Esther Vexler Yoga School

Feel great after doing yoga with Amanda tonight! .collective.mbs

Join for a series of yummy Saturday morning yoga classes. We will be slowing down on purpose in order to learn how to conserve our energy and approach a yoga practice and thus our life in a more mindful way. Class 1 will focus on connecting our mind and body which is the fundamental principal of yoga. Class 2 will focus on the sun salutations where you learn to build the strength and flexibility for which yoga is famous. Class 3 will focus on opening the upper and lower body. These postures relieve chronic pain and eliminate dis-ease in the body. Class 4 will put everything together. All levels will find benefit and are warmly welcome. Class 1: Connect Mind & Body Class 2: Sun Salutations Class 3: Upper & Lower Body Opening Class 4: Putting It All Together

Join Carrie Saturdays in July at 10 am at the Yoga Collective at MBS (.collective.mbs 1115 S Alamo Street).

Free Street Parking available all around, or get there early and park at The Liberty Bar.

This Saturday, July 6, join EVYS Board President Kalita Bodnar RYT200 for an all levels flow that will gently bring you back to ground after the July 4 festivities. Class is by donation benefitting EVYS, San Antonio’s nonprofit yoga school.

Look at this beautiful❤️ kula ❤️growing with EVYS! We see several recent yoga teacher training grads came to practice on Saturday🧘🏽🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏼‍♂️

EVYS promotes lifelong learning and practice of yoga! Join us at .collective.mbs :

Monday, 6 pm Strong Flow with Victor
Thursday, 6 pm All Bodies Move & Flow with Amanda
Saturday, 10 am, Community Yoga for All, this week with Victor and Serena .alissandra

🙌🏻 Welcome to Yoga with EVYS Graduate Victor Obevoen!! Come flow with Victor at our all-levels DONATION -based class every Saturday in June! Class begins at 10 am at .collective.mbs

Community Classes are back!

Join us this Saturday morning for a donation-based class with the lovely at 10AM.

This will be her last EVYS class until July so take advantage of this heavenly treat!

Class is at 1115 S. Alamo St, May 25 at 10AM.

Celebrating Esther Vexler Yoga School’s Class of 2024! 🥳👏🏽

These past 9 months have been an amazing ride full of growth and introspection and we’re absolutely thrilled for these 13 amazing graduates as they continue their yoga teacher journey and what’s to come!

We are also incredibly proud of our Program Director, Vernette V Ayers. EVYS recognizes her commitment to this program and is grateful for her many contributions.

Join us for their graduation on Saturday, May 18th at 2PM at 1115 S. Alamo St. Refreshments and pastries will be served.

We look forward to continuing Esther’s legacy and our mission to provide quality yoga education in South Texas.

Yogis 🧘🏿‍♀️🧘🏽‍♂️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️

May has arrived.

Join us for May classes throughout the city! EVYS has a special partnership with the City of San Antonio and its Fitness in the Park program to provide free fitness classes 🧘🏽‍♀️

May’s Community Class Schedule:

Mondays - 6PM Lions Field
Wednesdays - 7:30PM Woodlawn Lake
Thurs- 6PM MBS Southtown
Thurs- 6:30PM Ramirez Comm. Center
Saturdays - 9:30AM Dignowity Park
Sat-5/18 & 5/25, 10:30AM MBS Southtown

Come share your practice with the community and enjoy the city’s natural beauty and amenities 🌳

Photo: Dignowity Park’s downtown view

We are so honored and thrilled to have as our guest teacher on Community class Saturdays for the month of March!! 10am .collective.mbs We will see you there

Hello Spring, there is a new bud in the air!

The Esther Vexler Yoga School (EVYS) is eager to announce that we are opening our hearts to hire a new Lead Teacher for our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training.

The EVYS 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is a well-rounded hatha yoga program, providing the basics of hatha yoga instruction including alignment, modifications and props, yoga philosophy, polyvagal theory, subtle body anatomy, mantra and more. Following the example of our namesake, our philosophy centers on our belief in every individual’s connection to community. Esther Vexler was a lifelong advocate on a wide range of causes addressing economic and social inequality in our society. For Esther, practicing yoga was necessary self-care to enable her ongoing service to our community. To honor her legacy, a commitment to equity and community service is integrated into everything that we do.

Qualified individuals are Yoga Alliance certified at the E-500 RYT level.

EVYS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military. Link in comments to apply

What a beautiful opportunity to care and learn how yoga can impact us in all stages of life.

Curious about our End of Life Yoga Certification? I'm holding a zoom info session on Tuesday, February 27 from 6:30-7:30 where I'll tell you what to expect and how yoga is such a powerful tool in working with people at the end of life (and people who serve those at the end of life). Drop me a DM and I'll send you the zoom link!

Please join us !! This Saturday we welcome you to come back to community practice. Our wonderful teacher, Kenia will be leading class !!

There couldn’t be enough words to express our gratitude- Thank you Stacie for lending your BIG heart to our organization !! 🙏🏻

Esther Vexler's ABC's of Ishvara Pranidhana...

Awareness...of yourself, your divine nature, your relationship with the divine...

Breath...breathe in this awareness of the divine, notice the joy in the breath as you do...

Centering...comes naturally when you engage with the first two...

Let yourself have this experience

Viewing Ishvara Pranidhana as an aspect of Bhakti yoga, or yoga of dedication.

Devotion to the divine is a way to surrender to the process of yoga. You get to integrate all that you love in one place, your own heart.

Ishvara Pranidhana as a practice is done for your whole life. It is the act of surrender or opening up so that you can have experiences without manipulating them.

It's helping yourself to find a way to simply "be"...either with yourself just as you are, or rest in the grace of the divine as you understand it.

As the third part of Kriya yoga, Ishvara Pranidhana is a foundational step towards opening up to the transformational process of a yoga practice.

When you release your ideas about how things are "supposed" to be, you open up to how things really are and then you are able to integrate the truth. This is not easy, but it is necessary.

But using all of the parts of Kriya yoga, tapas, svadhyaya, and ishvara pranidhana, you weave together aspects of the practice that help you let go of that which no longer serves and replace it with that which nourishes.

Sutra 2.45...from a surrendering of involvement with that which holds you back, and by placing yourself in a position of release of control, you attain a state of absorption with the the original guru, Ishvara Pranidhana.

Happy heavenly birthday to Esther Vexler 🙏🏼❤️

Esther Vexler's ABC's of Svadhyaya...

Awareness of the self, your inner landscape, what makes you do the things you do...will lead to making good decisions regarding your wellbeing.

Breath is the key to assessing and changing the harsh self talk and strong judgments.

Centering is the natural result of this steadying practice.

The Esther Vexler Yoga School will be CLOSED
Dec. 23- Jan. 1st for time with family, friends, reflection and rest. There will be no community classes. We will resume our normal schedule after the break.