YogiSmile
Yoga & Wellness Center
located in Laurel, MD
Please note: If you like to visit us, please check the "schedule" tab. Studio is only open 15 min before and after each class for in-person queries. To practice Yoga with us, please create a free online profile and sign up for a class. Please send us your questions by email: info@yogismile.com or call us: 240-636-9981.
Namaste Yoga Lovers
Welcome to YogiSmile yoga studio and wellness center! At YogiSmile, we believe in the healing power of Yoga and the positive impact Yoga practice can have on an individual and the community as a whole! Our dedicated team is committed to serve the community with integrity and care!
Our goal is to make Yoga accessible for all. We offer high quality and affordable Yoga classes in a serene and beautiful studio for everyone in the City of Laurel, Maryland and surrounding communities such as Beltsville, Columbia, Maple Lawn, West Laurel, and beyond! We welcome yoga lovers of all fitness and experience levels - beginners through advanced!
Our studio is OPEN and ready to welcome you for in person (indoors & outdoors) and/or live-stream classes. For those interested in joining us in the studio, please check out our Covid guidelines, using the link below.
We'd love to practice with you. Join us and let your inner Yogi smile!
See you on the mat!
Benefits of Yoga
Life can be stressful sometimes! Stress Causes Inflammation! Untreated Inflammation Causes Pain and Diseases! Yoga Can Help Reduce Your Stress, Inflammation & Pain! Regular Yoga Practice Will Enhance Your Immune System!
• Reduce anxiety, stress and pain
• Improve sleep
• Improve breathing and circulation
• Improve flexibility, posture, and mobility
• Increase strength and energy
• Enhance concentration
• Improve digestion & weight management
• Lifestyle balance
• Positive mindset
Our Classes
Yoga offers healing, love, hope, discipline, kindness, peace and joy!
We offer Yoga classes for all levels (beginners, intermediate, and advanced). Meditation, breath work and centering is part of each class. In addition to membership classes we also offer Community Restorative and Yoga Nidra (for $10) to help make Yoga accessible for all. Studies show that Restorative & Yoga Nidra practice can help improve memory & sleep, and reduce stress & anxiety. Step into our studio to relax, restore and rejuvenate with a smile!
Gentle Flow
Whether you are new to Yoga, recovering from an injury, or have been practicing for a long time, you will enjoy the slow flow of this class to help you breathe deep, feel relaxed and stretch smoothly! The smooth flow of this class along with focused breathing helps you practice staying in the moment and letting go of past regrets and future worries.
All Levels
Moderate Flow
Enjoy a progressive Yoga practice to start from slow flow and basic poses and progress to a faster pace. This class favors vinyasa flow with variety and repetitive movements and short holds. Join this class to breathe, stay focused, build strength and gain more flexibility. You will enjoy a balance of active and relaxing poses! Be prepared to sweat but always listen to your body and move at your own pace!
Level 1-1.5
Dynamic Flow
Dynamic Flow: This is a 60-min class that offers an energetic and dynamic flow suitable for both intermediate level and Advanced Yogis who like to start their weekend with a good work-out and sweat. Each class is designed to awaken, stretch, strengthen, and release tension in the joints and muscles you use most. Come to this class with an open heart and mind to challenge your stamina and experience creative sequences that energize and relax. Dynamic poses help keep you present and focused on your breaths, asanas and intention while letting go of everything else. Modifications are offered! Be prepared to sweat or PLEASE listen to your body and move at your own pace! Level 1.5
Restorative Yoga
$10 Community Price
Come and allow your body and mind to restore and relax. You are welcomed to a peaceful space with soothing music, soft blanket, eye pillow and other props to encourage your body’s healing power to rejuvenate you and restore your energy for days ahead! This class will start with a gentle flow and and lead to passive restorative poses and and end with a short Yoga Nidra “ Yogic Sleep” - - a conscious state between wakefulness and sleep.
All Levels
Yin Yoga
Experience stillness, deep breathing, stretching and relaxing in this meditative yoga practice. Extended hold in each pose nourishes fascia (the connective tissue surrounding your muscles and organs) and helps with flexibility of your joints and muscles. You will receive assistance for modification and proper use of props.
All Levels
Yoga Nidra
$10 Community Price
Life can sometimes be exhausting and stressful. Yoga Nidra “Yogic Sleep” - - a conscious state between wakefulness and sleep, or sleep with awareness, is an ancient practice intended to induce full-body relaxation and a deep meditative state of consciousness.
In addition to relaxation and restoration, studies have shown that Yoga Nidra helps reduce insomnia, anxiety, stress and PTSD. Setting an intention or affirmation helps you transform negative thoughts, habits and behaviors, and cultivate feelings of peace, calm and clarity!
So, whether you want to try Yoga Nidra to help you relax and release stress, or you want to gain access to real positive changes in your life, Yoga Nidra can help you reach your goals.
Prenatal Yoga: 4-Class/$76
or 1-class/$25
Benefits of Prenatal Yoga according to American Pregnancy Association:
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Reduced stress and improved sleep
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Increased strength, flexibility and endurance
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Decreased headaches, nausea, lower back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome
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Reduced risk of preterm labor
Practicing prenatal yoga is a stellar method for pregnant yogis to sustain strength and flexibility throughout pregnancy, improve balance and mobility, and elevate overall energy levels and blood flow. With gentle vinyasa flow, breath work and meditation enhance your ability to relax and stay positive and confident. Rae's prenatal yoga circle will focus on the community of yogi mamas growing together in motherhood and individual yoga journeys. Allow yourself to consciously focus on your pregnancy. Continue to gain strength and flexibility for childbirth and new life as a parent.
To learn about the occasional offering/schedule, please check "Pricing" tab to sign up and practice.
Beginners Yoga
Learn the basics of Yoga in this class if you are new to Yoga, or if you have been practicing Yoga and like to go back to basics to strengthen your foundation. The relaxed and meditative flow of this class is also great for those with minor mobility issues or recovering from injuries. Practicing in this class you will become familiar with the names of the poses and alignment. We offer pose modifications and options. Please listen to your body and take the option that’s suitable for you and your practice. All Levels
