Yoga

Tulsa's Yoga Studio

Yoga will help you find not only your physical strength and flexibility, but also your individual balance of mind, body, and spirit. Hatha yoga combines breathing (pranayama) with postures (asanas) and meditation. When combining these three powerful ideas you are sure to feel balanced inside and out. Our focus, whether in a relaxing or strenuous class, is alignment and working in a pain free range. With this focus in mind our classes are accessible to any body type with any amount of experience.

About Our Yoga Classes

Each of our yoga classes is designed to help students of all abilities increase their strength, balance, and mobility. We also understand that each student's body has individual limits. Unlike some Yoga studios that attempt to pressure students beyond their capabilities, we nurture students to accept those limitations and work on increasing them over time. After all, Yoga is a lifelong practice and a journey, not an end result.

We begin our classes with breathing exercises, then progress through poses to stretch various muscle groups, and move into Svasana. Students in each class are encouraged to set an intention for the class, and refer back to that intention throughout the lesson.

Balance Yoga

Improve your physical balance as well, balance your thoughts, breath, and emotional state. Perfect for beginners, athletes, and advanced yogis alike! The style and pace of each class will tune to achieve balance. A great class to attend regularly in order to regulate and re-establish equilibrium on all levels of your being.

This is a hatha yoga style class that includes meditation, breath work, and postures. Emphasizing the balance of the body, on the feet, hands, head, and all sides of the body. Beginner friendly!

Yoga Tune Up®

Yoga Tune Up^® + Roll Model Method^®

Yoga Tune Up^® is a fitness therapy format built around the three P's – Pain, Posture and Performance. It helps eradicate pain, improve posture and enhance performance through a unique blend of yoga, Corrective Exercise, Self-Massage, and Breath Strategies. By helping to identify and target your "body blind spots"; areas that are most overused, underused, or misused, YTU heals damaged muscle, increases strength and establishes healthy movement patterns.

As Oklahoma's first certified Yoga Tune Up® instructor, Shelby Williams teaches according to the fitness therapy format developed by Jill Miller according to the three Ps – Pain, Posture, and Performance. The Yoga Tune Up® system combines yoga, corrective exercises, self-massage, and breath exercises to augment standard yoga practices and encourage mobility.

Shelby incorporates The Roll Model Method®, a self-care fitness format using Roll Model® balls to perform therapeutic self-myofascial release, or self-massage. Each ball type is designed to target specific body areas and provide exactly the amount of pressure required for your individual needs.

Slow Flow Yoga

This practice is perfect for any athlete. Help prevent injury, balance out each side of the body, relieve tension from repetitive motion, learn to breathe, improve your performance, and exceed your goals. This class is geared toward those who have little flexibility.

We offer these classes immediately following our Tuesday and Thursday evening BJJ classes, and many of our jiu jitsu practitioners find it an excellent way to wind down after a training session or just a long day at work.

Restorative Yoga

Is Savasana your favorite pose? In our Relax class we prop you up in restorative poses so that the whole class feels like corpse pose. We work on breathing techniques, slow yet precise movement, and restorative poses to improve your ability to relax.

This class also includes simple yet effective alignment movements for better mobility to combat muscular and structural imbalances. Come and let yourself unwind after work so that you can enjoy the rest of your evening in peace.

About Us

Midtown Tulsa's most comprehensive self-improvement facility. At Balanced Bodies, we bring together self-defense, self-awareness, and inner peace to empower people in their daily lives.

Make an appointment or just stop by and check out our studio any time during business hours.