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Try Yoga With Me - April Cook I am a E-200 RYT with Yoga Alliance certified in Vinyasa Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga and arm balances and inversions.

I am also certified in Chair Yoga and Well Balanced with Silver Sneakers.

11/10/2026

💗 WEAR PINK & JOIN US FOR YIN YOGA 💗

Open Heart: A Celebration of Life

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join us at Workout Anytime Leeds for a special 60-minute Yin Yoga practice celebrating life, hope, love, compassion, connection and joy.

Monday, October 12 • 11:00 AM
Workout Anytime Leeds
7480 Parkway Drive, Suite 100
Leeds, AL 35094
Class Fee: $7

💗 Wear pink!

This practice is dedicated to everyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer—those living with it, survivors, the family and friends who walk beside them, and those we lovingly remember.

Rather than focusing on illness or what may have been lost, we’ll use our practice to celebrate what is here. Through quiet Yin postures, gentle heart opening, breath, meditation and deep rest, we’ll make space for gratitude and the people and experiences that give our lives meaning.

Our intention for the practice:

“May I be present for the life I’m living.”

This is a slow, accessible Yin practice with postures held for approximately three minutes and plenty of time between poses to rest, breathe and notice. We’ll finish with a supported heart opener and a peaceful Savasana.

Please bring: your yoga mat, water, and any yoga props you enjoy using, such as blocks, a blanket, bolster or pillow. Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move and relax—and don’t forget your pink! 💗

Beginners are welcome. You do not need to be flexible or have previous Yin Yoga experience to participate.

Classes led by April Cook, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200).

Workout Anytime Leeds is located in Leeds Plaza at 7480 Parkway Drive, Suite 100, Leeds, AL 35094.

Workout Anytime Leeds⁠

Come as you are. Wear pink. Bring someone you love. And take an hour to celebrate being here. 💗

CAN YOU FEEL WHERE YOU ARE?Slow Flow • Sit & Stretch • Body AwarenessJoin me for a gentle evening of stretching, slowing...
02/10/2026

CAN YOU FEEL WHERE YOU ARE?
Slow Flow • Sit & Stretch • Body Awareness

Join me for a gentle evening of stretching, slowing down, and getting to know your body a little better.

Wednesday, October 7th • 5:30 PM
Moody Civic Center
Class fee: $5 • No membership required

Have you ever needed to look at your feet or watch yourself in a mirror to know where your body is in a yoga pose? This week, we’ll explore proprioception—your sense of where your body is and how it’s moving.

Through gentle stretches and simple movement explorations, we’ll practice looking at a position first, noticing how it feels, and then finding it again without watching. Looking away will always be optional, so you can explore at your own pace.

We’ll also take time to notice our breathing, tension, and comfort as we move. The focus is curiosity: learning to recognize your own body’s signals and choosing movements that feel supportive.

Expect a slow practice with seated stretching, mindful movement, and time to rest. Beginners and all experience levels are welcome!

What to bring:

* Your yoga mat
* Water and a small hand towel
* Any props that help you feel comfortable, such as a blanket, blocks, or a strap

Please arrive a few minutes early to check in, and avoid wearing scented products out of consideration for those with sensitivities.

Classes led by April Cook, Registered Yoga Teacher (E‑RYT 200).

Let’s slow down, stretch, and practice finding our way through feeling. 💛

💜 CREATING A SAFE SPACEA Yoga Practice for Domestic Violence Awareness MonthAhimsa • Compassion • Boundaries • Choice • ...
02/10/2026

💜 CREATING A SAFE SPACE

A Yoga Practice for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Ahimsa • Compassion • Boundaries • Choice • Safety

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to bring awareness to the importance of safety, respect, healthy boundaries, and compassion.

For this special yoga practice, we will explore Ahimsa, the yogic principle of non-harming. Ahimsa is more than simply avoiding physical harm. It asks us to consider how we treat ourselves and others through our thoughts, words, actions, and boundaries.

💜 Safety Begins With Having Choices

Yoga gives us an opportunity to practice listening to ourselves.

Throughout this class, you will be encouraged to notice what your body is telling you and make choices that honor what you need in that moment.

Every pose is an invitation.
Every modification is welcome.
Rest is always an option.
“No” is a complete and acceptable choice.
Your practice belongs to you.

Sometimes compassion means softness and rest. Sometimes it means creating a boundary. Sometimes it means recognizing, “This doesn’t feel right for me,” and honoring that information.

We will practice remembering that more isn’t always better, rest isn’t failure, and we don’t have to ignore ourselves in order to meet someone else’s expectations.

🌿 What to Expect

This will be a mindful, supportive yoga practice incorporating grounding, breath awareness, gentle movement, strengthening and balancing poses, and relaxation. Throughout the practice, multiple options will be offered so that you can choose what feels appropriate for your body.

There will be no expectation to share personal experiences, and participation in every part of the practice is always your choice.

Our intention is simple:

To create a space where we can practice listening to ourselves, honoring our boundaries, respecting the boundaries of others, and meeting ourselves with compassion.

⸻

🧘 CREATING A SAFE SPACE — SPECIAL YOGA CLASS

📅 Date:
Monday 10/5

⏰TIME:
5:30pm

📍 Location:
Moody Civic Center

💲 Class Fee:
$5 for non-members

Registration:
In person at the front desk of the civic center.

Bring your yoga mat, water, and any props you like to use. Please arrive a few minutes early to settle into your space.

Beginners are welcome. All are welcome.

💜 CREATING A SAFE SPACEA Yoga Practice for Domestic Violence Awareness MonthAhimsa • Compassion • Boundaries • Choice • ...
02/10/2026

💜 CREATING A SAFE SPACE

A Yoga Practice for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Ahimsa • Compassion • Boundaries • Choice • Safety

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to bring awareness to the importance of safety, respect, healthy boundaries, and compassion.

For this special yoga practice, we will explore Ahimsa, the yogic principle of non-harming. Ahimsa is more than simply avoiding physical harm. It asks us to consider how we treat ourselves and others through our thoughts, words, actions, and boundaries.

💜 Safety Begins With Having Choices

Yoga gives us an opportunity to practice listening to ourselves.

Throughout this class, you will be encouraged to notice what your body is telling you and make choices that honor what you need in that moment.

Every pose is an invitation.
Every modification is welcome.
Rest is always an option.
“No” is a complete and acceptable choice.
Your practice belongs to you.

Sometimes compassion means softness and rest. Sometimes it means creating a boundary. Sometimes it means recognizing, “This doesn’t feel right for me,” and honoring that information.

We will practice remembering that more isn’t always better, rest isn’t failure, and we don’t have to ignore ourselves in order to meet someone else’s expectations.

🌿 What to Expect

This will be a mindful, supportive yoga practice incorporating grounding, breath awareness, gentle movement, strengthening and balancing poses, and relaxation. Throughout the practice, multiple options will be offered so that you can choose what feels appropriate for your body.

There will be no expectation to share personal experiences, and participation in every part of the practice is always your choice.

Our intention is simple:

To create a space where we can practice listening to ourselves, honoring our boundaries, respecting the boundaries of others, and meeting ourselves with compassion.

⸻

🧘 CREATING A SAFE SPACE — SPECIAL YOGA CLASS

📅 Date:
Wednesday 10/7 and Thursday 10/8

⏰Time:
Wednesday 11am
Thursday 6pm

📍 Location:
Workout Anytime Leeds

💲 Class Fee: $7 for non-members

Registration:
In person at the front desk. Please arrive a few minutes early to check in and set up your space.

Bring your yoga mat, water, and any props you like to use.

Beginners are welcome. All are welcome.

🌸 Celebrate National Women’s Health & Fitness Day With Yoga! 🌸Today is National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, and what b...
30/09/2026

🌸 Celebrate National Women’s Health & Fitness Day With Yoga! 🌸

Today is National Women’s Health & Fitness Day, and what better way to celebrate than by taking a little time to move, stretch, breathe, and care for yourself?

Join me tonight at 5:30 PM at the Moody Civic Center for Slow Flow Sit & Stretch Yoga. 🧘‍♀️

This slower-paced class combines gentle movement, stretching, mobility, and mindful breathing to help you release tension, improve flexibility, and simply feel better in your body. Beginners are always welcome, and you don’t need to be flexible or have any previous yoga experience.

🌿 Tonight’s Class

Slow Flow Sit & Stretch Yoga
📍 Moody Civic Center
🕠 5:30 PM
💵 $5
✨ No membership required

Bring your yoga mat, water, and any props you like to use, such as yoga blocks or a strap. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled and check in.

National Women’s Health & Fitness Day is a great reminder that taking care of our health doesn’t have to mean pushing harder. Sometimes it means slowing down, moving with intention, maintaining our mobility, building strength, managing stress, and making time for ourselves.

And while today celebrates women’s health and fitness, everyone is welcome to join us for class! 💗

🧘‍♀️ Come celebrate with me tonight!

Give yourself an hour to move, breathe, stretch, and reconnect.

Classes led by April Cook, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200)

$5 • No membership required • Beginners welcome

🧘‍♀️ Bend So You Don’t BreakA Backbending Yoga Practice + A Lesson in Letting GoThere’s a reason we practice both streng...
13/09/2026

🧘‍♀️ Bend So You Don’t Break

A Backbending Yoga Practice + A Lesson in Letting Go

There’s a reason we practice both strength and flexibility in yoga.

If we have flexibility without strength, we lack support. If we have strength without flexibility, we become rigid. Yoga teaches us to cultivate both—not only in our bodies, but in the way we move through life.

Sometimes we have to bend so we don’t break.

This week, we’ll explore that idea through a backbending-focused practice and two principles from yoga philosophy: Aparigraha and Santosha.

🌿 Aparigraha — Letting Go

Aparigraha is one of the Yamas, the ethical principles within the Eight Limbs of Yoga. It’s often translated as non-grasping or non-attachment.

Sometimes our rigidity comes from holding too tightly—to expectations, control, habits, or even the idea of what we think our yoga practice should look like.

Backbends give us an opportunity to practice something different.

Can we create strength without gripping?
Can we challenge ourselves without forcing?
Can we soften where we don’t need tension?
Can we let today’s version of the pose be enough?

We’ll gradually prepare the spine, shoulders, chest and hips before exploring backbending shapes such as Puppy Pose, Tiger Pose, Cobra, Locust, Low Lunge, Dancer, Bridge and Camel, with modifications and options along the way.

This isn’t about seeing who can bend the farthest. Depth isn’t the goal. Awareness is.

💜 And Eventually, Santosha

We’ll finish our practice with another lesson from the Eight Limbs: Santosha, one of the Niyamas, meaning contentment.

We can work toward something while still being content with where we are today.

Perhaps that’s the larger lesson behind our practice:

Strength gives us stability.
Flexibility gives us options.
Aparigraha teaches us when to let go.
Santosha reminds us that where we are can be enough.

On the mat—and sometimes in life—we learn to soften without collapsing, remain strong without becoming rigid, and bend so we don’t break.

Join me this week at:

Workout Anytime Leeds
Wednesday • 11:00 AM
OR
Thursday • 6:00 PM
Class fee: $7
No membership required.

Please arrive a few minutes early to check in. Bring your yoga mat, water and a small hand towel. All are welcome, and options will be offered so you can make the practice your own.

Classes led by April Cook, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200)

Move well. Age well. Be well. ❤️

🧘‍♀️ Bend So You Don’t BreakA Backbending Yoga Practice + A Lesson in Letting GoThere’s a reason we practice both streng...
13/09/2026

🧘‍♀️ Bend So You Don’t Break

A Backbending Yoga Practice + A Lesson in Letting Go

There’s a reason we practice both strength and flexibility in yoga.

If we have flexibility without strength, we lack support. If we have strength without flexibility, we become rigid. Yoga teaches us to cultivate both—not only in our bodies, but in the way we move through life.

Sometimes we have to bend so we don’t break.

This week, we’ll explore that idea through a backbending-focused practice and two principles from yoga philosophy: Aparigraha and Santosha.

🌿 Aparigraha — Letting Go

Aparigraha is one of the Yamas, the ethical principles within the Eight Limbs of Yoga. It’s often translated as non-grasping or non-attachment.

Sometimes our rigidity comes from holding too tightly—to expectations, control, habits, or even the idea of what we think our yoga practice should look like.

Backbends give us an opportunity to practice something different.

Can we create strength without gripping?
Can we challenge ourselves without forcing?
Can we soften where we don’t need tension?
Can we let today’s version of the pose be enough?

We’ll gradually prepare the spine, shoulders, chest and hips before exploring backbending shapes such as Puppy Pose, Tiger Pose, Cobra, Locust, Low Lunge, Dancer, Bridge and Camel, with modifications and options along the way.

This isn’t about seeing who can bend the farthest. Depth isn’t the goal. Awareness is.

💜 And Eventually, Santosha

We’ll finish our practice with another lesson from the Eight Limbs: Santosha, one of the Niyamas, meaning contentment.

We can work toward something while still being content with where we are today.

Perhaps that’s the larger lesson behind our practice:

Strength gives us stability.
Flexibility gives us options.
Aparigraha teaches us when to let go.
Santosha reminds us that where we are can be enough.

On the mat—and sometimes in life—we learn to soften without collapsing, remain strong without becoming rigid, and bend so we don’t break.

Join Me This Week

Moody Civic Center
Monday • 5:30 PM
Class fee: $5
No membership required.

Please arrive a few minutes early to check in. Bring your yoga mat, water and a small hand towel. All are welcome, and options will be offered so you can make the practice your own.

Classes led by April Cook, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200)

Move well. Age well. Be well. ❤️

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Monday 11:00 - 12:00
17:30 - 18:30
Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00
13:00 - 14:00
Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00
17:30 - 18:30
Thursday 13:00 - 14:00
18:00 - 19:00
Friday 18:00 - 19:00
Saturday 08:30 - 09:30

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