Soul Society Yoga

11/06/2025

🎉 Huge congrats to Lisa for hitting her 400th class this morning! Your dedication, consistency, and heart shine every time you step on your mat. We’re so proud of you and grateful to have you in our Soul Society fam 💛 Keep flowing, keep growing!

11/05/2025

As we enter our fifth annual Stretch Your Limits Challenge, I’ve been reflecting on what this challenge really means to me and how I can stretch my own limits this November. For me, it’s an invitation to try new classes and class times that I typically avoid (hello, 6 AM!). But this year, I’m thinking beyond classes — into the eight limbs of yoga.

I’m beginning with number one: improving my interactions with others (yamas). That means you, my dear students, friends, and readers. This month (and hopefully beyond), I’m dedicating time each week to share my thoughts and musings in our blog. It’s one way I’m stretching my own limits — offering you more than yoga postures in the studio, and bringing more of yoga into your life off the mat.

This week, I explore five ways I’m making time to stretch my limits:

Yoga doesn’t always happen on a mat.
Planning your schedule ahead of time helps you stay consistent.
Take classes you wouldn’t normally try — you might be surprised.
Recovery Therapy sessions (halosauna, red light, cold plunge) count toward your goal — and they’re a great way to carve out short but meaningful time for yourself.
Prioritize yourself. Often, things you think can’t function without you do just fine.

I hope you find them helpful and share some ways you’re making time for yourself and your practice in the comments.

11/05/2025

https://soulsocietystudio.com/yoga-blog/what-stretch-your-limits-means-to-me

This month, I’m stretching my limits on and off the mat — exploring the 8 limbs of yoga and how to make time for what truly fills my soul.

11/03/2025

🛍️✨ Shop Small. Save Big. ✨

This season, give the gift of wellness — and treat yourself while you’re at it!

Enjoy 15% off 3 items or 25% off 5 (yes, even gift cards!) + explore our Fire Sale Bin with favorites from Lululemon, Lotus & Luna, and more.

Plus, all packs + memberships are on sale now through Dec 31 — flexible, simple, and designed to support your practice through the holidays and beyond.

11/01/2025

🌟 Staff Spotlight of the Month 🌟

Meet Kayla — one of the kindest, most grounded souls in our SSY family. 💛 From the moment she stepped into the studio, she knew she had found her home. “I had never felt so genuinely safe in a space before,” she shares.

Kayla loves the community that celebrates every win — students and teachers alike — and she’s found her true voice through teaching here at Soul Society. When she’s not leading classes, you’ll find her baking sourdough with her starter Big Deborah 🥖 or soaking in a sunset at Terrapin Park. 🌅

We’re so grateful for all the love and light she brings to our community! ✨

11/01/2025

Our Student of the Month, Miwa Matsui, reminds us that small steps can lead to the most meaningful growth. 🌱
Her 7-year journey on the mat is filled with warmth, laughter, and gratitude — and we’re so lucky to share this space with her! 💛

10/28/2025

When Di signed up for the Stretch Your Limits Challenge last year, she had recently retired and been taking classes regularly at Soul Society for a few months. She was feeling the benefits of consistent practice - strength, stamina, flexibility, improved mood and sleep. She felt up for the challenge.

Di committed. And she showed up for herself. And she took the most classes of all 2024 Stretch Your Limits participants.

By taking 28 classes in 30 days, she began to notice big shifts:
✨ Stronger + more confident on the mat and in life
✨ More energetic throughout the day
✨ Calmer and better able to react to life’s surprises and challenges

Here’s what Di had to say:
“Being that consistent throughout the challenge helped me feel level and calm, which is not my normal state — my mind is always running. To find this sense of peace is huge for me. Plus, my massage therapist said she could tell my muscles were more toned!”

We’re so inspired by Di’s dedication, and we can’t wait to see what this year’s challenge brings.

Di’s advice:
“The days you don’t want to come to class are the most important days to come. I actually feel better, and it has an even bigger impact than the days when I’m excited to go.”

Join the challenge today. You never know the difference just one month can make. All you have to do is say yes to showing up for yourself.

Not an unlimited member? You can still join in!
Upgrade for just one month of unlimited yoga—no contract, cancel anytime. Take 20 classes during the challenge for only $6.25 per class (about the price of a cup of coffee ☕).

10/27/2025

Coming Home to Yoga

When I took my very first yoga class back in 2002, I felt something I didn’t even know I was missing—a sense of home. Yoga quickly became more than just movement for me; it was grounding, healing, and deeply comforting.

Not long after, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. In that moment, I knew yoga could be a gift for her, too. I signed up for my first yoga teacher training, not with dreams of opening a studio, but simply with the hope of sharing yoga with her. I still remember buying her first mat and teaching my very first class at our church with my mom sitting right there in the room.

Over the years, whenever she visited, she would come to my classes—and eventually she began practicing yoga on her own. Her mat became her safe space, a place where she could feel strong, capable, and calm, even while her body was fighting cancer again and again.

When we lost her in 2015, yoga became the practice that carried me through my grief. It reminded me that healing isn’t always about curing; sometimes it’s about finding peace, presence, and connection in the middle of it all.

That’s why I opened Soul Society Yoga—because yoga is more than exercise. It’s a way to come home to yourself, no matter what life brings.

This October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I invite you to join us on your mat. Whether you are seeking strength, calm, healing, or simply a moment of peace—you are welcome here. Drop into the wisdom of yoga with us, and let your mat be your home.

With love + light,
Julia

10/24/2025

I’ll be honest—last year, when I joined our Stretch Your Limits Challenge, I wasn’t feeling like my best self. I’d let life get in the way of my practice. I felt sluggish, my jeans were tight, and anxiety was creeping back in.

But by simply showing up for 20 classes in 30 days, everything shifted.

✨ My clothes fit better
✨ My energy was steadier (no more afternoon coffee!)
✨ My mind felt clearer and calmer
✨ Most importantly, I felt like me again

Here’s the thing: it wasn’t about pushing harder or doing only hot classes. Some days it was Yin, sometimes gentle movement. What mattered was consistency.

That’s what this challenge is all about. It’s not about “before and after” pictures—it’s about how you feel in your body and your life when you make space for yourself.

💪 20 classes in 30 days
🎟 Raffle tickets + prizes from local businesses
👕 Exclusive challenge tank/tee at 20+ classes
🎉 Wrap-Up Party + Raffle Drawing on Dec. 5
✨ Registration closes soon! Are you in?