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The Inner Warrior

We are a "heart-based" business, offering daily donation-based classes to our Louisville community.
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11/22/2025

Where it all started ➡️ where we are now! Our family has grown… and so have we…🥳

Eleven years ago today, 11/22, The Inner Warrior opened its doors for the first time on Frankfort Ave. Little did we know what magic awaited… forever changed… our lives ever more enriched. ❤️‍🔥

Thank you for supporting us over the years. We are so grateful to share the gift of yoga with our community every day, now at Distillery Commons.

11/18/2025

“The wind is carrying us into winter,
where we gather to move, release, and remember —
to honor the inner warrior
who walks the edge of shadow and light,
to hear the wisdom held in the pause.
We meet ourselves not just in the movement,
but in the stillness that holds each step.”

Move. Release. Remember.
Join us for a 𝗖𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆!
THIS Saturday, Nov. 22nd • 4-7pm at the Inner Warrior
with DJ MetaZen Mane & Sunshine Shelby Ford!
~No experience needed~
🎶Merge with the rhythm of your being to the sounds from intentionally curated Dj Music Set
🍫Cacao offering of connection to our earth around & within
💃🏽Guided warmup
🫶Family-Friendly

$22 | RSVP via innerwarriorlou.com
☕️Bring a mug & come as you are.

11/13/2025

We’ll miss you The Silver Dollar ! 💘

11/05/2025

Move. Release. Remember. Join us for a 𝗖𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆! Saturday, Nov. 22nd at the Inner Warrior with DJ MetaZen Mane & Sunshine Shelby Ford!

“The wind is carrying us into winter,
where we gather to move, release, and remember —
to honor the inner warrior
who walks the edge of shadow and light,
to hear the wisdom held in the pause.
We meet ourselves not just in the movement,
but in the stillness that holds each step.”

~No experience needed~
🎶Merge with the rhythm of your being to the sounds from intentionally curated Dj Music Set
🍫Cacao offering of connection to our earth around & within
💃🏽Guided warmup

$22 | RSVP via innerwarriorlou.com

☕️Bring a mug & come as you are.

11/03/2025

Cozy season is officially here… Ease into the time change with a 𝐂𝐨𝐳𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 ~ THIS Saturday, November 8th | 6:00PM - 7:15PM at The Beautiful Inner Warrior Studio with &

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝘇𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗚𝗲𝘁? For this offering, we are giving you the permission and encouragement to get Extra Cozy... Wear your favorite PJs or slippers. Bring what makes you extra comfortable: blanket, pillow, eye mask. Sleeping pad welcome. Hammock? We can accommodate. Blow-up mattress… maybe, space allowing. Settle in, breathe, rest, receive!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁? We will begin by settling in with a guided meditation, then melt into a Sound Journey with various instruments… including, but not limited to: glass and bronze singing bowls, ceremonial drum, flute, didjeridu, gongs, chimes, and more… all curated by two… sounding like four.

Our gatherings are curated to help facilitate...
✨centering, balancing
✨profound relaxation
✨expanding awareness
✨inspire creativity
✨relieving tensions, letting go

Join us as we move through time and space, immersed in sacred sound and community! Please RSVP via https://theinnerwarriorlou.com/collections/events/products/sound-journey-with-funknbliss-2

10/14/2025

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 • Sunday , October 19th | 4:00 - 6:00pm. 🌑 ♎️⚖️✨

Guided by Shelby Houston() & Megan Carlucci ().

✨As autumn winds down the year, it offers a sacred pause to release old patterns and align with what’s next. The new moon in Libra deepens this reflection, inviting balance, harmony, and renewed connection. Libra’s energy encourages us to plant intentions rooted in peace, beauty, and cooperation. It’s a time to restore equilibrium and create space for growth and transformation in the months ahead. ✨

Move through these shifts & cycles with…
𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 + 𝗬𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 + 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗡𝗶𝗱𝗿𝗮 + 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆
We will be serving caffeine free chai tea for added relaxation. ☕️ 🫖 🍂

We’ll start with arriving, settling in and centering with Meditation, Journaling Prompts, Breathwork and Gentle Movement... We’ll then melt into a Yin Yoga practice where we will hold passive poses for 3-5 minutes , with *optional* hands-on sound assists...This will lead into a Yoga Nidra practice accompanied by a Sound Journey from various instruments, including crystal and Himalayan singing bowls, gong, chimes, and more. We will then complete our guided ceremony with a new moon ritual.

What is 𝚈𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝙽𝚒𝚍𝚛𝚊? Yoga Nidra or Yogic sleep is a guided meditation that is aimed to get you into a state of consciousness between awake & asleep. This practice is meant to help you align with your highest truth in order to best serve our world and achieve your dreams. We do this using a sankalpa. This practice also includes a full body scan, breathing exercises, and healing imagery.

𝙉𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮… 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚.
🍁Please sign up via https://theinnerwarriorlou.com/products/october-new-moon-yoga-ceremony

10/13/2025

It’s the little things that helps keeps our space zen... 🪷☺️

10/01/2025

🍂Sunday, October 12th • 6-7:30pm ~ Join us for 𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 ( ) all the way from Charlotte, NC. 🎶

Come enjoy this 90 minute sound healing. You will be bathed in the vibrations from 14 different instruments (24 instruments altogether) including 10 crystal singing bowls, a gong, native american flutes, didgeridoo, handpan, guzheng, harmonium, drums, large tuning fork, vocals, and more!

This experience will begin with a gentle guided meditation or simple breathwork exercises, preparing you to transition into being bathed in sounds for the remainder of this 90 minute class. In the sound bath portion of this experience, Austin will be using an array of musical instruments from ancient cultures to create a space of deep peace.

With these instruments, he will be holding space for each of you to connect with aspects of yourselves that often get foggy through our daily routines. You may experience deep relaxing states that can promote awareness of yourself beyond the body or emotions that can lead you the essence of your being, as well as a release from negative patterns.

🍁👉More info & tickets via innerwarriorlou.com/collections/events (link in bio)

09/18/2025

THIS Sunday, 9/21🍂 Join us for… 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘅 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 ~ 4:00-6:00pm | Guided by Kendra Sadler & Lincoln Snyder at The Inner Warrior.

🌞🌚 The autumn equinox occurs in the northern hemisphere when the earth’s axis is tilting neither away nor toward the sun — a pivotal pause in astronomical time where lightness and darkness come into perfect balance, just before the earth descends toward winter.

🌻 For many living beings on earth this is a time of abundance as we harvest the gifts of summer, seeds that were planted in spring. 🤲🍎 This is a time of nourishing the body, mind, and soul as we begin the annual descent toward darker, cooler days. Take extra care to nourish your inner light during this time — acknowledging that as the earth descends, so do we inward. 🌀

🕯️ Leave this offering feeling centered and prepared to move with grace and balance into this new season, bolstered and supported by your community and well-grounded intentions.

What you’ll receive:

~guided journaling & intention setting

~sacred harvest fruit eating meditation

~yin yoga + hands-on sound therapy

~sound bath

RSVP ➡️ via theinnerwarriorlou.com/collections/events (link in bio)

09/12/2025

Got any Equinox plans? Join us next Sunday, September 21st for 🍂 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘅 𝗬𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 • 4:00-6:00pm | Guided by Kendra Sadler & Lincoln Snyder at The Inner Warrior.

🌞🌚 The autumn equinox occurs in the northern hemisphere when the earth’s axis is tilting neither away nor toward the sun — a pivotal pause in astronomical time where lightness and darkness come into perfect balance, just before the earth descends toward winter.

🌻 For many living beings on earth this is a time of abundance as we harvest the gifts of summer, seeds that were planted in spring. 🤲🍎 This is a time of nourishing the body, mind, and soul as we begin the annual descent toward darker, cooler days. Take extra care to nourish your inner light during this time — acknowledging that as the earth descends, so do we inward. 🌀

🕯️ Leave this offering feeling centered and prepared to move with grace and balance into this new season, bolstered and supported by your community and well-grounded intentions.

What you’ll receive:

~guided journaling & intention setting

~sacred harvest fruit eating meditation

~yin yoga + hands-on sound therapy

~sound bath

RSVP ➡️ via theinnerwarriorlou.com/collections/events (link in bio)

09/08/2025

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08/27/2025

𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐬 ~ 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 • On Sunday, September 7th | 6-8pm we will gather under the luminous glow of the super full moon in Pisces. 🌝🎶 Guided by Megan Carlucci & Rachelle Fultz at The Inner Warrior

We invite you to join us for a ceremony dedicated to you, and the full moon. Join us for… 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 + 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 + 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 + 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆

𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣: The moon will be in Pisces, a water sign - which embodies creativity, imagination, dreaminess and the full flowing nature of the human emotional experience. Full moons are a time of release and grounding. This moon is a rare & special one, looking to be extra moody & spiritually charged as it’s a super blood moon as well. Super blood moons happen when the full moon is eclipsed by the earth, an alignment that happens when the Earth is directly between the sun and moon; yang and yin energies as one, a balancing of energies. Eclipse energy encourages the setting of intentions, of inviting in and creating space for new beginnings.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩: We will be offering a mixture of stillness, for deep introspection, including a heart centered meditation, journaling to get the creative waters flowing, a guided slow flow yoga practice, followed by an extended sound journey to close the ceremony. The sound journey will include various instruments, including gong, crystal and metal singing bowls, rain sticks, shakers, shamanic drum, etc. (with a few extra surprise instruments not typically used). We will also be offering some other surprise elements throughout the ceremony to make for a truly unique full moon commemoration.

𝙉𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮… 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚.

RSVP now at innerwarriorlou.com 🙏🌀

Address

600 Distillery Commons Suite 250
Louisville, KY
40206

Telephone

(502) 930-9501

Website

http://theinnerwarriorlou.com/

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Our History

The Inner Warrior began it’s journey on Frankfort Avenue on November 2014. At it’s inception it was primarily a yoga boutique but also offered donation based yoga classes 2x a week (with rotating instructors from all around town). Clothing racks were moved aside and they offered over 300 Yoga classes in the 3 1/2 year period. In the beginning classes were small, but with consistency they became bigger than ever expected. Each class filled to capacity and with a waiting list! It was then clear that fostering community and connection was needed and wanted. This is when The Inner Warrior made the decision, spring of 2018, to move the boutique and the yoga to Distillery Commons, a 2,000 sq ft former distillery warehouse where they could offer more yoga to more people and ultimately created Louisville’s first and only Donation based yoga studio. "It has been a dream of ours to offer a wide variety of donation-based yoga classes to the people and we are so happy to do so." In addition to the yoga, there are events such as meditations, yoga related workshops, sound healing, kirtan, guest speakers, and gatherings involving live music, food, art and poetry! In the Spring of 2020, The Inner Warrior expanded and moved their Boutique back to the Clifton neighborhood while the Studio remains at Distillery Commons. Continuously expanding to become an all encompassed, donation-based yoga spot in the heart of Louisville, KY

Over the years The Inner Warrior has been involved in our community in other ways such as the KARMA DRIVE, using a portion of profits to local, non-profit organizations in some “hands on” way. In 2016 They co-founded MYPATH Fest, a bi-annual Yoga event outside of Harrodsburg, KY on a sustainable and historical piece of land with the intention of celebrating community & sharing the many ways of Yoga. They are also invited, yearly to kickoff the annual Chili cook off in the heart of lower Clifton with "yoga in the street."

The Original Frankfort Avenue location was a huge catalyst for the expansion of the The Inner Warrior, as well as donation-based yoga in the city of Louisville. Our yoga studio is completely community funded and 100% of donations go directly to providing the yoga classes... allowing more individuals to be able to experience the many healing benefits of this ancient practice of yoga. The Inner Warrior believes in Louisville, City of Compassion, and knows that together we can do anything we set our hearts to... for the growth & healing of our world at large. Read more about owners Sabine and Gabriella's personal yoga journey here!