The Bhakti Yoga Movement Center

The Bhakti Yoga Movement Center Queer and Indian owned. Yoga community w weekly classes, events, on demand library, and yoga school. https://linktr.ee/thebhaktiyogamovementcenter

We are THRILLED to welcome J Kelley to the BYMC teaching team 🥳🥳🥳J has been a long time yoga and BYMC student and recent...
02/24/2026

We are THRILLED to welcome J Kelley to the BYMC teaching team 🥳🥳🥳

J has been a long time yoga and BYMC student and recently graduated from BYMC’s SOMA School and Teacher Training program.

J will join the monthly Q***r and Trans class rotation and you’ll likely see them popping up to sub other classes too!

Their teaching is warm, attuned, creative, and sure to bring joy and connection to your day - thank you, J, for sharing your guidance and presence with our community.

Learn more about J below and shout out their welcome in the comments. Better yet, join them for Q***r and Trans class tonight!

“After celebrating over seven years of practice, J is thrilled to be stepping into the role of yoga steward and guide as a proud graduate of the School of Yoga and Somatics at the BYMC. They strive to co-create a playful but deliberate container to explore yoga asana, pranayama, and philosophy in community. J invites their fellow practitioners of all experience levels and abilities to embrace the support they need as we connect breath to movement while exploring challenging shapes together. Your breath is a tool you can use to create more space in the body for prana, your life force, to flow more freely, helping ease physical tension, balance your nervous system, and quiet the mind. J is a firm believer in the power of yoga to help us see ourselves in each other more clearly, and teach us how to show up more ethically in our interconnected world. Practicing with them is an opportunity to slow down, tune into yourself, and embrace the transformative possibilities of a beautiful and ancient South Asian science and wisdom tradition.

Saṁtoṣādanuttamaḥ sukhalābhaḥ.
“From contentment, one attains supreme happiness.”
Yoga Sutra 2.42”

Happy birthday season to our Pisces loves!!! 🐠💕💖Catherine we hope your solar return was full of love, celebration, and ...
02/24/2026

Happy birthday season to our Pisces loves!!! 🐠💕💖

Catherine we hope your solar return was full of love, celebration, and the love you offer outward and that you recieve this back to you ten fold in the coming year.

Thank you, Catherine, for the passion, mindfulness, and care you bring to your classes, and the special love you bring to your prenatal students.

Sahar, , may your year bring you peace, joy, and the strength and tenderness you so lovingly cultivate in the world. Happy birthday, Sahar!!! 🌞

Thank you for the wisdom, playfulness, and steadfastness you bring to your classes, and for helping our community get a little stronger with your pilates magic!

Let’s show Catherine and Sahar some birthday love in the comments ❣️

02/16/2026

Welp, the apartment upstairs seems to have sprung a leak into the studio so we are not currently a place to escape from the rain tonight - classes are canceled tonight and we’re doing our best to get things taken care of so we can be up and running in the morning.

We apologize for any inconvenience - we know your practice is important to you and hope you can practice with us in the On Demand Library instead.

As a small business, even a few canceled classes hurts, not to mention the cost of damage and repairs! So any way you can show us some love - social shares, Google reviews, or best of all - coming in to class to say hi - we appreciate it ♥️♥️♥️

It’s here! It’s happening! We’ve received your interest and we are so thrilled to announce our upcoming.✨ ✨✨ Yoga School...
02/04/2026

It’s here! It’s happening! We’ve received your interest and we are so thrilled to announce our upcoming.

✨ ✨✨ Yoga School and Teacher Training ✨✨✨

🗓️ Program begins Sep 25 2025
⏰ Priority application deadline: June 1st
🐣 Get early bird rate when you enroll by June 15th

💫 Learn more on our website, attend an info session or reach out to learn more 1:1❤️

👉🏽 next info session: Tuesday, Feb 10 12-1pm

🥳 space is limited, applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as you know you want to join!

This program is renowned for its deep integrity with the roots of yoga, focus on trauma-informed and accessible practices, and commitment to yoga for collective liberation.

In our program, you will:
✨ Immerse into healing-centered, trauma-informed, and accessible approaches
✨ Enhance your own practice and learn to skillfully guide others
✨ Build community with those who share values in equity and justice
✨ Learn from a skilled and attentive core faculty, who are majority South Asian, plus an incredible group of guest experts
✨ Develop a relationship with yoga that is thoughtful, holds complexity, and honors yoga’s roots.

This unique, in-depth program is open to all - whether you’ve had previous yoga studies or not!

🙌 Check out the website for more details and be touch if you have any questions - we are a call, text, dm, or email away.

💗 Space in this training is limited, so apply as soon as you’re ready 💗

Friends and accomplices - please help us get the word out about this very special training 🌸

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Thank you to our community members who have brought these PIRC resources to the studio - come get yours! Thank you to ev...
01/25/2026

Thank you to our community members who have brought these PIRC resources to the studio - come get yours!

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our food drive - we are still going!

Most needed items (please stick to these):
♥️gift cards - visa gift cards are best so volunteers can shop at various grocery outlets
♥️ canned chicken
♥️ oatmeal packets
♥️ pasta and red sauce

Thank you for softening together and showing up for each other. Love you.

We are thrilled to welcome Natalie as a recent graduate of our Yoga Teacher Training and teacher in our upcoming Communi...
01/12/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Natalie as a recent graduate of our Yoga Teacher Training and teacher in our upcoming Community Class!

Join Nat for a community class TODAY!

📆 Monday, 1/12
⏰ 4:00 - 5:00pm
📍 in-person + livestream

Donation based - all proceeds go to our equity pricing program.

No one turned away for lack of funds - registration is required.

Learn more about Nat:

My own experience with yoga has offered me many tools for healing, connection, relief and nourishment. As a recent graduate of the BYMC SOMA School cohort, I have a grounded understanding for the importance of offering gentle and trauma-informed somatic practices to folks from all walks of life. I feel honored to be in a continuous exploration of these teachings while guiding people to move their bodies in space.

Seeking an interior design savvy babe to offer up a vision for our sweet little space. 💫 Having install know-how is a pl...
01/02/2026

Seeking an interior design savvy babe to offer up a vision for our sweet little space. 💫 Having install know-how is a plus since we’re dealing with metal studs and cement beams. 💪

We have a bunch of merch arriving soon highlighting the creative genious of along with yoga props from . Can you help us show it off?? ✨ We’d love to shadow our gratitude with yoga classes.

If this is you, or someone you know, reach out here or to zeyah@thebymc.com

Many kisses 😘

“We shake with joy, we shake with grief.What a time they have, these twohoused as they are in the same body.”-Mary Olive...
12/30/2025

“We shake with joy, we shake with grief.
What a time they have, these two
housed as they are in the same body.”
-Mary Oliver

Now, more than ever, we are being asked to hold complexity ~ to balance sthira (steadfast effort) and sukha (ease).

Being gentle with ourselves and carving out time to tend to our bodies, minds, and spirits is essential as we move towards co-creating a more loving and just world.

🌀 How do you plan to tend to yourself this week?

This weeks schedule in the slides 👉🏽

⭐️ HEADS UP ⭐️
- classes have been filling up, so we will be instituting cancellation policies soon
- please make an effort to cancel at least an hour before class if you can’t make it, so others can take your spot
- please be sure to register for LIVESTREAM if you’re joining in person so the in person spaces are freed up accurately

📸

“We shake with joy, we shake with grief.What a time they have, these twohoused as they are in the same body.” -Mary Oliv...
12/29/2025

“We shake with joy, we shake with grief.
What a time they have, these two
housed as they are in the same body.”
-Mary Oliver

Now, more than ever, we are being asked to hold complexity ~ to balance sthira (steadfast effort) and sukha (ease).

Being gentle with ourselves and carving out time to tend to our bodies, minds, and spirits is essential as we attempt to find this balance and move towards co-creating a more loving and just world.

🌀 How do you plan to tend to yourself this week?

This weeks schedule in the slides 👉🏽
*note adjusted schedules Wednesday and Thursday*

⭐️ HEADS UP ⭐️
- classes have been filling up, so we will be instituting cancellation policies soon
- please make an effort to cancel at least an hour before class if you can’t make it, so others can take your spot
- please be sure to register for LIVESTREAM if you’re joining in person so the in person spaces are freed up accurately

📸

In a time that feels fraught with urgency, nature’s inherent wisdom reminds us of the importance of rest; of taking time...
12/29/2025

In a time that feels fraught with urgency, nature’s inherent wisdom reminds us of the importance of rest; of taking time to turn inward + pause.

Being gentle with ourselves and carving out time to tend to our bodies, minds, and spirits is essential as we move towards co-creating a more loving and just world.

🌀 How do you plan to tend to yourself this week?

This weeks schedule in the slides 👉🏽

⭐️ HEADS UP ⭐️
- classes have been filling up, so we will be instituting cancellation policies soon
- please make an effort to cancel at least an hour before class if you can’t make it, so others can take your spot
- please be sure to register for LIVESTREAM if you’re joining in person so the in person spaces are freed up accurately

📸

In a time that feels fraught with urgency, nature’s inherent wisdom reminds us of the importance of rest; of taking time...
12/29/2025

In a time that feels fraught with urgency, nature’s inherent wisdom reminds us of the importance of rest; of taking time to turn inward + pause.

Being gentle with ourselves and carving out time to tend to our bodies, minds, and spirits is essential as we move towards co-creating a more loving and just world.

🌀 How do you plan to tend to yourself this week?

This weeks schedule in the slides 👉🏽

⭐️ HEADS UP ⭐️
- classes have been filling up, so we will be instituting cancellation policies soon
- please make an effort to cancel at least an hour before class if you can’t make it, so others can take your spot
- please be sure to register for LIVESTREAM if you’re joining in person so the in person spaces are freed up accurately

📸

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Portland, OR
97086-97299

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 8pm
Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 6am - 8pm
Sunday 6am - 8pm

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www.thebymc.com

Formerly known as The Bhaktishop, we are excited about your interest in yoga; whether you're starting up a new yoga asana practice or expanding your seasoned, deepening commitment as a yoga student, this is the place for you. Yoga is for everyone, and we are actively committed to education, action and compassion as both a community and an organization, so that we might honestly become a sanctuary where all are safe and welcome.

Welcome to our intimate community center where we offer approachable, intelligent instruction and warmth that reaches well beyond the physical practices. Since 2007, we have built a community of highly skilled, experienced teachers committed to deep, honest self-inquiry. We embrace small-class culture, treat you with respect and dignity, and are deeply invested in shaping the conversation of yoga both inside the studio and in the wider community by educating students and teachers with depth and integrity in the roots of yoga. As a community we are actively working toward being more accessible.

We are committed to no specific method, and at this point we value the tradition itself, as well as equity, safety, transparency, sustainability, inclusion and empathy in instruction. True beginners, students seeking relief from stress or injury, seasoned teachers wishing to hone your voice or practice in community, seniors wanting to maintain mobility, folks delving deeper into meditation or devotional practices, welcome home. Here, we put people before profit, which turns out to be kind of a lousy business model but we are sticking to it. Maintaining an inner life is complex. Yoga helps.