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Teacher Feature Alert 📢 Put a 💙 in the comments if you love practicing with Olivia! 👏 👏 👏

💙 Olivia has been teaching yoga for eight years, and has been teaching at Yoga Off East for two years. Students describe Olvia’s teaching style as foundational, gentle, and mobility-focused.

💙 When she’s not teaching, Oivia is probably baking, strength training, or enjoying a walk around Durham. 🐂 🏙️

💙 You can find Olivia on Tuesdays at 4:30 PM for Mellow Flow! ✨

Say hi to Olivia in the comments & let us know what you love about her! 👋

Calling all early risers—we have a new class for you on the summer schedule ☀️! Starting June 1st, join Jai every Monday at 6:30 AM for Sunrise Flow on the Lawn (link in bio to sign up!). 🌧️ This class is rain or shine— we will move into the studio if it’s raining, but in nicer weather, we will flow on the lawn at . ☕️ After class grab a coffee with friends at — new to campus & opening in June!

Happy long weekend, Durham! Come flow with us tomorrow (Monday 5/25). ⚡️ Here’s our Memorial Day schedule:

✨ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Balanced Flow with Kerry

✨ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Core Strength Flow with Lara

✨ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Balanced Flow with Emily

See you there! 🫶

Deep relaxation is a First Friday tradition here at Yoga Off East. For our next First Friday event, June 5th at 6:30 PM, Jaclyn and Leslie will co-teach Yin + Sound, a deeply restorative Yin Yoga experience enhanced with the healing power of sound. Postures are held for several minutes, with the support of props, allowing time and space for relaxation to settle in the mind and body within each posture. Sound tools (such as singing bowls, tuning forks, or chimes) will provide vibrational resonance to calm the nervous system, balance energy, and deepen your awareness in each pose. ✨ Join us for this happier kind of happy hour: https://api.hellowalla.com/previews/126350?b=2228&type=enrollment

Teacher Feature Alert 📢 Put a 💙 in the comments if you love practicing with Vanessa! 👏 👏 👏

💙 Vanessa has been teaching yoga for almost 22 years, and she’s spent 3 of them at Yoga Off East! Students describe her teaching style as dynamic, challenging, and mobility-focused (strong focus on transitions). She also encourages a deep connection to “beginner’s mind” and an awareness of the mind/body connection.

💙 When she’s not teaching, Vanessa works as a doula and enjoys spending quality time with loved ones, writing, swimming, traveling, and loving on her dogs and cats.

You can find Vanessa every Wednesday morning at 8:00 AM for her special blend of Flow + Pilates.

Say hi to Vanessa in the comments & let us know what you love about her! 👋

Friday is movie night at Yoga Off East! ✨ Meet our studio partner Shanti Bhavan, an educational network in India empowering the country’s most underserved children, through a free screening of the acclaimed Netflix docuseries Daughters of Destiny.

Amanda Turner, YOE student and Shanti Bhavan Senior Development Officer, and Megala, a Shanti Bhavan alum and rising junior at Duke, will both be present to answer questions!

✨Friday, 5/15: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. ✨ Light snacks will be provided. Feel free to bring a camp chair, or cozy up with our bolsters and blankets.

Link in bio to register for this free community event. See you there!

Change awaits! EMERGE, a 6-week embodied coaching program led by Yoga Off East Founder Kathryn Smith, begins on Tuesday, May 12th—and there’s still time to sign up.

Each 90-minute EMERGE session weaves together guided reflection, discussion, mentorship, breathwork, and gentle movement practices. Lean into collective insight and individualized guidance to help you align more deeply with your next steps this summer.

All sessions take place in our light-filled studio at American To***co Campus. ✨ Link in bio to sign up—payment plan available at checkout. ✨

💐 Mother’s Day is May 10th—that’s this Sunday! 💐 Whether you’re celebrating yourself, a partner, a friend, your mother, or someone with a mothering presence in your life, we’ve got thoughtful, yoga-inspired gifts to make them feel extra special. Here are a few mom-approved ideas:

✨ The Yoga Off East Gift Card (available in studio or online: http://bit.ly/48N7mjK)
✨ Jewelry, including ethically crafted SoulKu necklaces, each with a special message for the recipient
✨ Books & journals—we’re loving Elena Brower’s new Practice You journal, Begin Again and Again and Again by Aslessandra Olanow, and The Power of the Pause by Jillian Pransky

All boutique items are ethically sourced and created within the US, often by North Carolina makers!

💙 Spend $30 in the Yoga Off East boutique and get a free YOE tote bag (they’re so cute!). 💙

And if you want to practice with us on Mother’s Day, join us for class at 10 AM, 12 PM, 4:30 PM, and 6:00 PM!