Barbara Schauer, Founder, Lead Teacher ERYT500 Anahata Yoga, 50+Yoga See the Anahata practice on YouTube here.
Barbara lived with anxiety and depression since childhood. Sometimes it eased back - sometimes months and years were lost. In 2001 Barbara walked into her first Anahata yoga class and met her teacher Ana Costa. Barbara had always had a wonder and respect for yoga and had practiced here and there and on her own. She lived in her mind rather than her body but she had an inborn ground of spiritual life that had already led her to India and into art as her life’s work. Read more...
From the first Savasana, she knew she had found something she hadn’t know to ask for. Anahata was a completely different way of approaching life and it supported everything Barbara loved about spirit, heart, beauty, kindness, order, and what she would call ever present holiness - and it started with the body and breath.
Anahata Yoga focuses on the heart - expanding, deepening, brightening the heart while honoring the body and clearing the mind. During one of the early classes, though, Barbara felt a dark wave of depression beginning to build. The thought of living through it all again was like drowning. In the gentle forward bend at the beginning of the practice, she could hear Ana’s reassuring voice describing stress melting away, the breath relaxing the back and head, and anxiety being removed. It seemed impossible, but following Ana’s instructions as carefully as she could manage, Barbara felt the depression slide off like a load of heavy mud. She almost laughed out loud in class. When she slowly stood up from the pose and took a breath, all she could think was, ”I want this for everyone.”
It was the turning point in her life and she dove in and studied with Ana Costa to become a yoga teacher.
When she arrived in Weaverville in the summer of 2009 to open a yoga studio for the town, the students who appeared at the door had a special request of yoga. They wanted a practice that could help them age well and fully enjoy life by being confident in their bodies, emotions, and spirits. That became a unique focus of her teaching.
Then students confided that the weight their bodies had accumulated was uncomfortable and strange to them and they didn’t know how to regain a more appropriate weight. Exploring several ways, Barbara began the 10 Week Weight Loss Workshops at the studio. Using the structure of a yoga practice to steady the emotions and give the needed inner support for change, the program eliminates at the student’s pace - quickly or gradually - highly refined processed foods and gives guidance in choosing, cooking, and enjoying simple real food. It is a way made to last a lifetime and to treat our bodies and ourselves with self-care and gratitude as the gifts they are. And it works.
She lives with her husband, Jay, in Weaverville. Jay is the creator of the powerful website building engine HotWax. Without his patience and support Weaverville Yoga would never have happened and certainly would not be here five years later. You know how the Oscar winners always have a big long list of thank yous and make sure the person closest to them is on that list even when the orchestra plays the impatient music? That is Jay to Barbara. If you love Weaverville Yoga, a quiet thanks to Jay is in order.
They have three children. Annika is the founder and factotum of Beeswax, a website building community for women, now serving Etsy. Kipper is a well-known and loved DJ and late night host throughout Asheville. Tim is a fine arts painter in Montreal.
Barbara has made it her life’s work to bring health, happiness, kindness, and love to others through the teaching of Anahata Yoga.
She still paints - mostly small and mostly gouache. She still goes to India when her heart calls and she often takes retreats at Meher Spiritual Center.
One more story. Why Weaverville Yoga? Barbara was living and teaching yoga in Asheville, quite happy. A friend kept insisting on going to a place called Weaverville where a bakery served lunch. To placate her friend, she went. She looked around the town as she walked to the bakery and she wondered,”Where is their yoga studio? This is such an interesting small town - artistic, light hearted, charming, and current. Where is the yoga studio?”
After lunch, they crossed the street to visit a friend on Florida Avenue who had a landscape design business. Barbara’s eyes were drawn to a door with a black canvas awning. ”That would be the place for a yoga studio for the town,” Barbara thought. It was a kitchen cabinet carpenter’s shop.
Three years later, when the old yoga center on Broadway in Asheville closed, Barbara gathered the teachers who wanted to go on and formed Weaverville Yoga to open in the summer of 2009. All they needed was a place. An agent called and said she had found a spot. Of course it was the small room with the black canvas awning over the door. Our first yoga studio in Weaverville.
We later moved into the old post office at 7 Florida Avenue. Our beloved studio still has the feeling of being given by grace with its beautiful space and light and the sincere, gifted teachers who have come together here to share yoga (and now ballet and Pilates). It is special. It’s home to us.
Yoga in a small town. Neighbors meeting neighbors in a friendly place. Yoga with kindness. Namaste! We welcome you.
Anahata Yoga
A heart‑centered hatha practice that builds mobility, steadiness, and ease. We move through centering, standing, seated, and supine poses, all guided by calm nostril breathing that anchors the mind and supports the nervous system. Expect a balanced practice that nourishes body, mind, and heart.
50+Yoga
A heart‑centered class rooted in the Anahata tradition, beginning in chairs for comfort and accessibility. We build strength and flexibility through mindful movement, then transition into standing poses, walking exercises, and balance work before moving to the floor for recumbent postures and Savasana. No kneeling is required, and props and modifications ensure every pose meets you where you are.
Ellora Girisa
Align and Stretch Yoga
Ellora is originally from Romania and has lived in several countries before settling in the beautiful mountain community of Western North Carolina. Her international journey and life experience bring a warm, inclusive perspective to her teaching. She values community, steady growth, and creating a welcoming space where everyone feels comfortable moving at their own pace. Read more...
Yoga for Runners
A mindful, full‑body practice - for runners, walkers, hikers, athletes who develop the lower body -that improves posture, balance, and mobility through intentional movement and breath. Class includes grounding breath work, joint‑friendly warm‑ups, strength‑building standing poses, balance work, deep hip and spine stretching, and a supported relaxation. Slow, steady holds help release tension and build stability. Ideal for beginners and intermediate students who appreciate clear guidance and an intentional pace.
Jennifer Sage Vinyasa Yoga
Jen has been teaching yoga and meditation since 2019, and her work is rooted in one mission: creating a container where people can reconnect with the essence of their wholeness.
Through alignment, presence, and intention, she guides others toward greater wellbeing, vitality, and balance - reminding us that nothing about us needs fixing. Jen is a registered yoga and meditation teacher, a registered dietitian and certified plant-based cook, a certified sound healer and Holy Fire Reiki Master. She is also a level III Fascia Flossing instructor and incorporates elements of her training into her yoga classes. Read more...
Her work weaves the physical, energetic, and spiritual into a deeply grounding experience. She specializes in vinyasa yoga, meditation, and kundalini.
Originally from Philadelphia, Jen now lives in Weaverville with her husband.
Vinyasa Yoga
Breath, movement and intentional music are used to facilitate deeper connection to the body in this class. The result is an expansive heart-opening and body strengthening practice. This is a vinyasa flow class and intermediate level postures will be offered for students who would like to consider incorporating them. All levels are welcome (though previous yoga experience is recommended) and the use of props is encouraged.
Jenny Lusk Kids Yoga
Jenny Lusk is an RYT with Yoga Alliance and has trained in Ashtanga, Hatha and Yoga Ed for kids in grades K-8.
She discovered yoga in her 20s during a time when she was in great need of healing and reconnecting with her true self. She chose a path in healing arts and was simultaneously introduced to Ashtanga yoga at the studio in Doylestown, PA where she was attending Shiatsu school. Jenny decided to dive deeper and take an Ashtanga Yoga teacher training with David Swenson in 2007 and was forever hooked. Read more...
She has been passionate about using the tools of massage and bodywork and yoga to assist others in connecting with their true natures and innate healing abilities ever since. Jenny became certified as a Yoga Ed instructor, which was a program designed to teach a yoga curriculum in schools, because she believes that many of the children of her generation, herself included, could have benefited significantly
from having mindfulness tools and the ability to connect with the love within themselves.
She ran an after school program at an elementary school for 2 years before moving to Oregon to complete her massage training. Once her path led her to Asheville in 2010, she knew she found home in these beautiful, healing mountains. She has been a resident of Weaverville since the year her son was born in 2017.
In addition to running her own massage practice she teaches both youth and chair yoga classes in Asheville and Weaverville. She enjoys spending her free time with her family, going on adventures, hiking, dancing, gardening and is an aspiring beekeeper!
She is excited to offer Kids Yoga at Weaverville Yoga. A first! And so convenient for children coming home from the Primary and Elementary schools just up the street! The Kids Yoga program is designed for children ages 5-10 and is a fun way to introduce the many benefits of yoga through movement, stillness and creativity. Classes will promote strength and balance through movement and stretching, self confidence, collaboration and connection with others through games and partner poses, and provide helpful calming techniques through breathing and mindfulness exercises, visualization and relaxation. Mondays 3-4 pm Oct 20-Dec 8. Register here
Kathy Reardon Yoga Nidra
Kristikka Kundalini Yoga
Kristikka’s yoga journey began in 1996 when she discovered the transformative power of Kundalini Yoga. From the first moment, she was captivated by the sound current, and each class felt like a deep opening and healing experience. Drawn to the profound effects it had on her own life, Kristikka began teaching in 2002, sharing this powerful practice with others.
Over the years, she has participated in numerous White Tantra events, where practitioners hold poses for 31 or 62 minutes, a practice that deepens her understanding and appreciation for the strength and stillness that Kundalini Yoga cultivates. Read more...
Kristikka believes Kundalini Yoga is a powerful tool for awareness, helping us illuminate the inner workings of our minds and hearts, so we can live more aligned with our true selves. Every class she leads begins and ends with mantras which creates a sacred container for the class. Kundalini incorporates dynamic kriyas with a focused intention, meditation, and deep relaxation. Her classes offer a transformative experience for all who come.
For Kristikka, it’s an honor to guide others on their journey of self-discovery, healing, and expansion through the practice of Kundalini Yoga.
Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is a dynamic and meditative practice that combines movement (kriyas), breathwork, mantra, and deep relaxation to awaken awareness and energy within the body. Each class is structured with a specific intention and is held within a sacred container incorporating mantra. This practice helps illuminate the inner landscape of the mind and heart, supporting greater alignment with one’s true self.
Lisa Hart Strong Steady Hatha, Mindful Strength Flow
Lisa first discovered yoga in the early 90’s when a friend came back from the Kripalu Yoga Center with a radiant glow and looking 5 inches taller. She decided she had to experience this for herself! She began taking Kripalu yoga classes every week and fell in love. She went to Kripalu in ‘97 and completed her first 200 hour teacher training. That same year, Lisa traveled to India where she studied Iyengar yoga and sat for her first 10 day silent meditation course. Yoga and meditation continue to be central to Lisa’s spiritual and healing journey and her interest expanded to Kundalini Yoga. She loves the music and breathwork that Kundalini Yoga offers and she completed her teacher training with 3HO in 2011.
She leads her students in mindful, loving awareness of their breath and the experience of the present moment through subtle sensations in their body and energy movement. She incorporates breathwork and chanting in her classes and guides her students to experience their wholeness and connection to the divine. Read more...
Mindful
Mindful Strength Flow
This class blends the grounding elements of yoga, the clarity of meditation, and the toning benefits of strength training into one balanced, full-body experience. Designed for all levels, Mindful Strength Flow focuses on building strength, flexibility, and mental calm in a supportive, low-impact environment.
We begin with gentle breathwork and guided meditation to center the mind and connect with the body. From there, we move through a slow, intentional yoga flow, incorporating light weights to enhance muscular engagement and improve endurance. Each movement is synchronized with breath, helping you stay present while safely building strength.
The class concludes with a restorative cool-down leaving you feeling refreshed, aligned, and centered.
Mindful Vinyasa Flow
This Mindful Vinyasa Flow class weaves breath, movement, and mindful awareness to create a powerful, full-body experience. Each sequence is designed with purpose—linking fluid transitions with moments of stillness to help you move with clarity and control.
Through guided breathwork and movement, you’ll deepen your awareness of subtle body sensations. The flowing vinyasa sequences build heat, strength, and stability, while gently improving flexibility.
Meditation is integrated into the practice, allowing space to drop into the present moment as you relax and let go. You will leave feeling a renewed sense of presence, patience and wellbeing.
Meg Moore Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga Mysore/Open Practice, Begin Here Yoga
Meg began practicing yoga regularly in 2012 at local studios in Washington D.C. After years of practice, in 2017, she completed her first 200-hour yoga certification in Integrated Vinyasa through the Colorado School of Yoga. After focusing primarily on vinyasa yoga, Meg felt a pull towards the Ashtanga lineage of yoga as a way to nurture more of her own inner guidance and create more discipline in her personal practice and ultimately, in her life. Read more...
Upon completing a 200-hour Ashtanga Vinyasa YTT (Yoga Teacher Training) in early 2022 at One Breath of Yoga Ashram, Meg felt an even deeper connection to the practice of Ashtanga and understood it as a way to help us discover and reconnect to our truest selves. She had a strong desire to share the Ashtanga lineage with others and began teaching in Weaverville, NC. Now, after recently completing the 300-hour Ashtanga Vinyasa YTT through the same Ashram, she feels the fire of the practice fully alive inside her heart. Meg believes in the power of yoga to bring consciousness and love into every aspect of a practitioner’s life. She strives to share Ashtanga in a way that supports its accessibility for every body while maintaining the integrity of its traditional roots.
When not practicing or teaching yoga, you can find Meg learning to play the harmonium, hiking and exploring the nearby mountains and rivers, or serving delicious food at a local restaurant.
Class Descriptions
Begin Here Yoga
Build a strong yoga foundation by exploring fundamental yogic principles, poses, and breathing techniques. This class emphasizes safe alignment and use of props and modifications. The perfect class if you are new to yoga or looking to slow down and refine your practice.
Ashtanga Mysore
Teacher-assisted, self-practice. Mysore style is a traditional way of practicing Ashtanga yoga where students learn and practice a set sequence of postures at their own rhythm and capacity, within a group setting. This style of practice encourages an individualized approach to yoga, allowing each practitioner to progress at their own pace while receiving personalized guidance and instruction from a teacher. Mysore FAQs here.Demonstration class on YouTube.
Ashtanga Vinyasa:
This class follows the traditional Ashtanga sequence of postures, beginning with Surya namaskar A & B, to standing and seated postures, to finishing and final relaxation. With focus on pranayama (intentional breathing), the asana (pose), and a steady Drishti (gazing point) this class is intended to sharpen your internal awareness and to cleanse and purify the body on all levels: physical, energetic, and spiritual. Postures can be modified, but is recommended to have at least three months of yoga experience.
Nichole Fox - Akasha Devpreet Restorative Yoga & Reiki, Sunshine Yoga and Meditation, Roots in Yoga Hatha, Kirtan, Full Moon Yoga
With 23 years as a massage therapist and extensive training across multiple yogic lineages, Nichole brings a deeply integrated, therapeutic, and heart-centered approach to her teaching. She has trained with Bhavani Maki (100 hours), Yoga on the Inside (200 hours), Deb Buck in Hatha Yoga (200 hours), and in Kundalini Yoga (220 hours), and is currently completing a 200-hour Nada Yoga training in mantra, Sanskrit, and raga-based music.
Nichole’s journey with yoga began as a way to relieve the tension and bound tissue accumulated through years of deep-tissue bodywork. As a trained Rolfer, she immersed herself in the anatomy and alignment of asana to soften fascial patterns, support healthy nervous system function, and open pathways for prana to flow more freely. Read more...
Over time, her path expanded into the psycho-spiritual and energy-based roots of yoga. Sensitive to subtle energy from a young age, Nichole has spent decades studying the human energy field, the chakra system, and the deeper teachings of the Patañjali Yoga Sutras. She also draws on training in the neurobiology of trauma, offering students a grounded way to regulate their nervous systems and unwind long-held patterns in their bodies and minds.
A lover of nature and a devoted student of yoga’s origins, Nichole is inspired by the rishis and rishikas who learned through breath, observation, and communion with the natural world. Her classes weave anatomy-based alignment, nature-rooted yogic philosophy, mantra, and compassionate presence into spaces that are both therapeutic and soul-nourishing.
Before moving to Weaverville, Nichole led a six-piece kirtan band in Colorado, sharing the heart-opening power of mantra meditation. Chanting remains one of her deepest practices and an offering she loves to bring to her community.
As a healer and space-holder, Nichole offers a warm, grounded, and deeply supportive environment where students can soften, listen, regulate, and reconnect with their original essence.
Restorative Yoga & Reiki
A deeply restful class using supported postures, slow breathwork, and gentle energetic attunement to calm the nervous system and promote healing. Optional energy healing offered to enhance safety and relaxation. Leave feeling grounded and replenished.
Sunshine Yoga & Meditation
Greet the morning with a joyful Hatha yoga practice to awaken the body, open the breath, and welcome the day. Nichole blends gentle Hatha yoga, alignment, subtle-body awareness, breathwork, and gentle nervous-system support.
Class begins with warm, steady movements to create spaciousness and ease, helping energy flow freely and grounding the body. Breathwork quiets the mind and deepens presence, followed by a short meditation to cultivate inner peace and joy.
Start your day feeling centered, clear, and connected.
Roots in Yoga Hatha
Explore a deeply rooted Hatha practice designed to open and align the body, creating space for prana to flow freely. In this class, we study and apply yoga as both a science of the body and a sacred, devotional practice, using alignment, breath, and mindful movement to support balance, ease, and vitality in daily life. Attuned to the rhythms of nature and the cycles of the universe, this practice nurtures steadiness, presence, and compassion for ourselves, while awakening and honoring the light within and our connection to the natural world.
Full Moon Yoga Practice
Gather in the soft light of the full moon for a slow, calming yoga practice that invites the body to unwind and the mind to settle. Each class explores the current full moon—learning about its astrological qualities and the subtle ways these lunar energies may influence our emotions, energy, and inner rhythms. Through gentle yoga, movement, breath, and reflection, you’ll receive simple tools for moving with the natural forces of the planets and seasons, helping you align more deeply with the cycles of nature that we are all a part of.
(This class switches day each month but this is the description for full moon yoga)
Pashupa Goodwin teaches alignment-based yoga asana, infused with mystical and philosophical musings, a sense of humor, and love of storytelling. Pashupa’s classes feature playful and challenging sequences that are full of bends and twists. A love of yoga anatomy informs his teaching and the space he holds. His ukulele serenades in shavasana are student favorites.
Jivamukti Spiritual Warrior is a fast paced and invigorating class, developed by Jivamukti Yoga founders Sharon Gannon and David Life. The structure is a fixed set sequence instructed in a vinyasa style. It is a fully balanced class which includes asana warm-up, chanting, setting of intention, Surya namaskar, standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists, inversions, meditation and relaxation. Since the asana sequence is always the same, a student will pick it up quite quickly after only a couple of classes. Spiritual Warrior is best for intermediate and advanced students, although beginners as well as anyone with a sense of adventure are welcome!
(Wednesday) Bhakti Flow
Bhakti Flow is a heart-centered yoga practice that blends dynamic vinyasa movement with devotional elements, creating a spiritually uplifting experience. Classes weave together flowing sequences synchronized with breath, sacred chanting or mantra, and devotional music, with an emphasis on heart-opening poses. The practice honors the Bhakti yoga tradition—the yoga of devotion and love—inviting you to move as a form of prayer or meditation in motion. A physically challenging class open to all levels of practitioner.
Stacey Bast Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga 45
My journey to yoga started with running. In my mid-twenties I started long-distance running and to balance out my training I started taking occasional yoga classes. I didn’t become serious about the practice until 2017 when I developed an overuse injury from running. I started practicing regularly and noticed a big difference in both my physical and mental well-being. The yoga teachers I had inspired me to pursue my teacher certification and combine my love of yoga with my career in teaching. I received my 200-hour certification in 2021 from the Satya Life School of Yoga in Milwaukee WI .Read more...
Hatha Yoga
Hatha- a steady, grounding practice that blends mindful breathwork with deliberate, accessible movement. We move through classic postures at a comfortable pace, building strength, balance, and flexibility while maintaining clear alignment. The class creates a calm, focused atmosphere that supports both beginners and experienced practitioners in deepening body awareness.
Vinyasa Flow
Vinyasa- a continuous, breath‑linked flow that builds heat and energy in the body. Students transition smoothly from one posture to the next, creating a rhythmic practice that strengthens muscles, improves balance, and enhances focus. The pace is lively yet intentional, offering a dynamic experience that supports both physical challenge and mindful presence.
Power Flow 45
Engage your breath, energize your body, and strengthen your mind in this dynamic class. Designed to challenge your practice, we’ll pick up the pace and link breath to movement through creative sequences and flowing transitions. Expect dynamic, thoughtfully designed flows that build strength, focus, and endurance. Some yoga experience is recommended.
Stacey took her first yoga class in 2010 with Subtle Yoga and it changed the course of her life. Learning nervous system regulation through movement, breath, and meditation inspired her to continue to study with Kristine Weber and Subtle Yoga and she completed her RYT500 and Yoga Therapist certification, C-IAYT, in 2014. She brings the healing practices of yoga and mindfulness to clinical settings offering trauma informed tools and support in mental health and substance abuse recovery facilities. A lifelong student, she continues to study the intersection of neuroscience and yoga practices, and the system of yoga to support her personal transformation and others in their journeys. Read more...
Stacey’s classes offer tools for nervous system regulation through movement and breathwork. She studied with Subtle Yoga in the Desikachar and Viniyoga tradition of teaching yoga to help people feel better. She brings these healing practices of yoga and mindfulness to clinical settings, offering trauma informed tools and support in mental health and substance abuse recovery facilities. A lifelong student, she continues to study the intersection of neuroscience and yoga practices, and the system of yoga to support her personal transformation and others in their journeys.
Subtle Yoga: Tuesday 10:30 to 11:30
This class, suitable for all levels, builds awareness and compassion for the self-linking mindful movement and breath. Dynamic movement through yoga postures with adaptations offered to optimize well-being. We will explore standing, balance, seated, prone, supine, and tabletop postures. All are welcome.
Subtle Yoga 50+: Thursdays 12-1PM
This class, suitable for all levels, builds awareness and compassion for the self-linking mindful movement and breath. Dynamic movement through yoga postures with adaptations offered to optimize well-being. We will explore standing, balance, seated, prone, supine, and tabletop postures. All are welcome.
