Seattle Yoga Arts was founded in 1990 by Denise Benitez, from her heart’s passion to extend to others the profound benefits of the practices that had sustained her for many years. The studio has grown over time into a thriving, dedicated community of teachers and practitioners who are devoted to offering the highest quality yoga teaching possible. At our studio, you will learn and refine a highly effective and elegant set of alignment principles informed by the Anusara Principles of Alignment, to greatly enhance your practice. All of our teachers are trained in this alignment based, heart infused method. Additionally, they are dedicated students of meditation, philosophy, and the other great wings of yoga study and practice.

Many of our teachers study Blue Throat Yoga, a meditation style brought forward by Paul Muller-Ortega and based on a Tantric philosophy with a long history of profound investigation into human consciousness, meditation and other practices. SYA teachers Meg Agnew and Rebecca Denk study mindfulness and meditation in the Buddhist tradition and bring the practice of cultivating kind awareness into their asana classes.

Our talented and dedicated teachers live their yoga, always refreshing and refining the way they offer their instructions and their own understanding of the yogic life. Through this type of teaching, you will discover how to contextualize your asana, so that the physical practice becomes filled with poetry and meaning. We hope you will feel welcomed by our embracing community; have a superior yoga experience under the guidance of our excellent teachers; and will come back yearning for more.

It is our joy to serve you.