Arise Yoga Movement

Arise Yoga Movement

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Intentional flows. Global beats. A community that shows up. every BODY belongs. Strong flows. Real community. Together, we rise. ✨πŸ”₯

08/09/2026

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we honor the resilience, wisdom, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous communities around the world.

May our practice be rooted in gratitude, respect, and connection.

08/03/2026

πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to our July Member Challenge Winners, Kathy and Jocelyn! πŸŽ‰

Enjoy your well-deserved prizes, and thank you for always bringing such incredible energy to the studio!

And a huge round of applause to everyone who showed up for themselves throughout July. Your commitment, consistency, and dedication should not go unnoticed.

We are humbled to be part of your yoga journey!

Photos from Arise Yoga Movement's post 07/30/2026

Wellness Wednesday.

This Sunday, the community is invited into the practice of arriving β€” without needing to fix, achieve, or become anything. Yoga Nidra is an invitation to rest in awareness, and that kind of rest can be surprisingly powerful.

Zenobia guides the room to notice where tension is held β€” in the body, the breath, the mind β€” and to gently practice releasing some of it. The hope is that you leave feeling a little more at home in yourself, carrying that ease with you long after.

Sometimes the most meaningful shift begins not with doing more, but with allowing yourself to simply be.

07/28/2026

Meet Zenobia Warfield, RYT 500.

She first came to yoga in 1995, a twenty-year-old new mom who'd heard more warnings about the practice than invitations. She tried it anyway. Every time, she felt peaceful, grounded, more connected to herself.

For years she'd been at war with her own body β€” cycling through every workout, chasing a version of herself that self-doubt kept just out of reach. Yoga became the one place she felt at home in it. Through parenting, work, and graduate school, her practice would ebb and flow, but she always found her way back.

In 2021 she enrolled in teacher training β€” not to teach, just to learn. By the end, she knew. She left a career as a magazine editor and found her purpose: helping people use yoga as a tool for healing.

"Yoga, to me, is a practice of remembering. It reminds us that beneath the noise and the striving, there is a steadiness that has always been there."

Her sessions are thoughtful, steady, and therapeutic. She teaches breath, nervous system regulation, and sustainable alignment over the deepest expression of a pose. You'll be met exactly where you are β€” no expectation to perform or keep up. Whether you're moving, breathing, or sitting in stillness, her hope is that you leave more connected to yourself than when you arrived.

Right now, her favorite practice is stillness. The quiet moments where she can simply feel and listen to the breath β€” a reminder that yoga isn't always about movement.

Before yoga, she was an award-winning journalist and editor whose work centered on racial justice and community healing. She doesn't see the two paths as separate. Both ask her to listen deeply, stay curious, and hold space for truth to emerge.

And at the heart of all of it is her family β€” the love and support that shaped how she shows up for everyone who practices with her.

We're honored to have Zenobia sharing her practice with this community.

Photos from Arise Yoga Movement's post 07/15/2026

Wellness Wednesday, in Ruian's words.

In my classes, I believe in slowing down. Rather than making the practice easier, the goal is to move with greater intention and awareness. When we rush, it's easy to rely on momentum or fall into familiar movement patterns. By moving more slowly, we create space to notice, adjust, and build strength with purpose.

I'll help you develop strong foundations, understand how your body moves, and create lasting neuromuscular connections through thoughtful, repeated practice. Over time, this deeper mind-body awareness can lead to better control, stability, and functional mobility β€” on the mat and in everyday life.

My goal is to help you move with more confidence, strength, and ease.

07/14/2026

Meet Ruian Yang.

She came to yoga from inside a large tech company, where everything moved fast and success got measured in metrics that never quite made sense. The pay was good. But she was losing her connection to the people around her, and to herself.

She started practicing as a workout. What she found was a community where people genuinely cared for one another β€” and teachers who built rooms full of kindness and encouragement that stayed with her long after class ended. When teacher training came up, she signed up. What she learned there was how much can happen when one person makes a space where others feel seen.

Coming from a world built on efficiency and optimization, Ruian had started treating herself the same way β€” always improving, fixing, achieving. Yoga taught her to be present instead. Not to escape her life or perform the perfect pose, but to pay attention to who she is in this moment.

"Every practice is different because we are different every day. There is value in showing up exactly as we are."

In her class, expect mindful movement, intentional breath, and the balance between effort and ease. She breaks poses down so you understand not just what to do, but why β€” and how it might feel. Clear alignment cues. Options to meet your body where it is today. Reminders to stay curious rather than critical. Some days that means building strength. Some days it means creating space to soften.

Right now she's drawn to backbends β€” not for the depth, but for the restraint. Flexibility comes easily to her, so the work is slowing down and building the strength that actually supports the shape.

Before tech, she was a stem cell biologist. And after class, you'll usually find her still in the studio, talking with students β€” which is, in her words, what makes her feel connected to this community.

We're honored to have Ruian sharing her practice with this community.

Photos from Arise Yoga Movement's post 07/09/2026

Set sail with your crew this July.

Our next Family Yoga Adventure is a playful, vacation-themed class where grown-ups and kids move together through a choose-your-own-adventure yoga story β€” with the little ones helping decide where it goes next.

Along the way, families bond through partner poses and simple breathing tools that double as real social-emotional learning. An hour to reset as a team, share some joy, and send kids home with ways to stay calm and flexible as summer routines shift.

Led by Lily Lawson, whose classes weave movement, mindfulness, and imagination for kids and families alike.

Sunday, July 26 Β· 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Kids ages 3–9 with a grown-up Β· $20 per person

Reserve your spot at the link in bio.

07/02/2026

Freedom Flow. Saturday, July 4.

Start the holiday on your mat. Ninety minutes with Craig β€” a longer, fuller practice to move, breathe, and make some space before the day gets loud.

Freedom is a practice. This is how we'll mark the day: together, in the room, taking the time before the fireworks.

Bring someone who could use the morning too.

06/22/2026

The weekend is complete.

Yesterday was about the freedom of action β€” people showing up, taking up space, choosing each other. Today was about the freedom of letting go. The solstice, the longest day of the year, and a room full of people willing to soften and release on it.

The mini kirtan with Craig Baldwin and Gina SalΓ‘ was its own kind of magic β€” Gina, a master of mantra and sound, filling the space with voice in a way you feel more than hear. The kind of thing that stays with you long after you’ve left the mat.

Three days of practice, sound, and people coming together in new ways. Some of you walked through our doors for the first time this weekend. Some brought someone new. All of you gave it the energy that made it what it was.

This is what we mean when we say community comes first. Thank you for being here β€” for the whole of it.

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9750 NE 119th Way
Kirkland, WA
98034