yiu @the club

As of Fall 2025, we have partnered with The City of Charleston Parks & Rec, The Shaw Community Center, and Director Flip Simmons to pilot Charleston’s first donation-based yoga studio in the heart of the East Side at 20 Mary Street downtown. With free and donation-based classes for all ages, our programs are therapeutic and trauma-informed.

after school

We have partnered with Mary Ford Early Education Center to pilot our after-school program. In its second year, we provide weekly yoga instruction for 55 children after school. We also provide after school yoga instruction for children at St Julian Devine Center.

parks & rec

200-hr YTT

In addition to the YIU pilot in partnership with City Parks & Rec, we partnered with Charleston County Parks & Recreation to provide yoga to residents in underserved, rural communities. Since 2024, YIU has provided bi-weekly yoga instruction at Scroder and Lincoln Community Centers as part of our outreach.

Our goal is to reach those who would otherwise not have access to yoga, identify those that love it, and eventually train them to teach. In 2022, we piloted our hallmark program: the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. With a training team as diverse as the communities we reach, we graduated the most diverse group of teacher trainers in Charleston’s yoga history. With your help, we hope to build on this legacy.