The Pierce Yoga Program

Specialties

The Pierce Yoga Program focuses on the experiences of the individual; we’re not the «one pose fits all» kind of studio. We meet you where you are and help you develop a yoga practice that works for you physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Along with our regular yoga classes, we offer yoga with weight training and with meditation. About one third of our classes specialize in pregnancy yoga. We have classes for pregnant women that, along with more traditional yoga, include weight training and even postpartum classes where you can bring your new baby. We also specialize in childbirth education and offer labor and delivery workshops for you and your birthing partner. In fact, two of our instructors are Doulas!

Our program was the first yoga program in Atlanta. Margaret and Martin Pierce established the Pierce Yoga Program in 1973 — we’ve been here a long time and have trained many, many yogis.

Please come by and join us for a class, a whole series, or private lessons.

History

Established in 1973.

Atlanta’s first Yoga Studio!

Meet the Business Owner

Margaret P.

Business Owner

Margaret Pierce, Director and co-​founder of the Pierce Yoga Program, started practicing yoga in college. In 1974 – 75, she spent nine months in India; the first of many journeys to study with T.K.V. Desikachar. She began to teach yoga in Atlanta in 1975 and founded the Pierce Pregnancy Program. She became a mother herself in 1983 and again in 1988. Margaret also developed a popular strength training program incorporating both yoga and free weights. Margaret continues to study in the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar and his father, T. Krishnamacharya, still travels to India, and was a founding member of Viniyoga America in 1986. Margaret teaches all levels of Yoga, Yoga with Free Weights, Pregnancy Yoga, and Pregnancy Yoga with Free Weights.