Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga:
Powerful Practice, Personal Approach
Ashtanga Vinyasa is an intelligent, systematic way of opening & strengthening the body one pose, one practice at a time. We start in standing poses to integrate the strength of legs, hips and spine, then we move to floor poses to deepen the work. By practicing Ashtanga with Michele Mallory or Amy Morse, you are joining the Jois family lineage of Ashtangis that began in Mysore, India and now spans the globe.
Ashtanga Class Schedule
Nov-Dec 2024
MIDTOWN MEMPHIS:
MIND/BODY HAUS ON S. COX
Monday
9:30am Ashtanga 60 min/ Tracie Fisher
Wednesday
10:30am Mysore Ashtanga/ Amy
Friday
9:30am Ashtanga 60 min/ Michele
Saturday
10:00am Ashtanga 60 min/ Tracie Fisher
Sunday
2:15pm Ashtanga Full Primary 90 min/ Michele
EAST MEMPHIS:
BETTER BODIES YOGA ON BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE
Tuesday/Thursday
6:00am Mysore Ashtanga/ Michele
12:00pm Ashtanga 60 min/ Tracie/ Amy
Wednesday
6:00am Ashtanga 60 min/ Tracie
Friday
5:45pm Ashtanga 75 min/ Michele
GERMANTOWN:
GERMANTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB ON EXETER
Thursday
6:00pm Ashtanga/ Amy
GAC classes require a membership. Classes at mind/body HAUS in Midtown Memphis and Better Bodies Yoga in East Memphis are purchased at the studio.
Our Passion
We love practicing Ashtanga and sharing the practice with others. Ashtanga Vinyasa is keeping us both healthy, strong and feeling great into our early 50s and we’re not done yet! We share a common goal with our students: to create intelligent, sustainable, lifetime yoga practices. When we train teachers, we work to instill these same goals in them. Yoga is for every body, every age, and every stage in life.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support strong teachers for the Mid-South, provide a classroom environment full of learning and fun, and to elevate our yoga community as a whole. We offer classes, workshops and trainings for the brand new beginner to the most experienced seeker.
Our Dharma
We practice and teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in the Jois family method as given to us through Manju Jois and our teacher Greg Tebb. By studying with us, you are joining a community of passionate and dedicated students of yoga and of life. Our school was created through a seemingly chance meeting - a student at an event we co-taught in 2016 loved our teaching & chemistry together and asked if we would consider leading a yoga teacher training. The question was asked, and together we are living into the answer. We’re excited about continuing to serve our students in the Mid-South yoga community and beyond in 2024.
Our Instagram
“On this path, effort never goes to waste.”
Bhagavad gita 2.40
Amy Morse
Amy (E-RYT®500, YACEP®) began her yoga practice in 2005 after the birth of her twins. Amy discovered yoga was not a fitness class, but a practice that altered her life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Amy completed her first RYT®200 with Greg Tebb and Terry Johnson in 2012 in Ashtanga Vinyasa, which remains her personal practice today. She completed her second RYT®200 with Jonny Kest in LifePower Vinyasa in 2014 and her 300-hour training with Greg Tebb in 2020. She believes yoga is for everyone and through practice and study with a qualified teacher, healing of mind, body and spirit can occur. Amy has much gratitude for all of her teachers especially Greg Tebb, with whom she continues to study. Amy is a lululemon legacy ambassador.
Follow Amy on IG: @yoginiamy
Michele Mallory
Michele (E-RYT®500, YACEP®) has been teaching yoga in the Midsouth since 2013 and started practicing yoga around 2000 as a runner looking for hamstring and low back relief. She loves the challenge that yoga has brought to her life physically and mentally and believes that challenge on the yoga mat has better empowered her to handle life’s storms. Michele completed her RYT®300 in 2018 with DwiPada Yoga School and is a lululemon legacy ambassador. Michele currently practices and teaches Ashtanga Vinyasa in the traditional Jois family method, studying with Manju Jois several times a year. Since 2020, Michele is especially thankful to be able to practice regularly with her teacher Greg Tebb on Zoom.
Follow Michele on IG: @yoginimallory
ashtanga PRIMARY SERIES
The Ashtanga Primary series is an intelligent, systematic way of opening & strengthening the body one step at a time. We start in standing poses to integrate and strengthen the low back, hips and legs, then we move to seated poses that deepen the work in joint mobility and strength. Modifications and variations are offered to make this practice accessible for all.
All levels welcome.
ashtanga MYSORE
Your practice customized for YOU! Named after the town in India where Ashtanga Vinyasa originated, Mysore-style Ashtanga is best described like a private lesson in a group setting. The teacher guides each student individually as they move through their personal practice. Students may choose to practice for as long as they wish within the class time posted.
All levels welcome.
ashtanga LED PRACTICE
Breath and movement - so simple! Not always easy, but always fun. You’ll create heat in the body with the Sun Salutations, then move into standing & seated postures, backbends and inversions. We blend the floor postures for the students in the class. We may include postures from all series in Ashtanga if we feel they will be beneficial to the students that day.
All levels welcome.