Olivia Rose (Instructor)

Yoga found me in my Saturn return. 

Though I had been taking classes regularly it was sitting around an open fire, drums playing, hippies dancing that it truly moved beyond an exercise class. It was a pretty quintessential yoga moment. As we “free flowed,” unled by an instructor, without curated music, unbound by 4 peacefully-painted walls, I felt yoga in my soul. It became my own practice. My own body and breath. From that gathering around the fire, forward, I was bound to a lifelong self-discovery. 

On the first day of teacher training at Asheville Yoga Center, I was struck by how many students were not there to teach but simply to deepen their practice. What a concept. Yoga teacher training to not teach? In those weeks I found this to be exactly true. To get on the mat daily, to journal, to connect, to breathe was in essence, the best gift to come out of my time there. I learned to listen to what my body needed daily. 

As I began guiding others, it became essential for them to also be able to discover that movement in their own bodies. To move intentionally with knowledge of the practice, but ultimately attuning to changes of seasons and nuances of Self that is the true gift that yoga offers. It’s how we are able to discover ourselves anew day after day. 

In my classes, you can expect to find lots of prop options for each person to find what openness looks like individually with a regular reminder that we live in a different body everyday. And while hot vinyasa was what I was originally drawn to back in 2012, a gentle movement, restorative moment and an extra breath is always what brings me back to the mat.

I am passionate about growing and connecting with community, spending time with my beloveds, and creating with my hands. My days are full with my two homeschooled children, River and Roam and my partner, Jeremy. Our family loves to adventure and you’re likely to find us out in nature, near the river, or exploring our city.