Take yoga off the mat and into the heart.

Return Yoga is a non-profit organization offering community based yoga classes, outreach classes, and deeper courses of study. Karin belongs to the Desikachar lineage, and does not consider āsana to be the whole of yoga. Because there is a lack of depth teachings in contemporary yoga spaces, she does not teach much āsana or provide workout style āsana videos. Instead, she focuses on 1:1 relationships with students who are following their own unfolding path.

This space has nothing to do with certification, Yoga Alliance, or hour long āsana classes.

Join Yoga Club, a Mighty Network, to connect with us. From there, you can join short Vedic chant classes (typically 4-6 weeks) or the longer philosophy courses (next up, Yoga Sūtras book Three, summer 2024). Join us for a Gayatri Japa practice every Monday morning at 7 am CST. Or come to the Bhagavad Gita session on the first Monday of every moth. We occasionally host yoga teacher support meetings, or a practice session, or other special events, all of which you can access through Yoga Club. There is a library of resources available, from video tutorials to class marketing worksheets and some treasures from the Desikachar lineage.

I believe in the raw power of yoga to transform, empower, and return us to a sense of aliveness. But I also think that yoga is exclusive. In studios, yoga is too tone deaf, too expensive, and too intimidating to be of use to those who could most use it. There are studios everywhere, and thousands of yoga teachers who can teach American style, workout based classes.  In most cases, yoga is a business.

Not here.  Not with me.

Yoga is relationship