Mineral City Yoga

09/17/2026

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Don't miss out! There are only two more sessions of our Free Healthy Living Series in Spruce Pine! On Monday from 10am-12pm Nichole Falco of Mineral City Yoga will share about Ayurveda and Lifestyle! 🧘‍♀️

📅Mondays through September 28th
⏰10am-12pm at the YMCA Healthy Living Center
📍275 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine (On Upper Street next to Toe River Arts)

Join us for a warm and practical introduction to Ayurveda and the simple ways food and daily habits can help us feel better from the inside out. We’ll explore easy, nourishing ways to support healthy digestion, listen to what our bodies are telling us, and bring a little more comfort and balance to everyday life.

✨Register for any sessions you plan to attend: bit.ly/mitchell-hls-26

Each week, come learn about options to manage pain and stress during this free healthy living series. Local practitioners will present on wellness topics like: healthy eating, resilience skills, mindful movement, and much more!

🗺️Please note the sessions will be held at the YMCA Healthy Living Center on Upper Street next to Toe River Arts, not the new A.M.Y. Wellness Foundation YMCA location.

06/22/2026

Join our newest MCY Teacher Linda this Tuesday 6/23 at 6:00pm for an All Levels Yoga Class.

Linda teaches our donation based All Levels Joints & Glands class Mondays at 11 AM.

If you’ve been thinking about taking better care of yourself, the time to start is now. We only have one body and one mind.

06/15/2026

YOGA on the GREEN
at Switzerland Inn (link below)

Enjoy blissful mountaintop Yoga with from . This class is a "mixed levels flow" and will provide both a good workout and a relaxing stretch!

Date: Saturday June 20th
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Location: Switzerland Inn
86 High Ridge Rd
Little Switzerland, NC 28749

What to bring: Yoga mat, water bottle, & sun screen

06/05/2026

Come check out our newest Teacher!


Saturdays 9:30 AM
Mixed level slow flow Yoga

Over 12 years of teaching experience and we’re so excited about her joining the team! Welcome to the family, Tiffany!

04/16/2026

POTD (pose of the day)
🧵 Thread the Needle Pose
An easy, grounding twist that releases tension in the shoulders, neck, and upper back, perfect for slowing down and resetting your body 🤍

🧘‍♀️ How to do the pose (Directions)
Start in Tabletop (hands under shoulders, knees under hips)
Inhale, reach your right arm up toward the sky 🌬️
Exhale, “thread” your right arm underneath your body
Lower your right shoulder and the side of your head to the mat
Keep your hips lifted over your knees
Stay for 5–10 breaths, then switch sides

📐 Alignment (Do It Well)
✨ Keep your hips stacked over your knees (don’t let them drift back)
✨ Press gently into your grounded hand for stability
✨ Avoid dumping weight into your neck, support through your shoulder
✨ Let the twist come from your upper back, not your lower back
✨ Use a block or blanket under your head/shoulder for support if needed

🌿 Benefits (Why Practice It)
💆‍♀️ Releases tension in shoulders, neck, and upper back
🌬️ Encourages deep, steady breathing
🧠 Calms the nervous system (great for stress + anxiety)
🌀 Improves spinal mobility through gentle rotation
💤 Prepares the body for rest, great before savasana or sleep

04/15/2026

This is your last chance to join us for our upcoming Weight Loss Workshop. If you’ve been wanting to lose stubborn body fat… but keep ending up in the same cycle, this is exactly what we’re solving.

In just 2 hours, you’ll walk away with:
🔥 A clear plan to lose body fat
💪 How to keep muscle while losing weight
🍽 How to eat without giving up the foods you love
📊 Your personal TDEE numbers
🧠 A strategy you can actually stick to

No extremes. No restriction. No guesswork.

Just a clear path forward.

When
🗓 Saturday April 18th, 12-2:30pm

Where
📍 Mineral City Yoga
537 Altapass Hwy
Spruce Pine, NC 28777

How much
💰 $55 Only for Life changing results!!!!

https://www.mineralcityyoga.com/schedule/ce7a62b6-4111-4415-9b3c-013c335da54b_1776528000

04/07/2026

Pose of the Day:
Ardhasana "Half Pose"

A modification of "founder's pose" from foundation training, this posture focuses on posterior chain engagement. Here are the three things we want to share with you about Half Pose:
1. A strong back is a strong body! 💪😤
2. This position (slightly less deep) is great to practice while brushing your teeth😬
3. Learning to load the posterior chain is the first and most important step to attaining great posture and preventing spine injuries or degeneration. ⛓

How to do the pose:
Stand with your feet shoulder distance apart
Place your heels behind your second/third toes
Bring your hands together at the fingertips
Bend your knees slightly and lift through your chest
With a long spine, hinge forward at your hips until you feel a stretch/engagement in your hamstrings
Reach your hands forward as you you reach your hips back
Lift up through your hands as you engage your back muscles

Key alignment points:
Root evenly through your feet
Lift through the inner arches of your feet
Roll your inner thighs backward and lift through your sit bones
Engage your pelvic floor and lower abs (mulabandha)
Shoulders soften away from ears
Lengthen the back of your neck and lift through the back of your head

Enjoy!!! this one is a gem💎

03/30/2026

🕉️ Yoga Sutra 1.18

Sanskrit:
विरामप्रत्ययाभ्यासपूर्वः संस्कारशेषोऽन्यः

Transliteration:
virāma-pratyaya-abhyāsa-pūrvaḥ saṃskāra-śeṣo ’nyaḥ

Translation:
The other samadhi (asamprajñāta) arises through practice of cessation, leaving only latent impressions.

Commentary:
Here, even subtle awareness dissolves. Thought stops. Only deep latent impressions remain.

This is meditation beyond effort. Beyond object. Beyond “doing.”

🌌 Silence
🌌 Stillness
🌌 Pure potential

Yoga ultimately leads us beyond the mind.

03/23/2026

🕉️ Yoga Sutra 1.17

Sanskrit:
वितर्कविचारानन्दास्मितारूपानुगमात् सम्प्रज्ञातः

Transliteration:
vitarka-vicāra-ānanda-asmitā-rūpa-anugamāt samprajñātaḥ

Translation:
Cognitive (samprajñāta) samadhi is accompanied by reasoning, reflection, bliss, and sense of “I-am-ness.”

Commentary:
This is meditation with awareness still present. The mind becomes refined — moving from gross thought to subtle joy and pure being.

🧠 From thinking
💫 To subtle reflection
😊 To bliss
🪞 To pure I-am awareness

Stillness deepens in stages.

✨

03/16/2026

🕉️ Yoga Sutra 1.16

Sanskrit:
तत्परं पुरुषख्यातेर्गुणवैतृष्ण्यम्

Transliteration:
tat paraṁ puruṣa-khyāter guṇa-vaitṛṣṇyam

Translation:
Supreme dispassion arises from direct knowledge of the Self, leading to freedom from the gunas.

Commentary:
When we truly recognize our deeper nature (Purusha), even attachment to pleasure, achievement, or identity dissolves.

This is higher vairāgya — not just detachment from objects, but from the forces of nature themselves.

🕊️ You are not your moods
🕊️ You are not your roles
🕊️ You are awareness itself

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