Ground Floor Yoga and Wellbeing

Ellen’s Gentle Yoga class at 5:30pm on Tuesdays will shift the tone of the whole week, in the best way. We’re so excited to welcome her back to the schedule!

Perfect for anyone, all levels, who wants to reset their body, mind, & spirit, slipping into the evening with ease 🪷

Join us for practice! Check out the whole schedule & sign up at www.groundflooryoga.com

📍Located at The Factory at Franklin ™
❤️ Ellen Crouch

We are thrilled to welcome Karen back to the schedule for a new class starting this Thursday, August 13 at 9:15am!

Alignment Flow is a series of postures which flow together evenly to align and balance the body and nervous system. The first half of the class is practiced standing and incorporating balance to the flow. The second half is seated on the mat incorporating the entire spinal system and feeling completely balanced and aligned after each session. Karen also loves to introduce advanced postures when the students are feeling like a challenge. She teaches to the level of the class and loves hearing how wonderful people feel after the practice.

Karen has been practicing yoga for several decades on her own and teaching classes. She is trained in all styles of yoga through Yoga Steps and has practiced with Ma Yogashakti at her Ashram in Florida. After experiencing a lot of discomfort due to scoliosis, she was given a series of postures to align her spine from Ma Yogashakti. After the first year of a regular daily routine, she has been pain free and aligned ever since. She is devoted to helping others find alignment not only in their physical bodies , but also in their minds and spirits as well.

Hey ya’ll, Katherine here 👋🪷

Maybe you know that there’s going to be a little yogi arriving in the world soon - it’s my last week of classes before I start my maternity leave. My first baby is due in just a few short weeks at the beginning of September.

I’d be so honored to see you in class this week:

Tuesday August 11, 5:30pm Gentle Yoga
Wednesday August 12, 9:30am Primary Flow
Thursday, August 13, 5:30pm Vinyasa
Friday, August 14, 9:15am Jivamukti
Saturday, August 15, 12:30pm Primary Flow

After the 5:30pm Vinyasa class on Thursday, around 7pm, we’ll have a little gathering, with some bites and treats, in the Main Hall of The Factory near The Skylight Bar. If you want to come spend a little time, and support my transition to motherhood with community, I’d love to see you. You can drop a quick RSVP in the comments or DM (just for a loose head count ❤️) if you want to join.

It truly fills my heart with purpose and joy to serve the community at Ground Floor and it’s a little bittersweet to step back for now, but I’m moving into this new season of life one breath, one step at a time - just as I try to approach my yoga practice, and all of life. I won’t be too far away, and I plan to return to teaching in the new year.

In the meantime, all the rest of the amazing teachers will continue leading you in inspiring practices, plus I’m excited to tell you about a few new teachers joining our team, and a few favorites returning to our schedule in the next few weeks.

What’s special about a community like we strive to cultivate at the studio is that we can ride the waves of life together. My teachers always emphasized that satsang - the community that seeks the Truth together - is one of the most precious supports we can have for our practice. I know it to be true, from my own journey.

Hope to see you soon or in the future - and as always, I’m grateful you’re a part of the Ground Floor Yoga community.

If you’ve been practicing Yoga in Franklin for a while, perhaps you already know and love her - we are so excited to welcome Robbie Short Robbie Michelle Short to our Ground Floor Teaching team!

Starting August 8, you can join her Vinyasa class Saturdays at 11am. Later on in August, she’ll be bringing her knowledge and levity to  Wednesday & Saturday Primary Flow as Katherine begins her maternity leave.

Robbie Michelle Short has been teaching yoga & meditation for over 24 years. She was the owner of Half Moon Yoga Healing in Franklin for 13 years before closing to pandemic. After gaining a degree in Sociology & Religious Studies, Robbie traveled the world as a flight attendant. It was 9/11 that prompted her first live class to remedy back pain & minimize stress. Yoga soon became her passion, saving grace, & lifestyle. Robbie enjoys theming her classes with yogic philosophy, storytelling, inspiring quotes, and sharing myths behind the poses. She’s been leading yoga adventure retreats & spiritual pilgrimages to sacred places for over a decade, practices Reiki, and offers Sound Baths. She has several meditation albums available under the name Moonbeam Meditation. Her YouTube channel is Moonbeam Yoga.

Join us for uplifting, inspiring yoga experiences nourishing body, mind, and spirit, each & every day 🪷

Vinyasa, yin, restorative, gentle, & more - beginner friendly and satisfying for longtime students. Something for everyone.

📍Located at The Factory at Franklin ™

Schedule your class: groundflooryoga.com

Join ally laForest 🐍 ✨🔥 for a journey deep within ✨🪷

Summertime Reset: Saturday, June 27 at 6pm

This extended yoga nidra practice will be more than a body scan- we will explore sensations, visualizations, emotions and more.

Yoga Nidra will be followed by a sound bath, to seal in all of the newfound awareness on a very cellular level.

20 minutes of nidra is equivalent to about 1-2 hours of deep rest on the brain so plan to leave feeling rested and rejuvenated.