Mind Body Studio

Mind Body Studio The Mind Body Studio is a wellness and health education service of family physician John A.

The Mind Body Studio is dedicated to your self-care, helping you learn to mobilize your own inner resources to promote health, prevent disease and heal physical and psychological conditions. Patterson MD, MSPH, FAAFP We provide group classes and workshops, as well as individual consultations and coaching based on the integration of mind-body-spirit-earth.

The Spring session of Iyengar Yoga at The Mind Body Studio is officially underway! 🌿📅 April 2 – June 27Whether you’re ne...
04/02/2026

The Spring session of Iyengar Yoga at The Mind Body Studio is officially underway! 🌿
📅 April 2 – June 27

Whether you’re new to yoga or continuing your practice, these classes offer a thoughtful, supportive way to build strength, stability, and awareness.

Many people come to yoga looking for relief—back pain, stiff bodies, busy minds. And while a yoga practice will help with those things, it also opens the door to something deeper.

Over time, yoga invites you to slow down and pay attention—not just to your body, but to your habits, your pace, and the way you move through daily life. The physical work is just one part of the process; the real shift comes in how clearly you begin to see and understand your own patterns.

If you’re interested in a practice that goes beyond stretching—one that encourages steadiness, reflection, and a quieter mind—this is a great place to begin.

Interested in joining?
📧 Reach out to Kim at kbblitch@yahoo.com
🌐 Or visit iyengarlex.com

Class Schedule:
🧘 Monday 6:00–7:15 PM — Beginner
🪑 Tuesday 9:30–10:45 AM — Chair
🧘 Tuesday 5:30–6:45 PM — Intermediate
🌸 Thursday 9:30–10:45 AM — Gentle
🧘 Saturday 9:00–10:15 AM — Beginner
🌬 Sunday 9:00–10:15 AM — Pranayama

Come as you are—and discover what unfolds when you give yourself the space to reflect.

🧘‍♀️ Last Call for Spring Iyengar Yoga! 🧘‍♂️Registration for the Spring Session at Mind Body Studio closes TODAY!Whether...
04/01/2026

🧘‍♀️ Last Call for Spring Iyengar Yoga! 🧘‍♂️

Registration for the Spring Session at Mind Body Studio closes TODAY!

Whether you’re brand new or deepening your practice, there’s a class for you:
✨ Beginner
✨ Gentle
✨ Intermediate
✨ Pranayama

Give yourself the gift of alignment, strength, and calm this season. 🌿

📅 Session runs: April 2 – June 27
📍 In-person at Mind Body Studio

👉 Don’t miss out—secure your spot now!
Book here: Iyengarlex.com

Interested in learning more about these asanas- join an iyengar yoga class this spring at The Mind Body Studio.Registrat...
03/26/2026

Interested in learning more about these asanas- join an iyengar yoga class this spring at The Mind Body Studio.
Registration is open now.
Iyengarlex.com

“We are made up of three natural qualities, which move like the potters wheel. These are luminosity, vibrancy and inertia (sattva, rajas and tamas). As each individual is caught with the qualities of nature, he has to understand them to subdue them. For this he has to get intellectual clarity and emotional stability and channel his energy with will-power. As he progresses in both of them, he realises that life and death are two sides of the same coin and he stops worrying about wants, dissatisfactions, non-fulfilment of desires, delusions, fear, fickleness, shakiness, uneasiness and depression.

In certain asana, like in Dvi Pada Viparita Dandäsana and Setu Bandha Sarvargasana, the mind is uplifted and fed with copious energy. There are also asanas like backward extensions where the mind is brought to get connected to the body with energy to think positively. For instance Urdhva Dhanurasana, Kapotasana or Vrschikasana stimulate the front brain with energy to face emotional disturbances.”

BKS Iyengar
Astadala Yogamala
Vol 7

🌿 Spring Iyengar Yoga Session – Registration Now Open! 🌿Join us this spring at The Mind Body Studio for progressive clas...
03/21/2026

🌿 Spring Iyengar Yoga Session – Registration Now Open! 🌿

Join us this spring at The Mind Body Studio for progressive classes to build strength, balance, and mindful awareness through Iyengar Yoga.

🗓 Session Dates: April 2 – June 27

⏳ Registration Closes: April 1

Whether you’re brand new or continuing your practice, there’s a class for you:

✨ Beginner

No experience needed
Build your practice step by step
Mondays 6:00–7:15 PM
Saturdays 9:00–10:15 AM

✨ Gentle

Supportive, accessible class using chairs & props
Improve mobility, strength, and confidence
Tuesdays 9:30–10:45 AM
Thursdays 9:30–10:45 AM

✨ Intermediate

For students familiar with beginner asanas
Explore intermediate poses and inversions
Tuesdays 5:30–6:45 PM

✨ Pranayama (Experienced Students)

Inversions & restorative work leading into breath practice
Develop focus, sensitivity, and calm
Sundays 9:00–10:15 AM

Spots are limited—secure yours before registration closes!

👉 sign up at iyengarlex.com

Registration is now open for the Spring session of Iyengar Yoga Lexington at The Mind Body Studio 🌿Whether you’re just s...
03/18/2026

Registration is now open for the Spring session of Iyengar Yoga Lexington at The Mind Body Studio 🌿

Whether you’re just starting out or deepening your practice, we offer weekly classes for every level — Beginner, Gentle, Intermediate, and Pranayama.

Join a welcoming, supportive community and experience the transformative power of Iyengar Yoga.

✨ Private and semi-private sessions are also available

Sign up today: iyengarlex.com

In yoga, we are not trying to silence sensation.
We are learning how to interpret it.

Tension is feedback.
Pain is a boundary.
Discomfort is a conversation.

In the teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar, awareness is intelligence. The pose is not something to conquer — it is something to study.

Instead of reacting:
• Pause
• Breathe
• Observe
• Adjust

Growth in yoga is not measured by how far you go.
It is measured by how honestly you listen.

Practicing with experienced teachers can make this learning much clearer. In our studio classes, we guide students to understand these signals safely using props, alignment, and careful observation—so your practice becomes intelligent, not forceful.

If you’ve been curious about starting or deepening your yoga practice, you’re always welcome to join us on the mat.

💬 Comment LISTEN if you’ve ever learned something important from a difficult pose.
🔁 Share this with someone who needs to soften their practice today.

🧘‍♀️ Registration is OPEN for Spring Iyengar Yoga!Ready to build strength, improve flexibility, and deepen your awarenes...
03/15/2026

🧘‍♀️ Registration is OPEN for Spring Iyengar Yoga!

Ready to build strength, improve flexibility, and deepen your awareness through Iyengar Yoga? Our Spring Session (April 2 – June 27) is now open for registration!

✨ Classes for every level:
✔ Beginner
✔ Gentle
✔ Intermediate
✔ Pranayama (breathwork)

Whether you’re brand new to yoga or looking to refine your practice, these classes focus on alignment, stability, and mindful movement using the proven Iyengar method.

📍 Mind Body Studio – Lexington
🗓 Registration closes April 1

👉 Reserve your spot now: iyengarlex.com

Come practice, learn, and grow with our supportive community. We can’t wait to share Iyengar yoga with you!

03/12/2026

The Intelligent Art of Prop-Assisted Practice

Props are not shortcuts. They are instruments of awareness.

In yoga, the goal is never to “complete” a pose at the cost of its integrity. Forcing the body creates fatigue, dullness, and even fear in the system.

A brick under the hand is not there to make the pose easier. It is there to teach the chest to expand.

A rope is not support. It is a teacher for opening what has become closed.

A blanket is not comfort. It is structure for correct action.

Props allow you to:
• Maintain alignment without strain
• Study the pose without exhaustion
• Awaken dull, unresponsive areas
• Sustain practice over decades

This is the method pioneered by B.K.S. Iyengar — where props are used to cultivate intelligence, not dependency.

The question is not: “Can you do the pose?”
The question is: Can you understand the pose?

💬 How has prop-assisted practice changed your understanding of movement?
💬 Comment ‘Props’ if a prop has ever helped you experience a pose differently!

03/11/2026

“When consciousness, which has acted as a subject up to now, realises that it has no light of its own, but has borrowed the light from the soul, then it surrenders to the soul. The fluctuations of consciousness cease. Restraint has now naturally taken place.
Then the brain remains quiet. It becomes empty. It ceases to behave as a subject and becomes an object, passive, receptive.
The moment the brain is transformed into an object, there is a diffusion of our intelligence equally everywhere. That means that ida and pingală, the sun and the moon, are balanced and give way to the third light, which is the divine force of sușumnă known as kundalini.”
The Hatha Yoga Pradipikă says that kundalini only awakens when grace falls on you, so all effort is useless unless that grace comes. What does Patañjali say about this? He says you do not know at what time grace will fall on you, so you must prepare everything so that you can accept grace when it comes. He says, 'Be physically firm, mentally stable, and spiritually ready to receive it.”

BKS Iyengar
The Tree Of Yoga

Iyengar yoga classes for March will start next week at The Mind Body Studio; interested participants can register at iye...
02/25/2026

Iyengar yoga classes for March will start next week at The Mind Body Studio; interested participants can register at iyengarlex.com

01/31/2026

The “Auto-Save” Nature of the Mind

Did you know your mind works just like an email draft that constantly auto-saves? 🧠💾

In Yoga philosophy, this is called Saṁskāra.

Every time you see, hear, taste, or experience something, your mind creates an imprint. A trace is stored instantly—whether it’s gossip you overheard, a song stuck in your head, or a moment of anger. The “auto-save” function is always running.

Even if you don’t yet understand Yoga philosophy deeply, simply showing up to practice matters.

Why? Because practice creates positive saṁskāras that gradually overwrite the old, unhelpful ones.

💡 Don’t live on autopilot like a machine.

Start noticing what you are allowing your mind to “save” each day.

💬 What’s one “file” or habit your mind has auto-saved that you’d love to delete? Share in the comments 👇

The studio will be open this weekend with the following schedule: Saturday, 9-10:15 Beginner Iyengar Yoga, 1-4 Iyengar y...
01/31/2026

The studio will be open this weekend with the following schedule: Saturday, 9-10:15 Beginner Iyengar Yoga, 1-4 Iyengar yoga workshop - level 1 twist and discussing the Kleshas, and Sunday, 9–10:15 pranayama.

Warm up your body tomorrow with an Iyengar Yoga workshop exploring Level 1 twists. Modifications are offered for joint l...
01/30/2026

Warm up your body tomorrow with an Iyengar Yoga workshop exploring Level 1 twists. Modifications are offered for joint limitations, making this accessible and supportive. We will also study the kleshas —the mental afflictions at the root of suffering.

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517 Southland Drive, # A
Lexington, KY
40503

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(859) 373-0033

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