11Exhale

Hello Beautiful Souls,

As we move into summer, it is a wonderful time to slow down, reconnect, and deepen your practice. Swipe through to see what is coming to 11Exhale this month:

☀️ Summer Solstice Mini Retreat (June 20, 5-8 PM): A special evening of mala making, intention setting, and guided meditation in community. Registration closes June 13th.

🌙 4-Week Meditation Series (Sundays at 5 PM, starts June 28): Perfect for all experience levels.

✨ Personalized Yoga Sessions: Tailored entirely to your unique goals for up to 2 people. Only 5 sessions are available for June.

🗓️ Guest Teachers: Join Jen for Mat Pilates on June 25th and Vanessa for Vinyasa & Restorative on June 27th.

💛 New to the studio? Explore our community with your first 3 consecutive days free using code 3DAYS.

It is a privilege to hold space for your journey. Head to the link in our bio to register for classes, the meditation series, or upcoming events.

This week's classes are on the mat and waiting for you.

Tues · 6:30 PM · Slow Flow
Weds · 5:00 PM· Vinyasa
· 6:30 PM · Restorative
Thurs · 6:30 PM · Slow Flow
Fri · 6:30 PM · Breath Work W/
(Pre-Registration Required)
Sat · 9:00 AM· Vinyasa
· 6:30 PM · Sound Bath
Sun · 6:30 PM · Slow Flow

If it's your first time, your class is free. No signup fee, no commitment, no catch.

Just show up and breathe.

Book at 11Exhale.com or DM to reserve your spot. 🧭 San Jacinto, CA

New to San Jacinto or the surrounding area?

Come say hi.

11Exhale is a small yoga studio on San Jacinto Ave, with classes six days a week, one teacher, and a genuine open-door policy for anyone who's never done this before.

First class is always free. No better way to get your bearings in a new place than finding a good room to breathe in.

🧭 11Exhale.com | San Jacinto, CA

May schedule is HERE. 📲 Save this, share it, show up. 🙌🏽 Six days a week of movement, breath, and restoration. Plus a Sound Bath on May 30th you do NOT want to miss. 🎶

📅 Mon & Wed | Vinyasa @ 5PM · Restorative @ 6:30PM
📅 Tue, Thu & Sun | Slow Flow @ 6:30PM
📅 Saturday | Vinyasa @ 9AM · Restorative @ 10:30AM

✨ Special Events:
🔔 No class Sunday, May 10 — Mother's Day
🔔 No class Monday, May 25 — Memorial Day
💃🏻 Goddess Get Down May 22 - w/ Embodied Magic
🎶 Sound Bath — Saturday, May 30 @ 6:30PM

Link in bio to book. See you on the mat. 🧘🏽‍♀️

Don't let another week go by without making time for you. ⏳ 11Exhale Studio is offering your first three days FREE. Just use code 3Days. Your mat is ready.

The gym community has dismissed yoga for decades and a 2026 study just proved them wrong.

Sports scientists compared vinyasa and power yoga against resistance training, measuring real physiological data, and what they found is the kind of result that does not fit the narrative gym culture has built around lifting being the gold standard of physical effort.

Yoga produced higher average heart rates than weightlifting in matched-duration sessions. It also registered greater metabolic equivalent values, the standard scientific measure of how hard the body is actually working during any given activity. Not slightly higher. Measurably higher.

But then it got more interesting. For people who are untrained or new to consistent exercise, yoga was harder than moderate resistance training on every cardiovascular measure in the study. Every single one.

The cortisol data is the part most people are going to struggle with. Post-yoga cortisol levels came in 38 percent lower than post-lifting levels. Cortisol is the stress hormone, and for anyone who has spent time in a serious lifting program, the idea that your body may be sitting in a higher stress state than someone who just finished a yoga class is genuinely uncomfortable to sit with.

The study also found yoga produced stronger parasympathetic nervous system activation after the session, meaning the body shifted into recovery mode more deeply and more quickly following yoga than following lifting. On top of that, upper body endurance gains across both groups came out equivalent.

None of this means weight training is useless. For building maximum muscle mass or improving bone density with external load, progressive resistance training still holds real advantages that yoga cannot fully replicate.

But the assumption that yoga is just glorified stretching for people who cannot handle real training is not backed by data anymore. It possibly never was.

CivicScience reported in 2026 that yoga and Pilates interest rose four percentage points in a single year, faster than any other fitness category. The general public may be ahead of the gym community on this one.

You are allowed to take up space here.

To breathe loudly. To wobble. To rest when everyone else is moving.

The mat is yours. The hour is yours.

No one is watching. And if they are, they're rooting for you.

First Class Free 🤍