Yoga East Locations

Kentucky Street Studio 
1125 E Kentucky Street
Louisville, KY 40204
502-634-5515
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-10:00 am

Frankfort Avenue Studio
2001 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
502-895-1510 (voice mail only)
Hours: open only for classes

Laura Spaulding's Office
1232 E. Broadway
Louisville, KY 40204
502-585-9642
Hours: Mon-Thurs 1:00-4:00 pm by appointment

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Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy as to Students: 

Yoga East, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization and admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational/admissions policies, scholarships, and other school-administered programs.

Yoga East Officers and Board of Directors
President and CEO: Laura Spaulding
Vice-President: Karen Strobel
Treasurer: Louis Martin
Secretary: Nancy Reinhart
Director: Victor Davenport (IT and computer support)

Studio Administration:
Assistant managers:
Perrie Spaulding-Allen (Holiday Manor & Frankfort Ave studios)
Susan Reid (Holiday Manor studio)

Our History

Yoga East was founded in 1974 by Maja Trigg and incorporated as a non-profit educational organization in 1978.  Maja retired in 1994 and trained three of her students to teach yoga and assume management of the organization she founded.  Donna O'Bryan, Linda Hodge and Laura Spaulding took over in April, 1994 and opened a small basement studio on Grinstead Drive.  In 1996 Yoga East moved to a larger studio at 1119 E. Kentucky Street. In 1999 we moved up the street to a newly-renovated building at 1135 East Kentucky Street.  The old Kentucky Street studio was a lovely space with lavender walls, glass block windows and a deck overlooking the creek. Sadly, on August 17, 2005, a section of the concrete roof cracked in half and the roof collapsed into the studio. Luckily no one was injured but the building was damaged beyond repair.  A year later, in September, 2006, we moved to 1121 E. Kentucky St, next door to our first Kentucky Street location.   In March, 2001, we opened our second location at the Holiday Manor Shopping Center. We opened the Bonnycastle Studio, our 3rd location in March, 2004. In June, 2006 we arranged to have a year-round residential retreat center in Mysore, India to enable our students and teachers to study with K. Pattabhi Jois. In February, 2007, we took over the space formerly leased by Full Moon Yoga. In December, 2007 we expanded the Kentucky Street studio to add another studio space, office, storage space and library and closed the Bonnycastle Studio (which we had outgrown). Yoga East has grown over the years, but our corporate philosophy and mission has remained the same: To make the benefits of yoga available to all in the Greater Louisville community.

Did you know...? 

Contributions to Yoga East are tax-deductible charitable donations. You can help us to extend the benefits of yoga to more people by volunteering your time and expertise, as well as by donations. Call us or ask your teacher how you can help.  Phone the office for information at 502-585-9642. Please help support our programs. No amount is too small, and every donation is deeply appreciated.

Our Non-Profit Mission
We have fulfilled our non-profit mission by:

• Offering Low-Cost Yoga Classes
  We offer more classes, including a greater variety of classes for lower fees than any other yoga studio or fitness center. Very few studios in the world offer daily Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais and Prenatal Yoga. 

• Teaching yoga to people who might otherwise never have access to its benefits
  We have offered classes, many at no charge or at greatly reduced charges, to teenagers and children at Ballard High School, St. Bernard School, Detrick Educational Center, Eliahu Academy, Hayfield Montessori School, Kneseth Israel Preschool, St. Francis School, River City Correctional Facility, Seven Counties Mental Health, The Center for Women and Families, and The Healing Place (shelter for women in recovery). Yoga East also led the Louisville Yoga Community's efforts to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research by participating in the national event called "Positive Yoga." Yoga East instructors provide classes to local institutions such as the YMCA and many local fitness centers and churches. The feedback we get from participants in these programs is positive as they begin to experience the uplifting nature of yoga acting in their lives.

• Tsunami Relief: Yoga East supported relief efforts through donations to Care USA, Prasad Project and Direct Relief International - charitable organizations proving relief to the areas hit by the disaster. From December, 2004 through March, 2005, Yoga East raised and donated $2485.00 to Direct Relief International; Care USA; and The Prasad Project.

• Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Birthday Trust: Yoga East has collected donations for this fund 100 percent of which supports charitable projects for disadvantaged children and adults in Mysore, India. Over $24,000 was given by Ashtanga students in the U.S. in honor of Guruji's 90th birthday.  Yoga East is the U.S. agent for donations to the Trust.

• Hurricane Katrina Victims Relief
  Yoga East collected donations for hurricane victims, offered free classes to persons who were displaced by the Gulf Coast disasters and provided financial assistance to yoga studios in the disaster areas.

• Grants for Yoga Programs
  Grants have been given to Arsha Vidya Gurukulum to support its traditional yoga educational projects and in gratitude for AVG providing us with technical support for Sanskrit word processing, and to Gray Bear Lodge of Hohenwald, Tennessee to support its mission of providing a serene atmosphere for yoga retreats and workshops.

• Scholarships for Teacher Training and Education

Mysore Fund
Authorized Ashtanga teachers are required to travel to Mysore, India every 18 months to spend a minimum of one month studying with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. Donations give teachers financial assistance for international travel and classes at KPJ AYI and also helps Yoga East pay for substitute teachers while teachers are in India. Mark donations: Mysore Fund. 

Rhonda Lawson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Named in honor of our teacher training student Rhonda Lawson.  The day before she was to have begun our teacher training program in 2004, Rhonda was seriously injured in an automobile accident and passed away a few days later.  This scholarship honors the memory of Rhonda, a dedicated student who wanted to bring the benefits of yoga to as many people as possible. 

Community Yoga Teacher Training
We get many requests for yoga classes for cancer survivors, teens and children, the elderly and other under-served segments of our community. We offer a unique free teacher training program for volunteer teachers who agree to teach one free class a week for one year. 

See our Yoga Explorations Page for more information about our teacher training programs.