Balance Yoga

We specialize in beginners and anyone wanting to understand-learn how their human vehicle works! We are an Yoga Alliance Elevated Standards RYS 200 School.
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To learn more visit out YTT page at: https://www.BalanceYogaYTT.com Balance Yoga grew out of my own experience with debilitating pain, movement, and learning how much body mechanics matter. After years of standing behind a salon chair and dealing with my own foot injury and scoliosis, I began studying yoga more deeply and discovered how alignment, breathing, strength, and better movement patterns could completely change how the body feels. What started as teaching yoga became something much more specific. I realized I loved helping people understand why they hurt, how they move, and what small changes can make daily life feel better. Today, Balance Yoga is a small-group yoga studio in Springfield, Illinois specializing in beginner yoga, body mechanics, pain-aware movement, private yoga sessions, Chair Yoga, and Great Yoga Wall instruction. My goal is to help students move with more confidence, understand their bodies, and build movement habits that actually support real life.

10/01/2026

Nervous System Reset
Saturday, October 17
11AM

Move. Breathe. Rinse. Reset.

⚖️ 🧘‍♂️🙏

10/01/2026

𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

I hear versions of this all the time:

“I don't want to use the block.”

“I should be able to reach the floor.”

“I'll try it without the chair.”

But here's the thing...

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.

A block might bring the floor to you.

A chair might give you enough stability to actually work on your balance.

A strap can help you find an action your body wasn't understanding.

The Yoga Wall can give you feedback, support, resistance, or traction.

And sometimes I give you a prop because I want to make something 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, not easier. 😉

Props aren't a consolation prize for the person who “can't do the pose.”

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗜 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆.

That's what I'm talking about in this week's 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴:
https://balanceyoga217.com/post/why-yoga-props-help-you-move-smarter

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10/01/2026

𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗚𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡?

Yoga has become widely available, and in many ways, that is wonderful.

But as yoga has become more mainstream, I sometimes wonder if some of its substance has been lost.

A yoga class can become a sequence of movements set to music. Students follow along, work up a sweat, and leave without necessarily learning anything about their bodies.

I believe yoga has so much more to offer.

I want you to leave class understanding something about your body that you didn’t understand when you walked in.

We explore how your feet support you, how your joints move, how your breath affects your body, where you may be compensating, and whether everyday movement habits could be contributing to stiffness, instability, or pain.

The goal isn’t to make a yoga pose look impressive.

The goal is to help you:

💙 Understand your body
💙 Improve strength, mobility, and control
💙 Move more confidently as you age
💙 Breathe more fully
💙 Regulate your nervous system
💙 Reduce pain and function better in daily life

This is what I believe yoga can be: purposeful, educational, and capable of creating meaningful change.

I wrote more about this in this week’s 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

👇 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱: 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻?

https://balanceyoga217.com/post/has-yoga-become-watered-down

09/29/2026

As the season shifts, give yourself space to shift too.

Fall may invite us to slow down, but real life often feels very different.

Schedules fill.

Routines return.

The holidays begin appearing on the horizon.

Your body may stop moving at the end of the day while your mind, breath and muscles remain stuck in GO mode.

𝗡𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁: 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲. 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁. is a new 90-minute Workshop designed to help you understand your response to everyday stress and experience practical ways to shift from activation toward recovery.

The goal is not to remain calm all the time.

It is to build your ability to notice the state you are in, adapt to what is happening and shift when you need to.

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳
1𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠–1𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠

Beginner-friendly. Not a workout. No yoga experience or flexibility required.

You will leave with a Balance Yoga Nervous System Reset Toolbox you can use at home, at work or during stressful moments.

Preregistration is required.

Register here: BalanceYoga217.com

09/24/2026

We had sooo much fun co-teaching this Workshoop with Strong Mom Sarah!

If you missed it we will be revisiting all the goo mojo again next spring!!

09/24/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

And if the foundation isn't doing its job well, what happens above it?

Your feet have 𝟮𝟲 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝟯𝟯 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 working together to support you, adapt to the ground, absorb force, and help move you forward.

But most of us spend very little time thinking about them.

Until they hurt.

I pay A LOT of attention to feet when I teach because what I see happening at the ground can give me clues about what's happening farther up the body.

How are you distributing your weight?

Are your toes actually participating?

What are your arches doing?

Where are your knees going?

What happens at your hips?

The painful spot isn't always the only place worth looking.

That's the Body Mechanic in me. 😉

This week's 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 is all about your feet and why I believe they're one of the most important places to start when we're trying to understand how a body stands and moves.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴:
https://balanceyoga217.com/post/your-feet-are-your-foundation

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09/24/2026

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘: 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣

Gentle rocking. Shaking. Breath. Release.

A practice that helps the nervous system settle while giving the body a chance to move, soften and let go.

Students often describe the after-feeling as tingling, humming, deeply relaxed and unlike anything they’ve experienced before.

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟲

Space is limited. Grab your spot now at BalanceYoga217.com

09/23/2026

Your nervous system is paying attention.

Not just to stress.

Not just to whether you feel calm or anxious.

It is also learning how you MOVE.

Think about something you do without thinking anymore, like driving your car, brushing your teeth or walking up a flight of stairs.

You weren't born knowing how to do those things. Your nervous system learned through repetition.

Movement works that way too.

If you repeatedly stand with your weight shifted into one hip, favor one leg, carry everything on the same side or change the way you move because something hurts, your body can become very good at that pattern.

Eventually, it may simply feel like "you."

That doesn't necessarily mean the pattern is bad.

And it doesn't mean your body needs to be perfectly symmetrical.

But sometimes a pattern that helped you at one point may no longer be serving you and could even be causing you pain.

Here's the really cool part:

Your nervous system can learn new patterns too.

That is one of the reasons we slow things down at Balance Yoga.

We notice.

We explore.

We move differently.

We give the body another option.

Because you don't have to move the way you've always moved simply because you've always moved that way.

Sometimes change begins with noticing what your body has learned.

09/20/2026

What if your body didn’t need another workout?

What if it needed a chance to shake off some of what it’s been carrying?

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮 is a gentle practice of rocking, shaking, rhythmic movement and pauses to simply notice what you feel.

There’s no complicated choreography.
No trying to get a pose “right.”
No pushing harder.

We move. We pause. We notice.

If you’ve been feeling tense, tired, overstimulated or simply curious about a completely different way to experience movement, come try it.

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟲
𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬-𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬𝗔𝗠

Space is limited and this class is filling up so register now to Reserve Your Spot at: BalanceYoga217.com

09/19/2026

You don’t have to understand energy to notice when something shifts.

Spandana is a practice of gentle rocking, shaking, pausing and noticing the subtle vibration that remains.

It’s less about “doing yoga poses” and more about experiencing movement from the inside out.

Come curious. You don’t have to believe anything. Just notice what you feel.

Spandana at Balance Yoga
A different kind of practice.
Saturday September 26th at 10:30AM

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2532 Farragut Drive
Springfield, IL
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+12174144636

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