Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts

Cleveland Heights, United States

4.3

4 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 216-382-0592
Website:
www.greentarayoga.com
Address:
2459 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44106
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.7 miCedar Rapid Station
0.7 miLittle Italy Station
0.7 miUniversity Circle Station‎
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Local time (Cleveland Heights) 11:40 Friday, 29 November 2024

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Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts teaches Iyengar Yoga, a form of classical yoga that uses breath and alignment to create integrated action and awareness. We offer weekly yoga classes for adults, restorative yoga, and monthly workshops on special topics.

Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts is the only studio in the Cleveland area dedicated exclusively to the art, science and philosophy of Iyengar Yoga. Our Iyengar Yoga classes provide precise instruction from highly trained, certified instructors, modification of poses for individual needs, and personal guidance in classes of 12 — 18 students.

History

Established in 1998.

Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts was started in 1998 by owner and director Karen Allgire. We now have four certified Iyengar Yoga instructors teaching three levels of classes, along with restorative yoga and monthly special workshops.

Meet the Business Owner

Karen A.

Business Owner

Karen Allgire, MFA, RYT, started teaching dance and movement awareness in 1982 and has been teaching yoga since 1998. She received her MA in Dance from Ohio State University and her MFA in Dance from Case Western Reserve University. Karen’s interest in movement as a therapeutic art led her to the study of Iyengar Yoga, a subject that became her main life’s work.

Karen is an Intermediate Junior III certified Iyengar Yoga instructor and a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She has made three trips to India to study at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. Karen continues to study regularly with senior Iyengar Yoga instructors including Dean and Rebecca Lerner and Laurie Blakeney. She is the director of Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Karen specializes in blending anatomical information with rich imagery to bring about transformation in posture and and body awareness. She brings her knowledge of yoga philosophy into every class.

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4 reviews of Green Tara Yoga & Healing Arts

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Place rating: 5
Lakewood, OH
I went to Green Tara Yoga tonight after having lower back pain that has persisted over the course of many months. I have been to other yoga places, most recently the place on W. 25th St. in Ohio City. Green Tara Yoga is the best experience I have had by far.
If you are a teenager or a cheerleader, or want to listen to calming nature sounds and smell incense, you should not come here. But if you honestly want and need to feel better – if you have body aches and want a place that takes these issues seriously, Green Tara is your place.
Karen took me and my issues seriously and she knew what she was doing. This woman is an expert. I thought I’d try it for one night, and ended up signing up for eight classes this evening. I am pleased.
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
I guess one’s experience of yoga classes is very subjective for every student.
But having said that, I found Karen’s teaching to be helpful and attentive — and in the end transformative. I think that some yoga students misperceive the Iyengar «method» as being too strict, which might account for some people’s reactions. My own take is that through learning certain very specific actions and awareness, one can develop «less» constriction in one’s body and mind.
I loved it — the facility is nice in a simple way. The real deal, not McYoga.
Place rating: 4
Seattle, WA
I’ve been going to Green Tara for over a year and while all the teachers at the studio are very good, Karen is by far the best. She is an excellent instructor who is disciplined and emphasizes form, teaching you to be thoughtful and aware of your body. What really sets her apart is that she is both yoga teacher and life coach in one, without being too self-​help or corny or inaccessible. I’m not at all new-​age-​y, but her classes really transcend your traditional pose/​stretch/​downward-​facing dog, and leave you with both a refreshed mind and body.
The studio is small but cozy, and you get a feel for a sense of community as the classes are a good mix of long-​time veterans and first-​time drop-​ins. I’ve also taken some classes at the Yoga Room which is an amazing facility in one of the converted Little Italy school-​houses, but the quality and the level of detail of teaching at Green Tara in one of Karen’s classes is unmatched.
I’ve only ever done Iyengar yoga (minus the yoga class I went to at a 24hr Fitness once, which was so UNNATURAL and weird), so I can’t compare it to any of the other yogas, but the perfectionist in me loves the slower pace and an almost cerebral emphasis on form. Check this place out!
Place rating: 3
Washington, DC
Green Tara Yoga was the second stop on my Cleveland Yoga Quest (See Review for Atma Yoga, the first stop)… Green Tara Yoga is in the Iyengar Style, very, very different from Atma. For yoga novices, you should know that Iyengar involves the use of props, most namely some scary looking belts, which you (and possibly a partner) wrap around your body and pull to help contort yourself farther.
The class I went to was a very, very, basic beginner’s class (mostly Sun Salutations), which was well taught, with much instructor attention. Didn’t like that I was cold. Would consider trying again a more advanced class, but am not sure this is the place for me!