Join Essential Yoga Studio as we support student Leah Donnelson in her Metta meditation certification process!

Leah is a yoga student, mom, and mental health therapist - all paths leading to a deep passion for loving kindness as a personal practice - and to her enrollment and completion of a Metta Meditation certification course.

“Metta meditation, or loving-kindness meditation, is a Buddhist practice for cultivating compassion for ourselves and others through directing loving, friendly phrases and goodwill. The word “metta” is a Pali word, most often translated as loving-kindness, but has also been translated as universal goodwill or loving-friendliness. The practice originates from the historical Buddha’s early discourse on immeasurable friendliness, the Metta Sutta.” (shared from The Lion's Roar)

Join us for this 60-minute “pay what you can” event by booking your spot for free in advance (required) and making your contribution via cash or card upon arrival.

Dress comfortably for stillness in a seated or lying down position; complementary hot tea and water provided.

Sensory Experience Expectations: This event will be provided in a room lit softly with natural light and/or floor lamps; soft music may play on the Studio speakers. No candles or smoke (incense, sage, etc) will be burned during our time together.

Please book your spot in advance.

Join Essential as we host Racheal of Alchemy & Essence for a monthly gathering for women centered on self-love, sisterhood, and heart-centered receiving. April's circle will offer space to BLOOM. We’ll move together through Yin yoga, a mini sound bath with crystal singing bowls, guided journaling, and an essential oil roller workshop, helping to guide us through scent back to what’s blooming within.

Dress comfortably; hot tea, water, and all rollerball making supplies provided. Feel welcome to bring your own yoga mat and materials or use ours!

Sensory experience expectations: this event will include soft music and conversation, LED or flame candles, and low lighting. You may choose to participate in yin yoga movement as much or as little as you'd like; floor seating will be available on bolsters and blankets with a few chairs available, as preferred. All movement is voluntary. Come as you are!

$40 per person.

Note: this event has a three registrant minimum capacity. Please book your spot in advance by Friday, April 17 at noon.

If you’re navigating perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause and have felt dismissed or overwhelmed, this group is for you. Join Essential Yoga Studio as we host Tiffany of TK Esthetics for a welcoming, non-judgmental space where women can share experiences, learn practical strategies to support their bodies, and build a community of understanding and encouragement. We’ll share resources, discuss relevant topics, and occasionally hear from guest speakers on menopause-related health.

This month’s focus: Essential Yoga Studio’s owner and yoga teacher Sunni Nutt will be joining Tiffany to share how a regular yoga practice can support you as you navigate peri/menopause symptoms, helping you find more clarity, patience, self-compassion, and feelings of wellbeing.

This is a voluntary, inclusive group that operates on a donation basis ($5, $10, $15, or whatever you can contribute) to cover the cost of our private meeting space - though all are welcome regardless of ability to contribute. Choose your contribution amount at checkout.

Dress comfortably for seated conversation; hot tea and water provided.

Sensory experience expectations: this event will include conversation and may be set against soft music played from a speaker; lighting will be low but adjustable per participants' preference; we will not be burning incense or other items at this event.

Please book your spot in advance.

Join Essential Yoga Studio at Gooseberry Bridge Farm in Rogersville, MO for Yoga on the Farm.

Gooseberry Bridge Farm is home to the best little farm & homesteading family who raise piglets, goat kids, baby rabbits, lambs, calves, and more and grow FIELDS of gorgeous flowers for bouquets and wreaths.

At Yoga on the Farm, we'll spend 45 minutes yoga-ing in the sunshine of the flower field before cuddling up to baby animals in the farmyard OR picking U-Pick flowers in the flower field for the remainder of our time. $30 covers both yoga and one activity of your choice (for as long as flowers are blooming!).

Interested in adding the other activity - baby animal cuddles OR flower picking? Pay Gooseberry Bridge an extra $15 and they'll take care of you when you get there!

Youth ages 12+ are welcome if booked alongside their parent.

Please book your spot in advance. Dress comfortably for Summer weather in southwest Missouri and plan to bring your mat, water bottle, and any yoga props you'd like to use.

Learn more about Gooseberry Bridge Farm here!

Choose your date(s) at checkout.