About Birmingham Yoga

Our Yoga studio

The Birmingham Yoga Story

Our mission at Birmingham Yoga is to support, strengthen and nurture the Birmingham Yoga Community through classes, teacher training, community partnerships and authentic personal connections.

We truly feel grateful to serve and offer yoga to our community and our growing family of talented teachers in Birmingham. We look forward to sharing our love of yoga with you.

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Birmingham Yoga was founded by Akasha Ellis in 2009. Akasha began teaching in the Birmingham area in 2000 and was at the forefront of building the Yoga Community in Birmingham that you see today. Akasha began offering a Yoga Alliance certified 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program in 2005 and has trained countless teachers in Alabama and surrounding areas.

Birmingham Yoga Beginnings

Our Founders

Akasha Ellis

Akasha began his yoga studies as a boy before he knew how to give it a label. His first initiation was watching Star Wars and dreaming of being a Jedi knight. Through Akasha’s love of Star Wars he began his search for a “Yoda” and “The Force”. It was years later that Akasha learned that Yoda and The Force were within.