Welcome to Richmond City Yoga
experience the enrichment of learning, cultivatinG, and owning — your own specific Yoga practice.
If you look at our Facebook and Instagram videos, you’ll see people of widely varying ages and abilities practicing in the same room during our early morning Mysore class — but not “in unison” with one another — instead, you can see that individuals are practicing each at their own pace, according to their unique capabilities and limitations. This is the traditional way Ashtanga Yoga is taught — individually, sharing the energy of other practitioners, but doing one’s own practice at one’s own pace.
At Richmond City Yoga, you may come and go whenever you wish during Mysore class, practicing only as much as you choose each time. Beginners are always welcome and receive individual instruction. Initial sessions typically last 45 minutes to an hour.
No matter your age or condition, if you attend class consistently for one month, your balance and agility will improve, and you will become stronger, more flexible, and calmer. You will notice an expanded range of motion and a reduction in joint and back pain -- and feel generally better from head to toe. You’ll also sleep better, and may notice that a patient space -- between stimulus and reaction -- is being cultivated through your yoga practice.
Since 2001, I have been practicing and teaching the infinitely modifiable, fundamentally healing practice of Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series. It has been a great pleasure and a continuous education assisting people from all walks of life to learn a yoga practice that optimizes one’s innate healing agencies and promotes homeostasis in the body.
I have taught many well-known successful Richmonders of every profession, including attorneys, physicians, professors, business owners, artists, entrepreneurs, and retired seniors … as well as thousands of city jail prisoners. I enjoy longstanding private-instruction relationships with people who started in their 50’s and are now in their 70’s; and I am privileged to continue to help people in their 80’s and even 90’s. With extensive experience assisting people who have limitations — whether due to advanced age or a wide range of medical conditions including cancer, MS, Parkinson’s, Lupus, Guillain-Barre syndrome, arthritis, chronic fatigue, blindness, and deafness — I aim to empathize with people’s situations, and help them practice yoga safely and happily... because I know that if a person slowly and patiently establishes a yoga practice, the practice will reveal the miraculous healing power of the mind-body continuum, as well as help them abide with sweet equanimity what cannot be healed.
It always feels like a precious gift to meet and help anyone wanting to experience the benefits of yoga. I welcome any questions and will respond promptly.
All my best,
Robbie Norris
804-928-6677
2024 Fees:
Private instruction : $100 using Zoom or FaceTime; $125 at studio; $175 in student’s home or other local venue.
Group Private Instruction: Call/Text Robbie (804) 928-6677 with info. Love to do it!
Class Fees :
$160 monthly unlimited membership if paying contiguously on the same day each month. Couples/Family discount 10%
**New Student Special: $125 for first month of unlimited classes. No experience necessary. Individual instruction according to your present capabilities.
$190 for single 30-day unlimited pass.
$100 for 2-week unlimited pass.
$60 for 1-week unlimited pass.
$85 for 4 classes, 30-day expiration.
$165 for 8 classes, 60-day expiration.
Full-time Student fees:
$20 per class
$120 monthly unlimited membership if paying contiguously on the same day each month.
$140 for single 30-day unlimited pass.
Ashtanga Yoga 101
The Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga is a specific therapeutic yoga practice, and a gold standard of holistic healing. Because it is infinitely modifiable, the practice can be learned by anyone -- regardless of age, level of physical fitness, destructive habits or station in life. This yoga practice encourages self awareness and self reliance, and stimulates the body's incredible healing processes.
To learn more about Ashtanga Yoga, click here.
Class Schedule
Robbie Norris teaches all classes.
Any substitutions will be noted parenthetically below.
**Contact Robbie to schedule private sessions as an individual, or for your group or party. The fee for a private session is $125 (more for large groups) and can be arranged outside of regular class times.**
Mysore classes are like semi-private lessons and are ideal for students brand new to yoga.
Monday
6:00 - 8:00am: Mysore
Tuesday
6:00 - 8:00am: Mysore
Wednesday
6:00 - 8:00am: Mysore
Thursday
6:00 - 8:00am: Mysore
Friday
6:00- 8:00am: Mysore
(Except: Led Full Primary Series every 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.)
Saturday
9:30 - 11:00am: Mysore
Sunday
No Class
Class Types
Mysore class
This class is ideal for beginners. No preparation or registration is needed, and we provide yoga mats. Walk-ins are always welcome!
New students can expect their first class to last about an hour, and to leave the studio feeling great — with the first 15 minutes of a specific 90-minute practice learned well enough to practice it on their own if inclined.
You may arrive and depart whenever you wish during Mysore class -- practicing according to your own schedule, energy, and extent of learning -- while receiving individual instruction and assistance.
Mysore classes are the traditional and gradual way to learn the practice, named after the city where this renowned form of yoga originated: Mysore, Karnataka, India.
In essence, for new students, Mysore classes are semi-private introductory lessons, tailored to their unique abilities and limitations.
Please feel welcome to contact Robbie with any questions at 804-928-6677.
OUR MONTH LONG YATRA – OCTOBER 2015
Absolutely magnificent montage of our month-long Yatra (pilgrimage to temples) in India, October 2015.
Click here to see the 6-minute film below.
Film created by Robert Moses, who guided us with wisdom, patience, erudition, enormous energy, and continuous good humor. Thank you, Robert!
