I started practicing at Highland Yoga in 2010, a year after having my baby. My initial thought was yoga is a good workout and it will help me loose some post baby weight. What I found at Highland was so much more. I found a community of people that are supportive, warm, inspirational and kind. I found a lifestyle there that shifted my anxious mood, eliminated back pain that I had for years, gave me the energy to keep up with my active toddler, and encouraged positivity in the present. Owners Stephen and Carolyn care about everyone who walks through the door. All of the instructors explain poses very thoroughly to the point where you are still learning how to improve simple postures years later. The variety of classes is impressive. I found that even though I started excelling at the physically advanced classes, it was more important for my mind to add in the gentler classes as well. I more than lost the baby weight and have defined abs for the first time in my life, but that's secondary to the tools I have learned here to manage how I feel in stressful situations. Owner Stephen also offers "body work" massage and structural realignment. After having lower back pain for three years, these sessions totally eliminated the pain. In addition to the massage sessions, Steven educated me on how simply paying attention to your alignment (like how you sit in the car) and making a shift to your posture can help ease my injury. I cannot say enough positive things about Highland Yoga. Namaste to everyone there who touched my life. Lauren read more
