Mysore is the traditional method of practicing Ashtanga yoga, offering individualized instruction within a supportive group setting. Each student learns the sequence step by step, receiving one-on-one guidance from the teacher while moving at their own pace. This personalized approach allows you to gradually build strength, flexibility, and confidence while developing an independent, meditative practice.
All levels welcome—no prior yoga experience necessary. The teacher will greet you and guide you through your first class.
Rolling Start Time: Weekdays arrive anytime between 6:00–8:00 AM | Sundays 9:00–10:00 AM. New to Mysore? Plan on staying for about an hour.
Students will be guided through the first half of the Ashtanga Primary Series, perfect for building strength and familiarity with the traditional sequence. Class begins with Sun Salutations and moves through standing postures, seated postures, backbends and inversions. Modifications will be offered.
What to expect: A moderately fast-paced flow, connecting breath with movement through vinyasa, and a brief closing sequence with rest afterwards.
Students will be guided through the Ashtanga Primary Series in the traditional form, with options to practice the entire sequence, stop at the halfway point (Navasana), or work to their current Mysore level. This Led Primary class is an effective way to learn posture names, become familiar with the traditional vinyasa count, and deepen your understanding of the sequence.
What to expect: A moderately fast-paced flow, connecting breath with movement through vinyasa, and a brief closing sequence with rest afterwards.
Students will be guided through an introduction to Ashtanga yoga, perfect for beginners, those new to the practice, returning after a break, or anyone who prefers a slower pace. Class begins with Sun Salutations and moves through basic standing postures, a few seated postures, and closing postures. Pace and structure will be adapted to the group, with modifications offered.
What to expect: A moderate-paced flow connecting breath with movement, with extra time for instruction and alignment cues.
Calm your mind and decompress from daily stresses with this soothing class. This mellow yoga flow is for those who want a relaxed and softer practice. We will move at a slower pace, while focusing on breath and feel-good stretches. This class aims to provides a compassionate environment that is welcome to all. Great for beginners.
About Dawn: Dawn began her yoga practice in 2002 after a back injury led her to seek a holistic and natural solution. The practice immediately resonated with her and she soon discovered the many other benefits from a regular practice. Dawn received her 200 YTT from Asheville Yoga Center in 2019 and is currently pursuing her 500hr accreditation. She feels honored to be able to share yoga with others and hopes they find the healing and transformation that has kept her committed to her own practice.
If you're interested in renting our space, please send an email to [email protected] or text us at 205-547-0722.
This 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training combines traditional Ashtanga Yoga with the wisdom of Buddhist meditation, delivered over four intensive weekends by experienced instructors Cory Bryant and Heather Sullivan.
Limited to 12 students to ensure personalized attention and ample teaching practice.
Rooted in the Ashtanga Primary Series, this program provides a comprehensive foundation for confident teaching. You'll study the complete Primary Series with Sanskrit names and traditional count, learn effective hands-on adjustments, and develop your authentic teaching voice through extensive practicum—including peer teaching in pairs and leading the full group.
What sets our training apart is the integration of meditation instruction from the Tergar tradition of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, with weekly Zoom sessions giving you ongoing practice in holding space for contemplative work. Our anatomy component features renowned teacher David Keil's self-paced online program (included at no extra cost, with manual), ensuring you understand the body mechanics behind safe, effective teaching. The curriculum also dives deep into yoga's philosophical roots and professional ethics, preparing you to teach with both skill and integrity.
Private sessions provide an opportunity for one-on-one instruction, tailored entirely to you, your body, and where you are right now.
Whether you are entirely new to yoga, returning after time away, working around an injury, or fine-tuning your existing practice, a one-on-one session gives you the space to move at your own pace with personalized guidance throughout. Private sessions are a great complement to group classes, and can also be used to build or deepen a home practice. You'll leave with resources and support to take your practice wherever you go.
Sessions are 60 minutes and held at Ashtanga Yoga Birmingham.
Discover a sense of peace and joy in everyday life — Join Cory for this 5-session course in the Tergar lineage of Mingyur Rinpoche and learn how to make meditation an accessible part of your everyday life.
Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher, best-selling author, and TED speaker who has touched the lives thousands of students worldwide. Known for his warmth, humor, and interest in science, he designed the Anytime Anywhere Meditation program to present transformative practices for everyday life. Understanding that we often don’t have much time but still seek change, Rinpoche created this short, comprehensive meditation program to make meditation accessible and practical for modern life, drawing upon his extensive training and personal experiences.
Anyone can join Anytime Anywhere Meditation, regardless of religious or cultural orientation. Though rooted in the ancient Buddhist teachings of Tibet, the practices taught in the program are not religious in nature.
What you’ll take away from this course:
Meditation is a way to discover your potential.
Awareness, compassion, and wisdom are innate qualities within you.
You can meditate anytime, anywhere, under any circumstance.
You will feel confident incorporating meditation into your busy life.
You will begin to develop a meditation habit.
You will begin to apply meditation in daily life.
Cory Bryant completed the year long MTP (Meditation Teacher Program) under Rinpoche’s guidance in 2024-25 and is excited to serve as your guide on this meditation journey!
Please plan to attend all 5 sessions.
Ashtanga yoga practitioners traditionally observe rest days on new and full moons. At AYB, we honor this tradition by canceling Mysore-style and 6 AM Led Primary classes on these days, allowing time for rest and reflection.If you’d still like to practice, feel free to join any of our other scheduled classes. If it’s on the schedule, you’re welcome to sign up!
Come practice with your community. Move through your practice at your own pace, in your own time. For students with an existing Mysore-style practice — no instruction or adjustments given.
Open to current members and pass holders.
Learn the fundamentals of Thai Yoga Bodywork, including assisted stretching, compression, kneading, and myofascial techniques rooted in this ancient healing modality, thousands of years old. This workshop is for massage therapists, manual therapists, yoga teachers, and yogis, as well as anyone interested in bodywork for overall wellness.
You'll learn a full-body routine that improves muscle and fascia pain, joint dysfunction, spine and joint mobility, nerve flow, and postural and movement patterns, building a toolkit you can bring into massage sessions, private yoga work, or your own self-care practice. The course includes a lecture on the history and strategies of Thai Yoga Bodywork along with hands-on manual therapy demonstrations. It's taught primarily on the massage table, with mats also available for hands-on practice. NCBTMB approved 450063-06.
Saturday Aug 29: 11am–5pm
Sunday Aug 30: 11:30am–5:30pm
10 CEUs
Magnus Eklund, BCSI, LMT #144(MS), has been a massage therapist, movement teacher, and bodyworker since 1994. He is a long-time student of Master Teacher Mukti Michael Buck at the Vedic Thai Massage Conservatory, and an experienced yoga teacher since 1996, Yoga Alliance certified. Magnus teaches CE manual therapy workshops across the U.S. and internationally, and owns the manual therapy clinic Mind & Body Institute, Mobility & Stretch LAB, in Biloxi, MS. In 1996, he served as an official member of the athletes' medical team as a sports massage therapist at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
February 5 - 7, 2027
Kino MacGregor is one of the most widely recognized yoga teachers in the world, and one of the busiest — she teaches internationally most of the year, with only a handful of US workshops outside her home base in Miami. She's spent more than 25 years immersed in Ashtanga Yoga, building a depth of knowledge that spans the physical practice and the philosophy behind it. She has a gift for making even the most intimidating postures and ideas feel accessible, without watering the practice down.
We're incredibly lucky to have her in Birmingham. Whether you've been practicing for twenty years or twenty days, this is a chance to be in the room with someone who has shaped how thousands of people understand this practice, and to be reminded why we all keep showing up to the mat in the first place.
Registration is currently open for the entire weekend. Individual sessions may open closer to the event date, if space is available.
Friday — led class + meditation
Saturday and Sunday — Mysore
Workshops — Foundations of Strength on Saturday and Hip to Be Square: Love, Accept and Open Your Hips Sunday
Full Weekend Pricing
Early Early Bird: $275 (register by Aug 15) — code: EARLYBIRD275
Early Bird: $300 (Aug 16–Nov 1) — code: EARLYBIRD300
Full Price: $325 (after Nov 1)