Happy Heart Yoga Studio

11/12/2025

Reminder: Tonight’s Pilates class has been moved to tomorrow night November 13 @ 5:30PM

11/11/2025

🌟 SEVA Project Update! 🌟

Our Happy Heart Yoga community showed up BIG for our local food pantry as part of the school’s food drive.

We’ve been collecting items as part of our ongoing SEVA (selfless service) project — and once again, your generosity amazes me.

💛 Let’s have a little fun:
➡️ GUESS how many items were donated!
Comment below with your guess ⤵️

Every can, every box, every contribution = nourishment for someone in our own community.
Thank you for being the kind of people who make giving feel joyful and meaningful.

You make a difference. 💜

11/10/2025

Tap Into Calm:
A Tapping + Restorative Workshop
Theme: Letting Go & Letting Be

Join us for the next monthly Tapping + Restorative Series at Happy Heart Yoga Studio. In this session, you’ll learn how EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) — also known as tapping — can calm the nervous system, release stress, and restore balance.
Each workshop includes gentle education on EFT, guided tapping related to the theme, restorative postures, and deep relaxation for mind and body.

Saturday, December 13 | 1:30–3:30 PM
📍 Happy Heart Yoga Studio – Battle Creek

$40 per workshop
Early registration price: $35 by Monday, December 8.

Registration link: https://forms.gle/oUQBiWAaHfKf1hnRA

Pre-registration with payment is required. Space is limited.
No refunds once registered.

11/09/2025

Take a look at our line up this week. Kristy is back with ReFit on Tuesday Nov. 11 at 5:30pm

11/09/2025

Overflowing with Gratitude

Today was something I’ve dreamed about for over four years — a Tapping + Restorative workshop focused on stress relief, nervous system calming, and true rest.

To those who showed up and trusted me with your time, your energy, and your hearts… thank you.
You allowed yourselves to slow down, breathe deeper, and let your body remember what ease feels like. Watching you soften into stillness and give yourselves permission to rest was powerful.

I don’t take it lightly that you choose to spend your time here.
Your presence made today so special.

Here’s to less stress, more calm, and the courage to keep choosing yourself.
💜🧘‍♀️🪷

With gratitude,
Bonnie

11/07/2025

I love knowing more about why the practices we do on our mats actually support our health. 🧠💗
The science behind yoga and heart health continues to amaze me — especially how slower breathing and nervous system calm can positively influence blood pressure.

It’s not just the poses…
It’s the state we create:

✨ Mindful attention
✨ Slower breathing
✨ Reduced stress response

More yoga = more heart health.
Do more yoga. 🧘‍♀️💗

Do more yoga 🧘‍♀️ 🙏♥️

Can yoga help lower blood pressure?

Despite these limitations, several mechanisms have been proposed:

Enhanced baroreceptor sensitivity – Regular yoga practice may help the body detect and respond to changes in BP (blood pressure) more efficiently (Selvamurthy et al. 1998).

Improved autonomic balance – Yoga appears to reduce sympathetic nervous system activity (the ‘fight-or-flight’ response) and increase parasympathetic (vagal) tone, promoting cardiovascular calm (Vijayalakshmi et al. 2004).

Slow breathing effects – Controlled breathing, a hallmark of yoga, has been shown to improve baroreflex sensitivity and lower BP in people with essential hypertension (Bernardi et al. 2001; Joseph et al. 2005).

Meditation and attention training – Focused awareness activates brain regions such as the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate gyrus, both involved in regulating BP and emotional stress (Posner & Petersen 1990; Williamson, McColl & Mathews 2004).

The takeaway is that it’s the state yoga creates, including mindful attention, slower breathing, and reduced reactivity, that seems most beneficial for cardiovascular health, not specific poses alone.

https://doctoryogi.substack.com/p/can-yoga-help-lower-blood-pressure?utm_campaign=email-post&r=26vd8z&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

11/07/2025

UPDATED November Calendar

11/07/2025

UPDATED Schedule for Fit & Fun Fusion this month.

11/06/2025

Fit & Fun Fusion class is canceled today Nov. 6
Thank you for understanding.

11/06/2025

✨ 100 Class Milestone Celebration! ✨

Today we celebrate Sandi — a shining example of perseverance, strength, and the power of showing up.

Sandi has been a steady and joyful presence at Happy Heart Yoga Studio for years, practicing with Molly since she first began teaching nearly ten years ago. Over that time, she has faced obstacles that would have stopped many people… but Sandi kept choosing to show up, to grow, and to take care of herself through movement and mindfulness.

And today she has officially reached her 100 class milestone since we launched our Rewards Program! 💯🧘‍♀️

Her journey is a true testament to how yoga can change your life — body, mind, and spirit.
Sandi, your commitment inspires us all. Thank you for being a role model of resilience, grace, and heart.

Help us congratulate Sandi in the comments! 💕
Keep shining, Sandi — the best is yet to come.

11/05/2025

Lots of celebrations this week!!

✨ 100 Classes — Congratulations, Kathy! ✨

From the very beginning of our Chair Yoga journey — over 2 ½ years ago — Kathy has been a steady, shining presence at Happy Heart Yoga Studio.

She has shown what true commitment looks like.
Through challenges and setbacks, she didn’t quit.
She adjusted.
She stayed strong.
And she kept showing up.

Kathy brings her light, her warmth, and her quick wit to every class — reminding us that movement can be meaningful and fun. She lifts others up just by being herself.

Today we celebrate her dedication, her resilience, and this beautiful milestone of 100 classes.

Kathy, thank you for showing us the power of perseverance
and for being such a special part of our community. 💛

Help me celebrate Kathy and cheer on her continued journey! 🎉