Night Owl Yoga at the Tennessee Bouldering Authority Monday and Thursday nights stretches residents’ muscles, but not their wallets.
“Yoga’s become very big and studios are great, but really expensive,” said Theresa Rodriguez, who teaches the classes with fellow yoga instructor Maggie White for $5 per class. “This is for students who can’t really afford to practice at a studio.”
Teachers and students Elana Gulas, Theresa Rodriguez, Maggie White and Jessica Morrow, from left, enjoy a few minutes of yoga playtime during the Night Owl Yoga classes hosted at Tennessee Bouldering Authority.Rodriguez started community yoga at TBA with a Saturday class from 10 to 11:15 a.m. She said the interest was so great, they decided to add two more classes a week, but wanted to choose a convenient time for residents with busy work schedules.
“Nine o’clock just seems to work for people,” Rodriguez said. “We started Thursday nights only three weeks ago and had 26 people the first night.”
Seeing the interest and need in the community, Rodriguez and White decided to host their Night Owl classes every Monday and Thursday night from 9 to 10:15 p.m. Each class costs $5 and is usually filled with all skill levels, from beginners to pretzels. The classes are based on several different styles of yoga including Binyasa, which focuses on using the same postures every time but in a variety of combinations, as well as the Anusara that focuses on opening techniques.