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Monday 7:15am - 10am Tuesday 9:45am - 6:45pm Thursday 8:30am - 6:45pm Saturday 8:30am - 10:30am

Balance Yoga

We specialize in beginners and anyone wanting to understand-learn how their human vehicle works! We are an Yoga Alliance Elevated Standards RYS 200 School.
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To learn more visit out YTT page at: https://www.BalanceYogaYTT.com

09/10/2026

“I 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮.”

Nope. 😊

You don't need to get more flexible first.

You don't need to get stronger first.

And you definitely don't need to know what you're doing before you walk through my door.

In fact, I LOVE teaching beginners.

When you're new, we get to start from the ground up. You learn how to use your body instead of trying to force it into a shape. You learn what you're supposed to feel, what you're NOT supposed to feel, and why we're doing what we're doing.

That's yoga.

Not touching your toes.

I wrote more about why beginners often thrive at Balance Yoga in this week's B𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴:
https://balanceyoga217.com/post/beginner-yoga-springfield-il

💙 And if you've been thinking about trying yoga but haven't quite made it through the door yet, consider this your invitation.

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

09/10/2026

Your pelvic floor does NOT work by itself.

It works as part of a much bigger system that includes your breath, diaphragm, abdominal wall, hips, posture, and the way you manage pressure inside your body.

That means pelvic floor health isn't always as simple as:

“Just do Kegels.”

Sometimes a pelvic floor needs strength.

Sometimes it needs to learn how to relax.

And sometimes we need to look beyond the pelvic floor altogether and pay attention to what the rest of the body is doing.

That's what I'm talking about in this week's 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: https://balanceyoga217.com/post/pelvic-floor-yoga-more-than-kegels

And if you'd like to explore this in person, join us:
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 & 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.

I'll be joined by pelvic floor specialist Sarah Hocking, PTA, for education and movement designed to help you better understand and support your pelvic floor.

💙 Balance Yoga

09/09/2026

Fall at Balance Yoga is full of opportunities to learn, move and feel better in your body.

Over the next couple of months, we’re offering workshops focused on:

• Pelvic floor health
• Stress and tension release
• Nervous system support
• Restorative yoga + self-massage
• Chaturanga strength, alignment and body mechanics

Some are relaxing. Some are educational. Some will challenge you a little.

All of them are designed to help you better understand your body and give you tools you can actually use in real life.

Space is intentionally limited for these workshops, so if one has been calling your name, don’t wait too long to register.

Which one are you joining me for?

Register at BalanceYoga217.com

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09/04/2026

Who’d like to Yoga ITP for Labor Day? ??‍??

I added Yoga in the Park to the schedule for Labor Day morning and need 3 YES's to hold it.

If you’d like to start your holiday outside, moving, breathing and yoga-ing with me, grab your spot on the schedule.

If we get 3 registered students, we’re ON!

09/03/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼? 🤔

𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 than you may realize.

Your pelvic floor works with your:

✨ Breath
✨ Core
✨ Hips
✨ Spine
✨ Bladder & bowel function
✨ Pressure management

And here’s something people often miss:

A healthy pelvic floor doesn’t just need to be strong.

It needs to be able to engage when you need it, relax when you don’t, and coordinate with the rest of your body.

That’s what we’re digging into during our upcoming Pelvic Floor Workshop with Sarah Hocking, PTA, and me.

📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵
⏰ 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠–1𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
📍 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 | 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝗜𝗟

We’ll combine education with breath, movement and body mechanics so you can better understand what’s happening in your own body.

If you’ve ever thought, “I 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳…”

This is your chance. 💙

09/03/2026

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. 🩵

A longtime student and member of our Balance Yoga tribe had ovarian cancer. One of her missions now is to help more women recognize the signs and symptoms, because far too many of us simply don’t know them.

I’ll admit, I didn’t know them either.

She shared this information with me and asked me to help spread awareness, so I’m passing it along to all of you.

Please take a minute to read the symptoms on this flyer. And maybe even share it with another woman in your life.

Knowledge and information are powerful. They can even save lives, but only if we share what we know. 🩵

Thank you to my student for trusting me to help spread the word.

08/27/2026

𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.

I said this in class today and everyone looked at me like...

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏?!

So I asked them to think about what we actually do in yoga.

We stand.

We fold.

We step back.

We come into Down Dog or Table.

We lower our knees.

We shift our hips.

We sit.

And then we reverse the process to stand back up again.

That IS practicing how to get yourself safely and intentionally from standing to the floor and back again.

When I am not thinking about yoga, I can catch myself doing what a lot of people do. I lean awkwardly to one side, put a hand down somewhere, hope my arm is strong enough to help me, and sort of plop onto a hip.

But when I use the movement patterns yoga has taught me?

I stand tall.

I fold.

I place my hands down.

I step back.

I lower my knees.

I shift my hips until I am seated.

To stand back up, I can come through Table or Down Dog, walk my hands toward my feet or my feet toward my hands, come into a forward fold, and rise.

More organized. More controlled. More intentional.

And THAT is one of the reasons I teach yoga the way I do.

Yoga isn't just about whether you can do a pose.

It teaches you how to move your body through life.

Getting down on the floor and getting back up again is something we want to be able to do for a very, very long time.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 💙

08/26/2026

You've only got a few more hours to register!

We begin tomorrow at 9AM.

Let's make some magic and "fly" together!
BalanceYoga217.com

08/21/2026

Yoga Wall Workshops in Springfield, IL

𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙜𝙖 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡?

Balance Yoga offers small-group Yoga Wall classes with room for only 4 students, giving you plenty of personal instruction while you explore alignment, strength, supported movement and spinal decompression.

Upcoming sessions:

• 𝟲-𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 August 27 at 9:00 AM

• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹
September 5 at 10:30 AM

• 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹: 𝗔 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲-𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
September 12 at 10:30 AM

A minimum of 3 students is required for each workshop to run, and preregistration is required.

Perfect for beginners, returning students and anyone who wants to understand their body and movement more deeply.

📍 Balance Yoga Studio & School
Springfield, Illinois

08/20/2026

Have you ever looked at my Great Yoga Wall and thought...

What in the world does she do with 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧?! 😂

A lot, actually.

The Yoga Wall isn't about doing fancy poses hanging from straps. I use it as a tool to help you better understand your body.

It can give us support when something feels difficult, feedback when you can't quite feel what your body is doing, resistance when we want to build strength, and traction when we want to create space.

Sometimes adding support actually helps you learn how to do MORE on your own.

That's one of the things I love about props. They aren't there because you "can't" do yoga.

They're there to help teach your body how.

I wrote more about the Great Yoga Wall and how we use it at Balance Yoga in this week's 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

👇 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://balanceyoga217.com/post/what-is-the-yoga-wall

Ready to explore more?
Our 6-Week Level Two Great Yoga Wall Series begins Thursday, August 27 at 9:00 AM.

Previous Yoga Wall experience is recommended, but not required. If you're new to the Wall, come ready to learn quickly, try new things, and bring your sense of adventure. 😊

We need at least 3 registered for the series to run, so if you've been thinking about joining me on the Wall, now's the time!

You can find all the details and register on the Balance Yoga schedule.

Address

2532 Farragut Drive
Springfield, IL
62704

Opening Hours

Monday	7:15am - 10am
Tuesday	9:45am - 6:45pm
Thursday	8:30am - 6:45pm
Saturday	8:30am - 10:30am

Telephone

+12174144636

Website

http://BalanceYoga217.com/

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