Yoga Shala of San Antonio

Hey! If you want to learn, practice or teach Ashtanga yoga you don’t want to miss the opportunity to learn from a true representative of the practice and the most recognized Ashtanga yoga teacher in the world and an amazing human being! Join us for a special event!

We are so happy to remind you that Kino MacGregor will be joining us October 30 – November 1 for a very special weekend together.

While the venue will be announced soon, this workshop is officially ON — and we truly hope you’ll join us.

This will be such a beautiful opportunity for our community to reunite, reconnect, practice together, and learn from one of the most dedicated and inspiring teachers in the Ashtanga world. We are incredibly grateful to Kino for her continued support, generosity, and dedication through the years. 🤍

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✨ 3 Days of Mysore ✨

Friday
9–11 am — Mysore
12–2 pm — Intermediate Series Methodology

Saturday
9–11 am — Mysore
1–3 pm — Strong & Bendy

Sunday
9 am–12 pm — Primary Series + Conference
1–3 pm — Meditation & Yin

💚We cannot wait to practice with you all again. Stay tuned for venue updates and more details soon.

Better Together✨

One of the greatest gifts of the Mysore method is that while the practice is deeply personal, it is never meant to be done alone. We breathe together, struggle together, grow together, and draw strength from the energy of a committed community.

As we move through this transition and begin practicing in different spaces, we're reminded that the true practice extends far beyond the walls of a shala. Where are you practicing right now? Who are you sharing your practice with? How are you digging deep to continue showing up for this life-changing and grounding practice, even in the midst of uncertainty and change?

Yoga teaches us that resilience is not the absence of challenge—it is the ability to remain steady through it. The discipline, courage, and wisdom cultivated on the mat become our foundation when life shifts beneath our feet.

The beautiful truth is that everything you need is already within you. The strength to continue. The courage to adapt. The steadiness to stay grounded. The practice simply helps you remember.

And while our locations may be different for now, our community remains connected through every breath, every sunrise practice, and every step forward.

Tag us and let us know where your practice is taking you this summer! We are, and always will be, better together. ✨🙏

We 💗 you and

As Patanjali reminds us in Yoga Sutra 1.14, practice becomes firmly rooted when it is cultivated for a long time, without interruption, and with sincere devotion.

For a long time. Without interruption. With love.

These three simple teachings become especially meaningful during times of transition and uncertainty.

As our Shala enters this new chapter, it can be easy to lose momentum or wait until things feel “normal” again before recommitting to practice. But yoga teaches us that the deepest growth often happens when we continue showing up—not because conditions are perfect, but because the practice itself becomes our anchor.

The purpose of practice is not simply to master postures. Through abhyasa (steady practice) and vairagya (non-attachment), we gradually quiet the fluctuations of the mind and cultivate clarity, resilience, and inner peace. Every breath, every sun salutation, every moment of stillness is a reminder that the true practice lives within us, not within a building.

While we may be apart for a time, the thread that connects us remains unbroken. The discipline, wisdom, and community we have built together continue each time you step onto your mat.

So keep practicing. Practice for the long haul. Practice consistently. Practice with devotion. Trust that every effort is planting seeds that will continue to grow.

And when we come back together as a Shala, we will do so carrying the strength, steadiness, and insight cultivated during this time apart.

The practice continues. The community remains. The path is still unfolding. ✨🙏🏼✨

Tomorrow, May 30 at 9:00 AM, we invite you to join us for our final Led Primary Series at Yoga Shala San Antonio with Ana & Paulina. 🤍

After 18 beautiful years, we will gather one last time to breathe, move, practice, and share this space that has meant so much to all of us.

Following practice, we’ll close the morning with a sound bath and meditation — a moment to reflect, honor this chapter, and simply be together as a community.

Whether you’ve practiced with us for years or only recently found the shala, we would love to see you there.

We poured our hearts into this shala for 18 years.
Now that life is asking us to pause, reflect, and imagine a new way forward we want to thank you for every morning Mysore, every Saturday Led, every conversation, every challenge, every breakthrough, every laugh, and every moment shared inside these walls.

With all our love and gratitude,
Ana & Paulina

Every morning Mysore.
Every Saturday Led.
Every workshop.
Every conversation after class.

These moments became a lifetime of memories for us. 🤍

So much life happened inside this little shala.

We watched friendships form, families grow, practices deepen, and people transform through consistency and dedication.

There were hard days and beautiful days. Busy rooms and quiet mornings. But through it all, this space carried so much heart, devotion, and love.

For 18 years, this was more than a yoga studio. It was a community. A refuge. A second home for many of us.

And we will carry these memories with us forever.

One of the greatest gifts of this space has been watching people grow — not just in practice, but in life. 🤍

We watched students walk in nervous for their very first class and slowly build confidence, discipline, strength, and trust in themselves.

We watched practices evolve from beginner classes to Half Primary, Full Primary, Mysore, Intermediate Series and beyond.

We watched people learn how to breathe through challenges both on and off the mat.

Some students found healing here.
Some found community.
Some found themselves.

Over 18 years, this little shala became a place where people transformed quietly, steadily, breath by breath.

To witness that has been one of the greatest honors of our lives.

The practice teaches us that life is always changing. Even within the steady rhythm of the Shala, there are moments that shift us unexpectedly—bringing sadness, uncertainty, attachment, gratitude, or even fear of what comes next. Patanjali reminds us in Yoga Sutras 1.12–1.16 that peace comes through abhyasa (steady practice) and vairagya (non-attachment).

For many of us, the Shala has been more than a place to move our bodies. It has been a refuge, a community, a place where we learned to breathe through discomfort, celebrate growth, and return to ourselves again and again. So naturally, change stirs emotion. We are human.

Yet yoga teaches us that while forms may change, the deeper essence of the practice remains untouched. The discipline, the teachings, the breath, the devotion, the connection cultivated through years of practice—these cannot be taken away. They live within each of us.

Practice asks us to keep showing up with steadiness. Dispassion asks us to soften our grip on how we think things must look, while trusting that transformation is part of the path itself.

Perhaps this transition is also part of the practice: learning to remain grounded in the midst of change, to honor what has been with gratitude, and to continue walking forward with open hearts.

The Shala may shift form, but the practice continues. The light of yoga continues. And the community built through sincere practice will always remain connected beyond walls and circumstance. 🙏🏼