Our Founders
Amy Baker and Katherine Huynh are the founders of Embrace Yoga Studio. A mutual friend brought their minds and enthusiasm to share yoga to form Embrace Yoga Studio of Fayetteville, NC. Amy is a native of Vermont, Katherine of New Jersey. They both have practiced yoga for over a decade. Their minds are restless. The yoga mat has offered them a place to find peace, strength, and clarity and then to take it into the world.
They offer a warm and serene environment to teach and fellowship with students, teachers, and friends in the practice of yoga – on and off the mat. Yoga is more than poses (asanas). There are many parts to a yoga practice such as pranayama (breath regulation), meditation, patience, truth, acceptance, integrity and strength. Yoga develops self awareness and is therefore a healing practice to embrace.
They are dedicated to providing the community with the best instructors. They strive to educate themselves and to continue to learn to offer fresh instruction while honoring the traditions of yoga. The spirit of yoga is evident atmosphere of the studio. Each instructor has a unique style and together they inspire, guide, share, and laugh, a lot. At Embrace Yoga, you will feel welcomed.
Yoga is accessible to everyone. Whether you are a parent, a nurse, a soldier, a couch potato, suffer depression or anxiety, or you just can’t sit still and want to figure how- join us and embrace yoga!
Our Studio
Our 1000 sq ft studio has a spacious yoga room and 2 comfortable dressing rooms. When you walk into our studio, you will notice we take great pride in cleanliness and organization of our studio. We are conscious of our environment and try to do our part to contribute to our planet’s sustainability, whether it is with renewable materials such as bamboo flooring, availability of natural lighting, props – cork blocks, 100% cotton and dye-free blankets, and using non-toxic cleaning supplies. Every little bit helps.
Our Community
We are a community of friends and family, neighbors and acquaintances who come together to practice yoga in an atmosphere of acceptance and encouragement, kindness and compassion, non-competition and non-judgment towards oneself and others.
We realize we are a part of a larger community. We are committed to supporting local non-profit and charity organizations through some of our donation-based classes. On almost a monthly basis, we offer a class that is led by our instructors who have volunteered to donate their time. We have donated to the Women’s Center of Fayetteville, our local American Red Cross, Special Ops Warrior Foundation, Wounded Warrior Project, FAPS, March of Dimes, Susan G Komen for the Cure and the Autism Society of Cumberland County.
Our Instructors
Our instructors are dedicated yoga practitioners who enjoy sharing their passion for yoga and guiding you along in your yoga journey. It is important to us that each instructor connects with our students. We have selected instructors that we feel would best accomplish our goal. They are all certified by training programs registered with the Yoga Alliance, and many have gone well beyond the initial 200-hour requirement with additional courses to deepen their knowledge and refine their specialized teaching skills (e.g. for Kids, Viniyoga, Iyengar, Restorative, Yin, Pre/Postnatal, Seniors, Therapeutics, Hot Vinyasa, Core Strength Vinyasa, etc…).
Our instructors are active in class. This means they walk around class helping you with modifications or going deeper if desired. Most of our instructors have a daily practice. In fact, they practice so regularly, that you are likely to find them practicing next to you in class!
