧘 Build mobility, not just muscle
👯‍♀️ Fun, supportive community
🕗 Only 45 minutes, 2x per week
😅 You’ll sweat — and feel amazing
🧓 Great for beginners & active agers

🏋️ Two options:
SCALED 🟢 gentle & accessible
RX 🔴 challenging & athletic
🚶 If you can stand and walk, you can do this
🧠 Improves focus, sleep, and stress levels
🎯 Helps you reach your health goals in 2026
📍Tuesdays + Thursdays | 8:30 AM
✨ Join us at Mineral City Yoga and Build Your Best Body!

12/17/2025

Sukhasana - Easy Pose: the benefits

🧘‍♀️ Promotes calm, steady meditation
🧠 Reduces anxiety and mental tension
💨 Encourages deep, diaphragmatic breathing
🪷 Supports spinal alignment and posture
🔥 Activates the Manipura (navel) chakra
🫀 Improves circulation to the lower body
🪺 Grounds and centers the nervous system
🦵 Opens hips and stretches knees gently
🧘 Increases body awareness and stillness
🕉 Supports mantra, pranayama, and japa practice
🌿 Helps release mental and emotional stress
✨ Creates space for inner reflection and peace

Come practice with us

12/16/2025

If you're looking for relaxation you can take with you anywhere. Enjoy our FREE Yoga Nidra Meditation Video.

https://youtu.be/bHog69UFd2s

12/10/2025

Pose of the Week: Sukhasana "Ease Pose"

Perfect meditation posture for beginners. Definitely use a bolster when you plan to sit for more than a minute. Here's some of the alinment Cues for Sukhasana:
Cross your legs sitting "Indian Style" with whichever leg is more comfortable in front.
Place your feet below the opposite shin of each leg
Manually pull the flesh away from your sit bones
Lengthen all four sides of your torso
Lift your chest as you soften your front ribs inward
Relax your shoulders down and back
Draw your head back in alignment with your ears over your shoulders
Breathe!

12/09/2025

Kundalini Awakening: The Heart of Ta**ra

Yoga is meant not for study alone. If you're a yoga teacher you've almost definitely heard of Kundalini and its awakening but can you say without doubt that you have experienced it? The practice of Pranavidya and eventually the practice of Vishoka Meditation are the direct path from:
Breath Awareness
to
Pranic Sensitivity
to
Pranic Awareness

The realization of human potential is the magnum opus of all mystical traditions and Kundalini Awakening is at the heart of this great work.

This weekend will be leading a weekend long training in our 300hr Yoga Teacher Training which integrates Ta***ic Kundalini practices with those of Taoist Alchemical Chi Gong and ultimately Vishoka Meditation (the method of meditation encoded in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras).

If you would like this program to be made available publicly, let us know in the comments below!

**ra

12/05/2025

Hear from Local Legend Terry Boone about the life-changing benefits of "THE YOGA!"

In his annual checkup Tuesday Terry heard words he never expected, his blood pressure numbers LOOKED GOOD! After a lifetime of high blood pressure, one of his most important health makers for longevity and quality of life improved. When the doctor asked "What changed?" Terry simply responded with "THE YOGA!!!"

12/04/2025

What we offer at MCY:
✨ World-class instruction
💪 Strong Vinyasa Flow
⚡️ Yoga HIIT
🌀 Joints & Glands
🌿 All Levels Gentle Yoga
🕉 Satsang
🎸 Deep Relaxation + Meditation w/ Live Guitar
😌 Always ending with Shavasana

Don’t miss this! 💛
Link in bio ➜

12/02/2025

Local Spotlight: Fox & the Fig

This is a regular spot for us and we are so grateful to our friends at Fox & the Fig for being such a warm and all-around amazing gathering place for our community. I cannot tell you how often we run into our students here grabbing a delicious matcha latte or espresso as well as a healthy breakfast. Don't even get me started on the baked goods... 🤤🫠

If you want one of the absolute PEAK experiences Spruce Pine has to offer, come to a class at Mineral City Yoga & then head over to F&F for brunch.

Love you guys!

12/01/2025

Yoga Sūtra 1.5
वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाऽक्लिष्टाः ॥५॥
vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭā ’kliṣṭāḥ

vṛttayaḥ = modifications, fluctuations (of the mind)
pañcatayyaḥ = of five kinds, fivefold
kliṣṭāḥ = afflicted, painful, arising from ignorance and attachment
akliṣṭāḥ = un-afflicted, not painful, arising from clarity and wisdom

Literal Translation:
“The modifications of the mind are of five kinds; they are either afflicted or un-afflicted.”

Meaning:
The mind’s activities come in five basic forms, each of which can either bind (when influenced by ignorance) or liberate (when guided by wisdom).
This sets up the next five sūtras, which define the five vṛttis themselves.

11/30/2025

11/27/2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING
From your friends at Mineral City Yoga
May your day be blessed and abundant. 🙏