WAYA Yoga, meaning Welcome As You Are, is yoga for cultivating strength through balance.
You are invited to your mat to practice at your pace, honoring your body's innate wisdom. We seek to create like-minded community - a place where all are valued, seen, and celebrated.
We recognize the broad spectrum of human bodies and minds. While labels may offer a framework, they do not define us. Whether you've self-identified as "not athletic", "not flexible", "highly sensitive", "hypermobile", "neurodivergent", or just plain "burnt out" and "broken" - we shed these labels as limitations.
The joy of movement invites us to remember our wholeness. As we move towards strength, self-love, and inner peace, our joy ripples out into all aspects of our lives
Method
We use movement and rest, body and breath, to re-establish our natural balance - our RHYTHM.
Our yoga practice enables us to RISE into our power.
This RIPPLES out into our relationships, work, and communities, inviting others to do the same.
Our method is inspired by practices in nervous system regulation and the Applied Polyvagal Theory for yoga.
It is informed by inclusive, mental health and trauma-educated programs.
WAYA Yoga's values are guided by the Yamas and Niyamas - Yoga's moral and ethical framework for living.
Yamas
Ahimsa: Non-violence, or non-harming in thought, word, and deed
Satya: Truthfulness
Asteya: Non-stealing, or freedom from greed
Brahmacharya: Moderation
Aparigrapha: Generosity
Niyamas
Saucha: Purity
Santosha: Contentment
Tapas: Self-discipline, and the fire of willpower to overcome inertia
Swadyaya: Self-study
Ishvara-pranidhana: Surrender
We offer these principles first to ourselves, then to all others around us.
The WAYA Approach
Beyond physical, into presence
I: The Breath
Tools to anchor you in the present when life feels fast, loud, or too much.
The breath is our first teacher. It guides us home when the world pulls us away.
Through slow, conscious breathing, we soothe the nervous system, release tension, and create space between thought and reaction. Each inhale reminds us we are alive; each exhale lets go of what we cannot carry.
This is the bridge between chaos and calm, body and mind.
II: The Body
Reclaiming strength through softness.
Movement here is never about performance, it’s about being with. Each practice invites you to explore what’s true in your body today, honoring its limits and its quiet power. Through mindful, trauma-educated sequencing, we rebuild stability, confidence, and connection, especially for hypermobile and sensitive bodies. The body becomes a place of safety again, a home that moves with grace and awareness.
III: The Ripple
Where inner calm becomes outer harmony.
As we regulate within, the effects reach far beyond the mat. Grounded nervous systems shift how we speak, parent, work, and love. The peace you cultivate becomes the calm that softens a room, the steadiness that steadies others. This is how we change the world…breath by breath, body by body, ripple by ripple.
