About Tucson Yoga
Tucson Yoga is a community yoga studio offering low-cost classes at $6 per class. We opened in 2003 as an alternative for Tucson yogis seeking a non-commercialized place to do yoga with excellent teachers. Over the years, we've become known for attracting the best selection of instructors to be found anywhere in Tucson. The community has given back by voting us as their favorite yoga studio in Tucson every year since 2005.
With classes ranging from beginning
to advanced, and from gentle to vigorous, there's something for just
about everybody. Tucson Yoga embraces all styles
of yoga with a comprehensive, non-dogmatic approach. Read Student Reviews of Tucson Yoga here.
Our Mission
Tucson Yoga's mission is to
make good health and well-being through yoga affordable and accessible
to everyone. We promote a well-rounded yoga practice
that goes beyond exercise to also encompass meditation, relaxation,
mindfulness practice, Taoist yoga, and yin yoga. Read more about our mindfulness
focus in this newspaper article.
Our Teachers
Our instructors come from a variety of yoga backgrounds. The quality of teaching is not compromised by
the low price, and in fact we have earned a reputation for having the best, instructors in town, with . Read more about our staff.
Yin Yoga, Mindfulness Yoga & Organic Alignment
Alongside our continuing focus on hatha and vinyasa flow yoga, we've evolved as Tucson's hub for yin yoga and mindfulness yoga. In addition, many members of our staff have been working together and studying ways to transcend the conventional, rigid rules of yoga alignment, which often just don't work for people, and instead focus on Organic Alignment - individually-based yoga alignment that accommodates and honors all body types, and all anatomical differences.
Our Studio
All our classes are in our 1150-square-foot studio in downtown Tucson, with plenty of street and bike parking right outside, and our location is easily accessible by bicycle for UA students.
See map and directions
First Low-Cost Yoga Studio
At the standard yoga studio prices, many people would never be able to start a yoga practice. We're the first yoga studio in the country to offer all classes at a low cost. Over the years this has helped bring yoga into the lives of thousands of people. Since Tucson Yoga opened, other yoga studios in Tucson have been inspired to offer reduced-cost classes. We've also inspired owners of yoga studios in other cities to
add low-cost classes, including including Phoenix, Sedona, Portland, and Philadelphia.
World-Wide Healing
We believe that spreading yoga to more people is helping to heal the world
holistically, one person at a time. With access to a regular spiritual
health practice, people are empowered to find fulfillment within themselves. When we stop engaging in self-destructive behavior, we can begin to treat other people more kindly and respectfully, including the earth and its sentient beings.
History of Tucson Yoga
Tucson Yoga was founded by Debbie Daly in 2003, when she started offering classes at $5 each in a dance studio in downtown Tucson. The initial investment was $200 for 18 cheap yoga mats. She taught all 5 classes per week in the beginning, and after a few months the classes started to fill up. Over the next year she brought more teachers in and added more classes. In 2004, she moved Tucson Yoga into its own space at 150 South 4th Avenue. At the new location the studio became wildly popular. For the past five years, Tucson Yoga has been voted Tucson's Best Yoga Studio (2005-2009), with 10 teachers now offering 21 classes per
week, and serving over 1,800 students per month. In 2009, Debbie moved to California and one of Tucson Yoga's top instructors, Joanna Carichner, became the studio's director. Read more about our history in this article.
