Voted Best of Citysearch for Carrboro/Chapel Hill yoga studios 2007!

It started, like many things, as a whim, then grew into a notion, and now has taken on a life of its own.

The Carrboro Yoga Company is a group of Yoga and Pilates health care professionals committed to sharing the joys of self-health. It's important to take care of yourself. Self-health is becoming more accepted as a necessary priority in our lives--we all need to keep our mind, body, and spirit in good shape. Luckily, the days of "no pain, no gain" are gone.

Yoga feels good and is good for you! The key to yoga's popularity is that anyone can learn it at any age and progress at their own level. It's an opportunity to focus only on you--mind, body, and spirit--and forget about the rest of the world for awhile. That's why it feels so good.


We're playing with the traditional notion of a yoga studio by focusing on not only those who want to further their practice but also people who have never experienced yoga before. By letting our instructors have complete creative freedom in designing their classes, we're coming up with some fresh takes on the practice. Balance that with our traditionalists, and you have a lot to choose from.

The idea for the studio came while we were walking through town to meet some friends at Weaver Street Market. I had just finished yoga teacher training and thought how nice it would be to come to a yoga class, do some shopping, maybe listen to the live music playing on the lawn... We just wanted to make it easy and accessible for everyone to get their daily dose of feeling good. We hope you come by and check us out!

Thanks,
Donia and Rick Robinson   

Some little side notes...

How does it work.
Almost all of our classes are drop-in classes. You can try out or drop into any of them for $14. The Class Passes are a bundle of classes that brings the price down, you are just buying the group of classes, any classes you choose. Some folks like to try classes one by one and others like to buy a whole bundle with a pass card so they feel committed to come in. We have it available both ways.
Regular class pass cards such as the New Comer's Special, 5 class pass and 10 class pass never expire. (Pretty cool for those who are very busy or are out of town a lot). Our Special Packages or discounted packages such as our Summer Special or our Student/Teacher Package have a 90 day expiration on them, sort of a you use them or you loose them kind of a thing,and are only offered every once in awhile. (Not a bad trade off if you know you are going to be coming in quite a bit and will use them up.) Again we are trying to make it easy for everyone to get the best deal on really great yoga so they will want to come more often and enjoy the benefits of a consistant practice.

We want this to be YOUR yoga studio, the place you like to come and hang out with friends, meet new ones, and also really think of this space as your sanctuary.  Whatever we can do to make that happen we will. Besides letting you move in...  and yes, folks have asked.  Think of us as your own personal 'Cheers' of a yoga studio!














What people are saying about us....

You all are worth every penny! Thanks for bringing such a great yoga studio to the community! - Martha

I really enjoyed Amy's Pilates class. She is a great teacher - she knows physiology and that practice and the different levels and what a great laugh!. I am really psyched (or is it cyco'ed ) to see the new Monday all levels class with Molly Drake. Thanks for offering these classes. You certainly seem to be able to attract awesome instructors and I love the karma at Cyco. I'm so glad that Suzanne found you! - Debbie

I was having a really irritating day before and now that I'm here I feel so much better! - Michele

"Dear Donia

I just wanted to let you know what a great yoga studio you have. I'm
very new to yoga but already I know I love it. Your studio is about 35
min away from me but its worth the drive. I have only taken one class
and I know there will be many more to come. I have taken Michele
gentle yoga on Sunday at 10:30 I just wanted to say what a great
teacher she is.

Keep up with the fantastic job

Katherine"

"Hi Donia,

After 7 months of traveling for work, I finally got to settle in here in my new
community/home (Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, Carrboro)... and finally, got out to a
yoga class. I had some info to go on related to the studios around the area -
and with so much variety in life - as with yoga studios, yoga instructors, yoga
class types - it can be alittle unsettling. So, I will keep this short and
pointed given it can be so difficult to find a place to fit into.

First impressions are truly what the cliche makes them out to be - instant
community and everlasting. And, last Saturday morning I happened in to CYCO, and I must say, without her even knowing it, Star just was so refreshing, friendly, so the right energy, personable, upbeat, real and into helping me "get in the right class" to get me back going again... it was really the first time - I discovered someone working the "front desk" in the wee hours of the morning on the weekend at a yoga studio - who wasn't just checking bodies into classes...

In this day and age, this quality of service, level of friendly support, and
having the right face for your front of house - is so integral to long term
business success and for customers like me to coming back and feeling like part of the community - that I applaud you for hiring such the right person...
Maybe, it was accidental, you found her, she found you, and that she represents you so well... But, keep her around... She is so good for the energy of your business. And energy is what it is all about...

Subsequently, I bought a class pass based on taking Lindsey's class... But, I will save that for another email... this one is about *Star* :-)

Best Regards,

David Kovach"

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